The New Sensitive

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...

Happy Sunday, Soothers! This week, I had a massive realization, which was also like, obvious, but sometimes it lands different, ya know? Anyways, the realization: I am the first female entrepreneur in my entire lineage (that I'm aware of). I am also the first unmarried woman in my entire lineage (that I'm aware of). I paired the two realizations and it hit me like a ton of bricks: I am m...

Hi Soothers! Today I talk about what it means to build and create and repair a relationship with the most important person in your life: yourself. I share why it can be so hard to know ourselves, our own desires, who we are, and give five practical tips on how to begin re-building and re-discovering this relationship with our Self, because it is totally doable. I'm hosting a New Year's r...

Hi Soothers! This week, I and the 26 women in the first-ever cohort of Soothe close out our year together. As we do so, I was reflecting on my biggest lessons on healing and takeaways from this powerful group of incredible people; their vulnerability, their willingness to love themselves, and more. Here are seven of the most powerful lessons about healing I've learned from them, from my own e...

Hi Soothers! If you're a highly sensitive person, you looooove context and all the information possible. So allow me today to give you tons of information around Soothe, my 2023 mastermind for highly sensitive women. I'll walk you through exactly what happens from the second you sign up for the waitlist, to how you can enroll and what that process (including payment, preparation, etc) lo...

Today I explain what a mastermind is and why especially highly sensitive women should consider joining one as part of their healing process. We can often be hyper-independent -- we can do it all alone! We don't need help! -- and groups like masterminds, where we come together with other like-minded souls for healing and growth and accountability and love and BEING SEEN as we ARE, not as we th...

Hi Soothers! Today I try to connect the dots amongst two seemingly disparate things: The characters Vecna and Max from the TV show Stranger Things, and how to fight for your self-worth. Spoiler alerts for the show abound, and even if you've never watched Stranger Things, I hope this metaphor I share will land. Join the Soothe September Workshop Series! Each Sunday I'm hosting a workshop...

Hi Soothers! Today I riff on goal-setting. I'm a Capricorn with a Virgo stellium: I LOVE to set me some goals. But as I've shifted more into my feminine energy I've started to think about what goal-setting can look like from a more relaxed, spacious approach, rather than a lot of DOING in going after the goals. So today I set up a little mini workshop, so bring a pen and paper. We&a...

Hi Soothers! Ready to try a fun experiment: A release control rest of September? In this episode I talk about what it tangibly looks like to release control, how you can begin to do it, and a few tactical ways to begin experimenting releasing control in one or more areas of your life this month. Highly sensitive women can really struggle with needing to be in control/do all the things out of a sen...

Remember the episode I did earlier this summer about how to get more of what you want in your life? (Episode 170, if ya need to go back and listen.) Well, I think the approach I talked about works for something all of us want more of in our live most of all: time. In this quick hit episode I talk about how to get more time in your life, and it has nothing to do about prioritization, calendaring ha...

Hey Soothers! Today I'm sharing a goal I am embarking on starting September 1: Going three months without alcohol, gluten or caffeine. I talk about why I'm doing it (reasons include PMDD, anxiety, health, and oh yeah, maybe some magic?) and how I plan to do it, and am sharing all of this here for some extra accountability and support around this! I'm not doing this to try to "c...

Hi Soothers! I'm easing back in after my August off in Indiana and sharing some emotions I'm experiencing, including grief in my personal life, and confusion in my work life. As always, just trying my best to be human first out here and share everything that I'm experiencing along the way as hopeful inspiration for you to embrace your own humanity, too! Ready to go deeper into your...

Hi Soothers! Today I'm here with a quick hit episode. How do you get more of what you want in your life? My take on this may surprise you. Tune in for a shift in thinking about how to get more of stuff in your life like abundance, love, or whatever else you desire. I also do a little bit of a life update at the start. Ready to go deeper into your growth, self-discovery, and healing journey? T...

Hi Soothers! Today I'm so excited to share a conversation with Chelsea, a divorce coach and art appraiser from Seattle. She took Secretly Ambitious with me last summer, where she learned new, tangible pricing models, identity work, nervous system and inner child healing, and lots more. Now she helps individuals and parents shed light on the divorce process through her coaching program. We tal...

Hi Soothers! I'm excited today to introduce you to  Dani Cirignano, a writer, coach, and facilitator who's been weaving together her commitment to creativity, recovery, and life design in various ways and iterations for almost five years.  She is also the creator of Self Made , a "rebellious recovery community that empowers you to liberate yourself from societal programming and to s...

Hey Soothers! I'm excited to share with you the audio of a free training I recently did, How I Made My First $50k as a Highly Sensitive Coach and Business Owner.  In the training, which is about 90 minutes (and it takes a few minutes to get going, so you might want to fast forward a few),  I  share the 5 offers I had my first year, how much I charged for each of them, and how much money I mad...

Hi Soothers! I'm excited today to introduce you to Meg Brackett of Yoga Brain ! Meg took Secretly Ambitious in the summer of 2021. Just a few weeks into the course, she was able to make the leap to leave her full-time job behind, go full-time in her business, get enough clients to replace her job's income, and continues to make an impact today through her work with wellness leaders helpi...

Hi Soothers! Today I talk about something I get asked a lot as a coach: certifications and if you need them or not in coaching. I talk about the dangers of permission-based culture; when it DOES and DOESN'T make sense to get certified (in anything, not just coaching!); and how to know if you are searching for permission out of a need of approval and safety, or because it feels really right an...