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When I hear that Aron will be the
keynote speaker at an annual weekend
gathering of “highly sensitive people”
at Walker Creek Ranch in Marin
County, California, I quickly buy plane
tickets. Jacquelyn Strickland, a psychotherapist
and the founder and host of
the event, explains that she created
these weekends so that sensitive people
could benefit from being in one another’s
presence. She sends me an agenda
explaining that we’ll be sleeping in
rooms designated for “napping, journaling,
puttering, meditating, organizing,
writing, and reflecting.”
“Please do socialize very quietly in
your room (with consent of your roommate),
or preferably in the group areas
on walks and at mealtimes,” says the
agenda. The conference is geared to
people who enjoy meaningful discussions
and sometimes “move a
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