How Do You Intend to Live Your One Precious Life? How Would You Live If Your Health Was Challenged?

By |2015-09-22T16:06:08-05:00July 25th, 2014|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Parenting, Personal Evolution|Tags: , , , , , , |

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ― Mary Oliver I lost two nights of sleep. I did the worst thing you can do when you notice troubling health symptoms — Google them. I had noticed pain and a decline in the ability to grip in my left [...]

Introvert Stops Searching for "The One" and Gets a Life: Being Your Own Amazing Soulmate

By |2016-01-06T09:43:42-06:00July 18th, 2014|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

  What would you do if you knew you were going to be alone for the rest of your life? This is the question Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant journal, posed to his readers. He answered it with something to the effect of (I can't find the darn article, sorry), You would create an amazing career, read [...]

You Don't Have a Bubbly Personality? You're not a High Energy Mom? You're Still Worth Knowing

By |2015-09-22T16:06:09-05:00July 11th, 2014|Categories: Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Relationships|Tags: , , , , , |

Yeah, this is never going to be me. I've never been the girl who laughs openly and raucously. I don't talk loudly so the whole crowd can hear or have any delusions about being the life of the party. I can't fake enthusiasm. I'm not known for doling out exuberant praise. I don't take up a lot [...]

The Intimate Introvert on Sacred Introvert Space

By |2015-09-22T16:06:09-05:00July 9th, 2014|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Guest Posts, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: , , , |

I've found a new place to go deeper — Sacred Introvert Space. I guarantee you will feel at home there as well. Sacred Introvert's creator, Lisa Avebury, is an introverted kindred spirit. I've written a piece entitled, The Intimate Introvert, for this beautiful community. Sacred Introvert encourages your participation. If you want to write for SI just [...]

Where’d My Energy Go? 12 Causes of Over-Arousal for the Introvert and/or Highly Sensitive Person

By |2015-10-21T14:02:50-05:00July 4th, 2014|Categories: Guest Posts, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People|Tags: , , , , , , |

As an introvert and sensitive person, I am vigilantly mindful of my energy and where it slips to, but some days even I don't know why I feel so drained. My UK writer friend, Andy Mort of SheepDressedLikeWolves.com, sent me this post about discovering his own sensitivity and subsequently figuring out some of the subtle and not [...]

Are You More Masculine or Feminine Right Now? What Inspires You, Praise or a Challenge?

By |2015-09-22T16:06:09-05:00June 27th, 2014|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: , , , , , |

    The masculine grows by challenge, but the feminine grows by praise.                 — David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man Not submissive. Not macho. According to spiritual and sexual author and guru, David Deida, the feminine essence (which both men and women possess) refers to the part of [...]

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