High Sensitivity and Handling Overwhelm
Episode 15 season 6: Biz Cush on Holding Space for Yourself
If you’re highly sensitive, chances are you are no stranger to feeling overwhelmed. If so, listen to this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast as host Elizabeth Cush offers tips for dealing with big emotions.
“I want to talk about holding space for when you’re feeling overwhelmed, because as highly sensitive beings, we do get overwhelmed.”
Show Notes:
Do bright lights make you cringe a little? Do you shrink from loud music or other noise? Do events or memories trigger powerful feelings? If so, how does your system react? In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Biz Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Maryland and Delaware, and soul support for highly sensitive women, talks about the kinds of situations that can feel overwhelming, shares insights based on her own personal experiences, and offers several strategies for feeling big feelings without becoming emotionally overloaded.
Listen and learn:
The kinds of things that can easily overwhelm a highly sensitive woman
What can happen when we feel overwhelmed
Why what we hear about keeping our feelings under control is a fallacy
The relationship between old feelings and overwhelm
The value of doing the work involved in managing our feelings
Why sharing our struggles with others can be so helpful
What feeling overwhelmed can teach us
Simple physical gestures that can help ease the dis-ease
Where to find more information on the Sacred Circle of Sensitivity
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