The New Sensitive

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...

Hi Soothers! Today I do one of my favorite types of podcasts, a wide-ranging listener Q&A. I asked for your Qs about becoming a biz owner and life coach and you delivered! In this episode I answer about certifications and if they are or aren't necessary; how to overcome perfectionism and fear of judgment in starting a business; goal-setting in business; some tips on boring logistical stuf...

Today I talk about my journey of healing from codependency and people-pleasing through leaving the 9-5 system and starting to work for myself. I never, NEVER desired to be an entrepreneur or to work for myself, but in my late 30s, after 4 corporate jobs, I realized... this ain't ever gonna change. At the same time I was beginning my codependency and people-pleasing recovery journey, and reali...

What's up my fellow people-pleasers, this one goes out to you. Codependency and people-pleasing stem from, at their core, a lack of identity. One of the primary ways a codependent struggles is because we never had the chance to develop a sense of identity that is independent of what others think of us. As we recover from people-pleasing and codependency, one small but effective shift is to st...

What does it mean to surrender? And why do we struggle so mightily with the concept, and resistance to it? And even if we understand we must surrender, how do we actually start? I ponder and explore the concept of surrender in our lives in today's podcast. The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don&...

People-pleasing. Money mindset. Permission mindset and employee thinking. Nervous system dysregulation. Fear of visibility. What do these all have in common? These are just a few of the things that block highly sensitive people from success in entrepreneurship.  When I started my own business, I thought I would have to learn like, Quick Books. Turned out what I actually needed to focus on was thes...

Today I go on a rant that's been on my heart for a while: all about why your 9-5 is NOT more "stable," "secure," or "safe" than working for yourself and starting your own business. Trust me on this one; after nearly two decades in a corporate 9-5 environment, I can tell you this: I hate to break it to you, but your corporate 9-5 is not more secure than you starti...

Hi Soothers! In today's podcast, I talked about a real-time trigger happened recently around a female friendship/feeling left out wound. I discuss what the trigger was, how I noticed it, moved through it, and healed it, and the powerful outcome it had for me. I also share 6 steps to how you can process and heal your own triggers. To be triggered is to be human, but there ARE tools we can use...

Ever tried affirmations but they just fell flat?  If you're anything like me, you know that affirmations are a big cornerstone and tenet of self-development but they never fully just... clicked for you. Maybe they felt fake, they felt lame, you couldn't really actually believe they would work, or the affirmations you heard about felt like such a load of toxic positive hooey ("I am a...