Unapologetically Sensitive

EPISODE

Episode 017 Part 2

TITLE

Conversations with a Non-Binary HSP Therapist

GUEST

Dara Hoffman-Fox

EPISODE OVERVIEW

Dara talks about being non-binary, and the challenges with the use of language and pronouns Dara uses. Dara defines CIS gender, and we explore microagressions (how they show up in the LGBTQ+ population, and how Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPS) may experience them on a daily basis. Dara also discusses the challenges in trying to get the gender markers changed with the DMV to reflect Dara's non-binary status.

BIO

DARA HOFFMAN-FOX, LPC, is a queer-identified gender therapist in private practice in Colorado Springs, CO. As a subject-matter expert on transgender and nonbinary issues, Dara is the creator of the "Conversations with a Gender Therapist" YouTube channel as well as the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller YOU AND YOUR GENDER IDENTITY: A GUIDE TO DISCOVERY. Dara's goal is to get as much education, resources, and support out there as possible to the trans and gender-questioning persons of the world. Through the magic of the internet Dara is am able to do this through their Conversations with a Gender Therapist YouTube channel and Facebook pWage, media and podcast interviews, and the content you'll find on their website, found at darahoffmanfox.com.

LINKS

Websites:

http://darahoffmanfox.com/

http://discoveryourgenderidentity.com/

http://www.thebohemiansanctuary.com

Facebook (friend request):

https://www.facebook.com/dara.hoffman.3

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/darahoffmanfoxlpc/

Trans-Affirming Therapists Academy:

https://trans-affirming-therapists-academy.teachable.com/

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/darahoffmanfox

An in-depth article about the "do's and don'ts" of trans-sensitive language. https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/08/31/transgender-style-guide/

http://www.howtobeagirlpodcast.com/

Dr. Elaine Aron's website— https://hsperson.com/

HSP Self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

HSP Child self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-child-test/

Introversion, Extroversion and the Highly Sensitive Person by Jaquelyn Strickland, LPC-- https://hsperson.com/introversion-extroversion-and-the-highly-sensitive-person/

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EPISODE

Episode 017 Part I

TITLE

Conversations with a Non-Binary HSP Therapist

GUEST

Dara Hoffman-Fox

EPISODE OVERVIEW

Dara talks about being non-binary, and the challenges with the use of language and pronouns that many non-binary persons encounter. We discuss topics that include defining "transgender," as well as what it's like to go through what feels like the "wrong" puberty, which can be one of the more challenging aspects of the experience of being transgender. Dara also talks about the distinction between sexual orientation and gender identity; defines "cisgender," and why using a person's pronouns are important. I also talk about my concern and worry about wanting to use the "right" language, and having to think SO hard because I want to be respectful, because it takes a lot of concentration to use new language.

BIO

DARA HOFFMAN-FOX, LPC, is a queer-identified gender therapist in private practice in Colorado Springs, CO. As a subject-matter expert on transgender and nonbinary issues, Dara is the creator of the "Conversations with a Gender Therapist" YouTube channel as well as the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller YOU AND YOUR GENDER IDENTITY: A GUIDE TO DISCOVERY. Dara's goal is to get as much education, resources, and support out there as possible to the trans and gender-questioning persons of the world. Through the magic of the internet Dara is am able to do this through their Conversations with a Gender Therapist YouTube channel and Facebook page, media and podcast interviews, and the content you'll find on their website, found at darahoffmanfox.com.

LINKS

Websites:

http://darahoffmanfox.com/

http://discoveryourgenderidentity.com/

http://www.thebohemiansanctuary.com

Facebook (friend request):

https://www.facebook.com/dara.hoffman.3

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/darahoffmanfoxlpc/

Trans-Affirming Therapists Academy:

https://trans-affirming-therapists-academy.teachable.com/

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/darahoffmanfox

An in-depth article about the "do's and don'ts" of trans-sensitive language. https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/08/31/transgender-style-guide/

http://www.howtobeagirlpodcast.com/

Dr. Elaine Aron's website— https://hsperson.com/

HSP Self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

HSP Child self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-child-test/

Introversion, Extroversion and the Highly Sensitive Person by Jaquelyn Strickland, LPC-- https://hsperson.com/introversion-extroversion-and-the-highly-sensitive-person/

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EPISODE

Bonus Episode 34

TITLE

Update After The Holidays When I Lost My Shirt

GUEST

Solo episode—Patricia Young

EPISODE OVERVIEW

How we get our needs met when we are in a family or community of non-HSPs. Even with other Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs), we don't always have the same needs, and it can be challenging to assert ourselves and work as a community so everyone gets their needs met. I recap the Thanksgiving break when my twins came home from college with a roommate and the other's girlfriend, and we had kids sleeping on the couch, and I lost my dedicated work space. I was irritable, depleted, and not my best self. Bonus Episode 21 is called I Lost My Shirt! (and it's Not About the Gravy), and on Bonus Episode 23 How to Care For Ourselves When We're Feeling Depleted and Bonus Epsiode 24 Working Together and Respecting Different Needs and Expectations I share about how difficult and disruptive it is to have HSP needs, and not realize it. In this episode I talk about how we did it differently, and how it worked out.

BIO

Patricia Young, LCSW is a therapist in San Diego who is in private practice. Patricia works primarily with Highly Sensitive People (HSP) helping them understand their HSPness, and to turn their perceived shortcomings into superpowers. Patricia is passionate about providing education to help HSPs and non-HSPs understand and truly appreciate all the gifts we have to offer. Patricia provides online (telehealth) therapy to people who live in California. We meet over a private platform (similar to Skype), and you can have therapy from the privacy of your own home—when the kids are at school or are napping; from work; in your pajamas, or when you just can't face sitting in traffic or going out.

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EPISODE

Episode 16

TITLE

The Gift Of Vulnerability is Connection; That's Why I Take the Risk

GUEST

Christina Miglino

EPISODE OVERVIEW

The gifts of vulnerability! What is vulnerability? Why would you want to be vulnerable? What makes it difficult to be vulnerable? How shame can inhibit vulnerability. Calling our power back. We also talk about the connection between courage and vulnerability by Brene Brown.

HIGHLIGHTS

• I didn't really fit the model of the 9-5er who's hustling to make ends meet
• Being highly sensitive means I need breaks; I need time alone; I need to pay attention to my energy systems
• I get to own my schedule and make time for the things that do matter and allow me to perform really well and to be my best self in my work
• I'm highly sensitive and I've pushed myself to a level that is totally unhealthy work wise
• Symptoms can be like arrows pointing to where we need to slow down
• Symptoms can include—migraines, fatigue, depression, overwhelm, irritability, being more negative
• We get to see that we're more similar than different
• It's not unusual for someone to feel too afraid to step through that [being vulnerable] and expose themselves
• Fear keeps me from being vulnerable because I'm afraid I'm going to be rejected
• Brene Brown defines vulnerability as having these elements
  1. uncertainty
  2. emotional risk
  3. emotional exposure
• Brene Brown talks about the relationship between courage and vulnerability
  1. Can't have courage without vulnerability
  2. Can you think of a time when you were courageous and you DIDN'T have
     • Uncertainty
     • Risk
     • Emotional exposure

BIO

Christina Miglino is a Soul Catalyst, Shamanic Practitioner, and Artist, who has traveled all over the US and Canada as a Teacher, Healer and Public Speaker. She has hosted and taught many workshops on Personal Power, Leadership and Emotional Intelligence.

Christina is passionate about supporting people in upleveling their soul's ascension process, stepping into their power and listening more to their intuition so that they can have the life and business that they were meant for.

She currently has open enrollment for her 9-month Group Program called, The Sea Within for visionary soul's seeking to activate their creativity and soul's potential! for more information about that program please send an email.

LINKS

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.christinamiglino.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christina.miglino

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

Glennon Doyle Melton

Brene Brown—Courage and vulnerability

Dr. Elaine Aron's website— https://hsperson.com/

HSP Self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

HSP Child self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-child-test/

Introversion, Extroversion and the Highly Sensitive Person by Jaquelyn Strickland, LPC-- https://hsperson.com/introversion-extroversion-and-the-highly-sensitive-person/

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MUSIC—Gravel Dance by Andy Robinson www.andyrobinson.com

EPISODE

Bonus Episode 33

TITLE

Tell Me About Your Experience with Therapy

GUEST

Solo episode—Patricia Young

EPISODE OVERVIEW

I want to hear about your experience(s) with therapy! Whether you're a therapist, a consumer or both, how would you describe what therapy is? What has been helpful when you've been in therapy, and what wasn't helpful? What are the reasons people go to therapy? What are the groups/populations that I neglect to talk about? Please let me know, so I can give a shout out! Please send me an e-mail and let me know if you'd like your name (and practice if you're a therapist) mentioned, or if you'd prefer to remain anonymous. I really want to hear what you have to say! Tell me all about therapy—anything goes!

BIO

Patricia Young, LCSW is a therapist in San Diego who is in private practice. Patricia works primarily with Highly Sensitive People (HSP) helping them understand their HSPness, and to turn their perceived shortcomings into superpowers. Patricia is passionate about providing education to help HSPs and non-HSPs understand and truly appreciate all the gifts we have to offer. Patricia provides online (telehealth) therapy to people who live in California. We meet over a private platform (similar to Skype), and you can have therapy from the privacy of your own home—when the kids are at school or are napping; from work; in your pajamas, or when you just can't face sitting in traffic or going out.

LINKS

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e-mail--[email protected]

Show hashtag--#unapologeticallysensitive

MUSIC—Gravel Dance by Andy Robinson www.andyrobinson.com

EPISODE

Bonus Episode 33

TITLE

Tell Me About Your Experience with Therapy

GUEST

Solo episode—Patricia Young

EPISODE OVERVIEW

I want to hear about your experience(s) with therapy! Whether you're a therapist, a consumer or both, how would you describe what therapy is? What has been helpful when you've been in therapy, and what wasn't helpful? What are the reasons people go to therapy? What are the groups/populations that I neglect to talk about? Please let me know, so I can give a shout out! Please send me an e-mail and let me know if you'd like your name (and practice if you're a therapist) mentioned, or if you'd prefer to remain anonymous. I really want to hear what you have to say! Tell me all about therapy—anything goes!

BIO

Patricia Young, LCSW is a therapist in San Diego who is in private practice. Patricia works primarily with Highly Sensitive People (HSP) helping them understand their HSPness, and to turn their perceived shortcomings into superpowers. Patricia is passionate about providing education to help HSPs and non-HSPs understand and truly appreciate all the gifts we have to offer. Patricia provides online (telehealth) therapy to people who live in California. We meet over a private platform (similar to Skype), and you can have therapy from the privacy of your own home—when the kids are at school or are napping; from work; in your pajamas, or when you just can't face sitting in traffic or going out.

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EPISODE

Episode 15

TITLE

Releasing Accumulated Belongings Can Lead to Greater Freedom in all Areas of Life

GUEST

Michael Spencer

EPISODE OVERVIEW

I admit for the first time in my life that I'm a closeted woo, and I came out of my baby woo closet. Michael is Super Woo (I called it Woo factorial). We talk about how accumulating stuff can impact how we feel and how energy can get stuck when things pile up in our homes. Michael talks about ways to shift the energy, and energy tools we can use to help in this process. We talk about Marie Kondo and her book and Netflix show Tidying Up, and ways as Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs), we can modify her techniques, so we don't get overwhelmed. Energy vibration includes feelings like sadness, anger, depression, gremlins, joy, happiness, hopefulness, optimism and excitement.

HIGHLIGHTS

• We can use our intention to tune in in to the vibration of objects
• We can use energy tools (sound, crystals, sage) to help move stuck or stagnant energy in things or in our environment
• Everything in the universe is made of energy
• We can shift the energy of our homes
• When we feel stuck or stagnant, it's possible we are ignoring or denying a part of ourselves
• Part of how we tend to ourselves is by gently and mindfully exploring the possibility of shifting the energy and our relationship to our stuff
• There's a difference between seasonal storage that we pull out regularly, and the other stuff that has been put away and has been left there.
• We often have emotions around clearing our stuff
• We need to honor how we clear our spaces so we don't get overwhelmed

BIO

Michael Spencer is the founder of Let's Purify!, an online business dedicated to the purification and upliftment of the home energy of our living spaces, personal energy fields, and our planet. Michael has honed a process called Home Energy Purification to help soulful people release attachments to accumulated belongings and experience greater freedom in all areas of life. With training as a mental health counselor, Reiki practitioner, and Modern Day Priestess, Michael brings a wide variety of expertise - and a whole lot of heart - to her services. You can connect with Michael on her website - letspurify.energy - and her podcast - The Let's Purify! Podcast. You can also sign up for Michael's email list on the Home Page of her website. When you do, you'll receive her free giveaway: 15 Clarity-Boosting Questions for Decluttering and Purifying

LINKS

Website: letspurify.energy

Podcast: The Let's Purify! Podcast - website link: https://letspurify.energy/podcast/ iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lets-purify-podcast/id1428645349?mt=2

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Elaine Aron's website— https://hsperson.com/

HSP Self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

HSP Child self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-child-test/

Marie Kondo The life Changing Magic of tidying up

Netflix: Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

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EPISODE

Bonus Episode 32

TITLE

Do Therapists Have Therapists?

GUEST

Solo episode—Patricia Young

EPISODE OVERVIEW

There are misconceptions about what therapy is, and clients often wonder if therapists really care about their clients or is it because the therapist is getting paid. Can a friend or partner act as a therapist? 50% of clients in therapy are Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), and Dr. Elaine Aron's research shows that HSPs have better outcomes in therapy than non-HSPs. I also share my own experiences being in therapy.

BIO

Patricia Young, LCSW is a therapist in San Diego who is in private practice. Patricia works primarily with Highly Sensitive People (HSP) helping them understand their HSPness, and to turn their perceived shortcomings into superpowers. Patricia is passionate about providing education to help HSPs and non-HSPs understand and truly appreciate all the gifts we have to offer. Patricia provides online (telehealth) therapy to people who live in California. We meet over a private platform (similar to Skype), and you can have therapy from the privacy of your own home—when the kids are at school or are napping; from work; in your pajamas, or when you just can't face sitting in traffic or going out.

LINKS

To find a Highly Sensitive Knowledgeable therapist—https://hsperson.com

Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person Dr. Elaine Aron

Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert

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EPISODE

Episode 014

TITLE

What Exactly Is a Highly Sensitive Person, co-hosted with Matthew Morgan, LPCC

GUEST

Matthew Morgan, LPCC

EPISODE OVERVIEW

We talk about the 4 Core Characteristics that encompass being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP); how our culture views sensitivity; how to tease out our superpowers; the correlation between depression, anxiety and being a Highly Sensitive Person. Why being an HSP is genetically a survival strategy and how this trait has been identified in over 100 animal species. How to deal with overstimulation and overwhelm and ways to cope and manage. The 5 things HSPs need. All the data in this episode is based on the research by Dr. Elaine Aron who initially researched the trait, then named it.

HIGHLIGHTS

1. 4 Characteristics of Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) D-O-E-S
   1. Depth of processing
   2. Overarousability & Overstimulation
   3. Emotional Responsiveness/Empathy
   4. Sensory Sensitivity
2. Being an HSP is an innate trait
3. 30% of HSPs are extroverts; 70% are introverts
4. High Sensation Seekers (HSS)
5. Inherent problem with being an HSP is being easily overstimulated
6. How to cope
7. What is good self-care
8. Sleep and the HSP
9. 5 Things HSPs need
   1. Believe the trait is real
   2. Reframe the past
   3. Heal traumas
   4. Don't live like the other 80%
   5. Surround yourself with other HSPs
10. Mirror Neurons
11. Differential Susceptibility

BIO

Matthew E. Morgan has run the gamut of careers: starting out as a youth minister after earning his BA in Biblical Studies and Pastoral Ministries, he also taught high school while earning his Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Virginia. He has dedicated his life to helping families recover or reconnect.

Matthew has been married for over 20 years. After 13 years of struggling with infertility as a couple, they welcomed their son – a very unexpected blessing. When not spending time with his family, Matthew enjoys writing, gardening, and gaming.

LINKS

http://covenantfamilywellness.com/about-cfw/

https://www.facebook.com/ourcfw/

Dr. Elaine Aron's website— https://hsperson.com/

HSP Self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

HSP Child self-test-- https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-child-test/

Introversion, Extroversion and the Highly Sensitive Person by Jaquelyn Strickland, LPC-- https://hsperson.com/introversion-extroversion-and-the-highly-sensitive-person/

Susan Cain Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking

Movie—Inside Out

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EPISODE

Bonus Episode 31

TITLE

Afterthoughts about Episode 012 on Relationships

GUEST

Solo episode—Patricia Young

EPISODE OVERVIEW

Reflections about the episode where I talk about conflict I had in a relationship. Episode 012 was a vulnerable episode for me to release, and it included audio that I recorded after having a very uncomfortable conversation with a long time friend about the changes in our relationship. I was reactive and angry (and upset) when I recorded that conversation. I've received amazing feedback from that episode from therapists and non-therapists about how powerful that episode was. Some people said they had shame due their own struggles in their relationships, and others said it felt really validating to see struggle in the moment. I found an additional recording I made after difficult phone call, and I add my own thoughts as well.

BIO

Patricia Young, LCSW is a therapist in San Diego who is in private practice. Patricia works primarily with Highly Sensitive People (HSP) helping them understand their HSPness, and to turn their perceived shortcomings into superpowers. Patricia is passionate about providing education to help HSPs and non-HSPs understand and truly appreciate all the gifts we have to offer. Patricia provides online (telehealth) therapy to people who live in California. We meet over a private platform (similar to Skype), and you can have therapy from the privacy of your own home—when the kids are at school or are napping; from work; in your pajamas, or when you just can't face sitting in traffic or going out.

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MUSIC—Gravel Dance by Andy Robinson www.andyrobinson.com