Spring Forward

Spring brings the light. We've seen the light returning, and now it's time to embrace the spring with an open forum on all things HSP. We begin this workshop with some meditation and writing about transitions, especially this transition from winter to spring. How does it inform our perspective on other transitions in our lives?

Spring Forward! With many of us moving our clocks forward an hour in the spring, it changes the rhythm of our days. How will you change your rhythm? This edition of Are You Highly Sensitive was an open forum to discuss all things HSP with your International Consultant on High Sensitivity, Alane Freund, our fearless (not really) leader.

From Alane: I like to think of new spring blossoms as signaling our time to blossom. What do you have germinating under the surface? Or are you feeling too overwhelmed by life to notice? Oh, and I heard Covid is going away more or less--WHAT? I don't believe it and how are we supposed to adapt our careful vigilance and just go about willynilly? Of course, I have terrible spring allergies, so as much as I look forward to spring, I kind of dread it too.

Some of the questions we addressed included:
- How do I deal with my spouse who just won't respect my needs?
- How do we balance the anger at capitalism with our conscience for humanity?
- How do you disengage from depth of processing aspect of being an HSP so you don't get consumed by it?
- How does the DOES of an HSP change as you get age?