Welcome to my blog: a soft place to land for highly sensitive women. I’m so happy you found your way here. If you feel things deeply, are easily overwhelmed or overstimulated, need more time than others to rest and recharge, have been told you’re “too sensitive”, feel the energy of the room and those around you and notice subtleties that others may miss, you’re in the right place.
Maybe you’ve known you’re highly sensitive for a long time and believe it’s a flaw to be fixed or maybe you just learned about the trait of high sensitivity and you’re exploring what it means about who you are and how you live your life. Either way, this is a safe space to be yourself and I want you to know there’s nothing wrong with you. In fact, my hope is that through my blog and other offerings, you’ll come to know the truth that your sensitivity is a gift and it can even be your superpower! You may have been told throughout your life that you’re too sensitive, you’re too emotional and you need to toughen up. Yet, I assure you, none of this is true. By learning some simple tools for emotional processing, building nervous system capacity and transforming trauma, you can embody your authenticity and the beauty of your sensitivity.
We live in a loud and fast-paced world with a high level of stimulation coming at us from every direction. This can be challenging even for the average person. But for women with finely tuned nervous systems, living in this world can feel overwhelming and beyond our capacity. We may feel easily depressed by the state of the world and what feels like our inability to tune out or turn off the pain we feel for the suffering of those around us, those far away, the earth and all her inhabitants. We may feel an ongoing anxiety as we try to navigate a world that feels like it’s not meant for those of us with such sensitive souls. I have been there, too. Prior to learning about the trait of high sensitivity, I felt out of place and thought something was wrong with me. But a whole new world and way of being opened to me when I discovered what it truly means to be highly sensitive and highly empathic. Now, what used to feel like a burden, feels like the greatest expression of my authenticity and has become my greatest asset for navigating this beautiful, challenging, messy and wild ride of life!
I hope you’ll join me on this journey! I invite you to have a look around and take solace in the fact that you’re not alone! In future blogs, I’ll share musings on the experience of being a highly sensitive woman and tips for building capacity that will allow you to feel more empowered as you learn to embrace your natural strengths and gifts. I hope you feel a spark of excitement as you ponder the possibilities that embracing your sensitivity can bring!