The pursuit of perfection is fueled by our fear of failure and never feeling good enough.  Instead of helping us find happiness and success, it actually keeps us captive in a state of stress and exhaustion.

How often do you truly feel energized and fulfilled? If you’re a highly sensitive person (HSP), you’re more likely to feel overwhelmed, stressed, and exhausted most of the time. Most HSPs don’t get the self-care and quiet downtime they need to survive, let alone thrive. Instead, they believe the messages from society, the media, or their own social circles that it’s selfish or shows a lack of ambition to take time for themselves, and they feel guilty whenever they do.

You use a lot of emotional and physical energy that needs to be replenished every day. Self-care is more about getting quiet on a daily basis and deeply nurturing your emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical needs.

As Highly Sensitive People, we tend to have high expectations for life’s big moments and feel easily moved. Managing and processing our deeply felt responses to these events can be overwhelming and challenging. Below are tips to help navigate the process while being gentle with ourselves.

Have you recently discovered or suspect that you are a Highly Sensitive Person, but struggle to accept that your sensitivity is a permanent part of you?