The word sensitivity is used in so many different situations, and it is often misunderstood. I have been called to continue talking about this trait for close to fifteen years, teaching about it for over a decade. It started not as a personal exploration, but as a mother trying to understand my second-born, who resisted many things and was difficult to understand. That is when I first learned about raising a spirited child, and later, the research helped me personally.

In this episode, I speak to the unique neuroanatomy of the highly sensitive person. I talk about the difference between introversion and the high sensitivity trait, the fact that roughly twenty to thirty percent of us carry this innate survival strategy, and why living in a performance-based culture keeps our nervous systems in a chronic sympathetic stress response. I share  ...