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The Gentle Power of Highly Sensitive People | Elena Herdieckerhoff | TEDxIHEParis

2016

Elena Herdieckerhoff explains why we need to change the prevalent cultural narrative around highly sensitive people.

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The Mirror-Touch Synesthetes Who Can Literally Feel Your Pain

People with the unique neurological condition aren't just sensitive to the emotions and physical sensations of others—they feel them like it's their own.

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Layla Haidrani
2017
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‘We Can Literally Feel Our Patients’ Pain’: From a Neuroscientist to a Massage Therapist, We Speak to Some of the Rare Few Healthcare Professionals with ‘Mirror-Touch Synesthesia’

Mirror-touch synesthesia is a rare neurological trait that makes people highly empathic, allowing them to feel what others do by looking at or touching them.

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Natalie Rahhal
2018
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Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain

In this “rich, fascinating portrait of extraordinary sensory awareness” (Kirkus), acclaimed neurologist Joel Salinas, M.D.

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Joel Salinas
2025
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Self-Care for the Self-Aware: A Guide for Highly Sensitive People, Empaths, Intuitives, and Healers

Are you frustrated because you haven’t yet healed? If your symptoms of physical, emotional, or energetic pains and illness keep reoccurring no matter what you’ve done, this book is for you! Many of us on the path of self-realization are overly empathic; therefore, we need special tools and...

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Dave Markowitz
2013
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The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person: A Workbook to Harness Your Strengths in Every Part of Life

Do you experience more emotional intensity than others? Do you tend to be more easily overstimulated or process information more slowly? You may be an empath or a highly sensitive person (HSP).

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Amanda Cassil
2020
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The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators

If you’re a highly sensitive person, or identify as an “empath,” you may feel easily overwhelmed by the world around you, suffer from “people-pleasing,” experience extreme anxiety or stress in times of conflict, or even take on the emotions of others.

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Shahida Arabi
2020
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The Key Differences & Desires of an Introvert, Empath & Highly Sensitive Person.

I coach and work with many clients who think they are “weak” because they are an introvert, empath, or an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person). They feel misplaced in this world, and others struggle to understand them.

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Céline Levy
2020
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Getting Through Life as Highly Sensitive People Without Putting Out Our Flame

It took me about 26 years of blindly exploring the deepest pits of life to unfold the reality of who I’ve always been, with all the tragedy and great triumphs that came with having this personality. I am almost 30 now.

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Rasha Al Jabi
2019
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How to Thrive During the Holidays as an Empath, According to a Psychiatrist

The holiday season tends to fill calendars with social events and homes with out-of-town guests.

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Judith Orloff
2021
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An Interview with Judy Orloff

No one knows the joys and challenges of being an empath better than Judith Orloff, M.D.

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Laurie Sue Brockway
2017
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