by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Oct 6, 2024 | Highly Sensitive Person
Oh, to have a front-row seat to the inner-workings of a Highly Sensitive Person’s mind! To watch the curtain rise on a sensory production of thoughts, feelings, and ideas would be magical. Perhaps at times exhausting. But then, the exhaustive nature of the HSP’s brain...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Oct 3, 2024 | Disordered Eating
It’s a miracle! Or is it? When it comes to weight loss, failed attempts and a scale’s yo-yoing can make you wonder. The off-label, often misguided use of medications like Ozempic may lead to seemingly miraculous results. But, at what cost? What is fact and what...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Sep 29, 2024 | Highly Sensitive Person
Living genuinely, honestly, compassionately, empathetically: It sounds like a commitment for all humanity. And yet, we’re often caught off-guard when we find ourselves in the presence of someone with these qualities. This authenticity, for Highly Sensitive...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Sep 28, 2024 | Disordered Eating
The chatter can be relentless, unpredictable, even unwarranted. But one thing everyone who hears it will agree on: food noise is LOUD! It makes itself known for reasons both necessary and unnecessary. And that dichotomy is rooted in everything from research to body...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Sep 6, 2024 | Body Image Issues
It’s one of life’s most momentous rites of passage. Every August young adults shed their status in high school and enthusiastically assume a new role as college freshmen (aka “first-years”). Starry-eyed, ambitious, and naively straddling puberty and...