Highly Sensitive and Strong

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your emotions or the world around you—and wonder if something’s wrong with you? You might be a highly sensitive person (HSP), and you’re not alone.

In this foundational episode, Daphnie breaks down the core traits of high sensitivity using the “DOES” model by Dr. Elaine Aron and offers personal reflections, nervous system insights, and validation for sensitive souls.

Whether you’re new to the...

What if your sensitivity wasn’t something to manage—but a guide toward your truth?

In this soul-stirring conversation, Daphnie is joined by spiritual healer and intuitive guide Colby Wilk to explore how highly sensitive people can stop absorbing everyone else’s energy and start directing their own.

Together, they unpack:

• Why sensitivity isn’t a flaw—it’s a built-in GPS

• The connection between high sensitivity and life purpose

• How HSP...

Feeling exhausted, overstimulated, or unable to truly rest? This guided Yoga Nidra practice is for you.

Yoga Nidra—often called "yogic sleep"—is a deeply restorative rest practice that helps highly sensitive people soothe their nervous systems, release tension, and experience profound relaxation.

In this episode, you’ll be guided through a body-based rest practice that invites you to soften, recalibrate, and reconnect with your body...

🌿 Is your body asking for rest—but your mind keeps pushing? In this episode, we’re exploring cyclical rest—the natural energy rhythms that highly sensitive people (HSPs) often ignore in a world that glorifies constant productivity. You’ll learn why your energy isn’t meant to be steady all the time, how seasons, menstrual cycles, and daily rhythms influence your body’s capacity, and why guilt-free rest is essential for sustainable ...

Why does healing feel so complex—especially for highly sensitive people?

In this deep and compassionate conversation, integration therapist and trauma guide Julian Bermudez joins Daphnie to explore the intersection of sensitivity, attachment wounds, and somatic healing. Together, they unpack what trauma really is (and isn’t), why HSPs often carry emotional burdens they were never meant to hold, and how to begin reconnecting with...

If stillness feels hard for you, you’re not alone. For many highly sensitive people, traditional rest can feel dysregulating—especially if you’ve lived in chronic stress or hypervigilance. In this calming guided practice, we’ll explore movement as rest—a gentle, somatic approach to nervous system soothing that doesn’t require you to sit still. You’ll be invited to roll, sway, rock, and move your body in soft rhythms to help your sy...

In this episode of the Highly Sensitive and Strong Podcast, we explore why rest isn’t just a luxury—it’s a powerful, necessary part of healing for highly sensitive people.

If you’ve ever struggled to slow down, felt guilty for resting, or found yourself scrolling instead of truly relaxing, you’re not alone.

In this episode, we’ll unpack:

• Why rest is hard (even when you’re exhausted)

• How chronic stress and hustle culture train us to...

Have you ever had a quiet nudge, a gut feeling, or an inner knowing you couldn’t explain? As highly sensitive people (HSPs), our intuition often speaks to us in subtle ways—but years of overthinking, self-doubt, and second-guessing can make it hard to trust ourselves.

In this episode, we explore:

✨ How intuition speaks to highly sensitive people

✨ The difference between intuition and fear

✨ Real-life stories of intuitive decisio...

When the world feels heavy, it’s easy to lose yourself in fear, anger, and exhaustion—especially as a highly sensitive person. Between political turmoil, humanitarian crises, and personal responsibilities, many of us are carrying a quiet, background dread that can slowly erode our sense of peace.

In this episode of the Highly Sensitive and Strong Podcast, we explore how to find the sacred in the mundane—how to stay present, conn...

Do you find yourself stuck in loops of overthinking, second-guessing every decision, and fearing you’ll make the wrong choice? For highly sensitive people, overthinking isn’t just a mindset—it’s often a nervous system response that erodes self-trust. In this episode of the Highly Sensitive & Strong Podcast, we’ll explore why highly sensitive people (HSPs) struggle with self-doubt and how to begin trusting your body’s cues again...

If you’ve ever used food to numb emotions, soothe overstimulation, or escape anxiety—you are not alone. In this powerful interview, I sit down with binge eating recovery coach Lucy Newport to explore the unique challenges highly sensitive people face around food, self-worth, and emotional overwhelm.

Lucy shares her personal 14-year struggle with binge eating and anxiety, and how healing her nervous system and embracing her sensitivi...

Feeling depleted, overstimulated, or just plain drained? This week’s episode of Highly Sensitive & Strong offers a short, calming nervous system reset to help you recover from sensory overload, burnout, and emotional exhaustion—especially designed for highly sensitive people (HSPs).

This gentle guided practice includes grounding breathwork, a soothing visualization, and simple tools to help you reconnect with your body and s...

Ever find yourself completely drained by the end of the day—even if nothing major happened? If you’re a highly sensitive person (HSP), your energy might be leaking in ways you don’t even realize.

In this episode we explore the subtle but powerful energy drains that impact HSPs every day—from emotional caregiving and boundary fatigue to overthinking and sensory overload. You’ll learn how these “invisible” leaks affect your nervou...

Feeling disconnected from your body as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)? In this soulful conversation, Dr. Katie T. Larson—hypnotherapist, growth coach, and somatic practitioner—joins Daphnie to explore what embodiment really means for sensitive souls. You’ll learn how energy work, chakra balance, and simple somatic practices can help HSPs return to a grounded sense of safety, clarity, and inner strength.

Katie shares her powerful jo...

Feeling overstimulated or like your nervous system is on edge? This gentle, nervous system-friendly grounding practice is designed especially for highly sensitive people. In just a few minutes, you’ll reconnect with your body, calm sensory overwhelm, and restore a sense of inner steadiness.

I’ll guide you through mindful breathing, orienting cues, and a body-based check-in—perfect for when you’re feeling scattered, depleted, or emot...

If you’ve ever felt exhausted, scattered, or emotionally fried after what seems like a “normal” day, this episode is for you.

In this episode, we explore why overstimulation is not a personal failing—it’s a nervous system response.

You’ll learn the difference between high sensitivity and nervous system dysregulation, why HSPs are more prone to burnout and overwhelm, and how resilience is built through regulation—not by pushing harde...

What would it feel like to be on your own side?

As highly sensitive people, we often internalize harsh messages—learning to motivate ourselves through criticism rather than care. But true healing comes when we begin to soften that inner voice and replace judgment with compassion.

In this guided practice episode, you’ll be gently supported in shifting from self-criticism to self-kindness. Through grounding breath, visualizatio...

Self-compassion sounds simple—but for many highly sensitive women, it’s one of the hardest things to actually practice.

In this episode, we explore why being kind to yourself can feel so foreign, even when you want to. From people-pleasing and perfectionism to shame and childhood conditioning, we take a deeper look at the nervous system patterns that make self-judgment feel safer than self-kindness.

You’ll hear a personal sto...