How Highly Sensitive Women Can Manage Big Emotions (with body awareness)
Episode 17 season 6: Jenn Rapkin on Managing Strong Emotions
On this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth Cush continues her exploration of high sensitivity and the mind/body connection as she welcomes Dr. Jenn Rapkin, a naturopathic physician and bodyworker, for a talk about managing strong emotions.
“What I would say to deep, profound feelers, is that we are capable of doing hard and impossible things, and we are capable of sitting with hard and impossible feelings.”
Show Notes:
Emotions are called feelings for a reason. Frequent deep or strong emotions can seem overwhelming. When they do, our first reaction is often to turn to our mind, to try to think our way out of those uncomfortable feelings. In doing so, we may be overlooking a powerful tool that can help us ride the waves of strong emotions: our bodies. In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth “Biz” Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Maryland and Delaware, and soul support for highly sensitive women, welcomes Dr. Jenn Rapkin, ND, author of The Feeling Muscle, for a discussion of frequent feelers, high sensitivity, big emotions and our bodies. They talk about how body work can complement the other work we are doing and what physical practices and sensations can teach us.
Listen and learn:
What defines a Frequent Feeler
What first steps toward getting in touch with your body might look like
How you might want to approach body work differently if you have experienced trauma
How movement changes your experience of yourself
The role of the parasympathetic nervous system—and how to use the breath to influence it
What present-moment work is really about—and it might not be what you think
How our internal narratives can keep us stuck in negative feelings
The lessons we can learn from yoga, running or similar practices
The two areas of the body that you should check in with frequently
Where to find more information on the Sacred Circle of Sensitivity
Suggest topics for Biz’s podcast and newsletter
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Learn More:
Dr. Jenn Rapkin’s website
Biz’s Guided meditations on Insight Timer
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