How to Use Journaling to Honor Your Sensitive Needs and Set Boundaries with Mai Oliphant

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At some point in the highly sensitive person's life, someone said they were "too sensitive." It makes you doubt yourself and ignore your needs. How to use journaling to honor your sensitive needs and set boundaries. Especially with people who don't honor your boundaries. Mai Oliphant helps people use journaling for healing and growth.

At some point in the highly sensitive person's life, someone said they were "too sensitive." It makes you doubt yourself and ignore your needs. How to use journaling to honor your sensitive needs and set boundaries. Especially with people who don't honor your boundaries.

Mai Oliphant helps people use journaling for healing and growth.

Mai’s website where you can sign up for her free journal prompts https://www.shapemailife.com/

Mai’s Instagram page where she regularly posts journal prompts. https://www.instagram.com/shapemailife/

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