The New Sensitive

Today I talk about my journey of healing from codependency and people-pleasing through leaving the 9-5 system and starting to work for myself.

I never, NEVER desired to be an entrepreneur or to work for myself, but in my late 30s, after 4 corporate jobs, I realized... this ain't ever gonna change.

At the same time I was beginning my codependency and people-pleasing recovery journey, and realized that my codependency and low self-worth had THRIVED in the hierarchal, permission-based, patriarchal, rule-following world of the 9-5 and I truly had to begin to reckon with the depths of my people-pleasing if I wanted to ever be able to work for myself.

In today's episode, I talk about how I began to do that, and how you can too.

Ready to exit the 9-5 system that's not working for you and build a way of working for yourself that's values- based, authentic, and will help your mental health? The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

What's up my fellow people-pleasers, this one goes out to you. Codependency and people-pleasing stem from, at their core, a lack of identity. One of the primary ways a codependent struggles is because we never had the chance to develop a sense of identity that is independent of what others think of us. As we recover from people-pleasing and codependency, one small but effective shift is to start a daily practice of noticing when you're asking externally motivated questions ("What do they want, what do they need, what are they thinking about me?") and shift them to questions that are centered on the self.

Have you asked yourself what you need today? What you'd like today? What would feel good today? Start there, and let the path unfold in front of you. That's what today's episode is all about and how to start building these questions into your life.

The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

What does it mean to surrender? And why do we struggle so mightily with the concept, and resistance to it? And even if we understand we must surrender, how do we actually start? I ponder and explore the concept of surrender in our lives in today's podcast.

The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

People-pleasing. Money mindset. Permission mindset and employee thinking. Nervous system dysregulation. Fear of visibility. What do these all have in common? These are just a few of the things that block highly sensitive people from success in entrepreneurship. 

When I started my own business, I thought I would have to learn like, Quick Books. Turned out what I actually needed to focus on was these 5 issues first.  I talk through each of these today and how you can began to overcome them in order to start the business of your dreams.

The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

Today I go on a rant that's been on my heart for a while: all about why your 9-5 is NOT more "stable," "secure," or "safe" than working for yourself and starting your own business. Trust me on this one; after nearly two decades in a corporate 9-5 environment, I can tell you this: I hate to break it to you, but your corporate 9-5 is not more secure than you starting your own business. I break down why that is on today's episode.

The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

Hi Soothers! In today's podcast, I talked about a real-time trigger happened recently around a female friendship/feeling left out wound. I discuss what the trigger was, how I noticed it, moved through it, and healed it, and the powerful outcome it had for me. I also share 6 steps to how you can process and heal your own triggers. To be triggered is to be human, but there ARE tools we can use to support ourselves through it so we are able to respond, rather than react and regret it later! 

New workshop alert!!! Join me for a new workshop, How to Do Shadow Work, Saturday, June 4th, 2pm-4pmET.  

Healing triggers like the one I talk about is a deep component of shadow work.

By taking the workshop you'll get...

• A workbook and presentation all about what the shadow is, how it is created and how it is holding you back, complete with several exercises and journal prompts
• Live training on how to begin to discover and integrate the shadow
• Doing exercises live with Catherine to increase accountability and breakthroughs
• Q&A with Catherine about shadow work
• A chance to be in breakout rooms with other like-minded folks and discuss your insights and takeaways

Sliding scale, replay provided. Tix here!

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

Ever tried affirmations but they just fell flat?  If you're anything like me, you know that affirmations are a big cornerstone and tenet of self-development but they never fully just... clicked for you. Maybe they felt fake, they felt lame, you couldn't really actually believe they would work, or the affirmations you heard about felt like such a load of toxic positive hooey ("I am a gorgeous goddess, I am a millionaire many times over") that you were just turned off by the whole concept and gave up on them.

Well, I'm here to hopefully change that for you today. Consider this your guide to practically creating useful affirmations in a tangible way. 

Listen on for my favorite tips to make my affirmations really work, but feel authentic and useful, too!

New workshop alert!!! Join me for a new workshop, How to Do Shadow Work, Saturday, June 4th, 2pm-4pmET.  

By taking the workshop you'll get...

• A workbook and presentation all about what the shadow is, how it is created and how it is holding you back, complete with several exercises and journal prompts
• Live training on how to begin to discover and integrate the shadow
• Doing exercises live with Catherine to increase accountability and breakthroughs
• Q&A with Catherine about shadow work
• A chance to be in breakout rooms with other like-minded folks and discuss your insights and takeaways

Sliding scale, replay provided. Tix here!

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

• A workbook and presentation all about what the shadow is, how it is created and how it is holding you back, complete with several exercises and journal prompts
• Live training on how to begin to discover and integrate the shadow
• Doing exercises live with Catherine to increase accountability and breakthroughs
• Q&A with Catherine about shadow work
• A chance to be in breakout rooms with other like-minded folks and discuss your insights and takeaways

Sliding scale, replay provided. Tix here!

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

Hi Soothers! I'm so excited today to bring you the third and final day of audio from my free three-day dating event I held last week in celebration of Introduction to Intentional Dating course.

Today I teach a presentation on mindset in dating, what your mindset has to do with dating, and steps to begin to create your own personal mindset practice. Get out a pen and paper, there are live exercises!

Enrollment closes April 30 -- that's this Saturday! (AKA tomorrow!)

Don't wait, this is the last time I am running IID live and I won't open it again until 2023 as a self-paced course. Let's go!

IID is a 12-week e-course, community and coaching program that will teach you to know yourself so you can date confidently, with intention and purpose. We begin in May!

Pay in full: $997
3-month payment plan: $340 a month
6-month payment plan: $170 a month

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

Hi Soothers! I'm so excited today to bring you the second day of audio from my free three-day dating event I held last week in celebration of Introduction to Intentional Dating course.

Today I teach a presentation on how to rewire the nervous system in dating and my 5-step process to rewire your nervous system responses in the moment. Get out a pen and paper, there are live exercises!

Enrollment closes April 30 -- that's this Saturday!

IID is a 12-week e-course, community and coaching program that will teach you to know yourself so you can date confidently, with intention and purpose. We begin in May!

Pay in full: $997
3-month payment plan: $340 a month
6-month payment plan: $170 a month

The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.

You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.