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- Your Sensitivity Is a Gift
Somewhere along the way, someone told you that you feel too much. Too emotional. Too easily hurt. In this episode, Esther hands you back something that was never actually broken — your sensitivity. This isn't about becoming less. It's about finally understanding that the depth you've spent years apologizing for was your gift all along.
In this episode, you'll learn:
• Where the belief that you're "too sensitive" actually came from
• What sensitivity really is (and why it's not a flaw)
• The real cost of numbing your feelings for years
• A simple daily practice to start trusting what you feel again
If this episode moved something in you, Esther is holding space for a free coaching session — the link is below. You don't have to carry this alone.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journey
14 min - Stop Apologizing for Taking Up Space | With Esther Buerki
You say sorry for texting twice. Sorry for having a need. Sorry for simply being here. In this episode, Esther gets real about the apology habit that's quietly shrinking your voice — and where it actually came from. This isn't about being loud for the sake of being loud. It's about finally letting yourself exist, fully, without a permission slip.
In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why you apologize for things that were never wrong
• The real cost of making yourself "easier to handle"
• What taking up space actually means (and what it doesn't)
• A simple practice to break the sorry-reflex, starting today
If this episode moved something in you, Esther is holding space for a free coaching session — link in the show notes. You don't have to sit with this alone.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journey
11 min - Be Kind To You | With Esther Buerki
What if the life you keep waiting for is already giving you small reasons to feel grateful?
Esther shares how gratitude became an anchor when her mind was focused on everything that felt wrong. You’ll discover a simple three-things morning practice, why truly feeling gratitude matters more than simply making a list, and how gratitude letters or a gratitude jar can gently train your mind to notice what is still good.
This is not about denying pain or pretending life is perfect. It is about refusing to let the hard parts become the whole story.
Listen now and discover how a few quiet moments of gratitude can soften your heart, shift your perspective, and help you feel more at home in your own life.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
13 min - The Hidden Belief Keeping You From the Life You Want | With Esther Buerki
What if the only thing standing between you and the life you want is one quiet thought — “I don’t deserve it”? In this episode, Esther goes straight to the heart of the belief that keeps so many of us playing small. You’ll discover where this pattern really begins, why the most loyal people often stay the most stuck, and a simple paper-and-pen exercise to bring it into the light. Then she shows you how one short sentence can begin to rewire your mind to finally receive the peace, love, and abundance you’ve been longing for. This one is tender, honest, and quietly life-changing. Grab a pen — and your worth.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
14 min - Why Being Too Sensitive Is Your Superpower | With Esther Buerki
What if the part of you that you were told to hide is actually your greatest gift?
In this episode, Esther goes straight to the heart of it: you are not too sensitive — you were just never taught what your sensitivity really is. It's not a weakness. It's a perfect antenna. It's the reason you read a room in seconds, feel what people need before they say a word, and sense things long before anyone else does.
But there's a second half to the story. Your gift also needs protecting. Esther shares how she spent years giving meaning to every silence, every look, every unanswered text — and what finally set her free. She opens up about learning to trust herself again after being told as a child that her feelings were wrong, and she gives you the exact words to start telling yourself a kinder story today.
This one is for every sensitive soul who's ever made a poker face while breaking inside. Come as you are. You don't have to hide here.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
17 min - STOP SUFFERING: Change One Thing | With Esther Buerki
What if the thing hurting you most isn’t what happened — but the meaning you gave it?
In this episode, Esther shares the quiet truth her Tony Robbins coach taught her: you are the one who assigns meaning to every silence, every setback, every ordinary morning. And if you assign it, you can change it.
Through raw, real stories — 22 years in an orchestra, the silence with her two sons, the distance with her father and brother — she shows how we write the very stories that break our hearts, and how to gently write new ones.
If you’ve been carrying a weight you didn’t know you were putting there yourself, this one’s for you.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
17 min - Stop Doubting Yourself: How to Silence Your Inner Critic | With Esther Buerki
In this episode, Esther opens up about the inner voice that questioned everything she created, shared, and expressed — and how she is learning to stop being her own critic.
This conversation is for you if you often doubt yourself, overthink your words, fear being judged, or feel like what you do is never quite enough.
Esther shares the powerful shift that helped her create with more freedom, trust her own voice, and let things be instead of tearing herself apart afterward.
You’ll hear why your imperfections are not in the way of your message — they may be the message. And you’ll leave with two simple exercises to help you speak to yourself with more love, courage, and grace.
The world does not need the perfect you.It needs the real you.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
19 min - Why Do You Still Not Feel Good Enough? | With Esther Buerki
Have you ever given everything you had — and still walked away feeling like it wasn’t enough? In this personal episode, Esther shares what happened after four intense days leading a mountain camp for teenagers. On the train home, exhausted and depleted, the old feeling crept back in — quiet, familiar, and heavy. “You didn’t do enough.”
Even at 63. Even after years of inner work. This episode is about the wound that keeps returning — not because you’re stuck, but because healing is an ongoing conversation with yourself. Esther takes you inside the moment, the breakdown, and the beautiful recalibration that followed.
You’ll walk away with:
✔️ A new way to understand why "not enough" keeps showing up
✔️ How to listen to your body when it’s asking for care
✔️ The one question that will change how you measure your worth
✔️ A gentle practice for tending to your inner child after giving too much
If you’ve ever felt invisible after pouring yourself out for others — this one is for you.
Ready to go deeper? Esther is offering a free 1:1 coaching session. Link below.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
16 min - 161. What Your Child Needs Most in the Age of AI | With Esther Buerki
AI can give your children almost every answer they need to be smart, successful, and prepared for the future.
So what does that leave for us — their parents?
In this episode, Esther gets honest about the one question that stopped her completely: what can she still give her two grown sons that no algorithm ever could?
The answer isn't a skill. It isn't a strategy. It's something far more human — and far more lasting.
You'll discover:
→ The one feeling that protects your child more than any achievement
→ Why independent thinking matters more now than ever before
→ What your children are silently learning just by watching you live
This episode will stay with you long after it ends.
Share it with a parent who needs this reminder today.
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
16 min - 160. How to Let Go of Mom Guilt for Good | With Esther Buerki
What if the guilt you’ve been carrying is only half the story?
The guilt of missed moments lives quietly in so many of us — but what if that guilt is actually proof of how deeply you love? In this episode, Esther shares a personal story about regret, identity, and the unexpected ways healing shows up when you stop punishing yourself for the past.
In this episode:
• Why the version of you who “wasn’t there” deserves compassion, not blame
• 4 steps to move through regret — and finally let it go
• How small, present-moment acts of love can heal what years of guilt never could
DO YOU WANT TO GET COACHED BY ESTHER?
✨ Book a free Discovery Call: https://swissmadestory.ch/coaching
✨ Follow Esther on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esther_buerki
✨ Join Esther on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.buerki1
✨ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherbuerki✨ Stay connected with her: https://swissmadestory.ch/stay-in-touch/
✍️ Get in touch with her through e-mail: contact@swissmadestory
BOOKS:
📕 Read LIVING WITHOUT FEAR (Biography & Self-Help Book): http://www.livingwithoutfear.ch
📕 Buy INSPIRED JOURNEYS (Amazon Bestseller): https://swissmadestory.ch/de/inspired-journeys-2/
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About LIVING WITHOUT FEAR
From the publisher's feed
Living Without Fear is a heart-opening podcast about emotional healing, inner strength, and the courage to be your true self.
Through honest reflections, personal stories, and powerful conversations, Esther Buerki from Switzerland explores fear, self-worth, boundaries, relationships, and authentic living.
For sensitive souls and deep thinkers ready to release fear and step into a life led by clarity, confidence, and truth.
To know more, go here: https://swissmadestory.ch/podcast/