So many of us wrestle with the question: What is my purpose? Why am I here?
The answers we’re offered are often about careers, goals, or family. Whatever your situation for many sensitive souls, the ache of purposelessness comes from something quieter, and more intimate.
In honour of Joanna Macy (1929–2025)
Joanna Macy died peacefully on July 19th in her home in Berkeley, California.
I believe Joanna’s death—and the way her beloved community made it visible—is a generational teaching. A blueprint for what it means to live and die in the embrace of community, courage, and deep time.
Rest well, Joanna.
It’s hard to believe it’s already been six months since we quietly opened the doors to the complete version of HSPconnect—a space imagined as a warm bath for Highly Sensitive People. A place where depth, kindness, and mutual care aren’t rare qualities but shared values.
Save this image and practice asking yourself these questions as a way of starting to learn the difference.
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