A review by julieannasbooks
Find Your Strength: A Workbook for the Highly Sensitive Person by April Snow

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Thank you to Netgalley and Wellfleet Press for an e-ARC of Find Your Strength in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
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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.