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Are you an especially sensitive person interested in learning how to find love and thrive?
I understand. I am a sensitive introvert. I can help you navigate relationships and see your unique gifts.
Are you, your child or your partner experiencing anxiety to the point it is affecting your health and/or lifestyle?
I’ve personally experienced such worry and anxiety. I can help you manage the ups and downs and build emotional resilience.
Are you emotionally drained by resentment or conflict?
I can help you clear the resentment and use the conflict for personal growth.
Are you an extrovert trying to understand your sensitive mate’s need to withdraw?
I can help you understand your partner’s need for distance.
Recent Posts from Space2live
What You Need to Reverse Childhood Adversity
A landmark longitudinal study done in San Diego by Drs. Vincent Felitti and Dr. Robert Anda and colleagues, links adverse childhood experiences (ACES) with increased risk for heart disease, addiction, cancer and auto-immune diseases, to name [...]
One Way to Tell If Our Behavior Is a Problem
Some of you may have noticed. My posts are a tad shorter lately. I am working every day at the local high school as a paraprofessional. As you can imagine, my after school time is [...]
Why Asking for Help Is So Hard: The Difficulty with Dependence in Relationships
How are you at asking for help? Does it come easy to you? Do you trust you will be assisted? Does it make you feel anxious? Do you try to avoid it? I have discovered [...]
What the Heck Does Secure Attachment Look Like?
I've talked at great length about what insecure attachment in relationships looks like. Check out these posts if you need a reminder: This Is Not What I Expected, but That's OK: Reversing Our Insecure Attachment [...]
Coping Mechanisms: Useful or Not Useful?
When we struggle, we make adaptations to our personalities and our behavior to get through the discomfort. I've previously written about coping strategies. They generally develop because we need more attention or less pain from [...]
Pause When Aggravated
I've been working on defining the difference between expressing my feelings and dumping criticism and aggravation on someone. Mostly, this happens in exchanges with my husband. Often I believe I am expressing my emotions (something [...]
Check out Brenda’s guide for sensitive people and their relationships: The Quiet Rise of Introverts: 8 Practices for Living and Loving in a Noisy World
