This blog shares my motivation for offering the unique combination of services available at Butterfly Grove for HSP’s.

This article in Energy Magazine shares about my experience combining principles from psychotherapy with the energy healing modality of Intuition Medicine.

What many highly sensitive children and parents don’t realize is how important these children are for the healing that needs to take place in the world right now…

This article in Energy Magazine shares a bit of my story, and highlights my favorite energy healing tools.

Listen to Carolina talk about what it’s like to be an empath and provide strategies to cope.

This quick and fun video introduces the intuitive skill of psychometry for you to learn and practice! Intuition is such an important part of being an HSP and it isn’t as mysterious as people think! You can learn intuitive skills just like you learn other types of skills. Enjoy!

In my training at the Academy of Intuition Medicine®, I learned that there were 21 intuitive skills* that I could access at any given time. Some came more naturally to me than others, and some were more or less interesting to me than others, but it was exciting to know that there were so many ways I could gather intuitive information.

Highly Sensitive People of all ages may benefit from a centering practice. This helps us regain a sense of calm when we are feeling overwhelmed, and helps us know what our own needs are. This meditation guides you through a centering visualization. You may also check out the blog on Centering for more information and ideas about how you may get centered!

Since Highly Sensitive People are often very other-focused, as well as easily overwhelmed, it’s especially important for us to have multiple options for tuning into our own needs and coming into a centered state of being.

Highly Sensitive People feel the pain of the world. There is so much that is painful and traumatic going on in our world today, so it is a critical time for us to find strategies which support us in our ongoing process of maintaining a compassionate, empathic stance about world events while also taking care of ourselves.

Highly Sensitive People of all ages may benefit from energetic boundaries. In Intuition Medicine®, your energy boundary is called your aura. This video gives a quick description of the potential benefits, and then guides you through a meditation to strengthen your personal energetic boundaries. Rejuvenate your energy by filling up your space with your life force, and releasing other energies that don't belong to you.

Carolina leads a quick grounding exercise to support feelings of relaxation and balance.

HSP’s often experience feelings of emotional and sensory overload, and young people especially may have a hard time practicing calming strategies where one has to “sit still”. This video provides active HSP’s with a coping strategy that incorporates deep breathing and gentle movement.

Highly Sensitive People (HSP's) sometimes experience confusion about what types of exercise are best for our sensitive bodies. Some also struggle with motivation around exercise and trying to fit in with an exercise culture that doesn’t feel right to us. In this video, Carolina Mariposa, MIM offers some guidelines for highly sensitive kids, teens and parents to consider when making decisions about exercise. Types of exercise, as well as circumstances surrounding exercise are discussed.

Highly Sensitive People (HSP's) often report difficulty sleeping. In this video, Carolina Mariposa, MIM offers tips and strategies intended to promote a good night's sleep for highly sensitive children, teens and parents.

Carolina outlines the energetic anatomy involved in the experience of empathy.

Carolina shares a little of her personal story to highlight how intuition and energy healing became a main focus.

Many kids, teens and parents experience the “problem focus” of therapy as confirmation that something is wrong with them. At Butterfly Grove, your sensitivity is not seen in this way. Rather, your sensitivity is seen as one of your greatest strengths!