We Can Do Hard Things

288. Alanis Morissette On Highly Sensitive People & Empaths


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Music legend Alanis Morissette (!) is here to discuss her life as a Highly Sensitive Person and why HSPs so often turn to addiction. Alanis shares strategies for managing the flood of emotions and information that she experiences as a life-long empath.

  • The normalization of under communication and the impact of being a child of the "white knuckle generation”;
  • Addiction as a means of self regulating – and how to recognize dysregulation and find healthier coping mechanisms; and
  • The beauty of getting older and finally recovering the person you were always meant to be.

  • About Alanis: 

    Alanis Morissette is one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians and artists. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned multiple awards – including 7 Grammy® Awards. She has sold over 75 million albums worldwide and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and The Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame. 


    Her debut album JAGGED LITTLE PILL, was followed by nine more eclectic and critically acclaimed albums. Her artistic impact can also be seen via the two-time Tony Award winning “Jagged Little Pill, the Musical,” which continues to tour globally. 


    Alanis is also a dedicated supporter and student of spiritual, psychological, and physical wholeness which includes addiction and trauma recovery, female empowerment, and the advancement of a more “whole” approach to children’s education. Her podcast “Conversation with Alanis Morissette,” features conversations covering a wide range of psychosocial topics extending from spirituality to developmentalism to art.  


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