The Healthy Sensitive's Podcast

Hustle: HSP Style

We hear all the time that if you work hard, you will become successful. If you are successful, you will be happy. Well...sort of. Except that it's kinda backwards. In this episode, I cover what assets HSP bring to the workforce (and what liabilities). I also talk about why they tend to be a good fit for entrepreneurship. These are topics I've covered before (particularly in my episode on "work") BUT - in this episode I go into a bit more detail about what it means to "hustle" and how to go about doing that like an HSP (which is to say - how to hustle without going into complete exhaustion). 

HSP's as Leaders

Highly sensitive people can do just fine in the workplace. They are fun to have as friends. But what about leadership? Are they any good at that? Could they be? Or is it something highly sensitive people would do best to steer away from? In this episode we'll talk about how highly sensitive people who want to be leaders can do it in a way that is supportive to those they are aiming to lead as well as sustainable for themselves. 

Highly Sensitive People at Work

Highly sensitive people have some special challenges when it comes to the workforce. It's not that they aren't productive or valuable. It's just that finding a balance where one can be both emotionally satisfied with the work they do, financially stable, and sane...can be tricky. In this episode I'll talk about the unique struggles HSP contend with at work and some strategies that might help create a workflow that lets you upgrade your life.

Episode 37: Resilience

You hear this buzzword all the time. RESILIENCE. But what is it? How is it linked with success? And why is it important for highly sensitive people? In this podcast, I argue that HSP's and introverts are desperately needed in this world...but they just need to find a way to serve that doesn't zap all their vitality and energy. This podcast shares tools aimed at helping HSP's develop resilience so they can keep their health while sharing their gifts with the world.  

Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfqSwt7Q6mO8_bsobvAQesKLdsyc30ycMTKymMGaNOE/edit 

10 Common HSP Myths

There are a lot of assumptions people have about what it means to be a "highly sensitive person." Even highly sensitive people, themselves, cary some of these mistaken assumptions. This episode is intended to debunk some of the common misconceptions people have about HSP and provide a bit of a reality check. 

Intuition: When Should We Trust It?

We often hear that we should "trust our instincts" or "follow our intuition." But is that always true? Are there times we should challenge our instincts? As highly sensitive people, we tend to get pretty potent "intuitive" messages from our bodies. But we are a conscientious and neurotic lot. So we also have a tendency to challenge our assumptions. How might we move in a way that both honors our intuition...but also use our natural inclination to challenge our thoughts in a way that is effective?

When Should You "Push Through" And When Should You "Pull Back?"

We are often encouraged by high-performing motivational speakers to want success as badly as we want to breathe. If we are willing to sacrifice even our sleep only THEN will we be as successful as we claim to want to be. But then...maybe not. Arriana Huffington, for example, claims she did just that only to discover the importance of rest (and sleep in particular). 

This is a hard equation to solve even for non-HSP's. But add in a sensitive nervous system and a sprinkling of introversion and you've REALLY got a complicated puzzle. 

So how can we highly sensitive people hope to grow beyond our perceived barriers WITHOUT driving ourselves into the ground (literally). In this episode, I share some of the wisdom others have compiled and even talk a bit about strategies you might put in place to grow your capacity...and keep your sanity in the process.

Building Emotional Fitness

There are some people out there who seem to have an endless capacity for bravery in their lives. How do they do it? Are they just born with it? Or can we build it? I make the argument in this episode that just as we can engage in behaviors that build our physical strength...so too can we engage in behaviors that build on our emotional resilience and capacity. And when we do that, we are able to make massive shifts in our lives. We really can do anything. 

Romance

No matter how confident we may feel about ourselves...when it comes to romance, we can all be a little bit dumb. Something about undressing (literally and metaphorically) for a partner unstitches us. This is only MORE true for highly sensitive people and introverts. So what can we do? How do develop a healthy relationship with another person...how do we go about developing a relationship with love itself?

Can We Talk About Sex?

We have some assumptions about sex and sexuality - especially as it relates to how men and women are supposed to feel about their sexuality AND how they are supposed to behave. This is particularly true for heterosexual men and women. But are those assumptions true? Is it true, for example, that women aren't actually that interested in sex? For those women who ARE interested...are all those women hyper-extrovert sexual butterflies? I'd argue that the answer is no. And I want to break apart some of these assumptions and start a larger conversation about why women (and introverted women in particular) might have a more challenging time advocating for their sexual preferences.