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5 Tips to cope with news anxiety
News anxiety is a real and growing challenge - especially for highly sensitive people. When you feel the world deeply, constant exposure to distressing headlines can leave you emotionally flooded and overwhelmed. In this article, I share honest reflections from my own experience as an HSP, along with practical, grounded strategies for staying informed without burning out. If the news feels like too much lately, you're not alone - and there are gentler ways to navigate it.

Valerie
Aug 18, 20256 min read


HSP... Your mindset matters… more than you think
When I first learned I was an empath and a highly sensitive person, it explained so much - but also left me overwhelmed. I believed my sensitivity meant life would always be harder for me. But what I’ve learned since then is that mindset matters just as much as energy. In this post, I share the shift that helped me - and my clients - go from drained and powerless to grounded and empowered.

Valerie
Aug 11, 20254 min read


Top Struggles of Highly Sensitive People (HSP) and how Coaching helps
Being highly sensitive can feel overwhelming, but coaching offers tailored support to help HSPs manage challenges like anxiety, toxic relationships, and overthinking - empowering them to thrive with confidence and balance.

Valerie
Jun 17, 20256 min read


Smiling Depression - The hidden struggle behind the smile
When people think of depression, they often picture someone visibly sad, withdrawn, or struggling to manage daily life. This common perception can overshadow a more subtle and hidden form of suffering - what’s often referred to as "smiling depression." While not a formal diagnosis, smiling depression is a real experience for many people, characterized by masking emotional pain behind an outwardly cheerful demeanor.

Valerie
Jun 3, 20254 min read


Empathy’s Shadow: Recognizing and Healing Emotional Hypervigilance
Do you ever feel like you’re carrying the emotional weight of the world on your shoulders? Like an emotional sponge, you absorb everything around you - every subtle change in someone’s tone, every sigh, every flicker of emotion. You might resonate with terms like empath or hyper-empath, finding validation in the way they describe your heightened sensitivity. But does naming it really solve the problem?
The reality is more complex. What you’re experiencing is emotional hypervi

Valerie
May 13, 20254 min read


Dealing with grief as a HSP
Grief touches every soul at some point, but for those who identify as Highly Sensitive People, the experience can feel especially raw, complex, and all-encompassing. Grief is never easy - it is a profoundly human experience filled with pain, longing, and transformation. Whether you’re mourning the death of a loved one or navigating the sorrow of another kind of loss, allowing yourself space to feel and heal is essential. For HSP, that process often looks and feels very differ

Valerie
Apr 22, 20256 min read


Why relationships are extra tricky for Highly Sensitive People
Highly Sensitive People (HSP) bring incredible depth, empathy, and intuition to their relationships, making them compassionate and attentive

Valerie
Mar 18, 20254 min read


Highly Sensitive People: The champions of Active Listening
Highly sensitive people active listening skills make them champions of meaningful conversations. Explore how highly sensitive people active

Valerie
Feb 18, 20254 min read


Stuck in a thought loop? Understanding Mental Ruminations
Feeling trapped in a never-ending thought loop? Dive into 'Stuck in a thought loop? Understanding Mental Ruminations...

Valerie
Nov 19, 20246 min read


How to be at your optimal energy level
For highly sensitive people, finding the right balance of energy is key to feeling aligned, peaceful, and purposeful. By "energy," I...

Valerie
Nov 5, 20246 min read


Burn-out, a real risk for Highly Sensitive People
Even if fatigue is a problem that affects almost all highly sensitive people, burn-out is on a whole other level and must be avoided.

Valerie
Jul 10, 20246 min read


Are my Symptoms related to my High Sensitivity?
We often talk about high sensitivity in terms of psychological, emotional, and behavioral traits, but it’s so much more than that. High...

Valerie
Jun 13, 20245 min read


Highly Sensitive People: breaking the habit of being a people-pleaser
Are you a die-hard “yes” person? So welcome to the people-pleaser club. You are one of the people who want at all costs to be loved and who thrive on the joy of others. Is this evil in itself? No. Admirable? Certainly. Healthy? Not necessarily. It's one thing to like to bring joy to those around you, but sometimes that goes too far, so far as to go against our own desires.

Valerie
Jan 13, 20246 min read


What makes the brain of a Highly Sensitive Person different?
You are a strange phenomenon to most of the people around you, but also to yourself. Who are you?
Let me give you a few more clues. Who is better than you at reading a room full of strangers at an emotional level? But then, after a busy social interaction, who goes hiding for days just to recharge their empty battery, leaving everybody around them perplexed. Then after days of napping, who comes out wearing their empathetic outfit and goes about saving the world?...

Valerie
Jan 7, 20247 min read


Are HSP aliens?
Are HSP aliens? Of course not ! Maybe it feels like it sometimes, but I see us as humans who were lucky enough to be born with...

Valerie
Jan 4, 20244 min read


The tree-like thinking of highly sensitive people
Tree thinking, linear, intuitive, there are many ways of thinking. Knowing this is important, because this data provides an element of respo

Valerie
Jan 2, 20244 min read


How to stop your brain from overthinking?
Blah Blah Blah… Blah Blah Blah… The brains of highly sensitive people never stop! This is a very common problem among very sensitive people.

Valerie
Nov 20, 20235 min read


The 11 signs of genuine empathy that can’t be faked
True empathy can’t be faked. It shows up in how someone listens, supports, and connects… consistently, quietly, and sincerely. This article reveals 11 unmistakable signs of real empathy, and how to tell the difference between those who care deeply and those who only pretend to.

Valerie Lavoisard
Oct 23, 202312 min read
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