Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
It resides within connections.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
You need ample permission to turn off some of your sensitivity to the needs of others. This is not selfish—for example, it could make your partner a far happier person. When you try to behave like a non-HSP and help everyone whom you sense needs it, you are bound to succumb to overarousal.
Elaine N. Aron Phd • The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You
Who can I trust to be consistently there for me?
Jasmin Lee Cori MS LPC • The Emotionally Absent Mother: A Guide to Self-Healing and Getting the Love You Missed
encouraging him to test his fears to see if they are realistic while offering help if he needs it.
Elaine N. Aron Phd • The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect, Dr. Jonice Webb
Eddie Capparucci LPC • Going Deeper: How the Inner Child Impacts Your Sexual Addiction
“Self-expansive activation,”
Todd Herman • The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life
Sensitive responsiveness always touches us emotionally and calms us on a physical level.
Dr. Sue Johnson • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
But Diane thought Eric’s good opinion of her was mainly because he didn’t really know her.
Kristin Neff • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Learning to live through states of high arousal (no matter what their source) allows us to maintain equilibrium and sanity.