The Healthy Sensitive's Podcast

How HSP Can Alleviate Anxiety and Depression

Highly sensitive people are capable of being extremely productive. The downside? They are also more prone to both anxiety and depression. The good news is that there are tools available to help reduce the frequency (and intensity) of these experiences and live a more fulfilled life.

How Highly Sensitive People Can Successfully Lose (and Keep Off) Weight

After publishing a recent survey for highly sensitive people, I tried to sift out what health concerns they seem to be most interested in geting information about. Weight loss consistently came up at the top of the list. So today's episode is about how highly sensitive people can capitalize on some of their greatest strengths and lose weight...without feeling deprived. 

Top Ten Health Challenges of Highly Sensitive People

Oddly enough, there isn't a great deal of research that specifically speaks to physical health challenges that highly sensitive people are proned to. As a health coach who works primarily with this group, that is something I'm working to correct. In the meantime, this episode covers the top ten health concerns that I have seen in my private practice working with highly sensitive people. 

Becoming Your BEST Self (Stage 7: Self Actualization)

Moslow designed a framework to explore what a pathway to self-actualization might look like (for anyone interested in cultivating that in themselves). Great! But what does self actualization look like? In this episode, we explore the common characteristics of a person who has reached this stage of development. 

Becoming your BEST Self (Stage 6: the Need for Beauty and Balance)

In today's podcast, we'll talk about how beauty contributes to self actualiation. In particular, we'll be talking about the power of creativity and beauty that we can create for ourselves and the impact that observing other people's designs and forms of art can have on us. We'll talk a bit about the health benefits of art and beauty as well. 

Becoming Your BEST Self (Stage 5: Cognitive Needs)

In today's episode, we will talk about Moslow's fifth level of needs one must meet in order to reach one's full potential. 

 

We start by doing a review of the four levels we talked about leading up to this point. 

Next, we talk a bit about what has been happening in my life (and why there has been a long pause between my last episode and today's episode AND how it's relevant to this whole topic overall). 

Finally, we talk about today's topic...the fifth level of Moslow's hierarchy of needs...Cognitive Needs. 

Becoming Your BEST Self (Step 4: Esteem)

Moslow's fourth need (esteem) was originally focusing on the esteem we crave from our piers. The idea was that once we have a sense of belonging (step 3) we kinda want to know where we fit in within the group. We will take this in a slightly different angle. HSP, after all, don't often struggle with getting esteem from others. We are pretty good at figuring out what other people need and producing it. Where we struggle is with self esteem. Come and listen in as we explore how we figure out what self esteem really is, how we can cultivate it as HSP, and why it's worth doing (both for ourselves and for others)

HSP, Love and Relationships

Moving up the ladder of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, in today's episode, we talk about how HSP handle love and relationships. Like anyone else, we need connection. In fact, we seem to thrive on it. But we also have a bit of ambivalence around it. What's that about? Listen in and find out why we are equal parts drawn to and challenged by relationships with others.

Becoming Your BEST Self (Step 2: Speak Up!)

It's no secret that Highly Sensitive People don't like conflict. But being able to self-advocate and stay safe is essential. In today's episode, Constance Bravos - licensed therapist and martial arts practitioner - walks us through how we can stay safe in challenging situations and engage in healthy conflict calmly and effectively. Being clear about what you want and what you need to feel secure and safe isn't just a right - it's our obligation. 

Becoming Your BEST Self (Step 1: Take Care of Your Body)

It's  natural for anyone (highly sensitive or no) to want to develop into their BEST self. You want to feel energized. Alive. You want to feel like you have purpose. And you want to feel like you're giving back to the world in meaningful ways. In the upcoming series, we will talk about how to do that step-by-step. In this episode, we will start with the body, and talk about simple tips to optimize your capacity and lay the foundation for more energy, vitality and resilience.