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5 Most Popular Posts of 2018: Relationships, Why We Act Introverted and the Avoidant Attachment Style
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5 Most Popular Posts of 2018: Relationships, Why We Act Introverted and the Avoidant Attachment Style

Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Popular Posts, Relationships

5 Most Popular Posts of 2018: Relationships, Why We Act Introverted and the Avoidant Attachment Style

By Brenda Knowles|2018-12-28T14:35:27-06:00December 28th, 2018|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Popular Posts, Relationships|Tags: attachment styles, avoidant attachment, best of, HSP, Introversion, introvert, love, relationship security, relationships|

Wow! I can't believe we are at the end of 2018. I like to look back at the top posts — determined by highest average number of views — on brendaknowles.com for the year. It is a nice way for me to see what I learned in the last 12 months and what you, the reader, [...]

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Best Reads of 2018: My Book Recommendations for the Year
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Best Reads of 2018: My Book Recommendations for the Year

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Best Reads of 2018: My Book Recommendations for the Year

By Brenda Knowles|2018-12-21T14:00:30-06:00December 21st, 2018|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People|Tags: CEN, depression, Diana Gabaldon, eleanor elephant is completely fine, Gail Honeyman, Johann Hari, John Demartini, John Updike, Jonice Webb, Julie Simon, Lost Connections, Love Sense, Outlander, parenting, relationships, Running on Empty No More, Sue Johnson, The Blessing of a B Minus, The Values Factor, Wendy Mogel, When Food Is Comfort|

I've discovered I like to accumulate points or create a streak when I want to instill a habit into my life. That motivates me. My meditation app on my phone, insighttimer.com, gives me a gold star for every ten days of meditation I do. I like to see the days add up. You get a [...]

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Feeling Overwhelmed or Disappointed by the Holidays? How to Handle Your Insecure Attachment This Time of Year
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Feeling Overwhelmed or Disappointed by the Holidays? How to Handle Your Insecure Attachment This Time of Year

Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Relationships

Feeling Overwhelmed or Disappointed by the Holidays? How to Handle Your Insecure Attachment This Time of Year

By Brenda Knowles|2018-12-14T12:55:06-06:00December 14th, 2018|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: attachment styles, Dr. Jonice Webb, emotions, holidays, HSP, insecurely attached, introvert, relationships, Stress|

I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year. I dream of fun family gatherings, the magic of Christmas morning, twinkly lights, creating fond memories, feelings of love and appreciation... All of that seems entirely possible as fall winds down and Thanksgiving approaches. Feeling used Then I put a lot of effort into a full-out [...]

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Making Someone Feel Seen : The Best Gift You Can Give
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Making Someone Feel Seen : The Best Gift You Can Give

Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution, Relationships

Making Someone Feel Seen : The Best Gift You Can Give

By Brenda Knowles|2018-12-07T14:37:57-06:00December 7th, 2018|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: feeling known, feeling seen, gift giving, highly sensitive person, holidays, HSP, kindness, love, relationships, taking up space|

The other night in my writing group we wrote about the best gift or gifts we had ever received. I am fortunate. I had three different gifts come to mind. One was a Snow White miniature kitchen I found under the Christmas tree when I was five years old. I can't remember if the kitchen was [...]

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Your Coping Strategies: Are They Still Serving You?
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Your Coping Strategies: Are They Still Serving You?

Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Relationships

Your Coping Strategies: Are They Still Serving You?

By Brenda Knowles|2018-11-21T12:50:45-06:00November 23rd, 2018|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: attachment, coping mechanisms, coping strategies, external resources, Family, high sensitivity, holidays, HSP, internal resources, introvert, Julie M. Simon, love, relationships, survival resources, When Food Is Comfort|

As we plunge into the holiday season, I thought it would be a good time to take inventory of our go-to behaviors for relieving stress. Internal resources According to Julie M. Simon, LMFT and author of When Food Is Comfort, if we grew up with encouraging nurturing caregivers, we acquire capabilities such as personal competencies and [...]

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Power, Dopamine and the Sensitive Person
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Power, Dopamine and the Sensitive Person

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Power, Dopamine and the Sensitive Person

By Brenda Knowles|2018-11-17T14:06:55-06:00November 16th, 2018|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution, Relationships|Tags: connection, dopamine, Dr. Amy Banks, Dr. Elaine Aron, HSP, Ian H. Robertson, power, relationships, The Highly Sensitive Person, The Highly Sensitive Person Podcast|

Recently on The Highly Sensitive Person Podcast, Dr. Amy Banks, former psychiatry instructor at Harvard Medical School, stated that we receive a hit of dopamine when we feel we have power over someone. “Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps control the brain’s reward and pleasure centers. Dopamine also helps regulate movement and emotional response, and it enables us [...]

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