Ep. 137 Highly Sensitive People; knitting blocks and socks and crocheting granny squares; Potawot Health Village

Brainy thing:20:20  Behind the Redwood Curtain:32:18

 

What We're Learning from Our Knitting

Margaret makes new discoveries about the granny square and Catherine notes that there's a resurgence in popularity of granny squares. Giant Granny Square Afghan by Crochet Me Lovely https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/giant-granny-square-afghan Catherine also talks about second-baby-sock-syndrome with her Kate Atherley Baby Socks https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-socks-23 and knitting blocks with patterns from Barbara Walker Treasury of Knitting Patterns 4 volumes published by Schoolhouse Press https://www.schoolhousepress.com/. She also mentions the silent knitting group on zoom as the heritage and remembrance of Cat Bordhi, the late, great knitting teacher and encourager. https://new.catbordhi.com/silent-knitting/

 

Brainy Section

This episode we focus on Highly Sensitive People, a group that has been widely researched. There seems to be both a nature (genetic, brain chemistry) and nurture aspect in the background of HSPs.

Quiz -- Are you an HSP? https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/.

https://hsperson.com/

https://www.verywellmind.com/highly-sensitive-persons-traits-that-create-more-stress-4126393

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/highly-sensitive-person

https://sunkissedhealth.com/modern-mystic-hsp-empath-tools/

brain. https://highlysensitive.eu/en/the-highly-sensitive-brain/#:~:text=Highly%20sensitive%20people%20activate%20brain,especially%20those%20close%20to%20them.

https://www.drelaynedaniels.com/4-things-most-people-dont-know-about-being-a-highly-sensitive-person/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086365/

https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/highly-sensitive-person-brain/

https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/highly-sensitive-person-signs/

 

Behind the Redwood Curtain:

Potawot health village is much more than a clinic for American Indians. It is an environment including land use and cultural events that promotes wellness and healing.

https://backcountrypress.com/2018/09/potawot-health-village/

http://www.sonic.net/~water4/main_pages/PHVP.html

 

Welcome to Episode 137 of Teaching your Brain to Knit. Today we investigate the life and brains of Highly Sensitive People. We m