Biz's BLOGFor Sensitive Wise Women
Resources and inspiration from Elizabeth Cush
People Pleasing and Perfectionism
If you were raised in a family that didn’t know and understand HSPs, the messages you often heard were to shut down or control your feelings, control the over-stimulation and overwhelm, don’t be so sensitive. But you are sensitive! It’s an integral part of who you are, and it’s not something that needs “fixing!”
High Sensitivity, Meditation, and Mindfulness
I needed tools to help me slow down, listen, to turn inward. That’s where mindfulness and meditation come in.
Openness and Connection
If you’re highly sensitive, you have the innate gift of making deep connection with others. But if your sensitivity wasn’t fully understood by the people who raised you, you might have had to bury that gift under silence or other protective measures.
Mid-Life Introspection and Reflection
As you enter and move through midlife you might find you’re more curious and patient with yourself. And maybe new insights are arising. And if you have highly sensitive traits, you’re probably very attuned to your strengths and weaknesses already.
Feeling Overstimulated and Overwhelmed?
Do you get easily overwhelmed by having to make decisions, or projects that involve lots of steps? Or maybe looking ahead to a future event and everything that needs to happen between now and then feels impossible?
Why do bad things happen to good people?
The myth that bad things shouldn’t happen to good people conversely means that bad things should only happen to bad people. And that everyone is either good or bad. Is anyone of us one or the other.
Feeling Stuck and Unfulfilled: Longing for Deeper Connection
For highly sensitive women in midlife, you’re particularly attuned to your inner life and emotional experiences. But instead of feeling freeing, midlife can be overwhelming if you’re feeling unfulfilled, out of alignment, or just burned out.
Being Highly Sensitive is a Gift
Did you know that 15-20% of people are highly sensitive people (HSPs)? For years I attributed my high sensitivity to my anxiety. And I didn’t have a lot of compassion for when I felt overwhelmed or stressed out. I felt that I was the “problem.”
Managing The Discomfort of Indecision
When we sit with the discomfort—we don’t push it away, tell ourselves to move on or get over it—and we allow the feelings beneath the distress to surface, our intuition and insight can come forward.
When Empathy is Your Kryptonite
Helping others can feel good and very hard at the same time. We’re so attuned to other’s needs. We end up giving and giving, and that primes us for burnout.
