In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast, I'm joined by Kelsey Brown. Kelsey is a wife, mama of 3, and a certified speech language pathologist in Houston, Texas. She has experience working with children via home health care and teletherapy. Kelsey has extensive continuing education in highly sensitive children, sensory processing, sensory integration, social emotional learning, and cognitive linguistic skills. She shares about raising highly sensitive children as a highly sensitive adult ...
Oct 22, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This is the fourth episode in my boundary setting series—the first three episodes are Episode 7: 4 Common Barriers to Setting Boundaries for HSPs, Episode 9: How to Identify Your Needs as an HSP, and Episode 12: Communicating Needs & Coping with Feelings of Guilt for HSPs. If you haven’t listened to those episodes yet, it may be helpful to do so before listening to this one. In this episode, I talk about some boundary setting tips, things to remember when it comes to setting boundaries, and ...
Oct 08, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast I'm joined by Taylor Carson. Taylor is a licensed professional counselor and owner of a private practice in Connecticut. Taylor’s pronouns are she/her and she also identifies as highly sensitive. Taylor has completed qualitative research on the common experiences of highly sensitive people (HSPs) and presented at state and national conferences on counseling HSPs with Dr. Misty Ginicola. Taylor will be joining Dr. Ginicola in co-authoring a book for...
Sep 24, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This is the third episode in my boundary setting series—the first two episodes are Episode 7: 4 Common Barriers to Setting Boundaries for HSPs and Episode 9: How to Identify Your Needs as an HSP. If you haven’t listened to those episodes yet, it may be helpful to do so before listening to this one. In this episode, I talk about communicating your needs, starting to set boundaries, and how to deal with feelings of guilt that often accompany this. Join my email list by clicking here to get my fre...
Sep 10, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast, I talk about my strengths, how I identified them (and reframed negative feedback), how I accepted them, and I share a few strengths shared with me by other HSPs on social media. Join my email list by clicking here to get my free Boundary Setting Workbook for Highly Sensitive People! If you have any ideas for episode topics, if you have any questions for me to answer on the podcast, or if you would like to write an email sharing your story for me...
Aug 27, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast I'm joined by Amy Harris, Shamanic Practitioner, Embodiment Facilitator, and Energy Coach. Amy talks about what it was like discovering that she's an HSP, helpful tools that she learned from her mom, the difference between herself and her daughter as HSPs, and the movement and energy work that she does with clients. The video of this episode is available to watch on my YouTube Channel. You can connect with Amy on Instagram ( @the_amy_h ) and by vis...
Aug 13, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast, I talk about how to identify your own needs and provide you with several questions to help you get started on this process. The questions are: What do I want? What makes me happy? What are my values? What is my need? How do I know this is a need? What boundary needs to be set to get this need met, and with whom? What might I say to set the boundary? Acknowledge the benefit of setting the boundary—what might happen/how might I feel or respond to ot...
Jul 30, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast, I talk about common things that can be overstimulating for HSPs and offer six tips for coping with these feelings. Join my email list by clicking here to get my free Boundary Setting Workbook for Highly Sensitive People! If you have any ideas for episode topics, if you have any questions for me to answer on the podcast, or if you would like to write an email sharing your story for me to read on the podcast, you can email me at lauren@laurenlasal...
Jul 16, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast, I talk about some common reasons that keep HSPs from setting boundaries, common feelings related to setting boundaries, signs that you may want to start setting boundaries, and reasons to start. I offer a few reflective questions in this episode to help you start to think about what might be getting in your way when it comes to boundary setting. Join my email list by clicking here to get my free Boundary Setting Workbook for Highly Sensitive Peop...
Jul 02, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast I am joined by Sophie Charlotte, a Life & Equi Coach who helps highly sensitive women heal together with her horses both in Tuscany and online. We talk about her experience discovering that she's an HSP, following her gut and making a big life change, and her work with HSP women using coaching and horses. The video of this episode will be available to watch on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMWSncb8s1zZlTm0uw7AAQ Learn mo...
Jun 18, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast I am joined by Tina Quick, an HSP parent who is passionate about writing and mental health advocacy. We talk about her experience being a highly sensitive parent, what it was like for her to find out that she's an HSP, and working as a highly sensitive parent. The video of this episode will be available to watch on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMWSncb8s1zZlTm0uw7AAQ Join my email list by clicking here to get my free Bounda...
Jun 04, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast, I am joined by my husband, Cliff (who is not a highly sensitive person), to talk about his experience being married to a highly sensitive person (me). To plan for this conversation, I showed him the HSP self-test (which you can find on hsperson.com,) and he picked out the characteristics that he is most aware of in me. The video of this episode will be available to watch on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMWSncb8s1zZlTm0uw7A...
May 21, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast I talk about setting boundaries, such as why it is important, feelings that tend to accompany setting boundaries, and some practical steps to take to help you set boundaries. Join my email list by clicking here to get my free Boundary Setting Workbook for Highly Sensitive People! If you have any ideas for episode topics, if you have any questions for me to answer on the podcast, or if you would like to write an email sharing your story for me to ...
May 07, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Podcast, I review some things that are important for HSPs to incorporate into their lives (such as downtime/time to decompress, getting enough sleep, limiting the intake of negativity) and provide some tools and strategies to help with these and help regulate emotions (including mindfulness, grounding, and breathing exercises). I also talk about the importance of self-acceptance, of accepting your trait of high sensitivity, and trying not to judge yourself...
Apr 23, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This is the introductory episode to The Highly Sensitive Podcast! I talk about who I am, what the podcast is about, and give information about what it means to be a highly sensitive person. The resources mentioned in this episode are: The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron The Highly Sensitive Child by Dr. Elaine Aron The Highly Sensitive Parent by Dr. Elaine Aron The Highly Sensitive Person in Love by Dr. Elaine Aron The Highly Sensitive Person’s Workbook by Dr. Elaine Aron hsperson.com...
Apr 09, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
