The Empowered Sensitive and Creative

The Empowered Sensitive and Creative

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The Empowered Sensitive and Creative episodes

  • 10 - Leap into the unknown: Moving from fear to curiosity

    Transitions, transformations always involve taking a leap into the unknown at some point.

    And that usually feels pretty scary!

    As I've been through a lot of transformations, I share my process from shifting my initial fear to curiosity, and thus doing, I access more easily all sorts of creative solutions.


    In this episode you’ll learn:

    • What’s in the surface is seldom what is beneath

      • How our fears can keep us small

        • Getting out of our comfort zone

          • Falling down the rabbit hole

            • Accepting fear as part of life

              • My experience with going through deep transformation and this feeling of everything I knew being shattered

                • The notion of time and time parallels

                  • Imagining our life through the eye of a film’s heroe

                    • The order of Nature

                      • Playfulness and adopting a sense of wonder in order to create order from chaos

                        • The Creative ritual that helps me to transcend fear

                          • The tools I use to move from fear to curiosity

                            • Mini Eagle visualisation

                            • Featured in the episode:

                              Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people, where I’ll guide you to the same process I used myself to find joy and faith in life again, and harnessing my creative energy and taking it to new heights: rimcreativenergy.com/retreats

                              Art and drawing: to see my latest artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art and https://www.rimcreativenergy.com/shop

                              Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠

                              If you’d like to receive my newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 


                              Also mentioned: Human Design: https://christieinge.com/

                              44 min
                            • 9 - No more breadcrumb friendships

                              « Just be yourself » « Just do it » « Take action » « Go for it » « Set boundaries »

                              Ask for help, surround yourself with good friends and people you can count on.


                              Yes, these are wonderful suggestions.


                              BUT what does that mean exactly? And HOW to do that?


                              If you’re an empath and a highly sensitive person, being yourself could be very different from moment to moment.

                              Like a chameleon you change depending on who is near you. You can easily take on the identity and emotions of the people around you. 

                              You may be seeking validation from others, yet you may struggle accepting love from others and feeling lovable.


                              You may also find that your empathy and compassion towards others is not reciprocated, and you end up feeling resentful in your relationships and social interactions. But you think it must be you, and you keep making more and more efforts. Until you can’t take it anymore and you end up “disappearing” silently.


                              Result: frustration, overwhelm, feeling stuck in the same patterns over and over again, disappointed. Not trusting your ability to choose the right things/people to invest in yourself. 


                              Leading to a dimming of your creative energy.


                              It may be time to say no to settling for breadcrumbs and aiming for the full bread loaf instead!


                              Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people, where I’ll guide you to the same process I used myself to find joy and faith in life again, and harnessing my creative energy and taking it to new heights: rimcreativenergy.com/retreats


                              To see my artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art


                              Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠


                              If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 


                              46 min
                            • 8 - What to do when nothing seems to work

                              There are days like that, sometimes even weeks, when nothing seems to be working.

                              Obstacles after obstacles. I’ve been having such a week, especially today, the day I recorded this episode.

                              Frustration? Definitely! Anger? Yes, quite a bit. Disappointment? Also that.

                              Yet, is that all there is to such moments?

                              In this episode, I take you along with me in that tricky energy and how I reframed the situation, and was able to shift my energy, and move from feeling powerless to feeling in my power.

                              I talk about:

                              • When it seems like the mountain to climb is so very high + arduous journey to the top

                              • Recognizing what we have control over and what we have not

                              • Anxiety and its message

                              • Difficult feelings and what to do with them

                              • The pressure we give to ourselves

                              • Fear of vulnerability

                              • Letting go of rigid plans

                              • Being clear on your intentions

                              • Being clear on priorities and non-negotiables

                              • Adaptability and flow 

                              • The power of a pause

                              • Regulating the nervous system

                              • Movement and Creativity

                              • Connecting to your dreams

                              • How can deep meditation + hypnosis help

                              • Listen to my deep meditation/hypnosis “Connect to your dreams” here


                                I’m also mentioning Niraj Naik, from Soma Breath

                                And Colette Baron Reid’s Dream Weaver oracle cards


                                Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠⁠

                                Get my FREE serenity creative "playbook"

                                To see & purchase my artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art  and rimcreativenergy.com/shop

                                If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 


                                38 min
                              • 7- Transitions - How to handle the in-between (without going crazy!)

                                Ah the in-between phase… like a thick, heavy cloudy sky, with no sunlight seemingly coming through… I used to see it as an ordeal, a purgatory: why wait? Why “waste time”? I wanna things to happen NOW!

                                And yet such a necessary phase when going through change. 

                                Like a fallow period, where the seeds of your intentions lays dormant, and is getting ready to gather strength and nutrients before blooming and blossoming into the next version of yourself.

                                In this episode, I talk about:

                                • How these transition phases remind me of when we move home and get ready to pack and unpack

                                • We often think that this big moment that we wait for a long time is gonna be an overnight change

                                • The “as soon as… I’ll be…” trap

                                • Trying to force things into reality before time is right

                                • The process of change and what it involves

                                • Stumbling, falling down and getting back up again

                                • Transition from a transition

                                • Everything in life is change

                                • A big jump into the unknown

                                • Letting go

                                • Grief

                                • Getting in the flow

                                • Making experimentations

                                • Learning to enjoy the discomfort

                                • What to focus on instead

                                • Finding your voice


                                • I’m also mentioning Rob Brezsny’s horoscope


                                  To see & get my artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art

                                  Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠

                                  If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 

                                  47 min
                                • 6- Dear Sun - On gratitude: How to make it simple

                                  Today I’m sharing my process for making my gratitude practice simple, natural and joyful.

                                  When things feel forced, it can quickly become like homework, and that’s a sure way to overwhelm for Highly Sensitive People!

                                  Listen to this episode if you too, you’re tired of the endless list of “things you’re supposed to do” self-development rhetoric!


                                  • Surprise bonus: I recorded a short meditation towards the end of the episode 🌻✨

                                  • Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people, where I’ll guide you to the same process I used myself to heal from my repetitive burnouts and find joy and faith in life again:  rimcreativenergy.com/retreats

                                    To see my artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art

                                    Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠

                                    If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 


                                    20 min
                                  • 5- How to harness your sensitivity to recover from burnout

                                    “Art is restoration, the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life” - Louise Bourgeois


                                    In this episode, I talk about how Highly Sensitive People tend to feel overwhelm and often bypass this feeling until they burn out.

                                    I share my experience with burnout and how I tapped into my senses to heal and recover from it.

                                    Once we bring ourselves back to a sense of safety, creative energy is able to flow abundantly.


                                    In this episode, I cover:

                                    • What are the signs of overwhelm

                                    • What are the emotional signs and symptoms of burnout

                                    • Burnout can lead to mental breakdown and depression

                                    • Strategies most people use to cope with overwhelm that don’t work for HSPs

                                    • The role of the Subconscious

                                    • How to get into alignment

                                    • How to feel safe and why that’s important for HSPs

                                    • How tapping into your senses is the best gift you can give to yourself

                                    • Creative warmups


                                    • Resources mentioned in this episode:

                                      The Empowered Sensitive and Creative Retreat

                                      The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

                                      The Perfectionism Project by Sam Laura Brown


                                      Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people, where I’ll guide you to the same process I used myself to heal from my repetitive burnouts and find joy and faith in life again:  rimcreativenergy.com/retreats


                                      To see my artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art


                                      Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠


                                      If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠


                                      1 hr 23 min
                                    • 4- One simple question to get unstuck right away - how I created the Empowered Sensitive and Creative Retreat

                                      I want to be absolutely transparent by going through my thought process because I think it can help you too.

                                      Overthinking and second-guessing oneself is quite common amongst High Sensitive People. 

                                      And that can hold you back big time, and give up following on your intuition.


                                      In this episode, I talk about how I was hesitant to follow up on a dream and how I felt stuck for a long time, until I answered this simple question.

                                      The energy in my body completely shifted and I was able to make progress (i.e. create and launch my project) in two weeks!


                                      I hope this episode will inspire you to follow what lights you up and go after your dreams 🌻


                                      I also mention The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron


                                      Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people, where I’ll guide you to the same process I used myself to heal from my repetitive burnouts and find joy and faith in life again:  rimcreativenergy.com/retreats

                                      To see my artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art

                                      Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠

                                      If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 


                                      43 min
                                    • My journey Part 3 - From Paris to Shanghai - The unraveling of THE dream and finding a treasure in the process

                                      This is part 3 of my sensitive and creative journey across the globe.

                                      After 7 years in London, I came back to Paris, only leaving again a few years later. And this time, for Shanghai. Ready to discover other sides of fashion, and more importantly, to explore the world.

                                      The dream began its unraveling, and in the process, I learned a LOT of life lessons.

                                      I also discovered a treasure much more precious, me 😉

                                      A story of losing my way and finding it again, and connecting to my creativity and sensitivity✨✨✨

                                      FREE masterclass - Recovering from burnout as a Sensitive & Creative soul.Claim your spot here 

                                      Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people, where I’ll guide you to the same process I used myself to heal from my repetitive burnouts and find joy and faith in life again:  rimcreativenergy.com/retreats

                                      To see my artworks: rimcreativenergy.com/art

                                      Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠

                                      If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 


                                      1 hr 27 min
                                    • My journey Part 2 - From Paris to London - Weaving THE dream

                                      This is part 2 of my sensitive and creative journey across the globe.

                                      I arrived in Paris at age 17, excited to finally be there! I had been waiting for that time for years!

                                      Finally, I could begin to build my dream of becoming a fashion designer ✨

                                      Weaving the dream turned several unexpected turns, from crossing the Channel to London Fashion Week to starting my own business, and much more…


                                      Losing my way and finding it again, always through following what lights me up✨✨✨


                                      Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠


                                      If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter where I share inspirations, tips and tricks about all things living life on your own terms through creativity and sensitivity, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 


                                      Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people:  rimcreativenergy.com/retreats


                                      57 min
                                    • My journey Part 1 - From Tunisia to Paris - joy & beauty in the little things, even when shadows are lurking

                                      6 months ago, I heard a voice within me whispering to me that I’ll launch that podcast 6 months later, I just have to pick a symbolic date. Well, I picked my birthday, as a symbol for renewal and rebirth. 

                                      And so we are, on my birthday, and here’s my first episode recorded and published!

                                      🌻In a way, it’s my birthday gift to my younger self: like many HSPs and empaths, I unconsciously believed I was permanently doomed because of my high sensitivity and there was no real place for me in the world. I thought my voice didn’t matter. Reclaiming my voice, my expression, and giving that to myself, to show my inner child that we’re safe and that we belong, that it is safe to take space is the best bday gift I could give her.

                                      My intention is to show you what’s possible for you when you reclaim your unique voice too.

                                      🌻For this first episode, I thought it would be interesting to share a bit of my background story, what role creativity had in my life, how I found out I was a Highly Sensitive Person and how I found myself living around the world in quest of adventures and meaning. That’s to give you a bit of context into who I am and why I came to create this podcast.

                                      🌻I think that many of us tend to dismiss the seemingly little things in our lives as “not that important” but in fact deep down we know that they marked us quite a lot. By sharing those events with you and how I realized that it actually affected me much more that I wanted to acknowledge, I hope it will help you see your own experiences through a different length, and I hope, feel less lonely.

                                      🌻Because we Highly Sensitive People, we are people who feel deeply, we’re highly emotional, but we’re really scared to come across as  “too” emotional, too much, too sensitive, too intense… We want people around us to be happy, safe, and comfortable. So sometimes we forget about our own comfort and satisfaction, and wellbeing.

                                      Here is the first part of my journey, from Tunisia to Paris.

                                      Stay in touch with me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rim.creativenergy⁠⁠

                                      If you’d like to receive my weekly newsletter, subscribe⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ 

                                      Join me for the Empowering and Regenerative Creative Retreats for Sensitive and Creative people:  rimcreativenergy.com/retreats


                                      56 min

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                                    The Empowered Sensitive and Creative is a weekly podcast, hosted by Rim, from Rim Creative Energy.