posted June 24, 2016 04:25 PM            

As I read the book, I'll share highlights of passages that might interest others.

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In seminar presentations, when I explain why an Intuitive-Sensitive Person will do a 'perfume dash' through a department store, or why, when visiting a restaurant, they'd rather leave than have to sit at a table with their back to the door, or how, at a dinner party they'll hang around to make sure they get the end seat on a rectangular table, but don't mind where they sit on a round table, there's always a deep chuckle of recognition.

But why do they do these things? The answer is: information overload. To an Intuitive-Sensitive the perfume counter smells like a chemical factory, designed to give them a headache. When people dine out in a restaurant they expect to be able to relax and enjoy their meal, but for the Intuitive-Sensitive who finds themselves seated with their back to the door, it's anything but relaxing. The diners coming into the restaurant have questions in their minds: where will they sit? Where are the friends they're due to meet? And then there are the nervous ones on a first date...

posted June 24, 2016 04:35 PM            

Why chocolate? Serotonin, the happy brain chemical will lower the stress response, has long been a partner with chocolate.

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posted June 24, 2016 04:59 PM            

This is why many, before they become conscious of their sensitivity, go through relationships that are dogged by significant communication and boundary issues. Once the Intuitive-Sensitive feels they aren't the only one who experiences their emotional world through their hyper-sensitive senses, finding that they have a strong desire to discover their healing and intuitive interests, they develop the ability to relax. They do this because they have a new source of love, and this love is unconditional: it's not hard work and it doesn't involve other people and having to process their emotional world.

This new love is the beginning of the development of unconditional kindness, and the simplest form of this to find but the hardest to achieve is unconditional kindness towards the self. This is achieved through the natural intuitive opening that the Intuitive-Sensitive begins to trigger in their life, mixed with a strong desire to heal.

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posted July 03, 2016 11:51 AM            

PART I: Understanding Yourself as an Intuitive-Sensitive Person

Chapter 1: The Surgeon's Prayer
Chapter 2: What is an Intuitive-Sensitive Person?
Chapter 3: "You're too Sensitive"
Chapter 4: Intuitive-Sensitivity and Right-Brain Thinking
Chapter 5: Recognizing the Opening Process
Chapter 6: Why Intuitive-Sensitive People Need Purpose

PART II: The 7 Steps to Purpose - Learn to Enhance Your Intuitive Skills

Chapter 7: Step 1 - Accept Your Difference
Chapter 8: Step 2 - Learn to Manage Your Mind
Chapter 9: Step 3 - Make the Transition from Personality to Soul
Chapter 10: Step 4 - Cope with Others and their Power Struggles
Chapter 11: Step 5 - Access your Super-Intuitive State
Chapter 12: Step 6 - Courage - the Road to Self-Realization
Chapter 13: Step 7 - Unite the Inner Child and the Adult

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I really enjoyed the first Part as it provided a different perspective and take on the whole empathic/intuitive state. Part II seemed to be more in-line with healing psychological shaming/self-realization, finding the inner self type of material that can be found in other books as well.

posted November 04, 2016 07:51 AM            

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Originally posted by SDragon:
This cycle puts the Intuitive-Sensitive in a difficult position. In order to avoid a system 'shut-down' they need to recover from the stimulation overload, yet they are faced with their biggest fear in another person - anger. They feel emotionally responsible for others and don't want an argument, yet feel they need to 'solve' anger in another person. And if they can't fix it, they will leave: they can only compromise themselves for so long before a survival mechanism directed towards self-preservation kicks in.

This is why many, before they become conscious of their sensitivity, go through relationships that are dogged by significant communication and boundary issues. Once the Intuitive-Sensitive feels they aren't the only one who experiences their emotional world through their hyper-sensitive senses, finding that they have a strong desire to discover their healing and intuitive interests, they develop the ability to relax. They do this because they have a new source of love, and this love is unconditional: it's not hard work and it doesn't involve other people and having to process their emotional world.

This new love is the beginning of the development of unconditional kindness, and the simplest form of this to find but the hardest to achieve is unconditional kindness towards the self. This is achieved through the natural intuitive opening that the Intuitive-Sensitive begins to trigger in their life, mixed with a strong desire to heal.

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Really love this book so far, only on page 36.

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posted November 04, 2016 09:51 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Did the book help you increase your abilities, or were they increasing, so you wanted to read the book?

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posted April 07, 2018 07:42 PM            

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Originally posted by SDragon:
Ya, pretty cool. My martial arts is moving on to a new level as well; feeling chi is so awesome. I can do super cool stuff! J/K

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