Lori L. Cangilla, Ph.D, Author at Sensitive Refuge

Why Healing Your Inner Child Is a Game-Changer for HSPs

The biggest struggles of HSPs often start in childhood. How do you break free — and start feeling whole?

Overthinking is like quicksand — the more you fight it, the more you get stuck. Here’s what to do instead.

Many HSPs grew up having their emotions invalidated. How do you break the cycle — and finally heal?

If you’re a highly sensitive person and you’re feeling overwhelmed, nature might be your most effective tool.

Sensitive people and gifted people can find themselves paralyzed by constant overthinking. So how do you stop?

Sensitive people have high potential, and many are even gifted. So why do they feel like they’re faking it?

Neurodivergent brains work differently from the neurotypical brain. Many suggest that includes being “sensitive.” Are they right?

Some people are physically, emotionally, or sexually unsafe. Here’s how to get rid of them — without escalating things.

Highly sensitive people may be the “varsity players” of emotional intelligence. Can it make them more successful, too?

Our HSP sense of caution kept our ancestors alive. But it is also holding us back from our best lives?

Play is essential to eliminating overstimulation and grounding your emotions.

One amazing thing about highly sensitive people is the way their awareness of subtleties makes them human barometers with built-in alarm systems.