The Sensitive Professionals Podcast

When life feels loud or overwhelming, many of us instinctively step outside. But what actually happens when we slow down enough to truly be with nature?   In this episode, I’m joined by wellbeing guide Jeannie Nairn , founder of Woodlands Breathing. Jeannie shares how time with the land, the trees and the seasons can gently bring us back to ourselves.   What we talk about in this episode:   How fo...

What if the reason work feels so draining isn’t because you’re doing it wrong but because the model itself was never built with sensitivity in mind? In this episode, I’m joined by Kimberly Marshall , career coach for highly sensitive people and host of the Happy HSP Podcast. After two decades in the publishing industry, Kimberly now helps HSPs move through burnout, rebuild confidence, and create c...

What if writing isn’t about being a writer at all? What if it’s simply a place to put the things you’ve been carrying. In this episode, I’m joined by Nicola MacDonald , author, speaker, creative writing coach and founder of the Introverts Paper Playground. Nicola has been writing since she was nine years old, first as a way to process what she couldn’t say out loud. Today, she helps others do the...

What if burnout isn’t a failure, but a message? Not a sign that you’re weak, but a moment that asks you to come home to yourself. In this episode, I’m joined by Rebecca Jenkin , somatic guide, holistic therapist and founder of This Wild Mama. Together we explore burnout not as a badge of honour or a buzzword, but as a full body reckoning that asks for honesty, compassion and change. What we talk a...

What if creativity isn’t about talent and more about permission? Permission to notice, to imagine, to follow a thread without knowing where it leads.   In this episode, I’m joined by Andy Mort , songwriter, creativity coach and founder of The Haven, an online community for highly sensitive people. Together we explore the relationship between sensitivity, creativity and confidence, and what becomes...

What if the part of you that craves depth and quiet is also the part that longs for novelty, movement, and new experiences?   In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Tracy Cooper , a leading researcher in high sensitivity and high sensation seeking, to explore what happens when these two traits live in the same nervous system.   Tracy brings both academic rigour and lived experience to this conversation...

What if the way you’ve learned to lead is actually pulling you further from who you really are? In this episode, I’m joined by Lise Lønsmann – a trauma-informed somatic practitioner and embodied leadership mentor – for a conversation about what it means to lead without abandoning yourself.   We explore how conventional leadership often rewards speed, control and performance, and why slowing down c...

Can you be someone who craves calm and stillness – and also yearns for adventure, newness, and the occasional leap into the unknown? In this episode, I’m joined by Ana Pashyanti – international speaker, mystic, and self-confessed explorer of the inner and outer realms – to unpack what it means to be both a highly sensitive person and a high sensation seeker.   We explore how these two traits can c...

What happens when who you are gets eclipsed by who you’reexpected to be?   In this episode, I speak with Jade Koroma – founder of Essential Woman – about the emotional shifts that come with motherhood, and the often-unseen work of remembering yourself beyond the role.   Jade shares her journey from shy overthinker to communitybuilder, and how she came to see confidence not as something you have, b...

What if the very thing that makes life feel overwhelming...is also the thing that makes you a natural guide, leader or healer? In this episode, I chat with Willow McIntosh – founder ofIlluminance and creator of the High Sensory Method – to explore the shift frommanaging sensitivity to truly owning it. We talk about what it means to see your sensitivity as aform of intelligence and the confidence t...

What happens when a deeply sensitive child grows up in aworld that doesn't know how to meet their emotional depth? In this episode, I’m joined by therapist Kerstin Seehawer to explore how our early relationships – especially with parents or caregivers – can shape the way we relate to our emotions, our needs, and ourselves. We talk about the quiet strategies sensitive children oftendevelop to f...

What if energy wasn’t just about how much sleep you got or whether you’ve eaten enough? What if the real drain on your energy was coming from somewhere else entirely – like the emotional weight you carry, the pressure to perform, or the quiet noise of overthinking that never switches off? In this episode, I chat with Sadia Ghazanfar – coach, speaker, and founder of Slay Your Dragons – to explore w...

What happens when you feel drawn to make a difference – whether in grand, world-changing ways, or in everyday choices and work that matters to you? And how do you hold that desire without it consuming you? In this episode, I sit down with Laura Hartley – leadership coach, climate activist, and founder of the Scintilla Centre – to talk about change-making, sensitivity, and the space between how the...

What happens when your empathy goes beyond compassion and you start absorbing everything around you? In this episode, I’m joined by transformational coach Emma Whittard for a conversation about what it’s like to be a deep empath. We talk about the energetic load that comes from sensing more than most, and the very real need for emotional boundaries and energetic care when you’re built this way. Em...

What if creative practice could support the kind of care that doesn’t just sustain us but connects us? This week I’m joined by Erin Fairchild – founder of Collective Action Consulting and Journal as an Altar – for a chat about what it means to make space for feeling, connection and care through creative practice. We explore how journaling and art-making can support our nervous systems, untangle us...

What happens when your gift for noticing and helping quietly turns into a job no one asked you to do – and you can’t seem to stop? In this episode, I’m joined by Andrea Reeves – founder of Type C Creative and writer behind the Substack Rebellious Systems – for a candid conversation about what it means to be the emotional caretaker at work. We explore the cost of over-functioning, the tangled relat...

Visibility can feel like a double-edged sword when you're sensitive. You want to be seen, not spotlighted. You want connection, not exposure. But what if visibility wasn’t about putting on a show… and more about showing up with your whole self, gently and intentionally? In this episode, I sit down with LinkedIn consultant Jen Corcoran to talk about the emotional reality of being seen, especially f...

What if your most accurate compass isn’t logic but a quiet inner knowing you keep dismissing? In this episode, I sit down with spiritual mentor Jennifer Main to explore the subtle, often-overlooked ways sensitive people receive information. We talk about energy, intuition, boundaries (not protection), and how creating space in your life makes room for deeper truth to land. Jennifer works with intu...

What if the quiet, persistent sense of knowing you’ve been second-guessing... was right all along? In this episode, I’m joined by Sarah Pritzl – certified Wayfinder coach and founder of Anomaly Coaching – for a warm and reflective conversation about tuning back into your intuition. We explore what it means to trust the gentle nudges, build a relationship with your inner knowing, and stop outsourci...

What if getting to know yourself isn’t about finding the perfect label – maybe it’s more about finding language that helps things make more sense? For sensitive people especially, personality tools can offer a starting point. Not the full picture, but a way in. In this episode, I’m joined by Kerstin Martin to talk about self-knowledge, sensitivity, and how the right tools at the right time can hel...

So many of us have learned to survive by staying in our heads – analysing, planning, staying one step ahead. But what gets lost when thinking feels safer than feeling? In this episode, I’m joined by Katarina Hunter – a somatic practitioner and embodiment teacher – for a conversation about sensitivity, stress, and the survival patterns that keep us disconnected from our own bodies. We explore how f...

Design thinking invites us to open things up and explore possibilities, then come back to what matters most. What if sensitivity works in much the same way? In this episode, I talk with Joe Knowland, a furniture designer and former art fabricator, whose career has spanned classrooms, international galleries, and industrial workshops. Joe brings a maker’s mindset to emotional processing, and a deep...

What happens when we stop trying to separate who we are from how we work and instead start getting curious about both? In this episode, I’m joined by Franck Brown – neurodiversity coach, workplace trainer, and founder of Conscious Clarity – for a reflective, practical, and fun conversation about sensitivity, ADHD, dyspraxia, and why embracing our emotional wiring might just change everything. Fran...

What if nutrition wasn’t about rules or restrictions but about tuning into what you really need? In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Boyle , a nutritionist with a background in corporate HR and finance, to explore how food can become a mirror for your inner world. We talk about nourishment not just as fuel, but as a doorway to emotional care, nervous system regulation, and more sustainable sel...

Content warning: This episode includes a brief mention of attempted suicide during the first few minutes of the conversation. We don’t go into much detail, and it isn’t something we return to. If you’d prefer to skip this part, you can jump ahead to [05:11] in the episode. Intuition. It’s a word we hear all the time but what do we actually mean by it? And how might it actually serve us, not just i...