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“If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” Maya Angelou
The deep need for a sense of purpose and calling for a highly sensitive person
A common experience I find with highly sensitive people is often a sense of feeling lost in terms of their life purpose. Now you may think, surely everyone asks this question - but not to the extent that HSP’s do I find. This feeling of an absence of a deeper sense of purpose or a calling can gnaw at a HSP causing them to have sleepless nights, or feel distracted / intense and this can fuel anxiety and depression. These are the reasons why I believe there is this driven need...
Client Success Story: ‘Janet’
“I have been working with Nicole for a number of weeks now and can honestly say it’s been a life changing experience”
How embodied awareness enables Highly Sensitive People establish healthy boundaries
For HSP’s who can also often feel uncomfortable exercising or communicating their needs in favor of supporting others; starting to develop healthy boundaries can feel uncomfortable and it can help to take a gradual approach to it… But how do we do it? We learn what our boundaries and limits are by developing our somatic awareness then beginning to notice your body’s physical and energetic response to certain: people, places, situations or events and so on. Read on to learn more…
Ten signs you struggle setting boundaries as a highly sensitive person
As a highly sensitive person setting boundaries can feel like a struggle. If this is something you are working with, it can be useful to be able to recognise the signs that this struggle is even occurring. It will help you know that your boundaries are being over stepped. See which of the following sound familiar to you…
Why communicating with Spirit Guides is easy as a Highly Sensitive Person
One of your gifts as a highly sensitive person is your awareness of subtle energy (although you may not be conscious of this yet!). Now what do I mean by that? Well, there is more to existence than the material realm - what we can physically see and touch. We are not alone in the world, but you are being continually guided and supported in the unseen realms by ‘spirit helpers’ in different forms. As a highly sensitive person it could be very easy for you to open the door of communication to your guides…
8 Books that marked turning points in my perspective as an Intuitive Empath
Like many other people, there have been significant points on my healing journey where I encountered a theory or method which had an impact on my perspective or understanding of my experience. They also influenced my approach to life as well as my healing practice as an Intuitive Empath. I want to share my journey of understanding with you, in case it gives you a springboard to jump from in your own learning and self discovery.
Why motherhood can trigger a healing crisis and become an initiation into authentic power for Highly Sensitive women
What no one tells you before you become a Mother is that you are embarking on a heroine's journey of transformation. From conception your psyche enters a ‘death and rebirth process’, as your body is transformed in pregnancy (and post), your old life dies overnight after the birth, your routine is remodelled, your responsibilities radically shift, your availability, energy and capacity profoundly alter…as do you. This process becomes an initiation into a new life that requires you to change your way of being to meet your new demands as a highly sensitive Mother and survive your new world which can bring about both a healing crisis and an intense evaluation of our relationships.
Five ‘Shadow Sides’ of being an Empath
There is a shadow side that can be unknowingly present beneath the empathic traits of highly sensitive people that might be easy to ignore or go unnoticed. But unless we acknowledge the grey areas or intentions behind typical Empath traits and how our make up as a highly sensitive person impacts our relationships or how we experience the world, we can’t heal the related wounds or work with those behaviours and that’s where the true growth takes place.
Five Reasons why your intuitive sensitivity as an Empath increases your overwhelm
One of the gifts of being highly sensitive is your ability to easily sense subtle energy and information in the world around you - which you may be completely unaware of right now, just like I was 12 years ago. However this intuitive sensitivity can contribute to why highly sensitive people feel anxious and overwhelmed. But why? Well read on…
Eight Significant life decisions I made because I knew I was highly sensitive
Coming to the realisation that you are highly sensitive can be an empowering discovery because you can start to make adjustments in your life to support your needs as a sensitive person rather than deplete you; as well as starting to use your gifts to serve you and others.
Some of those life choices may be more significant than others or take longer to implement. I thought I would share some of the personal life decisions I made due to my highly sensitive nature. I hope it might help you reflect on your life too and changes that might be available to you.
Client Success Story: HSP Amy
Learn about HSP Amy’s experience with EFT and her success story -overcoming chronic anxiety and trauma symptoms.
Fifteen Signs you're an Empath
Ever wondered if you're an Empath? Maybe it's a term you’ve heard of recently and you're thinking… is that me? Well this article is going to help you decide.
Eight Reasons Empaths can have late blooming careers
What is it about our journey as Empaths that may cause limitations on the way and make some of us late bloomers in our careers? If you are highly sensitive and experience a frustrated sentiment of not having fulfilled your potential yet, then read on to reflect on why this might be…
Five Challenges of Motherhood as an Empath
Motherhood is a demanding and transformative journey for most but as an Empath some of these challenges may feel amplified due to your highly sensitive nature. Alongside that, our unhelpful tendencies as an empath can rear up clashing with the requirements of our role as a Mother. Here are a few issues you might encounter: 1 Isolation due to overwhelm. 2 Low tolerance of intensity. 3 Lack of space, time and energy. 4 Parenting triggering unhealed wounds. 5 New role revealing family dynamics. Read more…
Six Overwhelm Triggers for Highly Sensitive People
For sensitive souls, feeling overwhelmed can be a continual or reoccurring problem. One of the drawbacks of the blessing of being highly sensitive is that the world can feel intense and overwhelming at times, even in ‘mundane’ situations when those around you are just fine.
The beauty however is that once we start to understand and acknowledge our sensitive nature we can begin to make shifts that support and nourish us more deeply rather than deplete us. So here are some classic overwhelm trigger's for Empaths and what you can do in response to support yourself.
Five ‘shadow’ blocks preventing your emotional healing
Sometimes the biggest roadblock to embarking on a healing journey is actually ourselves and shadow beliefs, fears or habits preventing it from happening - our fear of appearing weak, difficulty trusting or letting help in, avoiding the issue by distracting ourselves or having unrealistic expectations of the process involved.
The blight of perfectionism and the garden novice
There is a fear I've had to wrestle with, that in revealing an insecurity or lack of knowledge, that a mask of ‘perfection’ will drop, losing me the respect of friends or colleagues as I will not be seen as strong or be as valuable. But trying to present as though everything is okay all the time, when it's not, is a lonely place to live and can factor into depression and anxiety - as we feel disconnected, unseen, unheard and leave ourselves emotionally stranded, dealing with everything alone.
Three reasons why ‘average’ teenage years can trigger chronic anxiety, depression and overwhelm
Most of us, or those I have encountered, found their teenage years tough going. There are of course exceptions to this but they tend to be more rare. Commonly however, teenage experiences and struggles may have left us feeling; isolated, lonely, unhappy, trapped, depressed, overwhelmed or stressed to some degree. Let's explore the reasons why this is and how EFT can help us heal…
Making friends with your Anger: A Protector and Messenger
Anger has a bad reputation and can be top of the emotional suppression list for many, especially for women. But our anger has a purpose, it can be our protector and a messenger if we are ready to listen and learn…
Client Success Story: Clearing PTSD symptoms and breaking patterns of depression and anxiety
If you are curious to learn more about the client experience and potential results of EFT, Gemma's journey is one that shows you what is possible. Gemma was a client who had one to one EFT sessions with me over a 6 month period and was committed to the healing journey. After the first session, she began to experience positive shifts in mind and body - by the end her PTSD symptoms had cleared. She also experienced a significant reduction and shift in her symptoms of anxiety and depression. I asked her to share some of her experiences of the process with you and these are her words.