The Highly Sensitive Person's Toolkit: Everyday Strategies for Thriving in an Overstimulating World

by Allison Lefkowitz

Overview

Use your high sensitivity to your advantages-practical strategies to help you thrive, As a highly sensitive person (HSP), self-knowledge is your key to feeling and functioning well in a world that isn't particularly responsive to your needs. The Highly Sensitive Persons Toolkit is filled with constructive strategies and insights to help you identify your strengths, rise to your challenges, and let your positive traits shine. You'll find practical tools for approaching everyday life, social situations, relationships, and the workplace with confidence and calm. It's time to embrace your sensitivity and live your best life. Understanding HSPs Learn more about what it means to be a highly sensitive person and discover the differences between HSP traits and trauma symptoms. Core Skills & Competencies Discover core skills, tools, and practices designed to support HSPs across all areas of life, from learning self-advocacy to setting boundaries and ^retraining difficult situations. The Happy, Healthy HSP Explore strategies for maintaining balance and practicing self-care, including ways to break the habit of perfectionism and connect with your intuition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647390761
Publisher:	Callisto Media
Publication date:	07/21/2020
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Allison Lefkowitz is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in NYC, where she specializes in working with HSPs. She received her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. She lives in Sunnyside, Queens, with her husband and dog. Visit her online at ALMFT.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

How to Use This Book x

Chapter 1 The Highly Sensitive Person 1

Chapter 2 Highly-Frequency Living: Everyday Life 29

Chapter 3 Being a Real Highly Sensitive Person: Social Situations 41

Chapter 4 Open Heart Living: Relationships 55

Chapter 5 Finding Flow: Highly Sensitive People in Work and Vocation 73

Chapter 6 Maintenance and Growth: The Care and Feeding of Highly Sensitive People 87

Resources 111

References 114

Index 118

Editorial Reviews

I really appreciate Allison’s focus on self-advocacy in this book! Filled with tips, insights, and practical exercises that you can do to help raise self-awareness, develop effective strategies for managing overstimulation, and build your personal self-care practice, this book will enhance and enliven your life!” —Tracy Cooper, Ph.D., International Consultant on High Sensitivity, author of Thrill: The High Sensation Seeking Highly Sensitive Person, and Thrive: The Highly Sensitive Person and Career

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