Make Happiness a Theme of Your Highly Sensitive Life
There’s a reason I named this blog Happy Sensitive Kids. The happy part is an important one. Understanding our sensitive children is one thing, giving them the tools to put their sensitive traits to good use is quite another. The same applies to those of us who are highly sensitive adults. Often highly sensitive people will go through life thinking there is something wrong with them. It’s often not until parenthood that the words ‘highly sensitive’ come up on our radar, and for many adults it is a lightbulb moment. Also the moment to turn those sensitive traits into something positive! It’s the moment to make happiness a theme of your life. Celebrate your highly sensitive traits – don’t hide them away in an attempt to merely survive in a world not made for highly sensitive people.
Here are 15 happiness resources to help you consider your life though different eyes. I hope that all 15 happiness resources will inspire you to make happiness THE theme of your life. And that theme will spread to your children’s lives.
Reading
“One of the most thoughtful and engaging works on happiness to have emerged from the recent explosion of interest in the subject.”
- The Happiness Project written by Gretchin Rubin. I love this book, and it had an impact on my approach to certain things in my life. A great read to really get you on that happiness mindset path.
..one of the “Five Books That Will Actually Change Your Outlook On Life” – Forbes
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are – Brene Brown. You have probably already heard of Brene Brown by now, but if this book hasn’t yet made it to your nightstand then now is the time to change that.
- 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works – A True Story – Dan Harris
- 52 Lists for Happiness: Weekly Journaling Inspiration for Positivity, Balance, and Joy – Moorea Seal
- The Atlas of Happiness: the global secrets of how to be happy – Helen Russell. This book is written by the author of The Year of Living Danishly, which is also a great read
- 15 habits of incredibly happy people – Sparring Mind
- How to be Happier – NHS
Doing
- Make a Happy List.
- Take Action for Happiness.
- Meditate.
- Set up a Happiness Project group.
Watching
- Living Danishly: inspiring ideas from the world’s happiest country.
- The surprising science of happiness by Dan Gilbert.
- The power of vulnerability by Brene Brown.
- How Pancakes Can Make You Happier and Change The World by Nataly Kogan.
