Unapologetically Sensitive

TITLE What To Do When We're Having Uncomfortable Feelings That We Don't Like GUEST Solo Episode EPISODE OVERVIEW How do we deal with feelings of depression, anxiety, disappointment, frustration, anger? We may experience shame when we have feelings (especially if we're therapists) because there's this belief that we shouldn't struggle with very human things. How do we still show up and be present f...

TITLE A Listener Asks, "How Do I Manage Overarousal During an Interview—Because I Can't Demonstrate What I Know?" GUEST KJ McDaniels EPISODE OVERVIEW We talk about assessing skills and using visualization to internalize our competence; how to articulate our need for time to respond to questions during an interview.  How to talk about our strengths when asked about challenges we experience.  We als...

TITLE Using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to Help With Strong Reactions as a Highly Sensitive Person GUEST Alison Morris EPISODE OVERVIEW Alison Morris talks about the benefits of using EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques, also known as tapping, to help release stress; calm our nervous system; change brain waves, disrupt fear signals from the amygdala, and to change core beliefs.  We demonstrat...

TITLE The Highly Sensitive Man: Finding Strength in Sensitivity, Author Tom Falkenstein   GUEST Tom Falkenstein, MA   EPISODE OVERVIEW Tom Falkenstein, author of the book The Highly Sensitive Man discusses the pressure men feel to be strong and to not show their emotions , and how Highly Sensitive Men can feel they're not living up to the masculine ideal. He talks about how we can support sensitiv...

TITLE The Unspoken Strengths of the Highly Sensitive Person—Mainly, the Power of Our Presence GUEST Solo Episode EPISODE OVERVIEW HSPs have a powerful ability to show up and be present for others.  We often feel less than because we compare the accomplishments of others without realizing that we hold space, listen and notice things in a powerful way.  Our society is very oriented to doing . For th...

TITLE Influence Comes From Service; I Just Need To Show Up And Be Myself GUEST Azul Terronez EPISODE OVERVIEW Author, Podcaster and Book Whisperer, Azul Terronez, was afraid to write a book.  He talks about not being good at reading and writing, and flunking freshman English at UCLA; he later learned he has dyslexia.  He's helped authors who have become international best sellers, and he has a TED...

TITLE Honoring the Highly Sensitive Introvert GUEST Nicole Burgess, LMFT EPISODE OVERVIEW What do people need to know about introverts? Do introverts tend to need more time to process? Do they tend to process internally vs. processing verbally in the moment? Are introverts shy, anxious, or do they hate people? Are introverts slow to warm up ? We tackle some common myths about introversion.  This i...

TITLE The Challenges & Gifts of Being a Highly Sensitive Musician with Brian Zirngible, LMFT GUEST Brian Zirngible, LMFT EPISODE OVERVIEW Brian, who is a musician and a therapist, talks about his work with men who are creatives, musicians and artists, but rarely come to therapy on their own, and don't know that they are Highly Sensitive. Brian talks about the names he was called for being sensitiv...

TITLE A Highly Sensitive Therapist talks about Feeling Invisible, & How She Views Her Anxiety After Learning She's An HSP   GUEST Kitty McCormick   EPISODE OVERVIEW   Kitty is a childhood friend who is now a therapist.  We talk about the anxieties we both felt as children, but never discussed. Kitty's father was a prominent public figure, and she was pushed into acting/auditioning as a child to he...

TITLE Free Drawing for Online HSP Course Beginning the week of January 12, 2020     EPISODE OVERVIEW If you'd like to enter to win free registration for the Online HSP Course that begins the week of January 12, 2020, please listen to this episode (there are 4 groups that will be starting).  If you're interested in taking the Course, but have financial considerations, please reach out to me at unap...

TITLE Poll results—If You Could NOT Be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), Would You? Questions to Ask Yourself   GUEST Solo Episode   EPISODE OVERVIEW   If you could NOT be an HSP, would you? I share the results of a poll that 93 HSPs responded to including the pros and cons given.  Two major things happened on Christmas Eve before 9 a.m. at my home.  Ways to evaluate how your holidays went, and how...

TITLE Expectations & Disappointments & Creating a Vision for 2020   GUEST Solo Episode   EPISODE OVERVIEW   We all experience expectations and disappointments, and it's more present at this time of year.  Do I regret talking about relationship issues? When do we talk about issues with others, and when do we need to work it out on our own? It's ok to have wants and needs, but sometimes we need to s...

TITLE A Highly Sensitive Relationship Coach Shares Her Experience Taking the Online HSP Course   GUEST Hannah Kuglen   EPISODE OVERVIEW   Relationship Coach, Hannah, talks about the wound of feeling like you're too much and not enough.  She shares how this came up for her in the Online HSP Course, and how she worked with it.  Hannah talks about how she manages intense feelings, and what she tells...

TITLE Creating Peace Through the Holidays GUEST Sharon Martin, LCSW EPISODE OVERVIEW We talk about ways to make the holidays smoother—in terms of travelling, having guests, dealing with family members who may be challenging, feeling obligated, overspending, expectations, and lots of ways that Sensitives can provide better care for themselves during these times of overstimulation, high expectations...

TITLE A Highly Sensitive Person and introvert, Heidi Tamm, talks about her experience taking the online HSP Course   GUESTS Heidi Tamm   EPISODE OVERVIEW   Heidi talks about these questions—How did you feel about the cost? Was it worth it? How was it having an online experience? Did you feel connected to the other members in the group? How was it being an introvert in the group? Did you feel seen,...

  TITLE Two Participants From The Online HSP Course Share Their Experience   GUESTS Shelly Aaron & Melissa   EPISODE OVERVIEW   You get to hear past participants talk about these questions—Did you have resistance to taking the Course? How did you feel about the cost? Was it worth it? How was it having an online experience? Did you feel connected to the other members in the group? Did you feel that...

TITLE Boundaries--I Want To Be The One To Stop It Here   GUEST Sarah Buino, LCSW, CADC, RDDP, CDWF   EPISODE OVERVIEW   This episode is all about authenticity and vulnerability.  Sarah talks about being a wounded healer and why she chooses to tell the truth when someone asks her how she is.  Sarah talks about her resistance to the term Highly Sensitive Person, aka HSP, and we examine this. We talk...

TITLE After learning she was an HSP from her therapist, Ranielle talks about what she got from the Online HSP group that she couldn't get from therapy   GUEST Ranielle   EPISODE OVERVIEW Ranielle's therapist introduced her the trait of being a Highly Sensitive Person, but it wasn't until Ranielle took the Online HSP Course that she began to actively practice embracing the traits of being an HSP. R...

TITLE Ways To Honor Our Needs Around the Holidays, & I Lost My Sh*t; It's Not About The Gravy!   GUEST Solo Episode   EPISODE OVERVIEW How I'm simplifying Thanksgiving and consciously making changes so I don't lose my sh*t again this Thanksgiving (and if I do, I'll practice radical self-compassion).  How can we use mindfulness to create more peace during this holiday season? I talk about boundarie...

TITLE A Therapist Talks About Her Anxiety After Taking the Online HSP Course   GUEST Maria—Licensed Therapist   EPISODE OVERVIEW Maria, a Licensed Therapist, talks about her experience with her anxiety after participating in the Online HSP Course. Maria has chosen to remain anonymous since she shares her mental health diagnoses and how it has impacted her, and how she has felt having this diagnosi...

  TITLE 20+ Ways to Practically Manage Change & Loss Throughout The Holidays   GUEST Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW   EPISODE OVERVIEW Loss & change encompasses jobs, education, career, moving, illness, disability, relationships, pets, birth, adoption, coming out, learning you didn't have an ideal childhood and the obvious, death. Jill provides concrete examples of how we can set boundaries, create new...

TITLE Dog Whisperer Liz Murdoch Talks to My Dog Gracie, Who Has a Message for the Highly Sensitive Person, aka HSP   GUEST Liz Murdoch   EPISODE OVERVIEW Liz Murdoch, Dog Whisperer, and host of the podcast Talking With The Dogs, talks with my dog Gracie. Liz (and Gracie) help me understand some behaviors that have confused me. I had some expectations about what Gracie would say, and I needed time...

TITLE It's Just a Cookie—Health At Every Size (HAES)   GUEST Marielle Berg, MFT   EPISODE OVERVIEW Marielle Berg, MFT, host of the podcast It's Just a Cookie, talks about fat phobic language, body shaming, weight stigma and the false belief that body size is an indicator of psychological and emotional health. Marielle talks about the challenges of healthism , and labeling foods as healthy/unhealth...

TITLE Ten Ways We Can Thrive As A Highly Sensitive Person, aka HSP Special 1 Year Podcast Anniversary Episode   GUEST Solo Episode   EPISODE OVERVIEW On the One Year Anniversary of this podcast launching, I talk about 10 different ways that I have grown, and how this relates to being a Highly Sensitive Person, aka HSP. I talk about perfectionism, being of service, naming things, asking for help &...

TITLE The Traits of Being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), and What It Means To Be Fully Integrated   GUEST Jacquelyn Strickland, LPC   EPISODE OVERVIEW Jacquelyn Strickland co-created the HSP Gathering Retreats with Dr. Elaine Aron in 2000, and she has worked exclusively with HSPs since then. Jacquelyn talks about the 4 Core Characteristics of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), and the differ...