For a Highly Sensitive Person, self-care is about honoring and embracing your innate biological trait and being kind and loving to yourself on all levels.
Based on research I have done on the HSP trait as well as my work with highly sensitive clients and my personal experience as a HSP, I developed a holistic approach to health and wellness that is designed to not only elevate your self-care practice but to transform every area of your life.
Creating awareness and implementing self-care practices in these 13 key areas will lead you towards a healthier and happier, slower and more creative, balanced HSP life. When you honor your HSP strengths and design your lifestyle to match, you will begin to thrive naturally without so much striving and struggling.
Creating awareness and implementing self-care practices in these 13 key areas will lead you towards a healthier and happier, slower and more creative, balanced HSP life. When you honor your HSP strengths and design your lifestyle to match, you will begin to thrive naturally without so much striving and struggling.
The following areas of your life need your awareness, attention and support to calm and nourish your sensitive nature.
1. Sleep
Most of us know what quality sleep looks like, but very few of us actually get it. You want to aim for 7-8 hours of solid sleep each night.
2. Slowing Down
Our society and culture does not have patience for 'slow'. People wear 'busy' like a badge of honor. However, HSP do not do well in a busy, rushed and fast-paced environment. Slowing down for HSP involves creating space for down time, alone time, transition time, grounding time, reflection time and processing time in our daily schedules. Breathing and relaxation techniques are a couple of ways we can bring more awareness to slowing down.
3. Mindset
Positive Mindset. Mindfulness and Meditation.
4. Food
Food is medicine, eat clean, find clean food products, make your own food items at home such as ketchup, mustard, mayo.
Know where your food comes from. Cook at home. Buy food without packaging. Support the farmer's market. Buy local and in season. Reduce trash and plastics on your foods. Compost. Recycle. Reduce.
Finding the best food for you that works for your body is the key to everything. Every BODY is different. Love the one you have.
Know where your food comes from. Cook at home. Buy food without packaging. Support the farmer's market. Buy local and in season. Reduce trash and plastics on your foods. Compost. Recycle. Reduce.
Finding the best food for you that works for your body is the key to everything. Every BODY is different. Love the one you have.
5. Personal Boundaries
Personal boundaries. Work boundaries. Relationship boundaries. HSP boundaries.
6. Time In Nature
Nature is very therapeutic for sensitive souls like us.
7. Declutter & Detox
Toxic Chemicals. Plastics. Clutter. Be gone.
KonMari Method. Clean & Cozy Environments. HSP Friendly Spaces. Creating Your Home Sanctuary.
KonMari Method. Clean & Cozy Environments. HSP Friendly Spaces. Creating Your Home Sanctuary.
8. Process Through Creativity
Practice daily. Paint, doodle, scribble, color, draw. Journal, write, release. Play music, listen to music, sing. Get out of your head.
Processing through creativity is a way to use art to unload and release all that deep processing. It allows us to get out of our head and use art to move through any heavy thoughts, feelings or emotions. The practice isn't about the finished product, although many HSP are in creative fields, it's about using creativity as a tool to calm the nervous system a relax the brain.
Processing through creativity is a way to use art to unload and release all that deep processing. It allows us to get out of our head and use art to move through any heavy thoughts, feelings or emotions. The practice isn't about the finished product, although many HSP are in creative fields, it's about using creativity as a tool to calm the nervous system a relax the brain.
9. Movement You Love
Exercise should feel good, it shouldn't be a punishment for something you ate the night before. If you don't love your workout, keep looking for new ways to move your body that feels good and you enjoy doing on a regular basis.
Don't know where to start?
Just getting outside for a walk have several benefits. Time to connect with nature, fresh air, warmth and Vitamin D from the sunshine. Walks can also increase productivity by giving your mind some space and time to unwind which allows for new inspiration and bright ideas to come to mind. This can also be a good time for a podcast or book on audio that helps you learn something new and grow making you a healthier and happier you.
What kind of activity did you enjoy as a kid? Start there.
Rediscover something you loved as a kid or be adventurous and try something new.
Don't know where to start?
Just getting outside for a walk have several benefits. Time to connect with nature, fresh air, warmth and Vitamin D from the sunshine. Walks can also increase productivity by giving your mind some space and time to unwind which allows for new inspiration and bright ideas to come to mind. This can also be a good time for a podcast or book on audio that helps you learn something new and grow making you a healthier and happier you.
What kind of activity did you enjoy as a kid? Start there.
Rediscover something you loved as a kid or be adventurous and try something new.
10. Work & Contribution
Finding work that best suits our sensitive nature can be tough for HSP. It requires knowing yourself and advocating for your needs or creating a new creative work design all together.
11. Fun, Laughter & Adventure
For HSP who carry the world on their shoulders, life can feel very serious all the time. This is why HSP need to carve out time for fun, laughter and adventure.
12. Connection & Belonging
HSP can feel alone and isolated due to their sensitive nature, it's is vital that you find your tribe.
Building community around positive changes, new habits, healthy ways of being and living life. Community is essential for success. HSP tend to feel different form others because the process the world differently. Feelings of inclusivity are hard to cultivate when you always feel like the outcast which increase feelings of not belonging. Being too much, feeling too much, feeling too sensitive. Preferring to spend time alone, being an introvert. HSP prefer smaller groups or quality one-on-one time for deep conversation. HSP get bored with meaningless conversation and small talk.
Building community around positive changes, new habits, healthy ways of being and living life. Community is essential for success. HSP tend to feel different form others because the process the world differently. Feelings of inclusivity are hard to cultivate when you always feel like the outcast which increase feelings of not belonging. Being too much, feeling too much, feeling too sensitive. Preferring to spend time alone, being an introvert. HSP prefer smaller groups or quality one-on-one time for deep conversation. HSP get bored with meaningless conversation and small talk.
13. Spirituality & Gratitude
Healing past traumas through intuitive energy medicine. Feel to Heal. Energy healer. Energy Medicine.
Heal past traumas. Not being mirrored as a child. Being too much to handle emotionally. Parents not knowing what to do with you and all your highly sensitive emotions. Feelings never validated, made fun of or made to feel different than everyone else.
Develop your spiritual practice, your gratitude practice.
Heal past traumas. Not being mirrored as a child. Being too much to handle emotionally. Parents not knowing what to do with you and all your highly sensitive emotions. Feelings never validated, made fun of or made to feel different than everyone else.
Develop your spiritual practice, your gratitude practice.
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