The New Sensitive

Do you struggle with scarcity, fears around money and feeling timid managing finances as an empath or a highly sensitive person? You're not alone. I find that many of us sensitive folks are not... great with money. Complicated emotions, guilt, family stories, shame or fear can keep us all feeling really scarce and struggling to increase our abundance, whether that's financially or just g...

Remember episode 195, where I ranted about how 'the universe loves a creative bitch? ' Well, I'm back with a similar concept around money. And the question/reflection here is, would money want to be YOUR business partner? Money loves KNOWING how it will be used. Money loves being used to support the growth of others. Money loves a PURPOSEFUL partner. Money loves to be well-managed....

Triggers: we all got 'em, and we all want to have less of them! I think people believe or experience triggers as mental experiences, where we lash out at a person or take action we regret, but I'm here to tell you that triggers have everything to do with your nervous system and its capacity. If you can rewire your nervous system to be more grounded, hold more emotions, and not tip over q...

Have you really wanted to start journaling because you know it would help your emotional state, your mental health, your self-discovery, but you just can't seem to start? You're not alone. I had a flourishing journaling practice in my youth and then college but in my 20s and 30s couldn't get started again, and I see a lot of folks deal with this too. Sometimes it's perfectionis...

Hey Soothers! Let's go there: I'm talking about why coffee is, possibly - not always! - but possibly not a great idea for you or your nervous system, especially as a highly sensitive person. I discuss how we can come to rely on coffee as a nervous system regulator, the effects it can have on our physical and mental health, and share my own coffee story, which started at 16, and how I&apo...

Hey Soothers! I talk a lot about intention-setting in life, but intention-setting will get you nowhere if your intentions are not crystal clear. The universe responds to specificity. So if your intention is "get a new job," that's about as clear to mud to the universe, which might deliver you a new job, but not necessarily one that would match the specifics that your soul needs. Tun...

How about that! I started the Sunday Soother Podcast as a bit of a hobby and creative project back in January of 2019 and here we are four years later with 200 episodes! I'm quite proud of myself. To celebrate, I opened up my inbox for an ask me anything episode, so dive on into this episode where I answer questions on everything from discerning fear from intuition, to top books to read for s...

Hi everybody! First, so sorry - there was a podcast glitch last week that meant the original episode 199 (and I mistakenly refer to episode 198) on changing energetically had to be deleted. Womp womp. I haven't re-recorded it yet, but hopefully soon! But for now I have all the deets on the upcoming Sunday Soother membership , which opens for waitlist and founding member rate enrollment THIS W...

Hey Soothers, I've been teaching nervous system education to HSPs for over two years now and in that time it's been revealed to me there is a very specific nervous system cycle we can get caught it: flight to crash, and the circuit loops over and over, leaving us exhausted and hopeless. Today I talk about how I noticed this circuit happening in my clients, what it might look for you, wha...

Hi Soothers! Jumping off of Rick Rubin's book, The Creative Act, I'm talking today about how I realized I had "sensitivity antennae," how I started to develop them more, and practices you can use to increase your sensitivity, intuition, and creativity and use these delightful antennae to better tune into the the magic of the world all around you! If you're into this podcas...

Hey Soothers, I know many of you out there are spiritually curious folks, but not sure where or how to start deepening this sense of connection and sacredness in your life. To help you out, today I've recorded a podcast containing seven simple ideas that will help you spark your spiritual connection. They're all free, they're all easy, and most importantly, they're all fun and...

Hey there, Soothers. Today I go on a bit of a rant about something I see that can really frustrate me in empaths and highly sensitive people: when we go into passive, roll-over, woe-is-me, "I can't do X because of Y" mode, or "I can't do X until I have Y" mode (especially around money). This type of thinking is so limiting to achieving our dreams and living our fulfil...

Following up on last week's podcast episode where I shared the financials and practical how's of how I bought my 250-year-old nature witch cottage, this week I dive into the magical and energetic aspects behind the process. Tune in for how I tapped into intuition, magic, energetic techniques and manifesting processes that brought this magical house into my life. I learned so much about m...

In today's podcast, I delve into the behind-the-scenes of the purchase of, as I like to call it, my "nature witch cottage" — a 250-year-old home in a town of 100 people in western Virginia. This was a dream many years in the making and there's a lot behind it and I detail it all. I share the financial details, how I got the money for the down payment, the aspects of generationa...

Hey Soothers! In today's short but sweet podcast, I remind us at the start of the year that all good change takes time. In fact, every major change I've succeeded at, every goal I've achieved, has been 2.5-3 years in the making and I talk about that today and how to nourish the (seemingly too long!) cycles of change in your life, too. Want to give me feedback about a Sunday Soother...

Hi Soothers! Happy new year! In today's podcast, I share what my word for 2023 is; the Tarot cards that are the foundation of my coming year; and 7 fun goals I am setting for the year ahead. Ready to set your goals in a heart-centered, aligned way? Join me for my annual Intentional and Intuitive Goal-Setting Workshop , Wednesday, January 4th, 8-9:30pmET (lifetime replay provided). Settle in w...

Hey there, Soothers, and happy end of the year. Today I want to expand on something I wrote recently in the Sunday Soother: to explore why gratitude can be very complicated or even impossible right now for some of us, not from a mind-based perspective but from a nervous system perspective that will hopefully give you some understanding of how and why you work and why you are not selfish or broken...

Hi Soothers! In today's podcast episode, I talk about the concept of dominating and improving and fixing the self, vs. stewarding and tending to and nourishing the Self. This is a bit more musings on my recent Sunday Soother essay, We Don't Own, We Steward, which you can read here . Owning means trying to "fix" ourselves so we can be something "more" — more efficient,...

Hi Soothers! Soothe, my year-long mastermind for highly sensitive women, closes for enrollment on December 22. There are six spots left; is one of them yours? Book a call here to find out . And today, to help you learn more about past participants' experiences in Soothe, I have on Hilary and Afua, who were in a small group together in Soothe last year.  We talk about the joy of finding other...

Hi friends! This week, my year-long group coaching program for highly sensitive women, Soothe, opens to the public for enrollment. And to celebrate, I wanted to bring you an interview with some of the members of last year's Soothe!  This week, we have a roundtable interview with most of the women who made up the Thursday small group from the 2022 round of Soothe. Lynn, Jamie, Page, Blythe and...

If I know anything about my Soother audience, it's that you love to set you some goals. And I'm with you! Goal-setting is one of my talents. And, at the same time, as I've delved more deeply into alignment, energy, and connecting with my heart's desires, there are some things about goal-setting I've discovered that can actually be blocking us from achieving our heart'...

Hey Soothers! As you might know, I'm wrapping up 90 days off alcohol (and caffeine and gluten as well). I've talked about this previously on the podcast and written about it on the Sunday Soother newsletter, and today, I invite on past Soother guest and all around delightful person Jillian Anthony, who recently did six months without alcohol, for a conversation around this topic. Jillian...

Hi Soothers! Have you ever heard about energy work, energy clearing, grounding or protection and wondered exactly, uh, what it is, how it works, and how you can start doing it? Today your questions are answered, as I have a lovely, in-depth interview with Missy Toy Ozeas, an energy worker and intuitive I work with on a regular basis and who teaches energy work and protection methods to highly sens...

Hey, Soothers! This week I dive deep into one of my favorite self-reflective and spiritual practices: Reading and connecting with Tarot cards! On today's podcast I share a little bit of my journey to discovering Tarot; how exactly I use it these days; and how you can begin or deepen your relationship with Tarot too, whether you do it for spiritual reasons or simply as another tool to add to y...

Hi Soothers! Today I'm joined by my upcoming New Year's Eve retreat co-host, Kelly Barrett. This will be the third retreat that Kelly and I have led, and we'd thought to celebrate, we'd share our own transformative experiences with retreats we've been on, the reasons it's so lovely and nourishing for hyper-responsible HSPs to go to a retreat where literally everything...