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  Volume 28                 Inspiration and Information for Highly Sensitive People
November 2010 
In This Issue
Be Thankful for your High Sensitivity
Self-Appreciation for HSPs
Your Thoughts are Your Gifts to Yourself
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[img: Turkey Dinner]Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy the holiday and find lots of things to be grateful for.

The month of November also features World Diabetes Day, which is a good time to increase your knowledge about its causes, management, and prevention. The American Diabetes Association is an excellent source of information.

November is also a time to honor our veterans. I hope you had a chance to salute our troops, both past and present. If not, you can still say "thank you" at the USO web site.

It's hard to believe that we're almost at the end of another year! With the holidays just around the corner, I encourage you to keep our products in mind as you do your shopping for the season. It's your support that enables us to keep things running smoothly at The Highly Sensitive Person Publishing Company.
Be Thankful for Your High Sensitivity

[img: Grateful Woman]Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and appreciate all that we have. While it's nice to have a holiday to remind us to be grateful, there's no reason to focus our gratitude on just one day.

Unfortunately, our culture tends to accentuate the negative aspects of life. Every time we look at the news, we hear about accidents, horrific crimes, and other sad stories. It's no wonder we have a tendency to think negatively about ourselves, humanity, and life in general.

As highly sensitive people, we are greatly influenced by our environment and deeply take in everything around us. Thus, we are uniquely challenged by the experiences of our every day lives.

It's important for us to be aware of our sensitive nature and to do what we can to prevent outside sources from clouding our judgment. Otherwise, we will easily lose sight of the positive aspects of our lives.

Many highly sensitive people also have a tendency towards perfectionism. While we can readily list our shortcomings, we are at a loss to acknowledge our positive attributes. Our habits of thought become so ingrained that we fail to see the obvious negative effect that they have on our happiness.

The purpose of my work is to bring self-awareness and to stimulate the thought necessary to help people lead their best lives. Sometimes a jolt at the right time will motivate you to examine your thoughts and actions. Are they serving you well? If not, what can you do to make a change?  

An important step towards appreciating yourself is to build your self-esteem. You can do this by better understanding your highly sensitive nature. Once you are more aware of your HSP strengths and gifts, you will feel more positive about yourself and your life. While some people feel that high sensitivity is a drawback, I see it as a beautiful and powerful gift!

I do the best I can to offer helpful resources on the highly sensitive person trait. I have written a book, Making Sense of Your High Sensitivity, which is about my life as a highly sensitive person and the lessons that I have learned. Additionally, there are lots of free resources on my website, including my previous newsletters, my interviews on HSP topics, recommended web sites, and my communications with other HSPs on Facebook and Twitter. I also provide HSP coaching for those interested in more individualized assistance.

[img: Jumping]It is my hope that these resources will help you understand your high sensitivity and maximize your best qualities. When you have peace of mind, self-knowledge, and self-esteem, you'll be in a better frame of mind to give thanks and appreciate all that you are and all the good things in your life.
Self-Appreciation for Highly Sensitive People

[img: Smiling]Who are you?
Where do you fit in this world?
We come in different colors, shapes, sizes, abilities, and aptitudes.
Some of us are able bodied, and some of us are not.
Some of us have physical handicaps, and some of us are handicapped by our thinking.
Some of us have attitudes that will make us soar, whoever we are.
We all have choices. We can choose to make our situations better or worse.
We are all dealt circumstances that we can and cannot control.
Don't we owe it to ourselves, our loved ones, and our world to make the best out of whatever we've got?
Why not make the best out of your lot?
For better or worse, we're all we've got.

Appreciate yourself as a highly sensitive person. Learn, accept, and work with what you have. Make the best out of your lot. Your lot...our lot...is a good one. Take advantage of it. For better or worse, we're all we've got.

Excerpt from my book, Making Sense of Your High Sensitivity.
Your Thoughts Are A Gift You Give To Yourself

Guest Article by
Deb Godsil

Pink LightsDo you realize how much power your thoughts have? If you've ever been moved by the lyrics in a song or brought to tears or laughter by a movie, this is proof positive that your thoughts have a HUGE impact on you. Thoughts produce emotion, which then produces similar thoughts and emotions, and the ball just keeps rolling along.

If you assign colors to your thoughts, it can help you see how they affect you. For example, let's say you have a thought such as, I'm so tired that I can't do the things that I once loved to do. What emotion does that thought stir inside you? When I think of the word "tired", it conjures up images in my mind that are dark and dreary. The color would be black. And of course the word "can't" has the same dark color attached to it. Thinking a negative thought such as this is like giving yourself a gift of darkness. Stop for a moment and think about what it would be like to give yourself a gift, and when you unwrapped it, all you saw was darkness. 

On the flip-side, let's say you think a thought like, I am a strong warrior woman. In this case, the colors are vibrant and striking. The words "strong", "warrior", and "woman" elicit images of bright and fiery colors. I see red and orange for the words "strong" and "warrior". I see the color purple or lavender for the word "woman". If you gave this type of thought as gift to yourself, you'd be excited to unwrap it! 

So you may be wondering what to do when you get a thought with a dark, dreary color. Ask yourself, Does this thought help me or harm me? If the thought is not helpful, make a conscious decision to let it go so that it never gains a foothold on you or your life. Instead, choose a different thought. See if you can find the flip-side of that thought, and give yourself a beautiful, vibrant healthy gift. 

I realize this may sound over-simplified. I felt the same way at first. However, time after time, when I became more aware of the "color" of my thoughts and the subsequent emotions, I could easily sense whether the thought was good or bad for me. Starting today, promise to give yourself gifts of glorious colors that uplift, heal, and encourage.

About the Author
Deb GodsilDeb Godsil is a highly sensitive person as well as a mother and grandmother She enjoys poetry, baking, walking, hiking, and yoga. Deb has been dealing with chronic health issues for a long time....migraines and fibromyalgia. Certain that she will find healing from her conditions, she currently maintains a blog to share her health journey as well as other aspects of her life.

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Cliff Harwin
The Highly Sensitive Person Publishing Company