profile

Hi! I'm Alane Freund.

Are you highly sensitive? Check out the resources I offer below and sign up for my newsletter!

Beautiful, plant-based breakfast spread in Costa Rica including homemade granola, tropical fruits and yummy breakfast bread with chocolate.
Featured Post

How about a Pre-Breakfast Breakfast?

Dear Reader, Pre-Breakfast Breakfast... How is that HSP friendly? Remember, you were born to be the emotional and spiritual leader, the priestly advisor or the shaman. You awaken to discover a hot drink on your doorstep. You wander to the kitchen and find a luxurious spread of nourishing food and a hot drink refill table, but it's not time for breakfast yet, you are just on your way to a morning meditation, stretch, yoga, hike, or a sit in the garden... When you are practicing emotional...

Click here to view video. How intrigued are you? It's coming: The all-inclusive luxury retreat for HSPs solo or with their partner (spouse, best friend(s), teen/adult child, mom). I love the idea of being cared for from the first moment we arrive as honored and sacred guests. That's Imiloa, the home of our exclusive, jungle, eco-resort retreat coming in February 2026! Tell us you're intrigued, and we'll send you updates because, guess what? I'm on my way! That's right, I am enroute to Costa...

Picture of the jungle retreat and link to a video of sneak peeks at Imiloa, the home of our Luxury HSP Retreat

Click here to view video. How intrigued are you? It's coming: The all-inclusive luxury retreat for HSPs solo or with their partner (spouse, best friend(s), teen/adult child, mom). I love the idea of being cared for from the first moment we arrive as honored and sacred guests. That's Imiloa, the home of our exclusive, jungle, eco-resort retreat coming in February 2026! Tell us you're intrigued, and we'll send you updates because, guess what? I'm on my way! That's right, I am enroute to Costa...

Wow, it is March 2025! Spring is almost here, and I'm gearing up for Daylight Savings Time. As an HSP, every change requires a bit of gearing up, all the more for the sensitive youth, though they are truly resilient. It's just the change makes it harder on the parents, haha. Our next office hours gathering is tomorrow, Friday at 10am Pacific | 1pm Eastern, and I expect we'll do a bit of coaching for this big transition of time and season. Our other March meetings will be the 12th and 30th,...

A ring of women's hands clasped together in unity and friendship.

Dear Reader, Wise Women & Wonder is early this month! It's on the first, which is in 2 days. WW&W is our sensitivity circle for HSW 55+...Maybe you are a highly sensitive woman over 55, or perhaps you know one (please forward this email.) I've made the decision this month to share our announcement with everyone since I included a reminder about the HSP 5 to Thrive... it is important to review these now and then; doing a little personal inventory. HOW ARE YOU THRIVING? What are the 5 to Thrive...

Save the Date for a Luxury Jungle Retreat for HSPs over photo of the Costa Rican jungle with one of the villas where we will stay.

Are you ready to uplevel your thriving life? The first ever worldwide LUXURY HSP RETREAT is coming in one year. Click here to tell me you would like to hear more about what's happening. Early bird registration opens soon. Alane Freund, MS, MALicensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Lic. #LMFT36077)International Consultant on High SensitivityP 415-203-6600 E [email protected]

red hearts and background - HSP Love Month with Are You Highly Sensitive

Dear Reader, In the spirit of the HSP LOVE MONTH, I want to share 10 tips for a great partnership! These come from the Imago Dialogue Authors, Helen LaKelly Hunt and Harville Hendrix. Imago Dialogue is the single best tool for improving communication in adult (or teen) relationships that I have found. When you become skilled at it, your relationship communication becomes loving and compassionate like never before. AND, they are offering an online workshop next month. I recommend you drop...

Country road through the coastal hills of northern California. The sky is cloudy with a bright bit of sunlight peaking through as though there is hope.

If you are highly sensitive, your brain needs to step back! Tragedy is always happening somewhere. So is hope. Your considerable empathy is a key to helping the world. But, it's a quiet path of sending love. I'm holding office hours today at 5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern. I'm letting you know because I wanted to email you and ask you to take care of your brain by breaking away from more tragic news.If you are consuming any news today, stop now. You have seen enough. If you haven't seen the...

I love being introverted. I love the quiet and time spent either alone or in intimate relationships with dear ones (including my animals.)But I can become isolated and many introverts can. Isolation Warning Signs might include: Negative self-talk More anxious feelings Feeling lonely more than usual or more regularly Losing track of time Less interest in solo fun Longer times between calling friends or family Dishes or laundry piling up Irritable and not able to shift it Lingering sadness or...

Dear Reader, Are you feeling overwhelmed by all the tragic news? Even if you are doing a great job with your news fast, the algorithm is still going to throw some stuff in your feed ... you can't avoid it completely. And maybe you feel you need to know. Office hours today was full of lots of beautiful emotion and compassion, and we also acknowledge the need for glimmers of hope. Along those lines, an organization I follow is holding an event on Saturday (January 18th) at 2:00 pm Pacific. You...