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What Is an HSP? explains what a Highly Sensitive Person is, whether or not you may be one, and the science behind being one. The episode describes how HSP's relate to the world, and it  discusses how you can support yourself if you're an HSP, or how you can support someone if you love someone who is. The episode also clarifies the gifts and vulnerabilities of being an HSP, in terms of how they relate to the world.  

We then discuss how being a Christian and an HSP allows you to contribute to the world in unique ways, and why the highly sensitive are often misunderstood. The podcast covers how a chaotic childhood or childhood trauma can uniquely impact an HSP, as well as ways to heal if this was your experience. God can take what was meant for your harm and use it for your good.
 
Breakdown of Episode: 
1:42  What Is an HSP?
5:09 Breakdown of Episode and the Science Behind HSP's
11:59 Gifts and Vulnerabilities of HSP's
19:38 How to Support HSP's You Love and Yourself If You Are One
24:46 What Does It Mean Being an HSP as a Christian?
28:37 How Does Trauma or a Chaotic Trauma Impact an HSP?
36:54 How God Can Take What Was Meant for Your Harm and Use it for Your Good

Bulleted List of Resources

• The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GT1YES8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
  This book will help you understand yourself if you're an HSP, and help you to learn how to cope and even thrive as an HSP. 

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Want to write your own healing message or memoir, but don't know how to get started? I'm also a book coach and editor with an MA in English and MFA in Creative Writing who helps highly sensitive people, INFJ's and P's, and empaths get their healing messages out in the world. Check out my book coaching services website: rachelleroy.com.
 

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Episode Description:
Comparison and Feeling Invisible discusses how many of us, particularly those of us who've experienced trauma and mental health challenges, feel invisible, and this episodes offers encouragement and healing strategies if you've experienced invisibility or felt insignificant. I also share personal experiences and discuss how we've all had these moments in our lives, making these experiences relatable.

You can take all your comparisons, jealousies, and envies to God with complete honesty and vulnerability without fear of condemnation or judgement. God will accept you just as you are and heal you with His deep love. This episode discusses your worth in Christ. He would have died for you alone. This episode then shares strategies that can help you heal comparison, invisibility, and feelings of insignificance. For more information on the A.C.O.R.N technique, please see Podcast Episode 11: A.C.O.R.N: A Tool to Process Difficult Emotions.

Breakdown of Episode: 
0:00 Intro to the Topic and Encouragement if You've Felt Invisible Your Whole Life
6:34 I Know What It Feels Like to Feel Invisible and Insignificant
9:39 Christ Would Have Died for You Alone, So You Are Not Insignificant
14:50 Bring Your Vulnerabilities Completely Honestly Before God

 A bulleted list of resources for each week's episode will be included, but no specific outside resources were mentioned here. 

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Want to write your own healing message or memoir, but don't know how to get started? I'm also a book coach and editor with an MA in English and MFA in Creative Writing who helps highly sensitive people, INFJ's and P's, and empaths get their healing messages out in the world. Check out my book coaching services website: rachelleroy.com.

Want to learn to influence people or how to integrate gratitude into your daily practice?
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Episode Description:
Why We Need to Talk about the Shame of Mental Illness discusses whether or not we should share our mental health conditions and struggles with others, and if so, whom. This episode also discusses the differences between shame and guilt, how trauma is connected to shame and mental illness, and how people cover up and deny shame. We then discuss why you need to tell yourself the shame you feel is not your fault.

Jesus' finished work on the cross defeated shame once and for all. As a result, knowing who you are in Christ heals shame. Speaking about shame with those that we trust, can also heal it. There are solutions to heal shame, if we as a culture can openly address the shame and stigma mental illness.

Breakdown of Episode: 
0:00 Intro to the Topic
6:32 Why We Need to Talk About the Shame Around Mental Illness
8:40 The Difference Between Shame and Guilt
14:35 How is Shame Connected to Trauma, Mental Illness, and Suicide, and Why People Cover up and Deny Shame
25:52 Why the Shame You Feel Is Not Your Fault
27:46 How Jesus' Finished Work Heals Your Shame Forever
22:39 How You Can Start to Heal Yourself
33:22 What Does the Presence of Jesus Mean for Shame?
37:57 Vulnerability and Compassion as Keys to Heal Shame
40:05 Solutions to Heal Shame
58:40 What We as a Culture Need to do About the Shame of Mental Illness

 Bulleted List of Resources

• "Dealing with Shame When You Have BPD" by Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault 

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-shame-425328

This article addresses those who have borderline personality disorder, but the differences between shame and guilt given can help anyone who struggles with mental health issues. Shame is debilitation, whereas guilt is a tool that helps us to course correct. 

• "Suicide and Shame," The General Psychologist, John C. Minahan

https://www.apadivisions.org/division-1/publications/newsletters/general/2016/10/suicide-shame

This article discusses shame that is associated with suicide and suicide ideation, and how we need to address the root causes of suicide and suicide itself differently. Minahan discusses great people in history that suffered from depression and suicide ideation, but they did not go through with it. It discusses how these individuals found ways to cope with their shame and transmute their emotions through healing practices and their art and work, instead of denying their emotions.

• Brene Brown TED Talk "Listening to Shame"

Listening to shame | Brené Brown

Brene Brown is an engaging speaker with years of experience researching shame and vulnerability. She discusses what shame is, where it comes from, and how it manifests, and what we can do to heal our shame.

• Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085TK3CS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Extending on the Minahan article, this book discusses how Lincoln's will to live and never give up, despite deep depression, allowed him to become the man he was destined to be and change the world. It shows what someone--even with deep depression and shame-- can accomplish with grit and determination.

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Episode Description:

A.C.O.R.N: A Tool to Process Difficult Emotions discusses the nature of emotions and how they are not bad in themselves, but indicators letting us know something needs our attention. The podcast discusses layering, and how reacting to the original emotion can needlessly complicate and add suffering to the experience. Culture treats difficult emotions differently than physical ailments and illness--such as using unhealthy strategies to avoid dealing with them, or by stigmatizing them--but they should get the same urgent attention as health problems. Then, the podcast discusses how we avoid difficult emotions. 

We discuss a better tool for dealing with difficult emotions using the A.C.O.R.N acronym, which are the steps for what to do when difficult emotions arise. These steps include Acceptance, Compassion, Objective Curiosity, Refocus/Reframe, and Not Layering. This process will help you deal with difficult emotions in the moment and used consistently, will help you heal trauma in your body by dealing with emotions in the body at their source. 

Breakdown of Episode: 
2:15  Introduction to the Topic
5:28  How Emotions Work
14:03  How We Deal With Difficult Emotions
34:43 Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Emotions
40:35 A.C.O.R.N Strategy for Dealing with Difficult Emotions
27:35 The Science of Learning

 Bulleted List of Resources--Add descriptions of these. 

• "Working with Difficulties: The Blessings of Rain" by Tara Brach

https://www.tarabrach.com/articles-interviews/rain-workingwithdifficulties/

This is an article that covers Tara Brach's own technique dealing with difficult emotions using the R.A.I.N. acronym that stands for Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nonidentification/Nurture.

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Episode Description:

Is Mental Illness Hereditary or Environmental? breaks down where heredity ends and environment begins in determining or contributing to who experiences mental illness. This episode explains the complex biological, psychological, and hereditary factors that can contribute to or predispose anyone to mental health issues. One adverse factor doesn't guarantee you'll have mental health problems, any more than one positive factor guarantees not having them. 

Then, we discuss how adverse childhood experiences (ACE) can contribute to mental illness. Two people in the same environment may be impacted differently, and nothing be wrong with either one of them. Some people are more naturally sensitive than others. We discuss how all these factors come together, combined with the unique traits of the individual, to determine whether a person experiences mental health issues.   

Breakdown of Episode:
2:05 Introduction: The Roots of Mental Illness
5:50  Is Mental Illness Hereditary or Environmental?
9:34 How Complex Factors Come Together to Create Mental Illness
19:46 More on the Roots of Mental Illness

 Bulleted List of Resources

• Causes of Mental Illness, Web MD

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mental-health-causes-mental-illness#1
This article distinguishes the complex factors that can cause or trigger mental illness in an individual. Some involve predispositions, and some are environmental.

• "Is Mental Illness Hereditary?" Huff Post
  You should be able to find this link with a quick Google search. Link is long.

This article explains how much heredity contributes to mental health issues. It continues with how adverse childhood experiences (ACES) scores and factors contribute to mental health issues based on a famous and extensive study.

• ACES Quiz

https://americanspcc.org/take-the-aces-quiz/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpdqDBhCSARIsAEUJ0hP4BfCqrcAYmE3HGzSKijNN06enOfja6XPCo4bJIpNRzfUQ_odes1saAut7EALw_wcB
This is the actual ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences Study) test that can help you see how you score on the ACES scale. Please note that this does not define your mental health risk, but it is just an indicator among many factors. 

• HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) Quiz

There are several tests online, Google them, take a couple of them, and see the results.

This test will help you determine if you're a Highly Sensitive Person, which is a scientific term for a person who tends to be more highly sensitive in many ways (which is neither good nor bad, nor a predisposition for mental illness). 

• Diathesis Stress Model Wikipedia 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diathesis%E2%80%93stress_model
This model shows how the correlation between complex factors like hereditary and environmental predispositions combined with external stressors play a role in mental health conditions. 

• The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GT1YES8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
This book helped me a lot. If you're an HSP, it wi

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Episode Description:

Learning What We've Come Here to Learn: The Attitude and Science of Learning discusses how recovery and reconditioning from trauma are skills that can be learned. This episode explains how the most important step in successful and lasting healing is willingness and surrender to the healing and learning processes, how these are biblical concepts, and that these are the attitude of successful learning. This episode provides resources and evidence on how surrendering and willingness to learn will help you succeed in your healing. 

 The episode also explains the science of learning, how learning how to learn is the root of successful healing, and how simple learning strategies will increase and sustain your healing. By combining the attitude and science of learning, you can move forward daily in your healing and recovery process. 

 Breakdown of Episode: 
2:25  Introduction to the Topic
6:45  The Attitude of Learning
26:50 Resources to Help You Get Started
27:35 The Science of Learning

 Bulleted List of Resources

Scriptures on Learning and Wisdom
https://www.openbible.info/topics/learning
This is a list of scriptures about learning, wisdom, and willingness to grow and be teachable that can guide and encourage you in your healing and learning journey. 

"Surrender in the Process of Recovery," Freedom Institute
Link is no longer there, my apologies.
Do a Google search on surrender in the process of healing and/or recovery and you will find dozens of great tools and articles to guide you in this concept. This article discussed the benefits and reasons to surrender as part of the process to recovery.

"How to Study Effectively, According to Science" by Emma Fazzino University of Melbourne
https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2017/10/21/how-to-study-effectively-according-to-science-emma-fazzino/
This article gives several measurable and actionable strategies to absorb and retain learning. While this article applies to the academic, the same principles apply to recovery learning.

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Flip the Script of Your Life: Personal Narratives and Learned Optimism discusses what personal narratives and life scripts are and how they play constantly in our lives to create our realities. If you've experienced trauma and you've tried to change your thoughts constantly without success, it isn't your fault. 

However, it is possible to flip the script of your life by using a backdoor approach through kinder self-talk and learned optimism, which can help you change your personal narratives and scripts through a gentler, subtler, and more sustainable approach to healing than ways that may not have worked in the past. We discuss strategies that will work for people with trauma. 

Breakdown of Episode: 
1:15  Introduction to the Topic
3:25  What is the Script of Your Life? 
16:36 Flipping the Script and Finding a Backdoor Approach to Healing
20:29 Strategies to Flip the Script and Change the Narrative of Your Life
32:55 Cultivated Optimism as a Backdoor Approach to Healing

Bulleted List of Resources
"Let God Flip the Script of Your Life" by Robert Norwood, Coastal Courier
https://coastalcourier.com/coastal-living/faith/let-god-flip-the-script-of-your-life/
This source discusses what a script it and how, while we can't change everything, with God's help, we have the power to allow God to flip the script of our lives.

"You Gotta Be" by Des'ree
Des'ree - You Gotta Be ('99 Mix) [Video]
This song is a great reminder that more is in our control than we realize.

"Flip the Script: How the Stories You Tell Yourself Define Your Life" by Moon Benchekroun
https://www.goalcast.com/2017/12/07/flip-script-how-the-stories-you-tell-yourself-change-your-life/
This article discusses how our self-talk creates the script of our lives, and how changing our personal stories over time can change our lives.

Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
https://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/1400078393
This book includes scientifically backed techniques for gradually overcoming "learned helplessness" and replace it with "learned optimism" as a practice that can be cultivated.

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Narcissistic Abuse and Its Impact: What Does It Mean to Me? explains what narcissism is, what a narcissistic is, and what the traits of a narcissistic are. We discuss how it plays out in relationships and impacts those that are survivors of narcissistic abuse. 

This episode addresses ways narcissists abuse others, how to spot a narcissist, and how abuse can distort and damage survivors' relationships and views of God. We then discuss resources that can help you get started on your healing journey from narcissistic abuse. 

Breakdown of Episode: 
5:21  What is Narcissism?
6:54  What are the Traits of a Narcissist?
14:37 What is Narcissistic Abuse?
30:14 How to Spot and Deal with a Narcissist
45:59 Levels of Narcissism
49:06 Resources to Help You Heal

*Wikipedia: "Narcissism"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism
This source breaks down the traits of narcissism and how narcissistic relationships impact the survivors.
*Psychology Today: "How to Spot Narcissistic Abuse"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/toxic-relationships/201709/how-spot-narcissistic-abuse
This article helps you spot a narcissism, identify abusive behaviors, and protect yourself in interactions with the narcissist.
*Healing from Hidden Abuse by Shannon Thomas
https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Hidden-Abuse-Recovery-Psychological/dp/0997829087
This book helps people to identify hidden forms of abuse and clarifies why many who have been abused by narcissists don't even know they've been abused. It helps you figure out if this might be you.
*Out of the Fog by Dana Morningstar
This book discusses how abusers use the triad of fear, obligation, and guilt to manipulate their victims, how to spot these signs, and how to protect yourself from the abuser's tactics.
https://www.amazon.com/Out-Fog-Confusion-Clarity-Narcissistic-ebook/dp/B077SFQWZ2
*Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
https://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-When-Take-Control-Your/dp/0310247454
This book shows you from a Christian perspective how to set healthy boundaries in different areas of your life.

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Episode Description:
This episode explains the how adverse childhood circumstances and childhood trauma can change a child's brain. It also discusses  how those impacts affect a child psychologically, physically, and symptomatically. There are psychological, health, and genetic impacts on an adult who has these brain changes.  

This episode then discusses why if you have experienced brain changes from adverse childhood circumstances, based on emergent research, you're not alone, there is hope, you can still heal, and you can still live a happy, productive life. Please excuse the sounds of my friends in the background (my cat rattling and a chirping bird). 

Breakdown of Episode: 
0:00  Introduction to Topic
3:57  Cause: How Adverse Childhood Circumstances Cause Trauma 
12:35 Impacts: Changes in the Brain and Other Impacts
20:29 Effects: Other Changes in the Brain
45:27 Strategies and Modalities That Can Help You heal

 
List of Resources

• Tough Childhood? The Effects of Trauma on Your Brain
  https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/childhood-effects-of-trauma.htm
  This source describes the impacts of childhood trauma change the brain.
• 7 Ways Childhood Adversity Changes a Child's Brain
  https://acestoohigh.com/2016/09/08/7-ways-childhood-adversity-changes-a-childs-brain/
  This source includes the impacts that adverse childhood experience can have on the brain, life, DNA, and body.
• The Tapping Solution by Nick Ortner, book
  https://www.amazon.com/Tapping-Solution-Revolutionary-System-Stress-Free/dp/1401939422
  This book can help you get started using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) tapping on pressure points to relieve stress and heal emotions.

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Episode Description:
Toxic Positivity: The Pursuit of Unhappiness and a Better Way explains what toxic positivity is and the damage it causes, particularly for those who have experienced trauma. We discuss why traditional positive thinking rarely works and how forced positivity can actually do more damage.

We go discuss how getting to the root of negative thinking, learning to understand its origins, and befriending our thoughts and emotions is a more sustainable path to lasting peace and happiness. We discuss an easy five-step process for dealing with negative thoughts and emotions that can bring peace, healing, and happiness.

Breakdown of Episode: 
0:00   Intro to Episode and Theme
5:58   Intro to Toxic Positivity
9:32   What is Positive Thinking?
15:30 What is Toxic Positivity?
20:00 Getting to the Root of Negative Thinking 
31:48 Why Chasing Happiness Doesn't Work
37:25 What You Can Do Instead: Five Steps to Processing Your Emotions

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Mayo Clinic: "Positive Thinking: Stop Negative Self-Talk to Reduce Stress"   https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950

This source describes the positive health benefits of positive thinking and putting positive thinking into practice.

Guideposts: "Is There a Such Thing as 'Toxic Positivity?'" by Holly Lebowitz Rossi
https://www.guideposts.org/better-living/positive-living/is-there-such-a-thing-as-toxic-positivity
This source gives definitions and examples of toxic positivity so you can identify it in your own life.

"The Trauma Prayer" by Pat and Jim Banks from House of Healing Ministries
Trauma Prayer-Jim Banks
https://jimandpatbanks.com/trauma-prayer/
This source is a powerful prayer that helps you to heal the roots of trauma.

"Vanishing Time in the Pursuit of Happiness" by Sam J. Maglio, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-018-1436-7
This article discusses how desperately pursuing happiness will make you more unhappy, if there's fear behind the pursuit. It also discusses how the desperate pursuit of happiness actually reduces "feelings of time availability" and feelings of happiness.

"Forget Positive Thinking: This is How to Actually Change Negative Thoughts for Success" by Melody Wilding in Forbes Magazine
https://www.forbes.com/sites/melodywilding/2016/08/15/forget-positive-thinking-this-is-how-you-actually-change-negative-thoughts/?sh=fc56b9c6c462
This article discusses using self-talk to help you reframe your thinking, and how this reframing can create more authentic success with your thought patterns.

"Four Ways to Avoid Toxic Positivity and Lean into Emotional Acceptance" by Haley Goldberg
https://advice.theshineapp.com/articles/4-ways-to-avoid-toxic-positivity-and-lean-into-emotional-acceptance/
This article discusses how accepting your emotions, applying self-compassion, trying something called "deep acting" to be more authentic, and journaling allow you to create happiness and positivity in sustainable ways.

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