The table is beautifully laid. 

The grandparents are eager to see your kids.

Even the teens are almost hopeful there will be magic.

What is there to stress about? 

What is wrong with you that the holidays bring stress to your family?

Absolutely nothing. They ARE STRESSFUL.

And they always have been for sensitive people. 

When a family lives with sensitivity, you know HIGH sensitivity, stress is part of the equation. 

Add on travel, extended family visits, reliving your own childhood, extra social engagements, and you end up with a tedious exhaustion. 

This underlying feeling of always being just a little bit behind, just a little bit on edge…

It leads you to overwhelm and overstimulation… or overarousal as we psychological people call it. 

And of course your kids get there, too. 

Overwhelm is the only negative aspect of being highly sensitive, so they say.

But in fact…

OVERWHELM is also a gift. It lets you know when the stress is getting to you. It is your warning signal. 

Navigating stress when you are living with or raising sensitivity: it isn’t optional, and the winter season has the potential to ramp things up for your family. Nonetheless, winter, with its short days and long nights, is supposed to lower stress levels. We evolved as animals to slow way down in winter. Hibernation anyone? … Then capitalism came along and sped us all up. 

In this masterclass, we talk about tools to help prevent stress and overwhelm in the family and in each of our lives as sensitive people.