Highly Sensitive & Highly Ambitious
Episode #: Melody Wilding on Sensitive Strivers
If you’re a highly sensitive person in a high-powered career, this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Melody Wilding to talk about her new book, Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work.
“Your sensitivity, your ambition—that combination is a tremendous strength.”
Show Notes:
Do you set big goals for yourself, work relentlessly, and feel like an imposter anyway? Have a hard time accepting feedback? Or delegating effectively? Sensitivity and ambition can be a powerful combination in the workplace—as long as they remain in balance. In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman (previously Woman Worriers) podcast. Host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a mid-life women’s life coach, welcomes Melody Wilding, LMSW, an executive coach for smart, sensitive high achievers. They talk about Sensitive Strivers®, the challenges you face and how you can reach your full potential at work.
Listen and learn:
The upside of being highly sensitive—and downside of those traits
What STRIVE stands for and how those elements can help you determine where to start making changes
How the concepts in the book Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work can also apply outside the office
Different ways that self-doubt and
imposter syndrome show up
How the thoughts and reactions of imposter syndrome become a vicious cycle
Why boundaries are the key to everything, especially for Sensitive Strivers®
What you need to know about internal and external boundaries
How defining your core values help support you and the process of bringing your work life back in balance
How you can gain confidence in yourself
Learn more:
Melody Wilding’s coaching website
Melody Wilding on Instagram
Melody Wilding, LMSW on LinkedIn
Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work by Melody Wilding, LMSW
Guided meditations from Progression Counseling
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