I Didn't Know That About You - Learning New things About Your loved Ones

My eldest daughter is a voracious learner. I have always admired her dedication to understanding herself so she can not only be her BEST but show up in relationships with others as her best as well. She began her journey at 14, digging deep into learning. She has continued her self-growth journey every day since then.

It’s incredibly forward-thinking and selfless to behave this way from such a young age. Not only has it inspired me beyond measure, but I have learned so much from her, about her and others in my life. Knowledge truly is power, and understanding ourselves, true self-awareness, and responsibility for ourselves - is liberation.

One of the important revelations she made was learning that she is an HSP - A Highly Sensitive Person. There are beautiful qualities that come with this, but sometimes, living AS an HSP or WITH an HSP can be confusing and challenging.

You may question yourself and be overly critical of yourself simply because you can’t put words to feelings and emotions that feel as though they take over you.

Understanding WHY you may respond to things with, what often appears to those closest to you, as irrational intensity and emotion allows us to better “KNOW THYSELF,” while also allowing your family to know you. This awareness, creates both peace and harmony, two incredibly important things in our home (although there have been times, a year ago, that peace and harmony was not the predominant energy).

My daughter shared what she was learning with me, as she processed the information which inevitably helped her settle down from judging herself so harshly, loving the qualities of an HSP that she could see as strengths, rather than weaknesses and it shifted the dynamic in our home. I remember thinking, “I didn’t know that about you. I am so grateful to know this and I love you for it.”

My husband, as it turns out, is also an HSP. And when my daughter first suggested this, then sent me a movie about it to watch with my husband, we were both dumbfounded and enlightened all at the same time. How could he have reached the age of 52 without this understanding? A veil was lifted and so many things, including many of our conflicts, suddenly become crystal clear.

Learning this about my daughter and husband has given me a new appreciation for them, a new understanding of them, and an even deeper love for them.

My encouragement to you is to get to really know yourself. Study yourself for a few days, and ask yourself why you think you do what you do. Do you have big goals  & visions for yourself that allude you? Peeling back the layers of self-awareness can literally set that glorious masterpiece that is YOU - FREE!!!

Grateful to be on this journey with you! I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. that one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo