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“If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” Maya Angelou
Six Reasons why highly sensitive people are wrong to believe ‘It’s unkind to say no’
This phrase ‘it's unkind to say no’ is something that I regularly hear from my clients as we start to work on developing healthy, personal boundaries. So I decided to unpack this loaded short sentence and to explain why it is critical as a highly sensitive person that you ditch this belief today.
Four reasons good girl Empath’s fear their own power
There is a curious thing that happens in our healing process where we can be absolutely desperate for healing to take place yet be totally terrified and resistant to change. I understand why, because I have been there, it feels scary. I keenly wanted to feel empowered and embodied but I was terrified of my own power because everything in me told me it wasn’t safe to have it and this is something I see in many of my highly sensitive clients so I wanted to explore why that is the case.
The importance of rewilding for Highly Sensitive Women and what the Fierce Feminine has to teach us
For Highly Sensitive women, the fierce feminine can be an important ally for change and rebalance when it comes to our boundaries as well as seeing ourselves clearly. Rewilding and listening to the fierce energy within can empower us to be clear, honest and create greater freedom within and without. It is an act of rebalancing, often for over giving, people pleasing, peace making HSP’s. When we can integrate the force of this energy bit by bit, one decision or relationship at a time, it can feel a lot less intimidating. Until at some point you feel at ease with this aspect of yourself.
6 Reasons your intuition might be leaving you in the dark
Even once you begin to develop your intuitive senses as a HSP and start living a more intuitive life - this does not mean you will always have the answers at your fingertips. Some things you may discover can remain a blank mystery purposefully. Here are some of the reasons why and what you might be experiencing when it happens…
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.