Episode 156: Conscious Living for HSPs Seeking Wellness with Julie and Willow
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Show Notes
Conscious living means paying attention to what supports our mind, body, and soul to help us live fulfilling, healthy lives. As sensitive people, we are exposed to and more affected by stress, environmental concerns, the energy of the people around us, and what we eat!
Overwhelm, anxiety, brain fog, low energy and mood, skin problems, pain, chronic health conditions, etc., can all improve when we make conscious choices about what is right for us and what isn’t.
Sometimes that means we do things out of the box, too, and we want to encourage and support you to pave your own path that works for you.
Mind
Manage stress, set boundaries, and live consciously. What supports you and what doesn’t?
Lowering your stress will have a significant impact on your health.
Body
Food is medicine, and it’s even more true for HSPs! What we put in our body, what is absorbed in our skin (the largest organ), and what we are exposed to daily in our environment can all significantly impact our health and well-being. Are you eating whole, healthy foods? Processed foods aren’t good for anyone, especially HSPs! What products are you using on your skin and cleaning with around your home? Are they natural or filled with chemicals that might be hurting you?
-Your body gives you cues about your wellness. With increased insula activation, you are even more conscious of how your body reacts. Pay attention. Slow down and listen.
Soul
Living in a meaningful way, doing work, hobbies, volunteering, etc. that fulfill you is especially important for HSPs. Spend time every day in nature. It’s a reset button for us and incredibly good for our wellness!
Trust your flow and know that what works for you might be different than others.
Spend time with nature every day.
Take time to yourself every day. Slow down and pay attention.
Pay attention, be conscious, and be intentional.
When you eat something, how do you feel after?
Set boundaries when you are around people that make you feel icky.
Is the energy of your home positive or chaotic? Are there things you can do to improve it?
Are you overgiving to others and under-giving to yourself?
Honor what makes you feel your best.
Surround yourself with people who support your well-being
We’ve covered so many topics supporting your wellness we encourage you to explore the episodes at HSPpodcast.com and join our Sensitive Empowerment Community and see how good it feels to be surrounded by kind-hearted HSPs living consciously.
Recommended Groups to Join in the Community
Spiral Up Group- Overcoming Depression: 💗 Healing, Belonging, & Thriving
Design Your Life Group-Celebrates conscious living by encouraging you to create a life that lights you up ✨
Every little bit helps. There is no such thing as perfection. Start with areas in your life that feel doable. Working on our inner selves with a guide can be so helpful too. Find an HSP coach, healer, or therapist on our HSP Practitioners Directory.
About the Hosts
Julie Bjelland, LMFT, is a psychotherapist specializing in high sensitivity, author of The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person and Gifts of The Highly Sensitive Brain (releasing 2023), and host of The HSP Podcast. Her Sensitive Empowerment Community, online courses, blog, and complimentary webinars have helped thousands of highly sensitive people (HSPs) worldwide reduce their challenges, access their gifts, and discover their significant value. Julie loves connecting in her community and warmly invites you to join this positive, safe, inclusive, and welcoming space. Take her free sensitivity quiz, get a letter to give to your medical and mental health team, learn how her brain training program reduces anxiety quickly, and find all her resources JulieBjelland.com❤️🌈❤️ (she/her)
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
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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