Are you constantly doing more than you have the bandwidth for as an HSP?  In this solo episode I answer two listener questions: 

• How do you NOT feel influenced by the pressure from the non-HSPs in your life to do more?
 
• How do you manage social pressure/guilt that comes up when you need to recharge but feel you can’t say no? 

April Snow, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist and author in California. She specializes in working with highly sensitive people to help calm the storm of overwhelm, anxiety, and self-doubt to allow their innate sensitive strengths to shine through. Deeply committed to changing the narrative of what it means to be highly sensitive, April has created and led HSP workshops all over the country as well as online through her Sensitive School. In addition to Find Your Strength: A Workbook for the Highly Sensitive Person, she has written Mindfulness Workbook for Stress Relief and The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person's Self-Care Journal.

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Additional Resources:
• Free Sensitive Self-Care Workshop: https://sensitiveschool.lpages.co/sensitive-self-care
• Sensitive Sessions Monthly Support: https://www.sensitivesessions.com 
• 5 Stages of HSP Grief and Acceptance: https://www.sensitivestrengths.com/blog/hsp-grief-stages
• 4 Steps to Prioritize Your Needs Without Guilt: https://www.sensitivestrengths.com/blog/guilt-free 
• The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron: https://bookshop.org/a/63892/9780553062182

For more deep conversations like this, join me in Sensitive Circles - a cozy online community for highly sensitive people to find meaningful connection and deepen self-awareness at their own pace. More details: https://www.sensitivecircles.com 

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