The Plata Life Podcast: Finding the magic of the everyday life

In this episode, host Maria Plata, shares why having a community matters for highly sensitive people. Not only is having connection important for HSPs, but it is vital to surround ourselves with people who not only understand this trait but can appreciate and honor it.

In this episode I share some of the best parts about being a highly sensitive parent! 

In this episode, I share about embodiment. What does it mean and why is important, especially for highly sensitive people? I also share about different resources that I have been using to understand why the mind-body connection is a crucial piece of our healing journey and why we often ignore it as HSPs.  Check out my website at https://mariaplata.com to get your weekly coloring sheet (type Plata...

In this episode I explain the difference between being a Highly Sensitive Person and an Empath. I share how learning that being an HSP has helped me understand how my ability to feel things deeply can help me in the every day life, especially when it comes to parenting a highly sensitive child. I hope that you enjoy this episode and remember to go check out my blog at mariaplata.com so that you ca...

In this episode I share some BIG news on my journey! Join me as I explain why it can be so challenging for highly sensitive people to do new things and follow those little nudges.

In this episode, I share how challenging it can be for highly sensitive people to stay in that place of joy when they see the beauty in the world. I explain why this could be happening and why it is so important that we allow and encourage ourselves to feel deeply, especially when it comes to these two ideas.  I mention this Brene Brown podcast episode: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/accessin...

In this episode, I am doing something NEW! I am trying out using the Wisdom app in which I am a top mentor to do a talk and record my podcast at the same time.  As I share about being a highly sensitive extrovert and what that means for me, Brian joins in and shares his experience with this topic.  Listen to learn more about what it's like for me as the confusion of both my sensitivity a...

I share my creative journey with you in this episode for the past few years. I explain why creativity has helped me during some of the hardest times and why HSPs need to have a creative practice that can help them process the world around them.  Make sure to check out Season 3 to listen to the interviews I mentioned in this episode and Season 2 for The HSP Creative Project (you can get the wo...

In this week's episode I share about how having a rich, complex inner life plays out in my parenting journey. I explain why and how you can harness this part of your innate trait to help you build a life that is deep and meaningful.  Make sure to check out my website: mariaplata.com to get your FREE coloring sheets that go along with the podcast and to learn more about highly sensitive people...

In this week's episode I share all about how deeply and easily highly sensitive people can love. But I don't mean the "love" you see in the movies. I mean the type of weird, awkward love that has only to do with yourself.  I share how my child's obsession with Pokemon helped me see that adding the things I absolutely love to do (like this podcast) into my life, and actually prioritizing them...

In this episode I share my journey in raising a bilingual child and how this specific experience taught me that sometimes all we need is...time (and yes love too). I explain how frustrating it has been to rush my child into learning another language but how big of a gift it has been in that it has taught me that we simply need more time in today's world.  Make sure to check out my blog at htt...

In this episode I share how it's the little everyday things that make up the BIG picture. I explain how losing our family dog last year helped me understand why it's so important that as HSPs we vocalize our appreciation for all the little things we notice. Make sure to go to mariaplata.com to check out more information on the episodes and to get your free coloring pages! 

In this episode I share a little about what's happening in my personal life these days with the loss of my all time favorite aunt. I share about her beautiful energy and all of the wonderful things she taught me. Then I explain how we can use the ability to "see the big picture" as HSPs to truly live from an authentic and loving place.  Make sure to check out my blog at mariaplata.com to get...

In this episode I share how this one part of being Highly Sensitive helped me be a great teacher and now helping me in motherhood. Noticing the subtleties in your environment can lead to a lot of overstimulation, but it can also give you such important information. Learn how to flip the narrative of what it means to be a highly sensitive person and use this as part of your superpower!  If you...

In this episode I share how the new Disney movie Encanto had me bawling in the theater and why it is so important to harness that into a superpower. I discuss how crucial it is for our empathy development and simple ways you can help yourself or those highly sensitive people you love to allow for this depth of feelings without judgement. Lastly, a huge reminder that your sensitivity is a beautiful...

Happy New Year! I kick off this season with the first episode of this new series: Your sensitivity as a superpower! In this episode I share a story of how finding the right mental health professional is so important and the challenges I’ve faced with that whole process. I explain how that whole experience has taught me to listen to my intuition. Which is the #1 way to use your sensitivity as a sup...

I close out this season with my findings on the third question of my interviews. I share how we can help inspire the next generations to show up as themselves and to live from a place as their true selves. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this season- I couldn’t have done it without you!

In this episode I share my findings about what my guests felt the biggest challenges and the best parts of being a parent/teacher are. I share about why it’s so important to share our stories and allow for space when things are hard.

In this episode I share what I’ve discovered about creativity this season. I explain the similarities and differences between the responses. How we can take the stories people shared to apply the concept of creativity in our lives in a real and meaningful way.

In this episode I share my own personal answers to the three questions I’ve used for this season. I share how creativity saved me during the pandemic, the challenges and beautiful moments in motherhood and the one way I believe we can inspire others to show up as themselves.

In this episode I interview our friend John who uses creativity in his career and also as a means for personal joy fulfillment. We discuss the challenge of not transferring unhealthy patterns to our kids and the beauty of the time warp of watching our kids grow up. Make sure to check out Maggie and John's adventures traveling the country on their bus by checking out their Instagram @bladesonabus&n...

In this episode I interview my friend Maggie about creativity, motherhood and life in general. We discuss the importance of emotional health and how we can work in our family units to get better with this, especially as parents. Her daugther also answers a few questions and gives us the perspective we often times miss. 

I’m working so hard on building those boundaries in my life and after realizing that I truly am an all or nothing kind of person, I chose to deactivate my Facebook and Instagram accounts. It’s been about a week, so for this reflection episode I share the why and results I’ve gained from that one simple boundary I’ve made! We’ll get to the last round of interviews next week 🙌🏼

In this episode I interview my friend and HSP Lifestyle Holistic coach Julie Staub. We discuss the role of creativity in our lives and how we can help inspire future generations to show up authentically by modeling this behaviour ourselves first.  If you'd like to connect with Julie, check out her website: https://www.juliestaub.com/

In this episode, I interview my friend Lisette who is a wonderful HSP mama and teacher. We talk about what creativity means to her, how she's raised her kids to be kind and compassionate human beings. And we find some golden nuggets of inspiration and reminders to live our lives with joy and purpose! Bravo!