The Gifts of Sensitivity
Episode 8 season 5: April Snow on High Sensitivity
Do you put others’ needs before your own? In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth Cush welcomes back April Snow, host of the Sensitive Stories podcast, for a talk about finding your hidden strengths and the gifts of sensitivity.
“Would I change the fact that I’m sensitive? No way.”
Show Notes:
When your environment sounds too loud, or the fabrics you’re wearing don’t feel right or you’re exhausted from trying to keep everyone around you happy, you might find yourself wishing that you weren’t highly sensitive. But if you weren’t highly sensitive, you might miss so much. In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth “Biz” Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Maryland and Delaware, and a mid-life women’s coach, welcomes back April Snow, LMFT, the San Francisco-based host of the Sensitive Stories podcast and author of Find Your Strength and other titles. They share about coming to recognize their sensitivity and understanding how it shapes their reactions to the world. They also talk about empathy as a highly sensitive trait and how it can both enrich us drive us to the edge of overwhelm, and they discuss how we can bring it into balance and manage our day in ways that help us experience the richness of our gifts.
Listen and learn:
What highly sensitive persons (HSP) need to know about the guilt so many feel every day
The book that helped raise awareness of high sensitivity
How to stop trying to change yourself and start getting your needs met
The important contributions that HSPs make to society thanks to their empathy
Why you might need more time to process your experiences
Why you might want to be a little more selective about when you say “Yes” even though it might feel uncomfortable at first
Why you need to find your own path
Tips for creating space for yourself
Why high sensitivity and the empathy that comes with it is such a gift
Learn More:
April Snow’s Sensitive Strengths on Instagram
April Snow’s Sensitive Strengths on TikTok
April Snow’s Sensitive Strengths YouTube channel
Sensitive Sessions self-care workshops
Links for Biz:
Suggest topics for Biz’s podcast and newsletter
Biz’s Guided meditations on Insight Timer
Other episodes you might enjoy
Woman Worriers Episode 26: April Snow/How Highly Sensitive People Can Manage Anxiety
Woman Worriers Episode 128: April Snow / How Highly Sensitive People Can Find Their Voice
Resources mentioned in this episode
Find Your Strength: A Workbook for the Highly Sensitive Person by April Snow, LMFT
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Survive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron, PhD
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