She takes the same approach in Nora, a long but lively portrait of James Joyce’s wife and muse, Nora Barnacle Joyce. I convinced him that a) germs spontaneously die within 48-72 hours (isn’t that what they say about the flu?) and that b) I had a ton of books to donate to more than make up for this one title.In her fiction, Nuala O’Connor has often explored the private lives of historical figures she did it in 2015’s Miss Emily, about Emily Dickinson, and in 2018’s Becoming Belle, about singer and dancer Belle Bilton. My husband, a germophobe, was completely weirded out by me just plucking the book out of the free library and insisted we couldn’t take it home because a) it could be dirty, and b) we didn’t have books to replace it with. But as I went for a walk in our new neighborhood a year or so ago, I saw what looked to be a pretty nice hard cover copy of Loving What Is just sitting there, daring to be picked up. Every time I got frustrated, my mom would respond with, “but is it really true?” Needless to say, I had no interest in hearing any further as we know from basic psychology, anything pushed on us is likely to be rejected. She heard about her from Oprah, then kept raving about her book and doing “the Work.” It was a little annoying to be honest. The woman who magically keeps appearing in my life who I’ve successfully avoided for a good amount of time. Our world is an ever loud and chaotic place and learning there is absolutely nothing wrong with marching to the beat of a very soft drum is quite relieving.Īh, Byron Katie. It empowers me to choose films and movies that are not highly intense and to avoid cinemas altogether if needed. While this certainly does not mean I fall apart at the drop of a hat (as is often the untrue stereotype), it allows me to not feel apologetic for needing more alone time than the average person. After having taken her quiz and reading her book I realized I do in fact fall into her category of sensitive persons. Learning from the pioneer herself, Aron writes a thought-provoking and critical read for parents, educators, and consumers at large. We learn about the big-5 personality traits and temperament, but the idea of high sensitivity is one that we only hear of in passing. The idea of the highly sensitive person is one many therapists have heard about and possibly fewer still have any training on. 6) The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron, Ph.D.

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