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The highly sensitive person
How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Book • 1996
In this book, Dr. Elaine Aron provides insights and practical advice for individuals who identify as highly sensitive persons (HSPs).
The book includes self-assessment tests to help readers identify their particular sensitivities, ways to reframe past experiences positively, and tips on managing over-arousal.
It also explores how high sensitivity affects work and personal relationships and offers techniques to enrich the soul and spirit.
Aron emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing sensitivity as a trait that carries both strengths and weaknesses, and she provides strategies for HSPs to cope with the challenges and maximize the benefits of their sensitivity.
The book includes self-assessment tests to help readers identify their particular sensitivities, ways to reframe past experiences positively, and tips on managing over-arousal.
It also explores how high sensitivity affects work and personal relationships and offers techniques to enrich the soul and spirit.
Aron emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing sensitivity as a trait that carries both strengths and weaknesses, and she provides strategies for HSPs to cope with the challenges and maximize the benefits of their sensitivity.
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Mentioned in 12 episodes
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