The New Sensitive

Are you finding yourself in a moment of transition, change, or upleveling? I know I am and I've heard this echoed from many of you in the Soother audience, too. As my work shifts and evolves, and I do too, I ponder today what we can do to gently support ourselves and steward ourselves as we navigate a time of uncertainty or upleveling. Plus, a live Tarot reading on this topic, too! Sign up fo...

This week, I talk about how one of the biggest fear I see in women when they think about taking non-traditional or unconventional risks (leaving a job, moving, anything financial-related) is the big, scary fear of either being arrested/ending up in jail, or ending up homeless, or as a "bag lady." We may poke fun at ourselves when we name this fear, but it has a really serious, deep and a...

Hey Soothers! The Highly Sensitive Person Leadership Academy closes TONIGHT at midnight ET so in honor of this round of enrollment I'm answering three great audience questions:  How do you show up fully and authentically as your highly sensitive self if it doesn't feel safe? Feeling intimidated at work and shutting down  Consistency at work Enjoy, and I'd love to see you inside of H...

Hey Soothers! In today's podcast, I explain a metaphor I've been using a lot in my 1:1 coaching lately: That of the rock, and the river. In this metaphor, the rock is the person tossed around by the river, at the mercy of the river, without much agency or control in how it gets swept along. The river, on the other hand, is the life force that moves as it will. When we're in passive...

As I continue to talk about leadership and promote the Highly Sensitive Person Leadership Academy, a theme I want to touch on is that Small Leadership is a skill we're all going to be called on to develop in coming years. This is especially needed as we go into the diminishment of many larger systems outside of us, that we have up until now counted on to lead us. We're in a time when we&...

In the final day of the HSP Leadership Summit, we discussed creating the identity of a leader. Listen in to this audio replay to understand and learn about how to shift into the beliefs, thoughts, actions and identity of a leader (or whatever area you're looking to grow into). You're always changing and growing, whether you're aware of it or not — and when you choose to consciously...

Hey there, pod listeners! Here is the audio replay of night 2 of my HSP Leadership Training Summit. In it, we share about impostor syndrome.  And then I walk you through live Emotional Freedom Technique Tapping (or EFT) to feel deserving at the workplace, confident as a leader, and that will stop that questioning voice in your head, wondering if you’re good enough to do your role, or if folks are...

Hey Soother pod friends! I'm doing 3 days of leadership training in promotion of the Highly Sensitive Person Leadership Academy (HLA), and I thought, being as I often do, you may prefer to listen to the recordings on the go in podcast form. Here's the recording from the first night, The Nervous System of an HSP Leader. HLA is now open, and if you use the code HLAEARLYBIRD, you'll ge...

Hey Soothers! Here's something I deeply believe: the body is a sacred vessel. It is the physical container for and way we express our heart, soul and mind in the world. However, too many of us rarely consider our bodies in this process, and it's hard to slow down to connect and listen to its needs and wisdoms. I find HSPs in particular can really struggle with this, as we may have had to...

Have you heard of the concept of non-attachment — releasing shoulds or clinging to how people or circumstances should be, or attaching to material items — and thought, "Sounds cool, but hard, and uh, how does one do that?" Well, I was recently given a potent lesson in non-attachment and how easily I got attached to a particular outcome, and this lesson was delivered to me by unlikely tea...

Hey there, Soothers! As you know I'm opening my Highly Sensitive Person Leadership Academy on September 5th to the waitlist (it'll open to the public two weeks later) and today I wanted to root and ground in on what I even mean by leadership. I think HSPs and women overall balk at the concept of calling themselves a leader, one, because we see what leadership looks like today and it&apos...

I have a really true and deep belief that in how our society is unfolding, empathetic and heart-centered and feminine leaders will be the ones who are going to help us go where we need to go, because our entire model of leadership has been so warped and dominated by masculine energy and patriarchy. As we move into August and September, I have a couple of free offerings I wanted to tell you about t...

One thing I hear so many of my clients and audience say is that they desire to stop being so in their masculine energy in their life, but they don't know where or how to start. So today I'm walking you through understanding what feminine energy is, how we can begin to embody it healthily, and also, how we can use surrendered feminine energy both in our manifestation practices, and in our...

One reason I think so many of us roll our eyes at the concept of manifestation is that we assume it's about purely material things, or about getting large sums of money, and for plenty of us, those are topics we're wary about or that aren't that motivating to us. Also, many of us see the damage that unfettered capitalism has done to humans, society and the earth and are wary of enga...

Hey there, Soothers! If you're anything like me, you might consider yourself a pretty logical, practical person. And... you might be a little spiritually curious, too. If you've heard of the concept of manifesting and are intrigued by it, but also think it sounds a little bonkers and cringe and gross, and yet, something in you still wants to know more, come listen to this episode. In it...

Hey Soothe pod crew! This is another audio excerpt from my Instagram series, Wednesday Wisdom.  Enjoy! Welcome to another Wednesday Wisdom, where I coach and teach on concepts of leadership for the highly sensitive person! Today I’m discussing what I think is the most important, but least discussed or understand element of leadership, and that is leadership of Self. This can be a complicated conce...

What is my current journaling practice? What are my most effective styles of journaling? How do I begin journaling? I'm answering all of these Qs and more for today's podcast! I believe journaling is an incredibly powerful and potent way for humans to become self-aware, create relationships with yourself, and heal, and it can also be really hard to start or commit to a journaling practic...

Hey there! In today's podcast, I'm sharing an Instagram Live I did last week, all about the importance of identity in leadership, especially as a highly sensitive person. Identity shifts are one of the most important aspects of change, and if you want to step into being an authentic leaders, you must change your identity from a Follower identity to a Leader identity. In this live, I talk...

It's probably pretty obvious that I'm super biased, but I think highly sensitive people are incredible, generally, and also, perhaps contrary to general belief, also make incredible leaders. HSPs are empathetic, intuitive, have an incredible ability to process information and make good decisions, and are authentic and kind. Today, as I gear up to launch the Highly Sensitive Person Leader...

Hey Soothers! Popping in here mid-week for a special Tarot reading for you on this summer solstice. And a fun sale - if you use the code SOLSTICE on any of my courses from today until June 25th at midnight, you'll get 25% off! Visit my courses here and in the checkout page for any or all of them just use the SOLSTICE code: http://www.catherinedandrews.com (go to the upper left link that says...

Hey there, Soothers! Join me today as I outline what it looks like to be a person who creates courses on the internet. Where do I get my ideas? How does it begin to take shape? How do I decide what to include, or in what format? How do I begin to price and promote the offering and eventually how do I enroll and then teach it? I'm spilling all the beans on my particular process, and I'm s...

In today's podcast, I explore the concept of how burnout is often related to the overworked, overburdened inner child. I explain the basics of what an inner child is and how we all have one; how they become wounded; how we end up burning them out; and the solution — creating an inner child "play date" that gives them the rest, relaxation and play they so often desperately need. Intr...

Hey Soothers! Take a ramble, both literal and metaphorical with me, as I recorded this podcast for you while out on a walk in nature (and bear with me, the sound quality isn't at its top and there are a few annoying clicks at the start — but they end, promise). I catch you up a bit on my life, how moving into the nature witch cottage has gone, how my identity has shifted, and some fears and s...

To round out May as money month, in today's podcast episode I answer all the questions you've asked me about money. In this episode we cover my favorite apps to manage money, finances with a partner, why money can be thought of as a feminine energy, how to bring more playful and joyful energy to money and lots more! Sign up for the Sunday Soother membership to get the Increasing Your Abu...

Hey Soothers! Continuing my theme of May as money month, today I'm sharing a few adjustments that Feng Shui has taught me about how to call in more wealth and abundance into your life. Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese practice and philosophy that applies, as my favorite quote puts it, “the intelligent use of intention through environmental metaphor.” By looking at certain areas of your living...