Release Date: May 10th, 2022

Genre(s): Journals, Guided Journals, Self-Help

Publisher: Wellfleet Press

Pages: 192

Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you to Wellfleet Press and Netgalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Synopsis

This elegantly designed workbook by psychotherapist April Snow, LMFT, offers you a series of exercises that will help you overcome the obstacles and harness the benefits of your empathetic gifts.

If you often feel anxious, burned out, and overstimulated, you’re not alone. Some people are born highly sensitive to the emotions of others and to their surroundings, but this can be a source of great strength if you learn simple methods to care for yourself and to enable yourself to thrive. With this workbook, you can find strength and healing as you:

Explore and honor your innate sensitivity
Create a lifestyle that supports your needs
Learn how to navigate relationships and create healthy boundaries
Discover methods to help you thrive at work
Turn your sensitive nature into a force for good in your life and in the world

Journaling and writing prompts will deepen your awareness of your unique needs and experiences, while stories and metaphors will help you understand how HSP characteristics show up in real life. Exercises include helpful scripts to kickstart conversations to easily explain your sensitivity in your personal and professional life. This supportive, enjoyable workbook is an insightful, educational guide that’s straightforward and easily accessible for anyone coping with overwhelm and anxiety.

The Wellness Workbooks series from Wellfleet Press offers guidance on a wide range of self-help and mental health topics. Each book presents a thoughtful, evidence-based collection of straightforward exercises in an accessible, enjoyable format that will keep you engaged and inspired. With a distinctive design and full-color illustrations throughout, these workbooks deliver a practical path to personal growth in a beautiful package. 

Review

I’ve heard of the term highly-sensitive person (HSP) before, and I’ve also been told that I’m sensitive. But I didn’t fully understand what that meant before reading through this journal, and how much it describes me to a T. HSPs can be introverted or extroverted and can easily be overstimulated by their surroundings. This can result in overwhelm and the need to remove themselves from a situation to recover from that activity.

I believe that if you don’t have access to therapy that journaling is the next best thing, and this book has been an example of that to me. The structure of this journal and its prompts felt much like a therapy session to me, and really got to the bottom of why and how my environment influences me. I’d really love to pick up a physical copy of this and fill it out more thoroughly as it highlights so many of my issues that I realize all stem from the same thing.

Find Your Strength also reframes HSPs from their negative connotation, which I found really valuable in this self-discovery journal. Feeling so easily overstimulated in a world filled with things constantly demanding your attention can make you feel broken sometimes. But after this book, I was able to look at it in a different light. In fact, it feels similar to when I was first undergoing mental health treatment with my doctor. When I felt distraught and could not understand why I had to be treated, I learned that my brain was wired a little differently, and I just needed to care for myself a little differently. As a HSP, I also now know how to better care for myself, and see the positive in something that’s been lingering as an issue for me for so long.

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