If you’ve ever felt completely drained, overwhelmed, or like your brain just stops working when there’s too much going on, then you’re not alone. Claire Thomas is a registered nutritional therapist, NLP Practitioner, and phlebotomist who empowers busy, high-achieving women to increase their energy levels, strengthen their resilience, and do more of what they love.

Together, we unpack how nutrition, energy levels, and cognition shape the HSP experience, and why so many highly sensitive people find themselves exhausted, overstimulated, and struggling to keep up.

Claire shares:

• How chronic fatigue shaped her understanding of energy and health.
• What overstimulation actually does to the HSP body and brain.
• How she supports clients through fatigue, burnout, and energy depletion.
• The role of blood testing and identifying root causes.
• The connection between nutrition, crashes, and emotional overwhelm.
• How nervous system dysregulation and past experiences impact health.
• The holistic mind, body, and spirit approach to healing.

Topics covered:

• Energy depletion and burnout in HSPs.
• Nutrition and its impact on emotional regulation.
• Blood sugar balance and “hangry” responses.
• Chronic fatigue and underlying health factors.
• Nervous system regulation and stress responses.
• Mind-body-spirit connection in healing.
• Letting go of shame and learning to support yourself differently.

About Claire Thomas:

Claire Thomas is a Registered Nutritional Therapist (BANT, CNHC), NLP Practitioner, and CQC-regulated Phlebotomist. She empowers busy, high-achieving women to increase their energy levels, strengthen resilience, and do more of what they love.

Through her practice, Nourish to Soar, Claire takes a personalised, data-led approach, combining advanced testing, nutrition, and lifestyle and behaviour change to join the dots and uncover what’s really driving fatigue and low energy. She creates clear, tailored strategies that work for each individual, removing guesswork and delivering practical, lasting results.

Follow along on Claire’s journey:

Website:  https://www.nourishtosoar.co.uk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nourishtosoar

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairethomasdevon/

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

In this episode, I’m joined by Denise Morrison. She’s an integrative health practitioner and emotional eating coach who shares her powerful journey from people-pleasing and burnout to self-trust and body-based healing.

Together, we explore the often-overlooked connection between emotional suppression, gut health, and nervous system regulation, and why so many highly sensitive women find themselves struggling physically after years of “pushing through.”

Denise shares how tuning into the body, rather than overriding its signals, became the key to her healing journey…and how she now helps other women do the same.

Denise shares:

• Growing up as the emotional thermometer in the family.
• How people-pleasing and masking impact the nervous system.
• Burnout, hormone imbalances, and physical symptoms in HSPs.
• The powerful connection between the gut, emotions, and health.
• Emotional eating and using food to cope with suppressed feelings.
• The value of personalized health testing (gut, hormones, toxins, sensitivities).
• Learning to trust your body’s signals and intuition.

Topics covered:

• How emotional suppression can create disease in the body.
• Symptoms of your body and the wisdom they convey.
• How healing for HSPs requires both emotional and physical support.
• Why the one-size-fits-all approach to healthcare doesn’t work.

About Denise Morrison:

Denise Morrison is an Emotional Eating Coach, Integrative Health Practitioner, and Highly Sensitive Person who knows firsthand what it’s like to feel everything deeply, and to use food as a way to cope with overwhelm. With a background in healthcare and trauma-informed coaching, Denise helps women understand their patterns without shame and learn how to live in a way that actually supports their nervous systems. Her work is rooted in honesty, compassion, and the belief that sensitivity is not a weakness, it’s wisdom.

Follow along on Denise’s journey:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denise.l.morrison.1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deniselynnmorrison/?hl=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniselynnmorrison/

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

In this episode, I’m joined by executive coach and award-winning author Rachel Radway for a thoughtful conversation about burnout, neurodivergence, and the unique experience of highly sensitive leaders navigating workplaces that often prioritize speed and productivity over depth and reflection.

We explore the difference between being “too sensitive” and being highly perceptive, why many HSPs struggle with burnout in leadership roles, and how empathy and thoughtful decision-making may be some of the most valuable leadership qualities in today’s world.

If you’ve ever questioned whether your sensitivity belongs in leadership, this conversation is for you.

Rachel shares:

• How many HSPs experience burnout in traditional work environments.
• Why sensitivity is often misunderstood in leadership.
• How highly perceptive leaders notice emotional dynamics and patterns others miss.
• The pressure many leaders feel to suppress empathy in data-driven workplaces.
• How empathetic leadership can create stronger teams and organizations.

Topics covered:

• High sensitivity in leadership.
• Burnout among highly sensitive professionals.
• Neurodivergence and workplace culture.
• Empathy and emotional intelligence in leadership.
• Pattern recognition and big-picture thinking.
• The challenges of fast-paced work environments.
• Reframing sensitivity as a leadership strength.
• Building healthier, more human-centered workplaces.

About Rachel Radway:

Rachel Radway is a certified leadership and executive coach, mentor, speaker, and award-winning author with more than 25 years’ experience in corporate leadership roles at startups, national nonprofits, Fortune 100s, and global enterprises. With compassion and a deep understanding of all the disconnects between the corporate world and brains that are wired a little differently, Rachel helps high-achieving, highly perceptive, and neurodivergent clients lead with confidence, clarity, and authenticity — and without burning out. Her book, Perceptive: Insights for leaders who feel more, process deeply, and think differently, has won a Nonfiction Book Awards Silver, a NYC Big Book Award, a Best Book Award, and a Best Indie Book Award.

Follow along on Rachel’s journey:

Website: https://www.rercoaching.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reradway

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives.

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures.

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

What happens when highly sensitive people stop trying to match everyone else’s energy and embody their own?

In this episode of The Happy HSP Podcast, I’m joined by Anna Forsline for an honest conversation about meditation, silent retreats, authenticity, and the deep inner shift that happens when HSPs begin honoring their own needs instead of abandoning themselves to fit in.

We talk about the challenge of absorbing others’ emotions, the fear of disappointing people, and the courage it takes to trust our intuition…especially when outside voices feel louder than our own.

Anna shares:

• The powerful role silent retreats played in her healing journey.
• How HSPs can lose themselves in other people’s energy.
• Learning to trust our intuition.
• The emotional complexity of setting boundaries. 
• Moving from self-protection to empowerment.
• Creating moments of spaciousness in everyday life.
• How presence transforms relationships and deepens connection.

Topics covered:

• Meditation and mindfulness for HSPs.
• Silent retreats and emotional processing.
• Boundaries and people-pleasing.
• Overstimulation and managing energy.
• Authenticity and empowerment.
• Finding magic and meaning in everyday life.

About Anna Forsline:

Anna Forsline (pronounced Forslynn) is a coach, facilitator, and HSP who supports Highly Sensitive People in reconnecting with their intuition, reclaiming their power, and moving toward living in alignment with who they truly are and with what they want to bring into the world.  In her practice, Threshold Shift Coaching, she guides people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected into deep self-discovery.

Anna can also be found posting on YouTube and Substack — and is available for free discovery calls and one-on-one coaching sessions.   

Since recording this episode, Anna has transitioned to doing most of her work directly with clients via one-on-one Zoom sessions and is also developing supportive content on her YouTube channel and website.  You can find out more information about her and her work at www.thresholdshiftcoaching.com.

Follow along on Anna’s journey:

Website:  www.thresholdshiftcoaching.com  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thresholdshiftcoach

Substack: https://substack.com/@thresholdshiftcoach

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

In this episode of The Happy HSP Podcast, I speak with PhD student and women’s health advocate Maria Saucedo. She shares how fearing bipolar disorder led her to discover she is a highly sensitive person and also a deeper awareness in self-understanding, boundaries, and how she relates to herself and the world around her.

We explore the nuances of overstimulation, crossing personal thresholds, the emotional weight HSPs carry, and the societal pressure to constantly power through.  

Maria shares:

• How overstimulation and lack of personal space led to panic attacks.
• The importance of knowing your threshold as an HSP.
• Growing up feeling different and forced to “fit in.”
• Studying mitochondrial disease and the science of energy production.
• Why women’s health research is still deeply lacking.
• The connection between cyclical energy and performance.
• How “powering through” training impacted her mental health.
• Empathy overload and learning emotional boundaries.

Topics covered:

• High sensitivity vs. misdiagnosis.
• Overstimulation and emotional regulation.
• Personal boundaries in relationships.
• Bioenergetics and mitochondrial function.
• Women’s health education gaps.
• Hormonal cycles and productivity myths.
• Balancing giving and receiving as an HSP.

About Maria Saucedo:

Maria is originally from Mexico and is currently based in the Czech Republic, where she is working on her PhD. She is a former triathlete and a highly sensitive person, and for many years, she struggled with fluctuating energy levels and feeling misunderstood. What she once saw as inconsistency or lack of effort, she later understood as physiology. This realization led her to focus on women’s health, hormonal cycles, and the importance of living in alignment with the body. She is now building a project dedicated to education, open conversations, and empowerment around women’s physiology. 

Follow along on Maria’s journey:

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/maria-jose-saucedo

Medium: https://medium.com/@mariaj.saucedordz/about

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

In this episode I sit down with Energy Alignment and Empowerment Coach Nicole Peterhans to explore healing, awakening, and the journey back to self as an HSP. Nicole shares how discovering high sensitivity later in life unlocked a deeper understanding of her childhood insecurities, people-pleasing patterns, and fear of being seen…and how that realization became the doorway to profound healing.

Together, we talk about intuition, limiting beliefs, boundaries, feminine and masculine energy, and what it truly means to come home to yourself. This episode is a gentle but powerful reminder that there is nothing wrong with you and that your sensitivity may be the very thing guiding you back to your truth.

Nicole shares:

• The impact of growing up in a structured environment where her perspective wasn’t fully seen or understood.
• How fear of doing things “wrong” led to hiding, shrinking, and people-pleasing.
• What awakening really means, and how it often begins with the quiet realization that there’s more.
• The role of limiting beliefs and subconscious programming in shaping our reality.
• Why reconnecting with your intuition is essential for alignment and empowerment.
• The importance of honoring your needs and setting boundaries as an HSP.

Topics covered:

• Healing and awakening as an HSP.
• Inner child work and boundary-setting.
• Intuition and self-trust.
• Fear of being seen.
• Self-love and self-worth.

About Nicole Peterhans:

Nicole Peterhans is an Energy Alignment & Empowerment Coach with a unique ability to pick up on the subtle forces, vibrations, and energies that surround us.

With a passion for helping individuals tap into their inner potential and transform the limiting energies that shape their lives, she is bringing balance, clarity, and empowerment to her clients. 

Her expertise lies in connecting people with their authentic self, set healthy boundaries, and create fulfilling relationships.

Her mission is to transform the lives of those who are sensitive, introverted, or empathic – so that they are valued, seen and appreciated for the powerful, creative and dynamic individuals that they are.

Follow along on Nicole’s journey:
Website: https://nicolepeterhans.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-peterhans/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterhansnicole/

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

What happens when you’re getting signals that your life and career are misaligned with your sensitive needs and nature?

In this episode, I chat with Krista Casey to explore what it means to redesign our careers and understanding of success as highly sensitive people. Krista shares her journey from senior creative leadership in a fast-paced corporate environment to coaching highly sensitive people in creating values-aligned, nervous-system–friendly work and lives. 

If you’re an HSP who is craving more clarity, meaning, and a softer path forward, this episode is for you.

What Krista shares:

• Why overstimulation, and not a lack of capability, was at the root of her burnout.
• What stepping away from work and becoming a parent revealed about her nervous system.
• How values mapping helps redefine success and career direction.
• The importance of designing work with sensitivity instead of against it.

Topics covered:

• High sensitivity in corporate and leadership roles.
• Nervous system awareness and regulation for HSPs.
• Boundaries, people-pleasing, and overachieving tendencies.
• Redesigning career paths through values-led decision making.
• Why HSPs thrive in connection-driven and purpose-led work.
• Finding confidence and self-trust through unmasking.

About Krista Casey: 

Krista Casey is a coach, co-founder, creative director, and expat. After spending more than a decade leading large creative teams at global brands like Wayfair and New Balance, she now helps HSPs design lives and careers that feel authentic, balanced, and values-aligned.

Her coaching combines design thinking, values mapping, and parts work to help clients move from overthinking to action with clarity and confidence.

A highly sensitive person herself, Krista brings both lived experience and practical frameworks to her work. She’s passionate about helping sensitive, thoughtful people thrive in a world that often feels really complicated. She also writes about identity, nervous system, boundaries, people-pleasing, and building a life that feels like yours on Substack.

Follow along on Krista’s journey:

Websites: https://www.kristacaseycoaching.com/

https://www.theshiftmakers.com/about-us

https://the-shift-a7b7a2-2829568a9d744a5faced0b.webflow.io/power-circles

Substack: https://kristacoaching.substack.com/

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

Today, I’m joined by Andy Mort. He is a UK-based songwriter, artist, and creativity coach. He also hosts The Gentle Rebel Podcast, where he explores the intersection of sensitivity, creativity, and culture in the modern world.

In this episode, Andy and I discuss what it means to live creatively without chasing productivity metrics, and how highly sensitive people can find meaning, purpose, and alignment without forcing themselves into linear paths or hustle culture ideals.

This episode is a gentle invitation to slow down, feel deeply, and reconnect with your creative spirit as a way of being in the world, rather than a means to an end.

Andy shares:

• His relationship with creativity as a musician, songwriter, and coach.
• The difference between creativity and productivity.
• His concept of gentle rebellion.
• Why purpose doesn’t need to be “found” and can emerge through small, everyday moments.
• The power of experimental, nonlinear paths for HSPs.

Topics covered:

• Creativity as a way of being.
• The power of slowing down (versus hustle culture).
• Exploring life paths and purpose without pressure.
• Gentle rebellion and quiet change.
• Nonlinear and experimental life paths.
• Emotional depth and creative expression.
• Empathy and soft skills in coaching.

About Andy Mort:

Andy Mort is a UK-based songwriter, artist, and creativity coach. He hosts The Gentle Rebel Podcast, where he explores the intersection of sensitivity, creativity, and culture in the modern world. He also runs The-Haven.co, an online membership community and resource hub for highly sensitive people and other Gentle Rebels to befriend their sensitivity and build a life in a sustainable, meaningful way through connection with their natural creativity and rhythms.

Andy believes everyone is creative, and that creativity helps us understand ourselves and express our emotional responses to the world’s chaos. He loves building spaces and routines that invite accidental creativity, humour, and lightness to emerge, especially for those who might not see themselves as creative.

Follow along on Andy’s journey:

Website:  https://www.andymort.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apmort/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gentlerebelhaven/

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Kirsten Beske. She’s a former litigation attorney turned psychotherapist and ICF-certified coach. We explore what it looks like for highly sensitive people to navigate midlife transitions with more intention, alignment, and nervous-system awareness and how to cultivate our growth and progress without the overwhelm.

If you’re an HSP who is feeling stuck in a life that doesn’t align with your needs or sensing that you’re ready to step into your next chapter, then this episode is for you.

Kirsten shares:

• How discovering her high sensitivity helped change her life and career choices.
• Her transition from litigation to psychotherapy and coaching.
• The importance of designing work and life around your capacity, not just capability.
• How HSPs can challenge themselves and grow without overdoing it.

Topics covered:

• High sensitivity and midlife transitions.
• Career alignment for highly sensitive people.
• Nervous-system regulation and overstimulation.
• Purpose, meaning, and evolving identity in midlife.
• Time-limited challenges and intentional rest.

About Kirsten Beske

Kirsten guides mid- and late-career women to reimagine and redesign their Next Chapter of life for more passion, vitality, and meaning. 

A Harvard graduate, former litigation attorney and law firm partner, Kirsten pivoted mid-career to better align with her values and life’s purpose and became a clinical psychotherapist.  

As a certified coach, Kirsten works with clients around the globe to expand and claim their hard-earned inner wisdom and real-life experience and design a fresh new chapter of life and work at each new stage of life.

You can find out more about Kirsten and her Next Spark coaching programs at www.kirstenbeske.com.

Follow along on Kirsten’s journey:

Website: https://kirstenbeske.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirsten.beske

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsten-beske/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirsten.beske/

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola

In this episode, Elisa Calosso, a holistic coach and former HR professional, shares what it truly means to reclaim desire and purpose as a highly sensitive person. We discuss her personal journey of navigating corporate burnout, discovering her sensitivity, and transitioning into somatic and nervous system–informed healing work.

This conversation offers grounded insight for highly sensitive people who feel overwhelmed, disconnected from their bodies, or unsure how to honor their sensitivity while creating meaningful work and a fulfilling life.

Elisa shares:

• How discovering the highly sensitive trait helped her make sense of burnout, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion.
• What it was like working in human resources as a highly sensitive person.
• Why she transitioned from corporate HR into holistic coaching and somatic healing.
• How somatic practices and emotional intelligence work support deep, lasting change.
• What it means to reconnect with desire, purpose, and alignment as a highly sensitive person.

Topics covered:

• High sensitivity and corporate burnout.
• Nervous system regulation.
• Somatic healing and emotional release.
• EFT tapping and working with the body.
• Career transitions for HSPs.
• Reclaiming desire, purpose, and alignment.
• Energetic boundaries and overstimulation.

About Elisa Calosso:

Elisa Calosso supports high-achieving women shift from burnout to burning desire, without burning out again. After 15+ years climbing the corporate Human Resources ladder and silently battling anxiety, panic attacks, and insomnia, Elisa hit a turning point: more meds weren’t the answer. Healing at the root was.

Her mission is to support professional women and business owners in spotting the early signs of burnout and doing something about it before they hit a wall. She helps them uncover the emotional patterns, beliefs, and survival habits that silently drive exhaustion. Her clients don’t just find calm, they reclaim their joy, voice, and vitality. They stop operating on autopilot and start living on purpose.

Follow along on Elisa’s journey:

Website: https://www.uflourishcoaching.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisacalossoeft/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisa-calosso/

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About Kimberly:

Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. 

Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. 

• Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
• Edited by Fonzie Try Media
• Artwork by Tara Corola