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Here’s what’s happening in the HSP world today:

• The Highly Sensitive Human Academy is accepting applications for its two coaching courses.

• Julie Bjelland, LMFT, still offers a 60% discount on all her six courses for HSPs and Neurodivergent individuals.

• Are you a sensitivity researcher? The deadline for abstract submissions for the 3rd International Conference on Sensitivity Research is next week.

• Registration for the 40th and 41st HSP Gathering Retreats with Jacquelyn Strickland is ongoing.

• Need help refining your 2025 goals? Presh Namor, MBA is teaching her final goal-setting class for Empaths and HSPs today, January 18.

Read on for more details, events, resources, and other HSP-related content.

Upcoming HSP Events

• Jan 18: 2025 Glitter & Goal-Setting Party for Empaths & Highly Sensitives 

• Jan 23: Thriving While Highly Sensitive with Christine Wulbecker (In-person, US)

• Jan 24: The Creative Business Circle - a virtual event inside The Haven.

• Jan 26: Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Café – In-Person Event with Cindy Gale, UK

• Jan 30: AYHS Office Hours - Open Coaching for Highly Sensitive People and Parents with Alane Freund, LMFT.

• Feb 1: Wise Women and Wonder Sensitivity Circle – a Live Event for HSPs Over 55

• Feb 5: Free Webinar Discussing The Highly Sensitive Person—Has Mental Health Treatment Been Missing Something?

The Highly Sensitive Human Academy is accepting applications

Do you want to work with Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) or Highly Sensitive Children (HSCs) in 2025?

Jules De Vitto, a transpersonal coach, certified trainer and founder of the Highly Sensitive Human Academy invites you to apply for these two coaching courses:

1. 3-Month Professional Training: Coaching Highly Sensitive People - This course offers an integrative and embodied approach to coaching HSPs, drawing on psychological and spiritual perspectives. It starts in May 2025.

2. Empowering Highly Sensitive Children: Professional Training Certificate - Wondering how to support the healthy development and social-emotional well-being of HSCs in 2025? Enrol in this 3-month program to learn practical, integrative, and holistic frameworks to empower sensitive children. This is a self-paced course.

All 6 HSP Courses by Julie Bjelland, LMFT are 60% Off

Towards the end of 2024, Julie Bjelland offered a 60% holiday discount on all her courses for HSPs and neurodivergent individuals. That offer has been extended into 2025 with a different promo code — SENSITIVE60.

All courses are self-paced, 8 weeks long, and include free access to the Sensitive Empowerment Community.

Here are the online courses on offer:

• The HSP Toolbox – Shares holistic tools to calm a sensitive nervous system.

• Your Self-Discovery Journey - Designed to help Highly Sensitive People follow a guided path to authenticity and become fully themselves.

• Blooming Brilliantly - Helps HSPs learn how to set healthy boundaries, advocate for their needs, protect their energy and improve relationships.

• How to Grow a Heart-Centered Online Business - Demonstrates exactly what works for HSPs when starting and growing a business.

• Brain Training for the Highly Sensitive Person - Shares tools and techniques to help HSPs reduce anxiety and overwhelming emotions. 

The 3rd International Conference on High Sensitivity is Scheduled for May 23. Abstract Submissions are Ongoing

This one-day conference is an annual event featuring presentations, posters, and talks on recent sensitivity research. The 3rd edition will happen at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, on May 23, 2025.

In the meantime, researchers are invited to submit abstracts for consideration by January 24, 2025. Visit this page on the Sensitivity Research website to learn more.

The 40th and 41st HSP Gathering Retreats Will Be in June and August, Respectively

The 2025 HSP Gathering Retreats, led by Jacquelyn Strickland, will start later this year. They will have the shared theme of "Coming Home to Ourselves as Highly Sensitive People."

The 40th edition will be held at Walker Creek Ranch in Petaluma, California, starting June 6. Dr. Elaine N. Aron will attend in person and the retreat will last 5 nights. Registration is currently ongoing.

The 41st edition will be held at Boyds Mills Retreat Center in Milanville, Pennsylvania, starting August 29. Registration for the event is ongoing and Dr. Elaine Aron will join attendees virtually.

Visit this page to learn more.

Featured Resources in January

Our focus this month is HSP communities. Here are three membership communities you might like as a Highly Sensitive Person:

1. The Haven - an online village for Highly Sensitive People and those who think and feel things deeply. (Free 28-day trial, then $15/month)

2. The Sensitive Empowerment Community - an online sanctuary for Highly Sensitive and Neurodivergent individuals. ($40/month)

3. Are You Highly Sensitive (AYHS) - a membership community for Highly Sensitive People, hosted by Alane Freund, LMFT. (Starts at $37/month)

4. Community Hub for HSP Professionals - a community of coaches and professionals who work with Highly Sensitive People. ($17/month)

5. The Ideal Self Membership - for Highly Sensitive People and Empaths. (7-day free trial, then $9.99/month)

From around the Web

• How HSP men can embrace and harness their emotional strength - by William Allen on The Sensitive Man blog.

• Nurturing Supportive Friendships as an HSP - April Snow, LMFT, talks with two podcast guests about the benefits of supportive friendships

• New Year’s perspective and appreciation for our HSP journeys - by Emily Agnew on Sustainably Sensitive.

• 30 Powerful Methods to Calm a Highly Sensitive Nervous System - by Anne-Kathrin van Tiggelen on HiSensitives.

• How to Overcome Shame and Self-Doubt as a Highly Sensitive Person - by Brooke Nielsen, LMFT on Sensitive Refuge.