Sensitive Stories

May 21 2024 1
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Grab your coziest blanket and listen in with psychotherapist, author, and fellow HSP April Snow as she deep-dives into the inner lives of Highly Sensitive People - those of us who live with our hearts and eyes wide open. Through these rich and insightful conversations, you’ll hear inspiring stories of how you can move beyond overwhelm, uncover your unique sensitive strengths, and step into a more fulfilling and nurturing life.

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11: Emerging Into Your True Self as a Sensitive Person

May 21 2024 45 mins  
Have you put yourself aside for years? In this episode, I talk with Jen Berlingo, LPC, ATR about tuning back into your inner calling and… • Emerging in midlife and unmasking to be your full self again • Looking inward to identify what needs to change • Navigating big life changes and taking one small step forward at a time • Turning your ear back inward to listen to your

10: Unhooking from Overgiving and Overfunctioning as an HSP

May 14 2024 57 mins  
Are you burning out trying to do all the things you’re supposed to? In this episode, I talked with Maegan Megginson, LMFT, LPC about unhooking from expectations and finding new ways to be of service to yourself. We also explored: • Grieving the life you imagined you would have before discovering that you’re highly sensitive • Experimenting with changes to feel more comforta

09: Finding Balance as a Sensitive Empath

May 07 2024 47 mins  
Do you feel others emotions as deeply as your own? In this episode, I talk with Mishka Clavijo Kimball, LMFT about how to care for yourself as an empath and: • Growing up sensitive as the eldest in a latino family and how family roles impact your experience as an HSP • Learning to provide support in a balanced way and not automatically jumping in to rescue others • How to car

08: Creating Community and Honoring the Many Faces of Sensitivity

Apr 23 2024 46 mins  
What has been your experience finding connection and community as a highly sensitive person? In this episode, I talk with Brian Torres, LMFT about the stigma of high sensitivity, the essential need for more inclusive HSP community spaces, and: • The vulnerability of sharing your sensitivity and opening up to criticism and misperceptions about the trait • The stigma of high sens

07: Slowly Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone to Feel More Fulfilled as a Highly Sensitive Person

Apr 16 2024 48 mins  
Do you struggle with feeling good enough as a highly sensitive person? In this episode, I talk with Lori Cangilla, PhD about imposter syndrome and taking tiny steps out of your comfort zone to feel more fulfilled as well as: • Overcoming the ambivalence of being highly sensitive to find more meaning • Balancing commitments to others to get the right amount of quiet time for you

06: Connecting Deeply and Feeling Seen in Relationships as a Highly Sensitive Person

Apr 09 2024 48 mins  
When you’re overwhelmed, are you able to tell others what you need? In this episode, I talk with Lauren Selfridge, LMFT about creating emotionally safe, deep connections and navigating conflict and: • Translating and communicating our sensitive needs to others • Creating emotionally safe, deep connections with HSPs and non-HSPs alike • The value of taking breaks during conf

05: Softening Social Anxiety and Embracing Your Sensitivity

Apr 02 2024 49 mins  
When is it best to stay home to honor your social anxiety and when do you get slightly uncomfortable to show up for what’s important to you? In this episode, Louisa Lombard, LCPC opens up about her own experiences as an HSP with anxiety and: • Taking a gentle approach when navigating social anxiety• The continuum of feeling nervous to socially anxious and how to tell the diff

04: Using Boundaries to Heal From Burnout as a Highly Sensitive Person

Mar 26 2024 46 mins  
How do you know you’re burned out and what can you do to heal from burnout if you’re a highly sensitive person? In this episode, I talk with Amy Pinnell, RSW about her experience with burnout and: • When prolonged stress and overstimulation turn into burnout and how to truly heal from it • The signs of burnout and how to know when it’s time to take a break or even quit a

03: Being Good Enough as a Highly Sensitive Person

Mar 18 2024 42 mins  
What’s possible when you value your sensitive gifts and come out of the margins of your own life? In this episode, I talk with HSP Mentor Alissa Boyer about finding your worth as an HSP and: • Navigating big life changes as an HSP such as moving, changing careers, becoming a parent, and navigating relationships. • Learning to quiet perfectionism to make more room for what’s

02: Getting Comfortable to Soothe Overwhelm

Mar 12 2024 45 mins  
What can you do when it all feels like too much and need to calm your overstimulated nervous system? In this episode, I talk with Emily Adams, LMFT, CMT about giving yourself permission to be comfortable and what’s possible when you do as well as:Giving yourself permission to be comfortable and what’s possible when you do. Listening and tending to your body’s needs and not ov