Monthly Archives: January 2018

Staying Alive and beating exhortations to self-improve

A timely read on “Improving Ourselves to Death” I was talking with some HSPs at a social meetup yesterday and we bonded over a shared sense of  society’s ridiculous obsession with the words “evidence-based” and all-consuming metrics. These ideas, along … Continue reading

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The Positivity Paradox

Positivity Pooped? In her introduction to The Undervalued Self, Dr Elaine Aron (author of The Highly Sensitive Person) reminds us that despite years of work on improving low self-esteem, the undervalued self and low self-esteem are still with us. We … Continue reading

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