8 Ways to Connect to Your Child When Their Bucket is Full
A highly sensitive child (HSC) is quickly overwhelmed by every day environments. Their emotions are often strong and can take them and you by surprise. Once your child’s bucket is…
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Why We Focus on the Negative Side of Our Highly Sensitive Traits
Many highly sensitive people focus on the negative side of highly sensitive traits. This post is about why we do this. But more importantly, why we should stop doing this,…
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10 Common Reasons Why a Highly Sensitive Child Feels Overwhelmed
Your highly sensitive child may display anger, be upset or point blank refuse to cooperate. It could be that your highly sensitive child feels overwhelmed. Overwhelm looks different in different…
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There’s Nothing Wrong With Wanting Alone Time
Alone time and highly sensitive people go together like fish and chips (or peanut butter and jelly, if that’s how you roll). But getting the acceptance that alone time for a highly sensitive person is a necessity can be challenging. Making others understand that you are not being antisocial is sometimes more troublesome than it should be. But it’s worth persevering.
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10 Highly Sensitive Parent Traits You Need to Know About
Being highly sensitive impacts how you parent. Some traits of highly sensitive parents influence how you parent more than others. For each parent it is different, but here are ten…
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The Key to Raising a Happy Highly Sensitive Introvert
I am a highly sensitive introvert. Being the mother of highly sensitive children has taught me a lot about myself. The most important thing I have learnt is to accept myself…
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Look After Yourself: Try Yoga
Last week I raced towards a dip. It was the second week of schooling at home, all five of us home 24/7. I am also still trying to shake some…
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Coronavirus: 6 Ways to Help a Highly Sensitive Child
Wondering how can you help your highly sensitive child through this coronavirus crisis? You are not alone. The coronavirus has put a spoke in the wheel of life. Everything that…
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How to Help a Child Recognise Anger
Learning about emotions is an important part of growing up. Emotions matter. And learning how to recognise anger is a big part of our emotional development. If we help our…
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How to Help a Highly Sensitive Child with Anger: Look at the Why
Is your highly sensitive child often angry? Explosive even? A highly sensitive child is easily overwhelmed by the world around them. They feel things intensely. And that overwhelm or distress…
