If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person, empath, coach, therapist, or big feeler, this one’s for you. 🧡 In this soulful episode, Rae shares all about how to protect your energy, clear what’s not yours, and hone your intuitive gifts without losing yourself in the process.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
🌿 What a Highly Sensitive Person is
🌿 How to recognize projection
🌿 Daily energy hygiene tools
🌿 How to nurture your intuition
🌿 Your sensitivity is a gift
Questions to reflect on:
• Where am I holding onto something that isn’t mine?
• What’s one practice I can commit to this week to clear my energy?
Resource Mentioned: HSPerson.com
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome back to the podcast.
If you are new here, I'm Rae,I'm a somatic coach and
breathwork facilitator, and ifyou aren't new here, welcome
back.
I'm so glad that you're tuningin for today's episode.
So for today's episode we arediving right in.
I received another creativedownload while I was away in
(00:22):
Scotland and traveling is a hugecreative portal for me usually
and so today's episode is allfor highly sensitive folks and
empaths.
So we are talking aboutintuitive beings that feel
things around them, and today'sepisode is for you.
So this episode can also bereally helpful.
(00:44):
If you are a coach, a therapist, a healer, if you are a big
feeler and you're working in anintuitive space, this episode
can also be supportive for you.
So, to kick things off, what isa highly sensitive person, also
known as HSP?
Known as HSP?
(01:10):
So this is a term that ElaineAron created, and it's on a
theory that HSPs are a subset ofthe population who have a high
sensitivity in processing.
So there are high levels ofprocessing happening with
emotions, with reactions tointernal and external stimuli,
and a very textured and complexlike inner world can be
(01:32):
happening if you are a highlysensitive person.
And so they say that highlysensitive people are about 15 to
20 percent of the populationand that highly high sensitivity
can be linked to morecreativity, can be linked to
stronger personal relationships,can be linked to more joy and
more awareness around, likeday-to-day textures in life.
(01:55):
So like a really strongawareness and presence around,
like what is happening inday-to-day life.
I'll also link a resource in theshow notes for learning more
about highly sensitive people.
But some of the questions thatthe website asks that I can
share with you now is do youlike deep conversations?
(02:16):
Do other people tell you thatyou're good at understanding
what they are feeling orthinking?
Do you tend to reflect onthings deeply?
Do you make it a point to avoidviolent movies and TV shows?
And do you notice or enjoydelicate or fine scents, tastes,
sounds or works of art?
So these are all some questionsthat are listed on the website
(02:42):
and they actually have a quizlike a self-quiz that you can
take.
So if highly sensitive person,if that you know resonates with
you or it's something you findinteresting, definitely check
out that link in the show notes.
And so, for today's episode, ifyou are a highly sensitive
person or an empath or intuitive, it's likely that you have felt
or taken on the weight of otherpeople's emotions, thoughts,
(03:05):
expectations, and so these aresome tools that will be helpful
for coming back to yourselfanytime that you might be
feeling heavy, drained orconfused by things that are
going on around you.
And sometimes, for highlysensitive people, intuitives and
empaths.
It can be challenging todifferentiate what someone else
(03:27):
is experiencing versus like whatis yours to process, which is
actually the first tool fortoday.
So the question that you canask yourself when you find
yourself in these scenarioswhere maybe you're feeling
confused, heavy drained, you'refeeling like maybe what you're
feeling isn't actually yours,and so the question that you can
(03:50):
ask yourself is is this evenmine?
So when someone cannot handlean emotion or a feeling,
sometimes it can get tossed overto someone else to deal with.
So an example might be someonegets really angry and then tells
the other person oh, you'rejust being sensitive, but in
(04:11):
actuality, that person that gotangry is actually projecting
onto the other person.
So, remembering that it's notactually about you, it's about
the other person and theirfeelings, emotions and thoughts,
which we have no control over.
For someone that is a highlysensitive person, they can tend
(04:31):
to go into like a fixer mode orsometimes subconsciously, just
like really picking up onsomeone else's discomfort.
If you also have a history ofpeople pleasing, it can be
really uncomfortable for otherpeople to be uncomfortable, so
also having awareness aroundthat.
But this can show up, like whensomebody else is feeling a
(04:52):
challenging emotion and you'refeeling the highly sensitive
person is starting to feel it intheir body.
It can show up as discomfort,it can show up as your mood
suddenly changing when you knowpreviously you were fine and
then now you're not fine.
It can feel like beingmisunderstood and it can also
just feel like something is offor like something's just like
(05:12):
not fitting that was previouslyfitting.
It's you're picking up onsomebody else's stuff.
Basically, and this can be, yeah, really challenging if you are
a highly sensitive person andempath or an intuitive, because
sometimes you can know whatsomeone is feeling before they
actually know what they'refeeling and it's not necessarily
(05:34):
your job to do anything aboutit feeling and it's not
necessarily your job to doanything about it.
So, really knowing that youhave this information but it's
not something that you need tolike do anything about, and so
there is a layer of awarenessand mindfulness that comes into
play and that's usually always,the first step is really
starting to notice how you'refeeling in your experience and
(05:58):
asking that question of is thiseven mine?
And you can even rephrase thatquestion a little bit like
what's mine and what's theirs,because you can't clean up the
other side of the street forsomebody else and that awareness
and that shift in that questionwill help you to release any of
that fixer energy or helperenergy.
(06:21):
Which leads me right into thenext point that I wanted to
share with you is that it'sreally important, if you are a
highly sensitive person, anempath or an intuitive, to
really tend to and take care ofyour energy.
You really want your energy tobe clean, you want it to be
clear and you want to reallytend to your body and your
(06:42):
nervous system and the energeticbody.
If you are, you know, a coach,a healer, a therapist and you're
working with other people, it'sreally easy to pick up on other
people's stuff because you are.
If you are a highly sensitiveperson and an intuitive, you're
going to be having another layerof awareness.
(07:03):
So, some things that you can do,some tools that are helpful for
cleansing your energy, and Ialso encourage you to kind of
check in with what works for youand maybe some tools that you
might already have or be awareof or you've heard of, like add
to this list.
But the first is physicallylike brushing your body off, so
(07:24):
you can physically like takeyour hands and kind of clear and
physically touch and like rubyour arms and rub your chest and
brush down your legs and yourshoulders and physically kind of
brush your body like anenergetic clearing.
Another tool that you could dois taking a shower, really
(07:46):
allowing the shower to kind oflike reset your energy, clear
off anything from the day, evenclear off anything from the
evening if you're taking ashower in the morning, so like
first thing when you wake up inthe morning, you can also clear
in that way.
Another tool that I absolutelylove, of course, is breath work,
so clearing your energy withyour breath, really letting that
(08:06):
exhale be something that is arelease, something that is a
letting go.
You can take deep sighs whenyou're doing breath work on the
exhale.
And then the fourth tool that Iwould share with you is anything
that has to do with like avisualization.
So this can look like showeringyourself in a golden light.
This can look like um, doinglike a cord cutting, so like
(08:30):
allowing an energy that you feellike you've picked up on,
allowing, like cutting it like acord and allowing it to release
from your body.
So Any of these practices Ijust named quite a few it's
something you can kind of likesee what works for you, see what
feels good and checking in withyour energy daily.
This can help with burnout, itcan help with any confusion, it
(08:54):
can help with boundaries, it canhelp with your energetic
happiness and lightness andreally feeling like you can show
up fully in the world asyourself.
Being in that uh, you know seatof a healer or a therapist or
coach can often.
You're really tending to otherpeople's energy a lot of the
(09:16):
time.
So these practices can bringyou back to yourself and allow
you to tend to your energy,which is really important as
well.
And then the last thing that Iwill mention for highly
sensitive people is that you canuse your sensitivity as a
strength, as a gift, and thatincludes really nurturing it
with boundaries, being aware ofit and being curious about it.
(09:40):
So a few different ways thatyou can kind of like hone in on
your gifts of your sensitivity,your intuition, your ability to
be empathic.
The first is writing andjournaling getting clear on what
you sense and what is true andwhat is coming up for you versus
what might be coming up forsomebody else.
(10:02):
So sometimes when we write andexpress and let things out in
that way just like even freewriting, just really like
letting it all out on the page,it can bring, it can create some
space in our system.
It can bring clarity, but itcan also bring space, and so
that is really helpful fordiscerning, like what's ours and
(10:25):
what somebody else's.
And then that kind of leads intonumber two, which is yet
practicing discernment aroundthe energies.
So it's all information, butit's not necessarily like who
you are or identity or anythinglike that.
So if you're picking up onsomething it's not, you know,
(10:46):
like factual or an identifierfor who you are, it could also
be projection, something elsethat's coming up from somebody
else.
So practicing discernmentaround information that you
receive.
And then the third is kind ofbuilding on the last thing that
I had just mentioned a fewminutes ago.
But if you are in that space ofholding space for other people,
(11:11):
you're using your gifts andyour sensitivity and your
intuition for others, but knowthat it's not just for others,
it's also for yourself.
So, continuing to come back toyourself, continuing to come
back to your body, continuing totend to your energy, and when
you stay rooted in your ownenergy and you stay connected to
(11:33):
your gifts and you practice theenergetic discernment and you
use your tools for understandingwhat's yours and what's theirs,
you're able to really allowyour sensitivity to become one
of your greatest strengths, tobecome almost like a superpower.
It's pretty cool what canhappen.
So two questions that I willleave you with is where might I
(11:58):
be holding on to something thatisn't mine to be processed, and
what's one practice I can committo this week to clear and tend
to my energy and my nervoussystem?
So, if anything from today'sepisode resonated with you, I
work often with highly intuitive, sensitive and empathic women,
(12:19):
so I offer one-to-one somaticcoaching, one-to-one somatic
therapy if you are in New York,and breathwork as well.
So you can check out the shownotes for the link to my website
.
You can send me a dm if youhave any questions.
And, yeah, I hope that youenjoyed today's episode.
I hope that you received someinformation that you find
(12:41):
helpful or insightful or createsome shifts in your life.
And, yeah, I hope that you alsohave an incredible rest of your
day, an incredible rest of yourweek, and I will talk to you
soon.
Thank you for being here andtuning in to somatic healing for
wellness focused women podcast.
If you were moved or inspiredby today's episode, please take
(13:03):
a moment to leave a rating andreview on Apple Podcasts.
It truly helps the podcast growand helps more people find me
on their healing journey.
Make sure to check out the shownotes, to sign up for the
monthly newsletter, links tomore resources, opportunities to
work with me and ways that wecan stay connected.
If we aren't already connectedon social media, head over to
(13:25):
Instagram to follow me at Raythe Somatic Coach.
Send me a DM.
I'd love to connect with youand I answer each note that
comes in.
I am so happy you're here and Icannot wait to talk with you on
our next episode of the podcast.
Welcome back to the podcast.
If you are new here, I'm Rae,I'm a somatic coach and
breathwork facilitator, and ifyou aren't new here, welcome
back.
I'm so glad that you're tuningin for today's episode.
So for today's episode we arediving right in.
I received another creativedownload while I was away in
(00:22):
Scotland and traveling is a hugecreative portal for me usually
and so today's episode is allfor highly sensitive folks and
empaths.
So we are talking aboutintuitive beings that feel
things around them, and today'sepisode is for you.
So this episode can also bereally helpful.
(00:44):
If you are a coach, a therapist, a healer, if you are a big
feeler and you're working in anintuitive space, this episode
can also be supportive for you.
So, to kick things off, what isa highly sensitive person, also
known as HSP?
Known as HSP?
(01:10):
So this is a term that ElaineAron created, and it's on a
theory that HSPs are a subset ofthe population who have a high
sensitivity in processing.
So there are high levels ofprocessing happening with
emotions, with reactions tointernal and external stimuli,
and a very textured and complexlike inner world can be
(01:32):
happening if you are a highlysensitive person.
And so they say that highlysensitive people are about 15 to
20 percent of the populationand that highly high sensitivity
can be linked to morecreativity, can be linked to
stronger personal relationships,can be linked to more joy and
more awareness around, likeday-to-day textures in life.
(01:55):
So like a really strongawareness and presence around,
like what is happening inday-to-day life.
I'll also link a resource in theshow notes for learning more
about highly sensitive people.
But some of the questions thatthe website asks that I can
share with you now is do youlike deep conversations?
(02:16):
Do other people tell you thatyou're good at understanding
what they are feeling orthinking?
Do you tend to reflect onthings deeply?
Do you make it a point to avoidviolent movies and TV shows?
And do you notice or enjoydelicate or fine scents, tastes,
sounds or works of art?
So these are all some questionsthat are listed on the website
(02:42):
and they actually have a quizlike a self-quiz that you can
take.
So if highly sensitive person,if that you know resonates with
you or it's something you findinteresting, definitely check
out that link in the show notes.
And so, for today's episode, ifyou are a highly sensitive
person or an empath or intuitive, it's likely that you have felt
or taken on the weight of otherpeople's emotions, thoughts,
(03:05):
expectations, and so these aresome tools that will be helpful
for coming back to yourselfanytime that you might be
feeling heavy, drained orconfused by things that are
going on around you.
And sometimes, for highlysensitive people, intuitives and
empaths.
It can be challenging todifferentiate what someone else
(03:27):
is experiencing versus like whatis yours to process, which is
actually the first tool fortoday.
So the question that you canask yourself when you find
yourself in these scenarioswhere maybe you're feeling
confused, heavy drained, you'refeeling like maybe what you're
feeling isn't actually yours,and so the question that you can
(03:50):
ask yourself is is this evenmine?
So when someone cannot handlean emotion or a feeling,
sometimes it can get tossed overto someone else to deal with.
So an example might be someonegets really angry and then tells
the other person oh, you'rejust being sensitive, but in
(04:11):
actuality, that person that gotangry is actually projecting
onto the other person.
So, remembering that it's notactually about you, it's about
the other person and theirfeelings, emotions and thoughts,
which we have no control over.
For someone that is a highlysensitive person, they can tend
(04:31):
to go into like a fixer mode orsometimes subconsciously, just
like really picking up onsomeone else's discomfort.
If you also have a history ofpeople pleasing, it can be
really uncomfortable for otherpeople to be uncomfortable, so
also having awareness aroundthat.
But this can show up, like whensomebody else is feeling a
(04:52):
challenging emotion and you'refeeling the highly sensitive
person is starting to feel it intheir body.
It can show up as discomfort,it can show up as your mood
suddenly changing when you knowpreviously you were fine and
then now you're not fine.
It can feel like beingmisunderstood and it can also
just feel like something is offor like something's just like
(05:12):
not fitting that was previouslyfitting.
It's you're picking up onsomebody else's stuff.
Basically, and this can be, yeah, really challenging if you are
a highly sensitive person andempath or an intuitive, because
sometimes you can know whatsomeone is feeling before they
actually know what they'refeeling and it's not necessarily
(05:34):
your job to do anything aboutit feeling and it's not
necessarily your job to doanything about it.
So, really knowing that youhave this information but it's
not something that you need tolike do anything about, and so
there is a layer of awarenessand mindfulness that comes into
play and that's usually always,the first step is really
starting to notice how you'refeeling in your experience and
(05:58):
asking that question of is thiseven mine?
And you can even rephrase thatquestion a little bit like
what's mine and what's theirs,because you can't clean up the
other side of the street forsomebody else and that awareness
and that shift in that questionwill help you to release any of
that fixer energy or helperenergy.
(06:21):
Which leads me right into thenext point that I wanted to
share with you is that it'sreally important, if you are a
highly sensitive person, anempath or an intuitive, to
really tend to and take care ofyour energy.
You really want your energy tobe clean, you want it to be
clear and you want to reallytend to your body and your
(06:42):
nervous system and the energeticbody.
If you are, you know, a coach,a healer, a therapist and you're
working with other people, it'sreally easy to pick up on other
people's stuff because you are.
If you are a highly sensitiveperson and an intuitive, you're
going to be having another layerof awareness.
(07:03):
So, some things that you can do,some tools that are helpful for
cleansing your energy, and Ialso encourage you to kind of
check in with what works for youand maybe some tools that you
might already have or be awareof or you've heard of, like add
to this list.
But the first is physicallylike brushing your body off, so
(07:24):
you can physically like takeyour hands and kind of clear and
physically touch and like rubyour arms and rub your chest and
brush down your legs and yourshoulders and physically kind of
brush your body like anenergetic clearing.
Another tool that you could dois taking a shower, really
(07:46):
allowing the shower to kind oflike reset your energy, clear
off anything from the day, evenclear off anything from the
evening if you're taking ashower in the morning, so like
first thing when you wake up inthe morning, you can also clear
in that way.
Another tool that I absolutelylove, of course, is breath work,
so clearing your energy withyour breath, really letting that
(08:06):
exhale be something that is arelease, something that is a
letting go.
You can take deep sighs whenyou're doing breath work on the
exhale.
And then the fourth tool that Iwould share with you is anything
that has to do with like avisualization.
So this can look like showeringyourself in a golden light.
This can look like um, doinglike a cord cutting, so like
(08:30):
allowing an energy that you feellike you've picked up on,
allowing, like cutting it like acord and allowing it to release
from your body.
So Any of these practices Ijust named quite a few it's
something you can kind of likesee what works for you, see what
feels good and checking in withyour energy daily.
This can help with burnout, itcan help with any confusion, it
(08:54):
can help with boundaries, it canhelp with your energetic
happiness and lightness andreally feeling like you can show
up fully in the world asyourself.
Being in that uh, you know seatof a healer or a therapist or
coach can often.
You're really tending to otherpeople's energy a lot of the
(09:16):
time.
So these practices can bringyou back to yourself and allow
you to tend to your energy,which is really important as
well.
And then the last thing that Iwill mention for highly
sensitive people is that you canuse your sensitivity as a
strength, as a gift, and thatincludes really nurturing it
with boundaries, being aware ofit and being curious about it.
(09:40):
So a few different ways thatyou can kind of like hone in on
your gifts of your sensitivity,your intuition, your ability to
be empathic.
The first is writing andjournaling getting clear on what
you sense and what is true andwhat is coming up for you versus
what might be coming up forsomebody else.
(10:02):
So sometimes when we write andexpress and let things out in
that way just like even freewriting, just really like
letting it all out on the page,it can bring, it can create some
space in our system.
It can bring clarity, but itcan also bring space, and so
that is really helpful fordiscerning, like what's ours and
(10:25):
what somebody else's.
And then that kind of leads intonumber two, which is yet
practicing discernment aroundthe energies.
So it's all information, butit's not necessarily like who
you are or identity or anythinglike that.
So if you're picking up onsomething it's not, you know,
(10:46):
like factual or an identifierfor who you are, it could also
be projection, something elsethat's coming up from somebody
else.
So practicing discernmentaround information that you
receive.
And then the third is kind ofbuilding on the last thing that
I had just mentioned a fewminutes ago.
But if you are in that space ofholding space for other people,
(11:11):
you're using your gifts andyour sensitivity and your
intuition for others, but knowthat it's not just for others,
it's also for yourself.
So, continuing to come back toyourself, continuing to come
back to your body, continuing totend to your energy, and when
you stay rooted in your ownenergy and you stay connected to
(11:33):
your gifts and you practice theenergetic discernment and you
use your tools for understandingwhat's yours and what's theirs,
you're able to really allowyour sensitivity to become one
of your greatest strengths, tobecome almost like a superpower.
It's pretty cool what canhappen.
So two questions that I willleave you with is where might I
(11:58):
be holding on to something thatisn't mine to be processed, and
what's one practice I can committo this week to clear and tend
to my energy and my nervoussystem?
So, if anything from today'sepisode resonated with you, I
work often with highly intuitive, sensitive and empathic women,
(12:19):
so I offer one-to-one somaticcoaching, one-to-one somatic
therapy if you are in New York,and breathwork as well.
So you can check out the shownotes for the link to my website
.
You can send me a dm if youhave any questions.
And, yeah, I hope that youenjoyed today's episode.
I hope that you received someinformation that you find
(12:41):
helpful or insightful or createsome shifts in your life.
And, yeah, I hope that you alsohave an incredible rest of your
day, an incredible rest of yourweek, and I will talk to you
soon.
Thank you for being here andtuning in to somatic healing for
wellness focused women podcast.
If you were moved or inspiredby today's episode, please take
(13:03):
a moment to leave a rating andreview on Apple Podcasts.
It truly helps the podcast growand helps more people find me
on their healing journey.
Make sure to check out the shownotes, to sign up for the
monthly newsletter, links tomore resources, opportunities to
work with me and ways that wecan stay connected.
If we aren't already connectedon social media, head over to
(13:25):
Instagram to follow me at Raythe Somatic Coach.
Send me a DM.
I'd love to connect with youand I answer each note that
comes in.
I am so happy you're here and Icannot wait to talk with you on
our next episode of the podcast.
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