by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Mar 23, 2024 | Highly Sensitive Person
Our minds come in lots of different colors, each adding a unique hue to life’s tapestry. This article will look at two of the tapestry’s threads: high sensitivity (HS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). How are Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) and people with autism...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Mar 3, 2024 | Highly Sensitive Person
Cue the slow-mo commercial of kids and puppies frolicking in a meadow, without a care in the world. Or a woman petting her cat while they watch the world from a window. The human-animal bond that draws us in. And for good reason. It’s familiar. Natural. Uncomplicated....
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Feb 11, 2024 | Highly Sensitive Person
When Dr. Elaine Aron introduced her research on high sensitivity to the world in the late 90’s, millions of people really recognized themselves for the first time. The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) now had validation for a lifetime of misunderstood traits. And those...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jan 5, 2024 | Highly Sensitive Person
There is a world that defies convention, that expands beyond the confines of norms, and that entrusts itself to a relative few. It is a world where possibility is cultivated by limitless thinking, where new stars form as quickly as others are connected. And it is a...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 19, 2023 | Highly Sensitive Person
While everyone feels the end-of-year pressure, navigating the holidays as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) can be especially chaotic. When it comes to the holiday season, there can be a fine line between magic and madness. From the moment Santa signals the...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Aug 20, 2023 | Highly Sensitive Person
For anyone who dwells in the mental and emotional world of high sensitivity, everything – everything – is intense. There’s no shoulder-shrugging, no dismissal of an experience. The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) feels life deeply and processes it endlessly. And...