For the longest time, I thought something was wrong with me. Noises + smells + lights bothered me. Things that seemed insignificant to most of the world were sometimes detrimental to my day.
I learned about Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) while acquiring my health + wellness coaching certification through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
Suddenly, everything clicked.
There was an explanation for being “too sensitive”.
There was a reason for getting so easily overwhelmed.
I wasn’t broken. Or mentally unstable.
I was simply S E N S I T I V E!
And if you’re sensitive, you know this world is not built for us.
External stimulants are constant + never ending.
And being “too emotional” is and has never really been celebrated.
I never want anyone to feel alone, less than, or ashamed of who they are because of their sensitivity.
So here are just a few reasons why I work with + coach HSPs:
To empower you to embrace your sensitivity
To help you learn how to channel your HSPness into beautiful art/ creativity
To #SlowDownListenUp in order to create more ease in your body + mind + heart + life
To build a deeper connection with yourself centered around self-love + self-care
For the Sensitive Souls
I wrote this piece to record as a voiceover for this video. Feel free to watch it here.
This is for the sensitive souls who actually aren’t that sensitive.
For the ones who learned that showing your feelings is too vulnerable, unwelcome.
So you crushed them far down your throat.
You learned to mask up + craft walls too high to climb.
You instead learned to channel all those emotions inwardly- to shame yourself for being too needy, too overwhelmed, too excited, too much.
Because when you do express your emotions, they are too big for others to handle. But guess what, sweet one? That’s on them.
You are not too much. And you are not not enough.
You are incredible + beautiful just the way you are.
Sensitive. Feeling. Overcome by a wide range of emotions day in + day out.
Please don’t numb them or hide them or shame them away.
Let them rise in your chest, your belly, your eyes.
Let them flow out of you in your poetry, dance, painting, music.
The world needs your sensitivity. And the world needs your art.