Dr. Karen Kan, medical doctor, Doctor of Light Medicine™ helps spiritual conscious sensitive souls harness their Superpowers so they can resonate at their highest light and help anchor in a new future reality of joy, peace, love and harmony for all. For her Free Sensitive Soul Empowerment Guide, go to http://SensitiveSoulGuide.com.
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How to create a space that supports those with chronic illnesses, ADHD, autism, neurodivergence and/or other sensitivities.
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The purpose of this cast is to talk about things people are too sensitive to talk about, but they shouldn't be. No topic is off limits; race, religion, politics. We can all, be people, we can all, be civil, so don't be so sensitive.
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Candid, revealing long-form conversations with leading minds about their life and work through the lens of time. Host Spencer Bailey interviews each guest about how they think about time broadly and how specific moments in time have shaped who they are today. Explore more at timesensitive.fm
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Highly Sensitive Money for Highly Sensitive People who want to align their values with their money
Diana Gisel Yañez, CFP® - money coach and investment manager
Highly Sensitive Money gives Highly Sensitive People (HSP) who are passionate about social justice resources to align their money with their values. Join me, Diana Gisel Yañez, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, as I coach HSPs, interview experts, and share my own journey discovering the gifts of my sensitivity and how it relates to money. Each season is released as it’s ready in weekly batches.
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Welcome to the Sensitive and Neurodivergent podcast (formerly The HSP Podcast) with Julie Bjelland, LMFT, a space for sensitive and neurodivergent individuals to explore emotional well-being, self-compassion, and empowerment. Join Julie and her guests as they discuss topics like managing sensitivity, overcoming shame, coping with a world not set up for us, and finding joy. The podcast offers insights and tools to help you navigate the world as your authentic self, build resilience, and conne ...
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A podcast by Ashley Pardo, Business & Nutrition Coach, for Women Introverts, Sensitives, & Empaths, covering topics that allow you to step into your full power & potential: entrepreneurship, sales, personal development, psychology, spirituality, mindset, nutrition, cooking, body image, and sexuality.
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Marriage Coach and HSP Love Expert Hannah Brooks teaches sensitive women how to not only have an easier marriage but to have a marriage where love, understanding, lightness, and connection gets deeper every day. Highly Sensitive people have unique differences that lead to predictable challenges in committed relationships, and sometimes even the deterioration of love. Right now your marriage might feel difficult: you may get upset easily, feel weighed down by resentment, hurt, irritation. It ...
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Hosted by psychotherapist Nikki Eisenhauer, M.Ed. LPC, LCDC. This show provides essential emotional education on Mental Health, HSP (Highly Sensitive People), Narcissists & Manipulative personalities, healing from Trauma and PTSD, calming your nervous system, inner child work, and setting healthy boundaries. Emotional Badasses are survivors, thrivers, seekers, and healers! Expand and awaken to your higher purpose, be more present and authentic, find strength in spirituality, quiet the monkey ...
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Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP) who often feels overwhelmed, misunderstood, or out of place in the world around you? Join host Kimberly Marshall on The Happy HSP Podcast as we dive deep into the personal stories of everyday HSPs, explore what it means to live life with heightened sensitivity, and discover the many reasons to celebrate our gentle nature.
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Dating on High Alert dives into the messy reality of dating with ADHD and trauma - because when your heart's in survival mode, love gets complicated. What could possibly go wrong?
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Ever been told you’re too sensitive, too emotional, or just too much? Good. You’re exactly who this podcast is for. Hosted by Dr. Amelia Kelley—TEDx speaker, author, and trauma-informed therapist—The Sensitivity Doctor explores what it really means to live, love, and lead with sensitivity in a world that often misunderstands it. Each week, Dr. Kelley dives into the science and soul of being highly sensitive, from trauma healing and ADHD to boundaries, relationships, and nervous system balanc ...
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Thank you for listening to the Chemical Sensitivity Podcast! Amplifying voices of people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and research about the illness. Brought to you by journalist and communication studies researcher, Aaron Goodman, Ph.D. Generously supported by the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation. DISCLAIMER: THIS PROJECT DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE The information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material from this project are for informat ...
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Like a seat at the table in a secret club but with mediums, mystics and the spiritual luminaries of our time. Come behind the velvet ropes with me and see inside my world as I chat ‘insider style’ with profoundly gifted souls. We go deep, share juicy stories, laugh a lot, and it wouldn’t be a Speakeasy without great insider secrets! Plus solo episodes, just you and me, with psychic insights, inspiring chats & even sit in on mediumship readings! Hosted by Joyful Medium, Joy Giovanni (learn mo ...
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For artists and creative people in general. Brief excerpts of interviews with artists, psychologists, and others on emotional health, personality, high sensitivity, giftedness, neurodivergence, and more topics. See my main podcast page on Substack thecreativemind.substack.com/podcast - where you can also see posts and subscribe. By Douglas Eby.
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The Wild Sensitive Podcast isn’t here to explain you, it’s here to awaken you. Randy and Annet open the door to a space where sensitivity collides with sensation seeking, and old beliefs dissolve into something far more alive and bolder. This is not about “coping tips” or recycled advice. We’re dismantling the stale myths around sensitivity and sensation seeking, and sharing the unconventional insights that have completely altered the way we move through daily life. We’ll share the patterns ...
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Welcome to The New Sensitive, a space where we are redefining sensitivity so that it can become a superpower. Each week, life, health and spiritual coach Catherine Andrews blends intuitive readings, Tarot, holistic wellness, mental health insights, and meaningful conversations with guests to help you nourish your nervous system, connect to your intuition, and live a life that truly feels like yours. New episodes come out every Thursday.
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HSP: Owning Our Sensitivity podcasts are about supporting and empowering highly sensitive (HSP) women including empaths and intuitives to recognize, nurture, and honor themselves and their gifts. OOS podcasts are about cultivating the courage and clarity to embody the gifts of high sensitivity and connect more deeply to their inner, most authentic self for less stress, more joy, and inspiration.
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I will speak about topics such as spirituality, ascension, meditation, kundalini, astral travel, psychology, internal development and many more things.
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An introduction to Bright Anomaly, a quiet grounding space for highly-sensitive nervous systems and high-voltage minds that feel deeply and process intensely.
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Welcome to Big Meaningful Life. Hi, I’m Sally Mahamdeh, an Emotional Intelligence-certified coach and trainer. Are you someone who holds yourself to high standards, strives for ambitious goals, and feels deeply empathetic toward others? If so, you might be a Sensitive Striver—just like me. The driving question behind this podcast is simple yet profound: How can you care deeply, achieve greatly, and truly enjoy the life you’re building? Join me as we explore the answers with inspiring guests— ...
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Sensitive Change Makers: Coaching for HSPs, Introverts & Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurs and Leaders
Kate Carter - Coach for HSPs & Introverted Entrepreneurs and Leaders
Welcome to Sensitive Change Makers — the podcast for highly sensitive people (HSPs), introverted entrepreneurs, and purpose-led leaders ready to break free from overwhelm, build confidence, and take aligned action in life and business. I'm Kate Carter — trauma-informed coach, HSP, introvert, and teacher turned passionate coach and mentor for sensitive souls. After decades of living with anxiety and panic attacks, I finally discovered how to transform sensitivity into a superpower — and now I ...
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Hey I'm Dominik, an Emotional Intelligence Coach for highly sensitive women ready to break their cycles of overwhelm to cultivate stronger relationships (both with themselves and others). On this show, we do deep dives into how to best understand and leverage your sensitivity to thrive with tools such as shadow work, emotional intelligence skills, and more. My approach is psychospiritual because I truly believe we work best with all the language we can. We're letting go of overwhelm and step ...
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In this podcast, we explore how sensitivity weaves itself into our lives. We talk about the richness that it adds, and the strengths we have BECAUSE of our sensitivity and some of the challenges it poses as well. If you are a Creative, a deep thinker, a deep feeler, neurodivergent, autistic, a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), an introvert, or identify as INFJ or ENFJ, you may enjoy the in-depth conversations where we talk openly and honestly about how we experience life. This is a podcast wher ...
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Why grow your business the old fashioned way when the witchy way is so much more fun? The Grow Your Business with Astrology and Art Magic podcast is hosted by Dana da Ponte, an art witch, astrologer in training and highly sensitive entrepreneur with a history of childhood trauma. She invites you into a simple but sacred practice of aligning with astrology to understand yourself and the soul magic you came here to share with the world as well as cast spells with paint and paper to heal and re ...
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A Podcast where a couple of guys comment on everything from Current Events to Television, Movies, and everything in between that impacts our society and culture.
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A celebration of Autistic and ADHD magic, mysticism, and sensitivity 🦄 Join fairy witch artist and intuitive guide Stephanie Elizabeth (she/they) for an unfiltered, unapologetically queer and fae journey into unseen dimensions and intersections of AuDHD reality (spiritual bypassing and new age fluff not included). New episodes drop every other Friday featuring illuminating stories, musings, and conversations on AuDHD life, art, spirituality, culture, and community in these times. Find out mo ...
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We're getting REAL about navigating the ups and downs of life—together. We’re ditching the pressure to have it all figured out along the way, because honestly, nobody does! If you want to heal, grow, create & connect; you're in the right place. I share holistic tips & tools that have changed my life as a Highly Sensitive Person with Generalized Anxiety Disorder & Depression. If you deal with anxiety, depression, being a highly sensitive person, or just feeling overwhelmed by life sometimes—t ...
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Real Men Feel helps men grow beyond outdated rules of masculinity to live with authenticity, purpose, and joy. Since 2016, host Andy Grant has explored how vulnerability, courage, and real conversation fuel personal growth, self-improvement, and emotional well-being. 🥇 Silver Signal Award Winner – Most Inspirational Podcast & Best Self-Help Show. 🎧 Join our free community for men at https://realmenfeel.org/group 💬 Want to be a guest? Connect with Andy on PodMatch, https://www.podmatch.com/ho ...
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Welcome gorgeous, I created this podcast as a sanctuary for sensitive souls — a quiet space to breathe, reconnect, and begin remembering who you truly are. If you’ve ever felt that your sensitivity is “too much” or something to hide, I invite you to soften that story. Together, we’ll explore how your sensitivity is not only valid — but sacred. A gift that holds the key to your deepest intuition, connection, and strength. Each episode offers gentle insights, intuitive reflections, and soulful ...
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Welcome to the Highly Sensitive & Strong Podcast - dedicated to helping you understand and heal your anxiety, stress & overwhelm. Join Daphnie Leigh, Holistic Anxiety Coach & HSP, as we celebrate the unique traits of HSPs, and discover how embracing your sensitivity can lead to greater strength, self-awareness, resilience, and well-being. 💬 Let’s Connect! Instagram: @yogi_ranger 🌿 Join the Highly Sensitive & Strong Community on Facebook
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SelfKind: Conversations in self-care, kindness and compassion for highly sensitive people
Erica Webb
Hi and welcome to SelfKind with me, Erica Webb. This is a podcast for Highly Sensitive People (HSP) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease, while finding their sensitivity super powers. Here, we're all about being, living and moving through a lens of self compassion and kindness. As your host, I meet you as a fellow HSP. I know what it's like to feel like things are too loud, too bright and just ... too much. In my work as a registered counsellor and mindful ...
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Where I, a very strong and independent woman, talk about how I navigate through this crazy world while living with sensitivity and empathy.
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The Highly Sensitive Woman | Confidence | Set Boundaries | Self-acceptance | Find Your Purpose | Self-esteem
Allyssya Gossett
Do you want to overcome self-doubt and set boundaries so you can have the meaningful connections you crave? Do you find yourself Googling how to build confidence, find internal peace, and eliminate feeling overwhelmed? Do you regularly feel like you’re broken and have resentment toward others when you accommodate their needs and ignore what you want... again? My name is Allyssya and I’m a Highly Sensitive Woman. For decades, I lacked the confidence to be myself. I too wished I didn’t worry s ...
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Sensitive talks is about sensitive subjects most people wouldn’t want to talk about Cover art photo provided by Callum Wale on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@callumlwale
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Discover your Authentic Self and gain valuable tools and insight into understanding how communication and past trauma is at the root of many of our internal and external challenges. To release and restore these past issues, we discuss techniques for breaking habits, processing emotions, relating and communicating to others, and helping acute or chronic issues on your path to overall wellness on all 5 levels.
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Host Rose Cox, Founder of The HSP Business School, shares inspiring and thought-provoking conversations for sensitive entrepreneurs wanting to grow profitable online businesses in a way that feels exciting and aligned with their soul. Rose and her expert guests share science-backed advice, sound strategies and the systems they use to succeed in their businesses and their lives.
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Compassionate Conversations is all about getting honest and real with yourself, letting go of the past, along with behaviour patterns which are no longer serving you, and growing into the person you have always wanted to become. As a highly sensitive person (HSP) as well as being a psychotherapist specializing in highly sensitive people with almost three decades of experience, I will share the tools and tips which have helped both me and my highly sensitive clients completely transform their ...
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To create an honest space to talk about emotions, film, music, and how to recharge as a Highly Sensitive Person. 💖
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I had my first anxiety attack in a classroom when I was 6 years old. I started LADBible when I was 22 years old. I was diagnosed with ADHD at 34. Suddenly, everything made sense. Join me every Tuesday as I chat with leading experts, celebrities and psychiatrists. This is the podcast I wish I heard when I was younger. None of us are broken, just different. We have all always been enough. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Do you feel yours AND your kids’ feelings? Same here! Real Parenting for Sensitive Moms celebrates your sensitive superpower, helping you parent from the heart without feeling overwhelmed. Hosted by a family therapist and parent coach, we dive into what it means to be highly-sensitive, talk about BIG feelings & real-life parenting messes, and explore how to accept ourselves when the world tells us to "toughen up." Expect laughs, the occasional rant, and a brave space that invites you to be s ...
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3D Authenticity is your go-to place for learning how to live a more authentic, aligned, and deeply fulfilling life. At the heart of this podcast is a commitment to helping you show up more authentically by exploring topics like identity, alignment, worthiness, and the many obstacles that make it hard to be yourself in the world. With practical tips and plenty of opportunities for self-reflection, 3D Authenticity is for anyone tired of squeezing into the box of someone else's expectations. It ...
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Anything being said. No feelings hurt. Everything goes. Topics picked daily. Please ask questions if you have them. this group is not for people who are sensitively hurt about a topic. This page is here to assist you if assistance is needed.
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Navigating life in our modern, fast paced world as a highly sensitive person. Anita and Cecilia are both highly sensitive people, trying to make sense of themselves and the world around them. They're on similar journeys of self-discovery, and invite you along for the ride as they share their thoughts and perceptions. http://www.sensitivepodcast.weebly.com
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Sensitive Matters is the podcast that explores what we should have been taught but weren’t—unpacking the unspeakable, questioning societal myths, and shedding light on taboo topics around birth wisdom, women’s wisdom, mental health, and spirituality. Hosted by Christina Zipperlen—mom, somatic coach, jewelry designer, postpartum doula, and advocate for mental health and LGBTQIA+ rights—this show offers bold, nurturing conversations and practical tools, like nervous system-regulating meditatio ...
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Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: Permission to Work Differently with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
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1:12:13Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: Permission to Work Differently with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun In this episode, I sit down with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, author of "Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul," to talk about how highly sensitive people can engage in meaningful social justice work without burning out completely. Dorcas shares her own experiences…
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7. ADHD vs Highly Sensitive, What's the Difference? with therapist Avery Wasmanski
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44:53What if the overwhelm you’ve always blamed on anxiety or “being too sensitive” is actually ADHD… or both? In this episode of Real Parenting for the Sensitive Mom, Adrienne Bishop and Leah Andeoni sit down with licensed, trauma-informed therapist Avery Wasmanski to unpack the complex and often confusing overlap between high sensitivity, ADHD, anxiet…
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266: From Not Enough to Trust: A Tarot Reading for 2026
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28:48Welcome to your Tarot for 2026 year ahead forecast! I asked the cards several questions about this coming turn on the wheel, so let’s get into it… 2026 brings a collective shift out of isolation and survival mode and into movement, agency, and light. While the energy is more expansive, the main challenges ahead are internal: comparison, self-doubt,…
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273 The Holidays: A Group Project My Nervous System Didn't Agree To
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37:13The Holidays: A Group Project My Nervous System Didn't Agree To In this New Year's episode, Patricia Young (she/her) explores why the holiday season can be especially challenging for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD nervous systems. Through personal stories about gift giving, overstimulation, masking, PDA, rejection sensitivity, and the need for sameness …
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S3, Ep 39: Embracing Sensitivity and Finding Stability with Mark Wigginton
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52:11In this episode of Sensitive Change Makers, I’m joined by Mark Wigginton – licensed professional counsellor, board-certified coach, endurance athlete and someone with a deeply rich life story around sensitivity, resilience and growth. Mark shares his journey with incredible honesty, reflecting on how a lifetime of intensity, overstimulation and dee…
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SelfKind is entering its 7th year in 2026! That's a lot of podcasts (323 and counting!). So it's time for a reintroduction of me, your Highly Sensitive AuDHD host. How did I get here? And who is this podcast for? You'll hear: 🌼 The (short) version of what led me here - to being a counsellor and somatic exercise coach for highly sensitive and neurod…
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Communicating Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: A Heartfelt Conversation with Esther Lim
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1:03:16This episode dives deep into the heartfelt realm of animal communication with our special guest, Esther Lim. We explore how our beloved pets communicate with us, not just in life but also from beyond the Rainbow Bridge. Esther shares her own transformative journey, from being fearful of animals to becoming a skilled animal communicator, emphasizing…
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Welcome to the debut episode of Sensitivity is Your Superpower! After years of hosting Light Warrior Radio, I felt called to simplify and speak directly to the empaths, starseeds, Earth angels, and sensitive souls who are here to shift the planet. 💫 In this kickoff conversation, I unpack why sensitivity is a spiritual gift (not a flaw!), how emotio…
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Experience Seeking – The Creative Explorer Within the Wild Sensitive
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1:06:30In this episode of the Wild Sensitive Podcast, Annet and Randy explore Experience Seeking, one of the four facets of High Sensation Seeking. Often misunderstood, experience seeking is about curiosity, novelty, and the hunger for meaningful discovery. Together, they unpack how this drive interacts with high sensitivity, creating a paradox of explora…
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No More Resolutions: The Two Things That Truly Change Your Life — with Gina Anderson
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38:00As we step into a new year, I’m joined by Dr. Gina Anderson, learning scientist, TEDx speaker, and founder of Luma Brighter Learning, for a conversation that will help you rethink everything you have ever believed about resolutions, self growth, and connection. Instead of chasing perfection or pressuring ourselves with rigid goals, Gina invites us …
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43 | New Year, Same You: Choose Self-Acceptance and Let Change Follow
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10:36A new year often arrives with an unspoken message: be better, do more, change faster. For highly sensitive women, that pressure can feel especially heavy. I am offering a different invitation. Instead of trying to reinvent yourself, I explore what becomes possible when you choose self-acceptance and allow change to follow naturally. Inspired by the…
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Our last podcast for 2025, we started with talking about the Jake Paul, fight with Anthony Joshua, and how all his fights have been faked. Professional fighters, getting paid to fight their friends. Feeling bad for Jake Paul getting his ass, beat even though he deserved it. Reflecting on the end of the year, and how 2025 was our year to come up, re…
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How To Overcome Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)
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39:58Jessica Summers is a world leading ADHD expert specialising in Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria. As a qualified psychotherapist she can help you understand why you overthink, struggle with shame and why you’re triggered by that one small comment. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 01:22 What is RSD (and why does it hurt) 04:18 Jessica’s RSD mission 07:38 ‘RSD …
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The Acceptance Switch: Humanity Over Perfection
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39:54205 Why does unhappiness and irritation so often sneak into even the most loving marriages? Usually, it’s through the silent killer of connection: non-acceptance. In this episode, we’re diving deep into the "Acceptance Switch"—that internal shift that moves us from judging our partner’s flaws to making peace with their full, messy, human selves. I …
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Ohio Train Derailment, Toxic Injury & MCS: Madison Scott and Lynn Singer, PhD
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40:54On February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in the U.S. Days later, a “controlled burn” released a massive plume into the air. Many residents who returned home soon became ill. In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, Aaron Goodman speaks with sociologist Madison Scott and toxic ex…
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The SECRET to THRIVING as a Highly Sensitive Person
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15:53Send us a text Are you a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) who feels overwhelmed, exhausted, or misunderstood? In this therapeutic deep dive, seasoned psychotherapist, Esther Kane, shares the top secrets to thriving as a Highly Sensitive Person—based on more almost three decades of specializing in HSPs. You’ll learn: ✨ What it really means to be highly…
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Honoring Childhood and Adult Sensitivity Through Healing, Play, and Presence
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42:30In this episode, I’m joined by Angelique Foye-Fletcher. She’s a licensed therapist who works with highly sensitive children, adults, and families through play, presence, and neuroscience-informed healing. We talk about how early experiences shape our relationship with vulnerability, and why play isn’t just for kids but can also be a powerful tool f…
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Hans Ulrich Obrist on Art as a Portal to Liberate Time
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1:24:48The Swiss-born, London-based curator, art historian, and Serpentine Galleries artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist moves through his life and work with a deep internal sense of urgency. Among the most prolific and everywhere-all-at-once people in the world of art—whose peripatetic path has taken him from a sheltered upbringing in a small Swiss vill…
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THE DEBRIEF: why being sensitive is a gift
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24:02A conversation for anyone who's ever been told they're "too sensitive." In this first DEBRIEF episode (hi, welcome!!!), we’re talking about sensitivity—why it feels so overwhelming, why we try to hide it, and why it’s actually one of the greatest gifts you can have. I break down what it really means to feel deeply, the science behind highly sensiti…
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