Sensitive Stories

Do you feel stuck on your healing journey? In this episode, I talk with Liz Zhou, LPC about the benefits of psychedelic medicine for highly sensitive people and:  

• The three steps to safely and meaningfully experience psychedelics in a therapeutic context 

 • How to find a provider, which medicine to choose, and the importance of advocating for your sensory and emotional needs along the way 

• What you can learn ...

Do you abandon your own needs? In this episode, I talk with Nick Edgar about living authentically as a highly sensitive person and: 

• Taking a personal leadership role to understand your needs and treat yourself with compassion  

• Rediscovering your true nature after being a late bloomer  

• Showing up for yourself without sacrificing connection  

Nick is a self-leadership and emotional agility coach, helping gifted, sensitive men b...

Do you push your anger away to make others comfortable? In this episode, I talk with Maya Benattar, LCAT about the importance of feeling angry and: 

• Pushing against the notion that HSPs should be sweet and keep their emotions hidden 

• How to feel your anger safely so it doesn’t become overwhelming  

• Making space for anger through music, art, movement, or with your own voice 

Maya is a licensed music psychotherapist in private pra...

Have you noticed energy, mood, or sleep changes as you get older? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Karen Lamb about the effects of midlife hormonal shifts and:  

• How perimenopause can impact highly sensitive people  

• Symptoms to look out for as your hormone levels change 

• Why this time of life can be an opportunity for rebirth where you shed your people pleasing and self-sacrificing habits  

• Lifestyle changes and remedies to ma...

Do you hide your emotions away to make others comfortable? In this episode, I talk with Brianna Pastor about the joy and the messiness of being a deeply feeling person and: 

• learning to allow your emotions to take up space 

• the costs of always having to be strong and resilient as an HSP or empath 

• releasing your emotions to protect your physical and mental health   

Brianna is a queer writer, empath, advocate, and author of the ...

Did you struggle to fit in as a sensitive kid or are parenting an HSP child? In this episode, I talk with Sarita Fichtner about embracing your sensitivity and building resilience in children through connection as well as:  

• Learning to live on your own terms and listen to your instincts  

• Modeling acceptance and building resilience for your sensitive child 

• The kinds of social pressures highly sensitive children face 

• How paren...

Do you live with a chronic illness? In this episode, I talk with Nadine Pinede about softening into compassion and:  

• Adjusting to a diagnosis of chronic illness as a highly sensitive person  

• Listening to the body’s signals with curiosity instead of frustration  

• Learning to pace yourself and find community to live more sustainably 

• Finding the wisdom and resilience in health challenges  

Nadine Pinede is the daughter of Haitia...

Are you making space for grief? In this episode, I talk with Angelique Foye-Fletcher, LMFT, RPT about the quiet ache of grief and:  

• The many places grief shows up throughout your life 

• How to welcome in joy and play during times of grief 

• What to say and do to support others who are grieving   

Angelique Foye-Fletcher (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist who helps sensitive, neuro...

Do you feel disconnected from your true self? In this episode, I talk with Giulietta Madrigal-Pingol, CST, LMFT about finding your authentic self through myth and archetypes and:  

• What myths can teach you about healing and acceptance of all your parts 

• Finding stories from popular culture or your own lineage to feel less alone  

• Surviving a dark night of the soul through introspection  

Giulietta is a licensed therapist, certifi...

Have you put yourself aside for years? In this episode, I talk with Jen Berlingo, LPC, ATR about tuning back into your inner calling and…

• Emerging in midlife and unmasking to be your full self again  

• Looking inward to identify what needs to change 

• Navigating big life changes and taking one small step forward at a time 

• Turning your ear back inward to listen to your inner yearnings and reclaiming your true nature 

• Assessing ...

Are you burning out trying to do all the things you’re supposed to? In this episode, I talked with Maegan Megginson, LMFT, LPC about unhooking from expectations and finding new ways to be of service to yourself and:

• Grieving the life you imagined you would have before discovering that you’re highly sensitive  

• Experimenting with changes to feel more comfortable with yourself, in your relationships, and at work  

• Setting boundari...

Do you feel overwhelmed and underappreciated at work? In this episode, I talk with Melody Wilding, LMSW about trusting yourself at work and:  

• Balancing the strengths and liabilities of being what Melody calls a “Sensitive Striver”  

• Trusting your intuition as a valuable source of information  

• The key to speaking up in meetings starts by building relationships and taking care of your nervous system before the meeting  

• Living ...

Do you often feel disconnected from yourself? In this episode, I talk with Tara Jackson about reclaiming your power to feel more in tune with your inner gifts and: 

• What it means to be embodied and what embodied power looks like in your life  

• How to welcome in your personal power and stop giving it away to everyone else  

• The role of creativity, nature, and quiet space in reclaiming your strengths  

• Embracing your sensitivity...

Do you hold yourself back? In this episode, I talk with GG Renee Hill about finding your inner gifts through your personal stories and: 

• Identifying how the internal narratives that you tell yourself can be both supportive and limiting  

• Rewriting past stories to break limiting patterns and embrace your whole self 

• Working through false internalized beliefs and reframe the feeling of being different as a strength 

• Finding your...

Are you parenting a highly sensitive child or healing your inner HSC? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Judith Orloff about the struggles and gifts of being a highly sensitive child and:  

• Ways to interrupt overwhelm and tend to you or your child’s sensitive nervous system  

• Ending the shame cycle for highly sensitive children 

• Supporting your highly sensitive child’s interests and needs 

• Nurturing your younger self who didn’t k...

Do you feel pressured to do more than you can handle? In this episode, I talk with Amber Bateman, LPC about the cultural pressures to be perfect and: 

• How to soften these pressures to take better care of yourself every day 

• The importance of creating a lifestyle and rhythm that embraces self-care  

• Welcoming in curiosity, connection, and slow living to support your sensitive nervous system 

Amber is a licensed professional couns...

How often do you take care of yourself? In this episode, I talk with Angelique Foye-Fletcher, LMFT, RPT about breaking the cycle of self-sacrifice and:  

• How your cultural upbringing shapes your identity as an HSP 

• Learning to take care of yourself when you grew up in an environment or culture that didn’t have room for your sensitivity 

• Why simple acts of mindfulness are deeply healing and can change the way you parent 

Angelique...

What is your connection to spirituality? In this episode, I talk with Tiffany Green, LCPC, SEP, MBA, MDiv about the benefits of feeling connected to something beyond yourself and: 

• How spiritual practices help you embrace your sensitivity, care for your nervous system, enhance your natural intuitive ability, and create a sense of belonging 

• Three keys to developing a spiritual practice 

• The many ways to incorporate spirituality...

Do you get overly attached to fictional characters, musicians, or other people who live in the public eye? In this episode, I talk with Lana Holmes, Psy.D., LCP about the pros and cons of parasocial relationships as well as:  

• Why HSPs are more impacted by parasocial connections  

• The purpose of parasocial relationships that serve as role models, provide a sense of belonging, or build self-esteem 

• The downsides of forming attach...