Highly Sensitive and Strong

Whether it's conflicts, sensory overload, criticism, or loss finding the courage and the strength to keep rising up can take all of our energy leaving us very little to spend on anything else.

We live in an overwhelming environment and we’re expected to embrace it, pressured to keep up with all the things, and when we can’t or if we need to take breaks we’re made to feel less than for it. 

In this episode we talk about some practical things can we do when we’re IN the thick of it.

Do you try to hide your sensitivity because of the fear of criticism and misunderstanding from other people?

When we keep our thoughts and experiences inside they can become larger than life. Distorted, exaggerated, we begin to spiral with overthinking and overwhelm.

We need to release our emotions in order to make sense of them, process them and find solutions if we’re in the middle of something that needs to change.

Is it possible for HSPs and non-HSPs to have a long happy romantic relationship?

Yes! If both are willing to communicate.

In this episode my husband Jon and I discuss how we navigate our communication as a HSP/non-HSP couple.

If you'd like to ask us questions feel free to reach out to us!

IG & FB: @highlysensitivehealingcircle 

Email: [email protected]

If attachment is defined as emotional bonds as HSPs we know attachment better than anyone. Our emotions run so close to the surface in everything that we do that we often feel more than most no matter which or how many attachment styles we may identify with. 

Identifying ourselves as HSP or Empaths and seeing aspects of ourselves in different attachment styles gives us an identity, gives us something to hold on to as a way to try to understand ourselves better.

The yama of aparigraha teaches us to take only what we need, keep only what serves us in the moment, and to let go when the time is right. 

Relationships can be the source of some of the most profound and fulfilling moments we experience in this lifetime, but they can also be obstacles and painful tests of our resilience and our self-worth. 

But when we move from a place of fear instead of a place of love it’s only us who truly suffer. Let's talk about expectations vs reality in relationships. 

The definition of embodiment can change depending on where you look and who you ask and you can get different answers from different sources.

So what is it, how does it work, and how is it relevant to us as HSPs? 

And at the end of the episode we’ll do a short practice together. ♥

This BONUS meditation is in connection with the wonderful conversation in the previous episode Our Brains on Yoga: A Conversation with Jonathan Rosenthal, M.D.

Jonathan shared how meditation changes our brains in positive ways, especially the practice of compassion meditation.

Loving kindness meditation helps to increase our well-being and reduce stress. And regular practice can increase our capacity for forgiveness, connection to others, and self-acceptance.

I hope you enjoy this meditation!

If you do please reach out- I'd love to hear from you! ♥

*** Special Early Release***

This weeks episode is being released early in recognition of Brain Awareness Week March 14-20, 2022 and the Neuroscience and Yoga Online Conference March 17-20, 2022!

Our conversation is with Jonathan Rosenthal, MD.

Jonathan is a resident physician at the NYU School of Medicine, specializing in neurology, he is also a yoga student and educator and is someone who has the unique ability to share the connection between the two in practical and interesting ways.

We speak about how yoga and empathy are connected, how the practice of yoga affects our mental health, and the benefits that yoga has to offer.

Through the Neuroscience and Yoga Online Conference Jonathan brings western and eastern ideas together, with experiments, guest speakers, and practical knowledge  while providing accessible and fascinating discussions about the brain and how it truly functions.

Conference dates are March 17-20, 2022

This conference has so much to offer us as HSPs and Empaths- you don't want to miss it!

Links:

Neuroscience and Yoga Online Conference

Project Implicit- Take an Implicit Bias Test

The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test

Jonathan Rosenthal, MD Website

Jonathan Rosenthal, MD Instagram

Many of us are preoccupied with world conflicts and as Highly Sensitive People the resulting stress can feel overwhelming.

We can feel powerless when we know that many people and animals are struggling in many places across the world, not just the ones occupying today's headlines, very often many are suffering right in our own backyards.

In this episode I share a portion of Dr. Wayne Dyer's book, Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao.

"One of the many gifts of the Tao Te Ching is its mind-stretching quality, especially in the way that Lao-tzu uses irony and paradox to get you to look at life." - Wayne Dyer

Resources:

Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu