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Calming Practices for Highly Sensitive People

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I’m a Highly Sensitive Person and a therapist for HSPs who feel overwhelmed. I work with people facing anxiety, trauma, burnout, people-pleasing, low self-worth, and emotional overload. This space gathers the tools I use in my own life and with my cl...
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Daily Tools

Those are the tools I use daily

 
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When I need to recenter, silence becomes essential. For Highly Sensitive People, daily moments without noise are not a luxury. They are a need. Living in a busy city often means constant stimulation. Sounds, voices, movement. It builds up, even when ...
QuietComfort Ultra Headphones | Bose
 
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To stay grounded daily, even when I can’t spend time in nature. I keep it under my desk, so while I’m working at my computer, my body stays connected and supported at the same time. At first, I tried it out of curiosity, without expecting much. But o...
Grounding Mat for Bed with Cord - Sleep & Pain Relief
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A gentle way to unwind before sleep, without straining your eyes or adding more stimulation at the end of the day. If your mind tends to stay active, replay conversations, or hold on to emotions, listening can help you slow down in a softer way. You ...
Membership Plans & Pricing | Audible.com
 
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I use it at the end of the day to release built-up tension in my body. After hours of mental and emotional load, my body often feels tight, heavy, and overstimulated. This helps me shift out of that state without effort. The gentle vibration supports...
Exercise Vibration Plate | 99 Intensity Levels & 5 Modes
 
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Because good sleep is essential, especially when your system is easily overstimulated. I use a silk sleep mask to create a deeper sense of darkness and safety at night. Even small light can keep the mind more alert than you realize. This helps me swi...
Silk Sleep Mask
 
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I use a weighted blanket when my body feels tense or my mind stays active at night. The gentle pressure creates a sense of containment and safety. It helps my body slow down. My breathing becomes more regular. I feel held, without effort. For Highly ...
Weighted Blankets For Anxiety

Books and journals

Those are the readings that I consider very useful for highly sensitive people in distress, who want to learn more about themselves or how to better functioning

 
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To better understand your sensitivity and how it shapes your inner world. The Highly Sensitive Person is one of the first books that puts clear words on this trait. It explains what it means to be highly sensitive, how your nervous system processes m...
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive
 
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To better understand how your sensitivity shows up in relationships. The Highly Sensitive Person in Love explores how you connect, feel, and react when you are close to someone. It explains why relationships can feel intense, why you may need more sp...
The Highly Sensitive Person in Love
 
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not specifically for highly sensitive person but really good for who is HSP
Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Hoping
 
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Not properly for HSP, but it teaches the importance of accepting to be imperfect (often HSP in distress consider themselves imperfect or not good enough beacouse they feel different so it is a good reading)
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go & Be You
 
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Journaling for a HSP is a great tool to look within and find back peac and calm
30-Day Journal for Highly Sensitive People
 
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Sometimes I don't feel to meditate but just reconneced with that child feeling of using coloured pensils on paper… and I love colouring books, like this for example
Butterfly & Flowers Coloring Book for Adults

Example of places where recharge

In my experice, MOVEMENT, in particular in nature, helps deeply to recharge when you are HSP. Here where I walk regularly to recharge, or places that I absolutely adore, where I experienced calm, peace or joy

 
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I Live in Paris so this is my favourite place in nature in town
Bois de Vincennes
 
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All the area is perfect for great walks in nature, at some minutes from Paris
Château de Fontainebleau site officiel. Page d'accueil
 
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My hearth is still there. Great place for those who are very well trained and equiped when is cold
Bienvenido al Portal de Torres del Paine - TorresDelPaine.com
 
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This is just en example but for me all deserts have incredible energy and I feel I can exapand when I'm there
Visiter le désert d'Atacama au Chili : Guide 2026
 
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same as the deserts, vulcan areas are amazing places
Mount Etna
 
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I visited all ICELAND and I left my heart there, as in Chile. Nature here is so powerful with colours, silence and smells from hot sources. Huge open spaces without people and only a few animals…majestic silence
The Best Day Hikes in Iceland | Iceland Summer Travel Guide

Example of Apps to use daily

Here some apps I use and that I often propose to who come to my practice. They are proposal based on my experice, everyone needs to taste and decide what can work for them.

 
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It is on google app for Android but I understand that is avalable also for Apple. This is my choice but if you have other app or if you have local places to practice meditation or breath work or both… please give it a try, and let me know how you fee...
To MEDITATE 🧘‍♂️ and for Breath excercises : Android Apps by mEL Studio on Google Play
 
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I believe Hatha Yoga is best for high emotional and sensitive people because gives the time to feel, I use this app but any you prefer or any local Hatah lesson in person I believe can really helps ( of course if you enjoy to do it!)
Hatha yoga for beginners - Apps on Google Play
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Tips

 
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21 Gentle and Uplifting Happiness Quotes to Brighten Your Day, especially if You’re a Sensitive Soul
Popular Quotes
 
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Anxiety can feel like a constant background noise if you are a Highly Sensitive Person.
Anxiety and the Highly Sensitive Person: 7 Proven Ways to Manage Overwhelm and Find Inner Peace
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