January 2012

Self Pity And Grieving: 6 Ways To Feel Better

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Self pity and grieving are very different.  Self pity is the stuckness of despair.  It can be a bitter feeling of longing for something you cannot have but need. Often what we want does not seem like too much to ask, which is why self pity can be so painful. Sometimes it feels like the end [...]

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Causes Of Social Phobia

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photo credit: CMMooney It is useful for highly sensitive people to understand the causes of social phobia which often result in the crippling self consciousness and which can contribute to the HSP tendency to have an introverted personality. Social Phobia is sometimes referred to either as Generalized Social Phobia, which NIMH states is the most [...]

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What Is Special About NIA?

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What is special about NIA? If I could pick one exercise program that I think would be great for highly sensitive people, it would be NIA.   NIA stands for Neuromuscular Integrative Movement.  It was founded in 1983 by Debbie Rosas and Carlos AyaRosas, two fitness trainers, who felt that there was a need for [...]

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How Does Stress Become A Stress Disorder?

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photo credit: scott1723 How does stress become a stress disorder? We all suffer from stress which is a natural part of life.  Our challenging culture and busy lives are so ingrained that we have become too accepting of stressors so that we may minimize their effects. Stress has many damaging consequences that are easy to [...]

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Hitting The Bullseye

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From our earliest days we are taught that being right is very important.  We are taught right from wrong.  We go to schools that tell us with our grades and other badges of achievement what we have hit the mark and when we have missed.  So the importance of hitting the mark – the bullseye [...]

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Taming The Inner Killjoy

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How do you taming the inner killjoy? The inner killjoy is a part of us – like it or not. Even when we are highly focused on an activity, it sits there waiting to pounce. The inner killjoy is certain that something bad is going to happen.  It is closely related to the inner critic, [...]

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Why Gokshura Can Help With Diabetes

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Gokshura is also called puncture vine.  It is used in Ayurveda to treat genitourinary conditions and remove toxins from the body. Diabetes creates excessive urination which is why it is classified as a urinary disease in Ayurveda.   Gokshura which is used to support the urinary system of the body is considered an important herb [...]

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7 Baby Steps For Stress Relief

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When we are under stress particularly severe stress, we often want to run away from it because it is so painful. Highly sensitive people struggle more than others with stress because their nervous systems are so attuned to the world around them. We pick up every hurt and dissonance, take it in and then need [...]

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Humility And Creativity

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The minute you step into your creativity you are also stepping into your humility – which is actually quite wonderful when you think about it. Creativity invites us into trial and error, places we do not want to look at inside ourselves, and things we do not want to look at outside of ourselves. Creativity [...]

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Stress, Addiction And Weight

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Scientists have been researching the link between stress, cortisol and weight. Because addiction and stress are related, scientists have been wondering if a similar relationship exists between stress and food. The research is showing that people use drugs and food to self medicate when they are living in situations which pose an extreme threat to [...]

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