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The Gifted Highly Sensitive Introvert

Wisdom for Emotional Healing and Expressing Your Radiant Authentic Self

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The Gifted Highly Sensitive Introvert

By: Benita A. Esposito
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Are you a smart high achiever who suffers from anxiety or depression? Do people say you’re too sensitive? Do noisy crowds, conflicts and brash people irritate you? Does your heart ache when loved ones don’t emotionally connect with you? Do you want to find your true authentic self?

If you struggle with a highly sensitive personality, this memoir and collection of stories will help you heal and flourish.

Benita A. Esposito is a licensed professional counselor and best-selling author with four decades of professional experience. Even smart high-achievers have themes on their hero’s journey to the authentic self, and these were hers.

What unconsciously drew her to an emotionally distant relationship or an emotionally abusive relationship? Why did she feel so hurt when others judged her? Why was she so tired? What compelled her toward self actualization?

Anguish motivated Esposito to find the most effective emotional healing techniques so she could lead a high-quality life. Adult attachment theory nudged her to dive deeper into healing childhood wounds so she could experience fulfilling relationships.

When Esposito squelched the search for romance, her core transformation began. She summoned the courage to ferret out her deepest fears, cultivate self-compassion, and develop deeper intimacy with God. As she learned to manage the challenges of being an introvert, an intuitive empath and a highly sensitive person, calmness replaced anxiety and perfectionism.

The Gifted Highly Sensitive Introvert: Wisdom for Emotional Healing and Expressing Your Radiant Authentic Self will help you feel whole regardless of your external circumstances. You’ll receive expert guidance to navigate your hero’s journey to your true authentic self through stories told with vulnerability and transparency.

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©2018 Benita A. Esposito (P)2019 Benita A. Esposito
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A journey of hope!

Many of us feel at one time or another that no one really understands us. If you have ever really felt this way and felt that you are so different from everyone else then this book is for you. If you’ve ever been told that you are just too sensitive and to “just get over it” then this book is for you. If you have ever felt you can’t “just get over it” then this book is for you. If you’ve ever felt that you don’t really know who you are then this book is for you!

On listening to this book I felt that at last someone understood me - that there was someone else who had the same struggles and difficulties that I had. It felt that the author described my life!

In a beautiful, compassionate, personal and welcoming style the author invites the listener to share her journey and travel with her.

The hero’s journey moves in stages – each stage building on what went before so it’s best to listen to each chapter in order. In every chapter I found something to “take away” – something that really resonated with me. At the end of each chapter there are reflections – questions and challenges for the listener so that they can take the journey for themselves or so that they can delve more deeply into their inner being. I found them challenging and thought provoking and practical and very helpful. Each chapter had me wanting to listen to more to find out what the next stage was.

It’s a journey of discovery - there is a purpose and there is a goal – to find your authentic self and live life as the real you. To find out - who you really are and to accept who you really are and to live as who you really are.

But above all it is a journey of hope –hope that someone has gone through the valley and come through to the other side. The author shares with great insight, honesty and personal experience her journey to encourage and to equip others. I highly recommend this book – change is possible as Benita Esposito so beautifully and carefully explains. This book has given me courage to start – and continue - my journey!

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You will feel understood...FINALLY!

This book is so amazing in so many ways and I'm only a quarter of the way through. If you're highly sensitive you will probably feel more understood reading/listening to these words more than you have your whole life! Finally you can put a name to what and how you feel. If you're like me you've known for a while that you're different from other people, but have felt a lot of confusion and shame around it without understanding exactly what makes you wired differently to other people. This book will definitely give you peace in being able to bring to the surface what life is like for sensitive introverts (and empaths) and explore yourself so that you can accept yourself fully and see how you are not as a hindrance but as a gift that humanity needs at this time. If you're reading this post and identify with these words I would highly recommend you purchase this book. I'm definitely no newbie to self improvement books but this one stands out from the rest and brings together a lot of other concepts I've read previously such as Joseph Campbells 'The hero's journey' and attachment styles whilst applying it (for the first time that I've come across) within the context of the day to day life and struggles of highly sensitive introverts and empaths.

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I abandoned this book half way through - something I rarely do. The opening chapters are mostly self congratulatory waffle, followed by sugary promises of wisdom and healing to come. What actually follows is a book mostly comprised of the author’s personal anecdotes. Ultimately the book was off-topic and unhelpful.

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