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I recently returned from a pilgrimage in Gujarat, India, led by Priyal Shah, who guides the spiritual dimension of our work with HSPs.

We visited temples and sacred sites where people had come for generations with flowers, prayers and longing, and I found myself deeply moved by the felt sense that these places had become alive through centuries of devotion.

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.

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.