Empowered Sensitivity with Carissa Kazyss

This week on Courageously Authentic, I speak with Carissa Kazyss, a coach with Empowered Sensitivity and a passion for creating safe, kind, and enlivening spaces that support thriving for those with high sensitivity. Carissa brings a Master’s in Integral Psychology to the conversation as well as 10+ years as a practitioner with The Way of the Heart, a multi-pronged approach to inner awareness, energetic fieldwork, and life missions. Carissa has also published works in multiple fields, including education, mental health, and community development. Carissa is a highly sensitive person herself and is a mom to a highly sensitive son.

In this episode we explore what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person, otherwise known as an HSP. HSPs can easily be overwhelmed by things like bright lights and loud noises. While some may thrive during busy times, HSPs can often feel over-stimulated and consequently labeled as too shy or too sensitive. But is that really a bad thing? Research suggests that 20% of the population is highly sensitive, yet our environments and how we interact with HSPs rarely reflect this statistic.

As a highly sensitive person, learning how to manage overwhelm and advocate for your needs is an integral part to thriving with high sensitivity. When done effectively, the gifts of your sensitive nature - such as your increased empathy – will not only serve and support you for the best, but also help others see the benefits and added value in being an HSP as well.

This Week on Courageously Authentic:

• Life as a highly sensitive person
• How to communicate with people who are non-sensitive
• Embracing your sensitivity rather than resisting or resenting it
• Supporting yourself and others through triggering moments
• How to advocate for your needs
• How to avoid survival mode 
• How to teach highly sensitive children to communicate their needs
• Learning how to self-regulate your stress and nervous system
• Tips for grounding yourself
• Setting yourself up for success in the workplace
• What success means to Carissa

Key takeaways:

• Recognize the benefits of sensitivity
• Embrace the gifts of a sensitive nature and how to use them to your advantage
• Discover what your triggers are to develop a management system that works for you
• Understanding the needs of HSPs and HSP children
• Tangible tools on how to regulate your stress as an HSP,  like breathing techniques and exercise

Quotes:
“Feeling one’s own confidence in how sensitivity serves them and how they use it to serve others.” – Carissa Kazyss

Resources:

• Connect with Carissa - https://empoweredsensitivity.wordpress.com
• Are you a highly sensitive person? Take the test! - https://hsperson.com
• Alana's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/courageously_authentic/

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