Episode 132: Sensitive Leaders are Needed in Many Areas of Life with Julie and Willow

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Resources & Links Mentioned in Episode

• To Join the Sensitive Empowerment Community, take Julie’s free Masterclasses for HSPs, and explore all resources for highly sensitive people at www.juliebjelland.com.

Show Notes

We talked about…

• Traditional leadership vs 

• Sensitive leadership

• Areas HSPs are needed 

• Challenges and solutions to HSPs in leadership

• Would love to hear from you after listening to what resonated and what you would love to talk more about in a future event too.  

From the Sensitive Empowerment Community here were qualities that HSPs named about Traditional Leadership vs Sensitive Leadership…

Traditional Leadership

• Alpha

• Dominant

• Patriarchal

• Intimidating

• Unhealthy

• Instills shame

• Often makes people feel smaller

• People do things out of fear or shame

• Loudest ones valued

• Quiet ones lost

Sensitive Leadership

• Kind-hearted and supportive 

• Empathetic, Compassionate

• Helps you learn from mistakes without judgment

• Puts together great teams, knows the gifts in others, and how to bring out their best

• They empower and guide, and instill a desire to want to do better

• Believes in the greater mission, can often see the whole picture and bring out passions in others

• Good listener

• Efficient

• Instills confidence

• Human-centered, help to nurture and build, rather than just profit

• More open-minded and accepting

• The glue that holds others together

• Increased awareness and perspective 

• Choose directions for the greater good, rather than doing things the way they always have done

Lots of areas HSP voices are needed…

• Systemic change, equality, law-making/policy

• Prioritizing people over profit

• Medical community researching and creating alternative and holistic medicine for the sensitive (most medications and treatments are created for non-HSPs)

• HSPs are needed to improve education systems that support and honor how sensitive students learn and how to support underrepresented populations

• HSP leaders need to spread education and awareness about the trait of high sensitivity 

• HSPs are needed to support parents of sensitive children, which can create a whole generation of thriving HSPs

• We need HSPs working on climate change and protecting the earth for generations to come

• We need HSP writers creating scripts for mainstream TV and movies honoring the sensitive (positive and accurate representation creates change)

• HSP voices and leaders are needed everywhere! 

Challenges to become a leader as expressed by HSPs we spoke with…

• Fear of imbalance in time and energy

• Pressure

• High expectations

• Too much responsibility

Solutions

• Lead in areas you are passionate about

• Paradigm shift: do it your way!

• Maintain boundaries

• Protect your energy & Grounding work

• Fierce self-care the HSP way

• Mindset shifts

• Create a structure that works for an HSP

• Work smarter and more efficiently (HSPs good at that)

• Increase collaboration

• Can’t do it all because you care the most, need a talented team for support

• Stand shoulder to shoulder with others relaying our ideas

• The best leaders aren’t perfect, they’re those who care about, support and mentor, and guide.

• HSPs can BE the Change the world needs.  

It's time to step into the paradigm shift of honoring and valuing sensitivity and each one of us is a part of that grassroots movement.

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About the Hosts

Julie Bjelland is the founder of Sensitive Empowerment. As a sensitivity expert and psychotherapist, her books, online courses, and Sensitive Empowerment Community have helped thousands of highly sensitive people (HSPs) worldwide reduce their challenges, access their gifts, and discover their significant value to thrive to their fullest potential. Known for her ability to teach HSPs proven brain-training tools that work quickly, Julie is on a mission to empower sensitive people to live their best lives. For more HSP resources and to take Julie’s free Sensitivity Quiz, visit JulieBjelland.com  

Highly sensitive people thrive quickly with the right tools and I have loved helping highly sensitive people (HSPs) around the world reduce anxiety and thrive to their fullest potential. The techniques I have developed come from years of working with highly sensitive people all over the world and have been extremely successful for the clients and students I work with. Our life gets a lot better and so does the life of those around us when we are thriving and your sensitive self is beautiful and valuable. We need you in the world. ~Julie

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Willow McIntosh is the founder of Inluminance and leader of the High Sensory Intelligence movement. Unique circumstances during Willow’s childhood lead to the burying of his authentic self and complete misalignment to the work he was destined for. He began to carve his own path into understanding how people with sensory processing sensitivity can learn to use their genetic traits to their advantage. As an adult this lead to a lifelong enquiry and practise into learning powerful energetic alignment techniques to re-engage with the authentic self. Willow believes that all people with the trait have the ability to tap into a unique skill that draws on a deeper sensory perception. Founded in their own life experience and self development they have the capacity to facilitate great transformation and development in others. Willow is on a mission to awaken us to the responsibility we have to utilise the abilities it affords in business, governments and leadership. Having successfully facilitated the development of seven figure businesses Willow’s practise has taken him all over the world. Speaking internationally, training in a broad range of fields and facilitating others for more than twenty years. Willow now specialises in facilitating people with the trait to activate them into service in alignment with their gifts and purpose and to support them to take their own businesses to the next level towards automation and leadership.

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