Welcome to the Highly Sensitive Person Book Club!
You're invited to a book club for Highly Sensitive Persons, facilitated by Highly Sensitive Therapist, Anneva NK Garner, MA, RSMT, LPC. This Zoom book club focuses on HSPs and the genetic trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity, which is found in 15-20% of the population worldwide.
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New book starts Sunday, January 5th, 2025
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When The World Overwhelms You (1996, 2020)
by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
Meeting dates: Sunday, 1/5, 1/19, 2/2, 2/16 & 3/2, 5-6PM Central Time
Registration fee: $75
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Groups Really Aren't My Thing. Why Join a Book Club?
Many HSPs spend decades feeling overwhelmed in an insensitive world, believing no one understands them, and worrying they are somehow broken. Yet, research indicates that 1 in 5 people are HSPs, and furthermore, HSPs serve an essential function for our species. The purpose of this book club is to illuminate the science, debunk the myths, and explore our shared experiences as HSPs.
What's the Commitment?
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Register
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Borrow/Buy the book (support your local library!)
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Read the assigned chapters (general pace: 1 chapter per week)
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Participate in the Zoom book club discussion​​​
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Meetings occur every other Sunday, 5-6PM
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Stay focused on the assigned chapters – sharing your own experiences, voicing questions, and advocating for your needs
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Promote a culture where everyone feels safe, heard, beloved, and hopeful for the future
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Welcome respectful disagreement
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Remember this is a book club and not a therapy or support group, though reading these books may be therapeutic
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Registration Now Open:
The Highly Sensitive Person
Registration Fee: $75
Meeting 1: Sunday, January 5th, 5-6PM, ZOOM​
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Author's Note, 2020
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Preface
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Are You Highly Sensitive? A Self-Test
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Ch. 1: The Facts About Being Highly Sensitive: A (Wrong) Sense of Being Flawed
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Ch. 2: Digging Deeper: Understanding Your Trait for All That It Is
Meeting 2: Sunday, January 19th, 5-6PM, ZOOM
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Ch. 3: General Health and Lifestyle for HSPs: Loving and Learning From Your Infant/Body Self​
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Ch. 4: Reframing Your Childhood and Adolescence: Learning to Parent Yourself
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Meeting 3: Sunday, February 2nd, 5-6PM, ZOOM
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Ch. 5: Social Relationships: The Slide Into "Shy"​
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Ch. 6: Thriving at Work: Follow Your Bliss and Let Your Light Shine Through
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Meeting 4: Sunday, February 16th, 5-6PM, ZOOM
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Ch. 7: Close Relationships: The Challenge of Sensitive Love​
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Ch. 8: Healing the Deeper Wounds: A Different Process for HSPs
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Meeting 5: Sunday, March 2nd, 5-6PM, ZOOM
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Ch. 9: Medics, Medications, and HSPs: Being a Pioneer on the Frontiers of Medicine​
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Ch. 10: Soul & Spirit: Where True Treasure Lies
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Tips for Health-Care Professionals Working With Highly Sensitive People
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Tips for Teachers Working With Highly Sensitive Students
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Tips for Employers of Highly Sensitive People
About Your Facilitator:
Anneva NK Garner, MA, RSMT, LPC
Anneva is a Highly Sensitive Person and a Highly Sensitive Person Knowledgeable Therapist in North Mankato, Minnesota. She is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and a Trauma-informed Energy Healer 300-Hour.
Anneva is the founder of Garner Guidance LLC | Resilience for Sensitive People in Insensitive Times. This practice offers holistic mental health services, integrating talk therapy, somatic therapy, and energy psychology to help individual adults with anxiety, depression, grief, stress, trauma, relationships, vocation, spirituality, and self-esteem.
