Unapologetically Sensitive

EPISODE Bonus Episode 36 TITLE Being Vulnerable and Having Deep Feelings Takes Courage and Strength GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW This is a pretty vulnerable episode.  My husband was out of town, and toward the end of the week I sent my husband and message that I was struggling, and he didn't respond. This really hurt my feelings, and I realized that I have a hard time being d...

EPISODE Episode 19 TITLE The Key To Helping Someone with Rejection Sensitivity is Helping Them Develop a Sense of Security GUEST Jared DeFife Ph. D. EPISODE OVERVIEW Dr. DeFife works with people who are emotionally intense, tend to be perfectionistic and sensitive to criticism. He talks about Rejection Sensitivity, which has 3 primary components. Dr. DeFife talks about the 3 Cs to help if you expe...

EPISODE Bonus Episode 35 TITLE How To Honor Our Needs When Things Feel Unjust GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) feel things deeply, and we have an incredibly strong sense of wanting things to be just, fair and equitable, and when they aren't, it can be very upsetting to us.  Many of us have been told to mind our own business .  We perceive things tha...

EPISODE Episode 18 TITLE Women's Experiences Matter and Women's Emotional Lives Matter GUEST Sara Wachter-Boettcher EPISODE OVERVIEW Sara talks about the importance of centering on women's voices in media, and the importance of showing women in deep, rich, emotional conversations with each other in order to show how powerful it can be when we are vulnerable, and open and honest with each other. Sa...

EPISODE Episode 017 Part 2 TITLE Conversations with a Non-Binary HSP Therapist GUEST Dara Hoffman-Fox EPISODE OVERVIEW Dara talks about being non-binary, and the challenges with the use of language and pronouns Dara uses.  Dara defines CIS gender, and we explore microagressions (how they show up in the LGBTQ+ population, and how Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPS) may experience them on a daily basis....

EPISODE Episode 017 Part I TITLE Conversations with a Non-Binary HSP Therapist GUEST Dara Hoffman-Fox EPISODE OVERVIEW Dara talks about being non-binary, and the challenges with the use of language and pronouns that many non-binary persons encounter.  We discuss topics that include defining "transgender," as well as what it's like to go through what feels like the "wrong" puberty, which can be one...

EPISODE Bonus Episode 34 TITLE Update After The Holidays When I Lost My Shirt GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW How we get our needs met when we are in a family or community of non-HSPs.  Even with other Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs), we don't always have the same needs, and it can be challenging to assert ourselves and work as a community so everyone gets their needs met.  I re...

EPISODE Episode 16 TITLE The Gift Of Vulnerability is Connection; That's Why I Take the Risk GUEST Christina Miglino EPISODE OVERVIEW The gifts of vulnerability! What is vulnerability? Why would you want to be vulnerable? What makes it difficult to be vulnerable? How shame can inhibit vulnerability.  Calling our power back. We also talk about the connection between courage and vulnerability by Bre...

EPISODE Bonus Episode 33 TITLE Tell Me About Your Experience with Therapy GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW I want to hear about your experience(s) with therapy! Whether you're a therapist, a consumer or both, how would you describe what therapy is? What has been helpful when you've been in therapy, and what wasn't helpful?  What are the reasons people go to therapy? What are the...

EPISODE Bonus Episode 33 TITLE Tell Me About Your Experience with Therapy GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW I want to hear about your experience(s) with therapy! Whether you're a therapist, a consumer or both, how would you describe what therapy is? What has been helpful when you've been in therapy, and what wasn't helpful?  What are the reasons people go to therapy? What are the...

  EPISODE Episode 15 TITLE Releasing Accumulated Belongings Can Lead to Greater Freedom in all Areas of Life GUEST Michael Spencer EPISODE OVERVIEW I admit for the first time in my life that I'm a closeted woo, and I came out of my baby woo closet. Michael is Super Woo (I called it Woo factorial). We talk about how accumulating stuff can impact how we feel and how energy can get stuck when things...

EPISODE Bonus Episode 32 TITLE Do Therapists Have Therapists? GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW There are misconceptions about what therapy is, and clients often wonder if therapists really care about their clients or is it because the therapist is getting paid.  Can a friend or partner act as a therapist?  50% of clients in therapy are Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), and Dr. Elai...

EPISODE Episode 014 TITLE What Exactly Is a Highly Sensitive Person, co-hosted with Matthew Morgan, LPCC GUEST Matthew Morgan, LPCC EPISODE OVERVIEW We talk about the 4 Core Characteristics that encompass being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP); how our culture views sensitivity; how to tease out our superpowers; the correlation between depression, anxiety and being a Highly Sensitive Person. Why be...

EPISODE Bonus Episode 31 TITLE Afterthoughts about Episode 012 on Relationships GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW Reflections about the episode where I talk about conflict I had in a relationship.  Episode 012 was a vulnerable episode for me to release, and it included audio that I recorded after having a very uncomfortable conversation with a long time friend about the changes in...

EPISODE Episode 12 TITLE How To Navigate Challenges in Relationships GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW Navigating conflict and having competing needs in relationships can be difficult.  How do we evaluate if our friendships are meeting our needs? I provide criteria that may be helpful when evaluating relationships and compatibility.  What do we do when there is a stressor in a rel...

EPISODE Bonus Episode 30 TITLE The Importance of Communication—Especially Around the Holidays GUEST Solo episode—Patricia Young EPISODE OVERVIEW Expectations and disappointments around the holidays are pretty common.  It's important that we name what's going on and find ways to work through the messy stuff.  We can love parts of the holidays AND feel stressed.  Both can exist.  There are also many...

EPISODE 011 TITLE I've been high achieving, and I've been reinforced for that; to be moderately achieving felt like I'd lost a piece of my identity GUEST Allison Puryear, EPISODE OVERVIEW Allison talks about having to slow down for health reasons and how this impacted her sense of worth and value.  What do you do when you're a striver and you're used to pushing through?  How to set up structure to...

  EPISODE 010 TITLE Healing Takes Place When We Are In Connection With Others GUEST Justine Froelker, LPC, author, speaker, Dare to Lead Facilitator EPISODE OVERVIEW Courageously living Brene Brown's work as a Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator, Justine talks about vulnerability, shame and how we can find healing in connection. Justine shares about being a grieving mother and miscarriage, and how...

EPISODE 009  TITLE Developing Empathy Guided Me To Hear Myself GUEST Timothy Wienecke, MP, LPC, LAC EPISODE OVERVIEW The term Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) was charged and heavy for Tim. He talks about violence against women; interpersonal violence, feminism, learning to have empathy; the ways men are taught to express only anger or happiness and they have no emotional vocabulary. Tim works with m...

The infection in my son's foot got worse, and he was hospitalized.  At the same time, my mom's neurologist said it was emergent that I bring her in to see him (and I told him my son had just been hospitalized and could we see him at the regularly scheduled appointment on Monday).  Talk about feeling pulled and having to handle a lot of information.  I talk about my hypervigilance, and how I commun...

My son got sick at college, and told us he wanted to come home, but we didn't realize how sick he was, and we told him to go to Health Services the following day.  His roommate called us late that evening and told us our son needed to go the hospital.  How do you teach your kidults to communicate that they are really ill? How to you teach them how to communicate their symptoms? I also talk about t...

EPISODE Episode 8 TITLE Because You are Sensitive, It Leads You To Be Creative GUEST Rachel Moore, LMFT EPISODE OVERVIEW Many Sensitive's are creative, but don't consider themselves to be creative.  We talk about the different ways that creativity shows up in our lives.  There is a false belief that trauma is the origin of creativity, but Rachel asked Gabor Mate about this and his response to her...

EPISODE Bonus Episode Day 26 TITLE Everyone Gets to Own Their Awesome! PLUS exclusive meditation just for our listeners! GUEST Chel Hamilton EPISODE OVERVIEW We talk a lot about play and inhibition, and I ask Chel how do we take those first steps when we want to let go, but we're really scared. The interview takes an unexpected turn when Chel asks me something, and I get tearful, and have a pretty...

An exclusive meditation made by Chel Hamilton of Meditation Minis just for our listeners, and for those that are Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs). Chel's podcast has over 12 million listeners. Check out her meditations.  They're amazing!   LINKS Where to find Chel Hamilton-- https://audioboom.com/channel/meditation-minis-podcast APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id963597166/ SPOTIFY:...

EPISODE Bonus Episode Day 25 TITLE My Son's Perspective on Sensitivity GUEST Daniel Young EPISODE OVERVIEW I hadn't really discussed what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) with my boys since I found out I was an HSP when they were in high school, so I was curious to see how my son viewed sensitivity.  He talks about how sensitivity is viewed when you play sports (he played baseball fr...