Learning how to manage different personalities will help you communicate better which in turn helps you reduce your (and their) stress levels. Usually if someone doesn’t agree with us, we think they’re wrong. And typically that causes us to feel a bit stressed.You may not even be aware of this happening. But think about it. Don’t you feel calmer if the other person agrees with you, or goes along with your plan?Don’t you get worked up until the other person can see your point of view? Then you calm down.The same thing happens when people are different to what you are used to or what you expect. You will know that feeling of being a bit stressed when you arrive in a … [Read more...]

Stop being so sensitive! “Relax! What’s the big deal?”“Get over it!”“You’re such a drama queen!”“You’re too sensitive.”Sound familiar? Perhaps you have been hearing these things all your life. Or perhaps you find yourself saying them quite often to a close friend, colleague or family member.If so, it’s likely you either are, or live in close contact with, a highly sensitive person. And if so, it’s likely that you experience all the advantages and difficulties that go along with it.What is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)?Highly sensitive people, or HSPs, make up about 20% of the population. They have inherited nervous systems that seem designed to react to more … [Read more...]

I want to disown my family, they drive me mad Family are funny creatures, aren’t they? At various times you love them or you hate them but you wouldn’t be without them. You don’t choose them yet even when you don’t really like them, you travel miles to be with together with them on special occasions, like Thanksgiving or Christmas.Are you distressed by something going on in your family?Maybe with a parent or a step-parent or possibly even an interfering mother-in-law? Or perhaps you are estranged from your siblings, or having to cope with step-siblings and half-siblings because you live in a blended family.Maybe it’s your own children that are giving you … [Read more...]

Need to know how to manage a difficult person in your life? Ever wondered why other people are so difficult to get along with? Are you living or working with someone that you find is… Inconsiderate? Have you ever been hurt by the way someone has treated you, or something they’ve said? Perhaps that someone drives you to distraction – you constantly feel hurt and exhausted, taken for granted and perhaps even invisible?Do you stay awake at night with thoughts that go round in your head about that person and no matter how hard you try you can’t get rid of the thoughts or feelings? Exasperating? Have you ever been completely frustrated and screamed at your partner … [Read more...]

Yes, Highly sensitive people (or HSPs) really do exist! In fact HSPs - as they are called - make up about 20% of the population. That question, “Whatever is the matter with you?” can finally be answered! The sensitive trait that you thought all your life was a flaw, can now be renamed as a special gift!HSPs are often intuitive and have strong “gut level” feelings.HSPs are empathic and compassionate people as they are deeply affected by other people’s moods and emotions. They learn without being aware they have learned, simply because they are aware of what’s going on in their environment.The Highly Sensitive Person has a sensitive nervous system, a neurological … [Read more...]