If you ask most parents how their week looks, the answer is often the same. School. Sports. Music lessons. Birthday parties. Playdates. Homework. Family commitments. Somewhere in between, we’re expected…
If you’ve ever watched your child’s heart break over something small, like a misconstrued comment, a noisy gym hall, a scraped knee that won’t stop hurting, you know that being…
Self-care is something featured on this blog time and time again, but today’s guest post, written by Catherine Workman, approaches the topic from a different angle, namely family self-care. Catherine…
If you’re raising a highly sensitive child (HSC), you already know this – your child feels everything deeply. The scratchy label in their shirt.The tone of your voice. Whether intentional or not.The…
Around 70% of highly sensitive people are also introverts. And today, World Introvert Day, provides a platform to appreciate and share understanding about what an introvert is and needs. Understanding…
If you’re raising a highly sensitive child (HSC), you probably don’t need a research paper to tell you that your child feels things deeply. You see it when a small disappointment…
I am delighted to share a guest post written by psychiatrist and author Judith Orloff, adapted from The Highly Sensitive Rabbit by Judith Orloff, MD and Jennifer Adams. Many sensitive children grow…
Prime Deals are currently on (last day today) and so I wanted to highlight some tools that are fabulous for highly sensitives. These are items that have been listed in…
Each of my sons had a calm down kit in their bedroom when they were younger, or a bucket box as we called it. Each calm down kit is full…
It’s not often that I come across a children’s book that so beautifully captures the inner world of a highly sensitive, but The Highly Sensitive Rabbit does just that. Written…