Description

A practical and grounded guide to understanding and living with sensitivity. Written from my professional experience as a psychologist and shaped by a wide range of lived experiences.

What if your sensitivity is not something to fix, but a genuine strength to embrace?

In Exploring the Power of Sensitivity – A Guide to Living as Your True Self, psychologist Heli Heiskanen presents a practical and in-depth guide to deepening your self-awareness, understanding high sensitivity, and gently uncovering the patterns that may be limiting your life.

Highly sensitive people make up around 20% of the population, men and women alike. Sensitivity is not a weakness, but a natural human trait that can become a real inner strength when understood and supported.

You will learn how to:

• recognise how sensitivity shows up in your life
• release protective shells that no longer serve you
• build healthy and supportive boundaries
• regulate overload and inner stress
• recognise and activate the gifts of sensitivity
• create a balanced way of living that truly fits you

Heli Heiskanen is a Finnish psychologist, author and educator who is partly based in Greece. She specialises in high sensitivity, inner growth, and embodied self-awareness. Drawing on her extensive professional experience as well as her own inner journey, she offers grounded and compassionate support for living as your true self.

“Spot-on insights presented in a clear, engaging, and practical way.”
“This book is suitable for everyone, not just highly sensitive people, and once you start reading it, you won’t be able to put it down.“
“The book made me feel safe. It felt like someone truly understood me and saw me for who I am.”

This English edition is based on Heli Heiskanen’s original Finnish book, Herkkyyden voima (The Power of Sensitivity), with selected updates for today.

• 258 pages
• English
• ISBN: 978-952-69841-1-7 (Paperback)
• ISBN: 978-952-69841-4-8 (Hardcover)

An Authenticity Note
This book was written entirely by the author with care, experience, and a deep respect for human sensitivity. All content is fully human-made.

Shipping & Delivery 

We currently ship printed books to the following countries (new countries and shipping options are on the way):

Shipping Region 1 (€6,90)
UK • Austria • Belgium • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Guernsey • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Luxembourg • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Slovakia • Spain • Sweden

Shipping Region 2 (€9,90)
USA • Australia • Brazil • Canada • China • Hong Kong • Iceland • India • Israel • Japan • Malta • Monaco • Norway • San Marino • Singapore • South Africa • South Korea • Switzerland • Taiwan • Thailand

Shipping costs are kept as low as possible, and I have personally covered part of the costs for you.

If shipping is not currently available to your country, you’re welcome to choose the eBook version here or contact me at heli.heiskanen@origonova.fi, and I’ll help find a suitable solution.

Estimated delivery times vary depending on the destination country and shipping method. International deliveries usually take around 1–3 weeks.