Ayurveda is one of the oldest continuous systems of healing in the world. Originating in India more than 5,000 years ago, its name comes from the Sanskrit words Ayur, meaning life, and Veda, meaning knowledge. Ayurveda is not simply a medical system but a sacred science of living, concerned with how human beings remain in right relationship with their bodies, their minds, the natural world and consciousness itself.
The holidays can stir more in us than we expect. One sharp comment, one old family dynamic, and suddenly your whole system is on alert. The good news is that your body already knows how to settle itself with a simple 90 second practice. This short piece shows you how to come back to yourself when everything feels too much.
James Drewett on HSPconnect has written another beautiful poem and he’s kindly allowed me share it with you.
James says, “The poem was inspired by a comment on one of the How to Hold Space training sessions on HSPconnect where someone said how, in going “deep” in conversations, they would meet their own soul. The image stuck with me, so thanks for the inspiration!”
I was invited to speak with Kimberly Marsh recently, the host of The Happy HSP podcast. I’d love to know your reflections on this.
We talked about the ache of loneliness and longing for deeper connection as highly sensitive people, and how we can find belonging in community with other HSPs as this gives us the courage and validation to be our authentic selves.
There is a moment in every human life when words fall short. When we can no longer explain or fix or fully understand the world’s pain, but only feel it. And alongside that pain, if we’re still enough, we also feel its beauty
This beautiful and moving poem was written and shared on HSPconnect by James Drewitt, who has kindly allowed me share it with you.
This next piece is written by, and copied with permission, from Dr Andrew May, a researcher in high sensitivity and a member of HSPconnect.
My colleague, Tom Falkenstein (author of The Highly Sensitive Man) recently published a review and meta-analysis (an analysis of multiple independent studies – useful for detecting larger research trends) of the link between mental health and sensitivity, measured using the original HSP scale.
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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.