In a world that shames people who are “too sensitive,” every highly sensitive person faces pitfalls. Here are the most common ones — and how to defeat them.

Taking the time you need doesn’t make you weak.

The secret to an empath’s wellbeing is to break the momentum of sensory overload before it consumes you.

New advice from Tom Falkenstein’s book “The Highly Sensitive Man” shows how overstimulation is at the root of intense emotions — and how to control it.

Your overloaded nervous system is like a too-full bucket. Let’s process and drain what’s in the bucket.

College is never easy, but if you’re a highly sensitive person, it can be a one-way ticket to overstimulation. Here’s how to survive (and even enjoy) it.

As a highly sensitive person (HSP), you want to help others and make a difference. Here are 12 ideas I’ve used to create change (without the burnout).

As a highly sensitive person, I used to get anxious about bad things happening in the world. Then I discovered I could train hope. Here’s how you can, too.

Do you skip self-care and downtime because everyone else’s needs seem more important?

Suddenly, I understood that every time I added things to my home, I was adding to my sensory load.

Highly sensitive people process and feel things deeply. Words really matter to us. So how do we stop taking little things so personally?

HSPs react to trauma differently, and we need to heal from it differently, too.