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Elaine Aron, PhD: How to Deal with the Crisis when you are a Highly Sensitive Person

By Elaine Aron — 2020

In 1991 Dr. Elaine Aron identified the trait of high sensitivity. The trait occurs in 1 in 5 people and in over 100 other species. The foundation of the trait is DOES: HSPs are deep thinkers, they get easily overstimulated, have more empathy and notice subtleties more than others do. See more...

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How to Thrive If You’re a Highly Sensitive Person: An Interview with Elaine N. Aron, PhD

I think HSPs should take one day off a week, at least one weekend every month, and at least a week every three months. It’s more downtime than most people might take, but you will be more productive, not less, in the long run.

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Jenn Brown
2019
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Highly Sensitive People: No Longer Invisible, But Now What?

I encourage you to try to eliminate the term "non-sensitive" or "non-highly sensitive" from our (mine, too!) vocabulary. I think we can say non-HSP to those who get it and do not find "HSP" annoying in-group jargon. Or you can say those "without the trait" or the "other 80%.

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Elaine Aron
2015
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5 Ways Walking in Nature Benefits Sensitive People

Boosting your mood, your health and your creativity can be a walk in the park.

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Deborah Ward
2014
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An Interview with Judy Orloff

No one knows the joys and challenges of being an empath better than Judith Orloff, M.D.

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Laurie Sue Brockway
2017
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Belonging Here: A Guide for the Spiritually Sensitive Person

People who are able to feel more deeply and help others heal can find those gifts also bring loneliness and some pain. This book explores the most common challenges of the spiritually sensitive as well as exercises and meditations for embracing and not being overwhelmed by those gifts.

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Judith Blackstone
2012
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The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You

Do you fall in love hard, but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are “too sensitive”? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love, afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds? Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines...

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Elaine N. Aron
2001
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Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person

Dr. Elaine Aron’s book, Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person, redefines the term “highly sensitive” for the professional researcher and practitioner.

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Elaine N. Aron
2010
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The Highly Sensitive Person’s Workbook

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? If so, this workbook is for you.

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Elaine N. Aron
1999
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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you “too shy” or “too sensitive” according to others? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).

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Elaine N. Aron
1997
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The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them

With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn trait of “high sensitivity” and to show how it affects the lives of those who possess it.

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Elaine N. Aron
2002
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