Dear Reader,

I just returned from another family visit in Oklahoma. Once again, I am shocked and disappointed at how exhausted I was. I got home Wednesday evening and barely cracked open the computer before Monday morning. More on this story in the webinar... it's an important part of the picture about how we travel and why it has to be different.

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Pulling Back the Curtain on Why I Create Retreats for Successful HSPs

For years, I wore the mask of high-functioning calm. On the outside, I was thriving—meeting deadlines, leading teams, achieving goals. But inside, I was quietly burning out.

As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), I was constantly navigating a world that wasn’t built for me. The noise, the pressure to socialize, the relentless doing—it all came at a cost. I needed more than a vacation. I needed space to breathe, to feel, and to simply exist without performing.

And I realized I wasn’t alone.

I'd like to tell you how I transformed run-of-the-mill vacations into replenishing retreats.
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Please don't ask me if I feel rested after I travel. I don't 99% of the time. Do you?
YOU COULD, but it takes an investment in you.
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It's a strategy, a technique, and a practice.
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Along the way, I'm going to talk about the FIRST ever HSP Luxury Retreat: How, Why, and What is to come.
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Luxury is not expensive. It is an investment. Rest is not a luxury. It is an investment.
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​Sign up today and come see me tomorrow on Zoom. We will record, but LIVE is so much more fun because we can chat and strategize and get to know one another.
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With a sigh of satisfaction,
Alane

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UPCOMING EVENTS at Are You Highly Sensitive (online unless noted)

• May 21 - Vacation Drain and Re-entry Pain: Busy HSPs Need Something Different.12pm Pacific. Re-imagining the all-inclusive experience for highly sensitive people. In this new webinar about designing retreats that nourish (not exhaust), you will re-discover the components of a truly restorative experience. We will talk about the new retreat in Costa Rica and how it came to be. Bring your questions about Cleanse, Clarify, Create and about designing your own perfect retreat.
• May 28 - REPLAY: Retreat as Spiritual Practice 12pm Pacific. Do you have to wait until life or the world's pressures have knocked you down or chewed you up? NO you don't. Class and community discussion.
• May 31 - Speaking Horse 9:30-11am Pacific Woodacre, IN PERSON
• June 1 - HSPs and Horses: Couples Workshop 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Pacific | Heart and Mind Equine, Woodacre, California.
• June 7 - Wise Women and Wonder 10am Pacific | 1pm Eastern

​AYHS Office Hours (SAVE THE DATES):

• May 22 - AYHS Office Hours 7:30am Pacific | 10:30am Eastern
• June 6 - AYHS Office Hours 10am Pacific | 1pm Eastern
• June 14 - AYHS Office Hours 9am Pacific | 12pm Eastern
• June 26 - AYHS Office Hours 7:30am Pacific | 10:30am Eastern

Alane Freund, MS, MA​
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Lic. #LMFT36077)
International Consultant on High Sensitivity
​P 415-203-6600 E areyouhighlysensitive@gmail.com​

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