Small Town Girl Abroad

If there is one thing I never imagined I’d be able to do, it was travel to another country. Thoughts of having to get a passport, fly for hours, acclimate to another culture, figure out where to go and how to get there, among other things, created a heightened anxiety...

The “Highly Sensitive Person” Explained

By Suzanne Marie, Contributing Writer Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) is a relatively new phrase, but has been the subject of much research since the early 1990s. HSP was officially coined in 1997 by Elaine and Arthur Aron. It is estimated that 15-20% of the population...

Why Self-Diagnosing Can Be Dangerous

We live in a world where information is available to us at any time and almost any place. If we’re not feeling well we can search online for the potential source of our issue or we can ask others on our social media pages what it could be. We have access to much more...