Healing and Shadow Work for Highly Sensitive People

In this episode of The Happy HSP Podcast, HSP therapist and lightworker Jessica Jade Thompson shares how discovering her HSP trait helped her make sense of her emotions and inner world. She also opens up about how healing — especially through shadow work, therapy, and spiritualism — has allowed her to feel more grounded, openhearted, and aligned with her purpose.

We talk about what it means to be enough, the importance of rest, and the powerful energy that HSPs bring to the world simply by being themselves. Whether you’re navigating burnout, craving a deeper spiritual journey, or struggling to accept your sensitivity, this episode offers plenty of comfort, wisdom, and encouragement to simply “be.”

Jessica shares:

• Why the “HSP” label felt like a relief to her and not a limitation.
• How shadow work helps create space for joy, light, and presence.
• The physical toll of sensitivity and how she navigates burnout in New York City.
• The power of self-compassion and honoring your nervous system.
• Her spontaneous kundalini awakening and how it altered her understanding of reality.
• How simply being yourself can provide a deep service to the world.

Topics covered:

• Sensitivity, spirituality, and the HSP journey.
• Shadow work and self-compassion.
• Collective energy and intuitive gifts.
• Spiritual awakening and integration.
• Energetic boundaries and learning to say “no.”
• Embracing your gifts as an empath or intuitive.

About Jessica Jade:

Jessica Jade is a psychotherapist, counselor, healer, and sensitive soul. She is devoted to holding emotional and energetic space for others. As a lightworker, she is attuned to the transformational power of bringing pain (shadow) to loving awareness (light). Jessica Jade is passionate about supporting other sensitive souls through individual sessions and programs.   

Follow along with Jessica’s journey:

Website: linktr.ee/sensitively souled  

Instagram: @sensitivelysouled

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is a career coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now helps HSPs overcome burnout and low confidence in the workplace and create gentle and nurturing careers that bring them lots of purpose, meaning, and joy.

Through her work and creative ventures, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures.

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola
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