High sensitivity, Empathy and Maintaining a Strong Sense of Self.

You’re such a good listener” & “You should be a therapist” are words I’ve heard many times before. As are “Don’t take things so personally” and “You’re too emotional.“ These are phrases often said to a highly sensitive person. Being highly sensitive is still misunderstood. When people call someone sensitive, it is often said with …

Thinking about our connection with animals

I have sat down to write today, having not planned what to write; but I have one image that keeps playing through my mind this morning, and it is that of a cow. Not too long ago I was on a coach travelling back home to South England from visiting Northumberland, when I experienced something …