The Art of Sensitive Living Blog

My biggest question is what do I need to do daily to enjoy my life, not just endure my life?

I’m also wondering how to live in harmony with my environment, specifically I am re-designing my office and the workspace . . .

Anger is an uncomfortable emotion that sometimes we wish we could skip. Instead, I teach my clients to find the wisdom in their anger.

Anger lets you know when your boundaries have been violated.
Karla McLaren, in her book, “Emotional Genius,” describes anger as an “honorable sentry.” Anger is a fantastic “red flag” warning system that alerts you when someone crosses the line — by making inappropriate requests or by invading your personal space, for example.

Read more in this month’s Art of Sensitive Living e-zine, here:->
http://www.highlysensitivesouls.com/news/april08.htm

Several empathic and sensitive readers have shared that they struggle with knowing when they’re experiencing their own feelings versus feelings they have “picked up” from someone else.

To review, empathy is the ability to tune into and experience another person’s feelings as if they are your own. Sometimes we even process emotions for other people so they don’t have to, which isn’t exactly fair to either person. For more information about empathy, see my article “Understanding Empathy.” Most empaths are untrained intuitives who haven’t learned to strengthen their boundaries and consciousness to make their psychic ability work for them. Once you have developed your empathy, you’ll be a clairsentient or skilled empath, able to clearly distinguish between your feelings and someone else’s feelings.

Here are some key steps to developing your ability, and beginning to discern what you are experiencing:

Read more in this month’s Art of Sensitive Living e-zine, here:->
http://www.highlysensitivesouls.com/news/march08.htm

As a sensitive soul, it’s easy to get overstimulated.

With stimulation all around, it’s not surprising. Our urgency-addicted culture and mainstream work ethic is overstimulating. Sound bites, billboards, spam, and constant advertisements surround us. Other people’s energy and emotions affect us. Too much light, noise, color, texture, or odor will quickly send us into overdrive. Sometimes we can get overstimulated from sugary foods, alcohol, or caffeine. On top of all of this, our own negative internal dialogues can overstimulate as well.

On the other hand, positive excitement can also be overstimulating. Getting engaged was a huge reminder of this for me. The night after the proposal, I simply could not get to sleep with all the excitement. My mind was spinning. So, overstimulation can also come from good things, too — like interests, passions, or excitement.

Read more in this month’s Art of Sensitive Living e-zine, here:->
http://www.highlysensitivesouls.com/news/february08.htm

As a sensitive soul, good energy-management skills are a must. This means tuning in to yourself on a regular basis and continually reassessing and adjusting what you take on. It’s a real balancing act. And sometimes, despite your best intentions, your energy gets drained and you feel out of balance. The key, then, is to know how to quickly and easily recharge your energy.

Some of why this situation happens is that highly sensitive people are more susceptible to overstimulation than less sensitive types. Being overstimulated ultimately drains your energy. You may not notice the drain right away because it can also produce an adrenaline rush, which creates a sense of urgency or even panic that’s hard to shake. You can fall into flight or fight mode without even realizing it, and even get a little addicted about keeping that urgency going.

Read more in this month’s Art of Sensitive Living, here:->
http://www.highlysensitivesouls.com/news/january08.htm