Ilse Sand has dedicated years to counseling highly sensitive individuals, drawing from her experience as both a pastor and a psychotherapist. Her work, profoundly shaped by the philosophies of C.G. Jung and Søren Kierkegaard, delves into the deeper aspects of the human psyche. Sand bridges spiritual understanding with psychotherapeutic insights, aiming to foster profound self-awareness and personal growth in her readers. Her distinctive approach offers sensitive and penetrating explorations of life.
How to Create a Happy Life
In this new edition of her bestselling guide on what it means to be a highly sensitive person, Ilse Sand encourages other highly sensitive people to embrace their unique creative potential. It is full of new activities to support wellbeing, cope with overwhelm and boost self-esteem for highly sensitive people.
Designed for individuals eager to enhance their capacity to assist others, this book offers practical strategies and insights. It emphasizes the importance of empathy, communication, and actionable steps to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those in your community. Readers will discover effective techniques to foster connections, understand needs, and provide support, ultimately leading to personal growth and a more positive environment for everyone.
Exploring themes of guilt and inadequacy, this book delves into the emotional struggles individuals face when burdened by a troubled conscience. It offers insights and strategies for overcoming these feelings, encouraging readers to confront their inner turmoil and find paths to healing and self-acceptance. Through relatable narratives and practical advice, it aims to empower those seeking to transform their negative emotions into personal growth and resilience.
Shame can underlie a multitude of common mental health problems including low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. Confronting Shame will help you understand and overcome your shame with reflective exercises in each chapter to rebuild your empathy and compassion towards yourself.
What does it mean to be an introverted or highly sensitive person in our fast- paced, sociable world? Are these traits caused by nature or nurture? Ilse Sand answers these questions with sage advice and suggests ways for introverts to face the challenges of jobs, parties, and conflicts, whilst drawing on their imaginative and intellectual strengths.
An overview of how and why people engage in psychological defence mechanisms and the impact of these on their personal relationships. Through simple language and anecdotes, the author offers tips on how to break bad habits that hinder close relationships.
Highly sensitive people tend to be natural and popular caretakers, though this practice can be over-stimulating and draining for them. This book offers effective strategies and tools for sensitive people to hone their care-taking strengths in a balanced and sustainable way.
Emotions are not always what they seem to be. Whether you're trying to comprehend your own feelings or someone else's, this book will give you the tools to better understand yourself and others on an emotional level. The author unpicks emotions such as anxiety, jealousy, anger, and happiness, and offers methods to cope when feelings get too strong.
What does it mean to be a highly sensitive person? How is it different from introversion, or shyness? And what unique advantages does high sensitivity have to offer? Ilse Sand answers all these questions and encourages other highly sensitive people to ride out the lows and embrace the creativity and highs of being highly sensitive.