“I feel pretty lousy today. Tired. Annoyed. Wanting space. Do you feel drained after the holidays even though you ‘should’ feel refreshed? Here’s why that ‘should’ might be the problem – and why this email is two weeks late.”
The Mental Christmas Hangover (and what to do about it) Read More »
Final week of my year in review: The coffee shop moment in Leicester when the static dropped out. The months (years?) of cycling home with suicidal thoughts. The 3-week caffeine experiment. Discovering I’m a Highly Sensitive Person and the thought: “I can be happy as myself.” The mindfulness practices that actually work for skeptical men.
From Autopilot to Awareness: The Moment Everything Became Clear Read More »
For four months as a junior doctor, I couldn’t tell if I was doing something wrong or if my depleted HSP system was catastrophizing. Here’s how to reality-check the mind-reading pattern with tools that actually work.For four months as a junior doctor, I couldn’t tell if I was doing something wrong or if my depleted HSP system was catastrophizing. Here’s how to reality-check the mind-reading pattern with tools that actually work.For four months as a junior doctor, I couldn’t tell if I was doing something wrong or if my depleted HSP system was catastrophizing. Here’s how to reality-check the mind-reading pattern with tools that actually work.
Your High-Performance Processing System Needs Different Operating Conditions | Week 3 Why “pushing through” backfires for men like us (and what works instead) I received an email recently as part of this series from a regular reader, and it really made me think: “When I look at it I think ‘well surely everyone will score
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The question my therapist asked that changed how I see the world Week 2 of the Enhanced Processing Series Last week I shared my discovery that I’m a Highly Sensitive Person—or as I prefer to call it, someone with enhanced processing. I also shared the assessment I created to help you understand your own processing
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