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April Snow, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and consultant in California. She specializes in working with highly sensitive introverts and therapists to help calm the storm of overwhelm, anxiety, and self-doubt to allow their innate sensitive strengths to shine through. Deeply committed to changing the narrative of what it means to be highly sensitive, April has created and led HSP workshops all over the country as well as online through her Sensitive School. In addition to Find Your Strength, she has written Mindfulness Workbook for Stress Relief and The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person's Self-Care Journal.

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Find Your Strength provides highly sensitive people with the tools they need to find emotional resilience and thrive in a difficult world.

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Introduction
NURTURE YOUR
SENSITIVITY 
Honor Your Sensitive Needs 
Recharge with Daily Downtime 
Journaling Reflections 
Stress-Relief Toolbox 
Feeling Misunderstood 
Embrace Your Big Feelings 
Self-Compassion Practice 
Quiet the Inner Critic 
Soothe Anxiety + Depression 
Follow Your Own Timeline 
Make Decisions with Ease 
Calm an Overthinking Mind 
Chapter Summary 
CREATE  A SUPPORTIVE
LIFESTYLE
Life on Your Own Terms 
Find a Consistent Routine 
Identify Recurring Stress 
Take Time Off 
Design a Soothing Home 
Create a Cozy Sleep Space 
Soothe Your Sensitive
Nervous System 
Soften Morning Dread 
Sugar, Caffeine, and Alcohol 
Meaningful Self-Care 
Joy of Doing Less 
Mindful Media Consumption 
Chapter Summary 
NAVIGATE
RELATION SHIPS 
Less Small Talk, More Connection 
Manage Empathy 
Share Your Sensitivity 
Connect with an HSP 
Express Needs Directly 
Romantic Partnerships 
Building Boundaries 
Cancel Plans with Grace 
Understand Social Overwhelm 
Social Survival Strategy 
Recharge after Socializing 
Work with Criticism 
Chapter Summary 
FIND BALANCE
AT WORK 
Calm in the Chaos 
Choose a Career 
Reduce Overstimulation 
Being Observed 
The Extrovert Ideal 
Set Boundaries at Work 
Learn to Self-Soothe 
Seek Work-Life Balance 
Minimize Performance
Pressure 
Advocate for Your Needs 
Start and End with Self-Care 
Sunday Blues 
Chapter Summary 
EXPLORE YOUR
INNER WORLD 
Out of the Darkness 
Moment of Discovery 
Intersection of Sensitivity 
Reframe Narratives 
Overcome Self-Doubt 
Healing Grief and Shame 
Mindfulness Practice 
Through an HSP Lens 
Trust Your Intuition 
Explore Dreams 
Sources of Inspiration 
Sensitive Strengths 
Chapter Summary 
Conclusion 
Resources 
References 
Acknowledgments 
About the Author