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Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World, 2nd edition: How to Create a Happy Life
In today's fast-paced and increasingly public society, we are expected to have the energy to manage a packed work schedule and a large network of friends, both online and offline, day and night. If you find yourself struggling to live up to, or even enjoy, these non-stop social expectations, then the brand new extended edition of Ilse Sand's Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World is for you.
Written for highly sensitive people, the book explains the characteristics of being highly sensitive and how to overcome common difficulties, such as low self-esteem and the exhausting effects of socialising. This newly updated edition is full of the most up-to-date research on what it means to be highly sensitive, material on stimulation and creativity, and an abundance of new, transformative exercises and tools to help you cope with overwhelm, improve your wellbeing, and appreciate the unique advantages of high sensitivity.
Written for highly sensitive people, the book explains the characteristics of being highly sensitive and how to overcome common difficulties, such as low self-esteem and the exhausting effects of socialising. This newly updated edition is full of the most up-to-date research on what it means to be highly sensitive, material on stimulation and creativity, and an abundance of new, transformative exercises and tools to help you cope with overwhelm, improve your wellbeing, and appreciate the unique advantages of high sensitivity.
157 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 19, 2025
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About the author
Ilse Sand
53 books68 followersFor many years Ilse Sand has been engaged in counseling highly sensitive people both as a pastor and as a psychotherapist.
Before she became a psychotherapist, public speaker and author, Ilse worked as parish pastor under the Danish National Church for eleven years until 2006.
lIlse Sand has a Master’s Degree in Theology from Aarhus University, where her Master’s thesis was based on the works of Swiss Psychiatrist C.G. Jung and Danish Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. The works of Jung and Kierkegaard has had an impact on both her personal life as well as her professional life and writing.
Through her work as a pastor, Ilse Sand became interested in helping people on a deeper level, and she became educated in psychotherapy within Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Psycho Dynamic Therapy among others.
Before she became a psychotherapist, public speaker and author, Ilse worked as parish pastor under the Danish National Church for eleven years until 2006.
lIlse Sand has a Master’s Degree in Theology from Aarhus University, where her Master’s thesis was based on the works of Swiss Psychiatrist C.G. Jung and Danish Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. The works of Jung and Kierkegaard has had an impact on both her personal life as well as her professional life and writing.
Through her work as a pastor, Ilse Sand became interested in helping people on a deeper level, and she became educated in psychotherapy within Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Psycho Dynamic Therapy among others.
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September 21, 2025
This book has the ability to induce real emotional processing. If you suspect yourself to be a sensitive person, whether as a personality trait or as an expression of autism, I think you will find value in this book. The research on this subject doesn’t have great depth or breath but it feels grounded in the experiences of a therapist. Use this book as a starting point to accept yourself for who you are and to grieve the person society has tried to mold you into.
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