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+...
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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 for highly sensitive elderwomen (and us all)? I know you know:

1. Know and understand the trait, believe you are highly sensitive. What questions do you have about the trait and the research? How do you talk about it? Who do you need to educate?
2. Reframe your childhood and all of the past in light of the fact you are highly sensitive. Sharing childhood experiences. Reframing the past. Finding a new calling for the present and future.
3. Heal past trauma. Start with Awareness, Acceptance, Action. The common experiences of trauma recovery. The annoyance and pain of the ongoing journey--enough already.
4. Design a life compatible with your sensitivity. What does that look like in our late middle and elder years? Some ways it's easier, some ways it's more challenging. What are the hacks?
5. Live and share in community with others like you. The core experience of Wise Women & Wonder. It's the whole reason I created this circle. Simply showing up is healing.

Have you been to WW&W recently? Or maybe it's been a while... We welcome you to join our circle and share in the love and community of women who share some of our lived experiences, most importantly that of living with a sensitive nervous system in an often insensitive world.

I certainly don't have all the answers, but I like to think, with some skilled facilitation, we can find them for one another. It's truly the magic of Wise Women & Wonder.​
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I hope to see the wise women on Saturday and I welcome everyone to let me know how you are doing on your 5 to Thrive. We can't take them for granted. These 5 tasks are an ongoing practice which requires intentional attention.

Blessings and breath,

Alane

PS May you thrive more and more with every day. AND may you be ever patient when the world knocks you down and you feel like crap. Just know it happens. Nurture and love yourself, then peek outside and look at the sky, and put one foot in front of the other, one minute at a time, until you are once again thriving. You got this.

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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