Ep. 64: Oliver Burkeman Interview - Happiness & Negative Thinking

May 11, 2016 by 1 Comment

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I’m thrilled to have on the podcast Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.

Oliver is a writer for The Guardian. In his column titled, “This column will change your life”, he explores ideas around social psychology, self-help culture, productivity, and the science of happiness.

The Antidote was one of those books that came at the right time in my life. I was struggling with insomnia, brought on by anxiety….brought on by feeling like I wasn’t achieving enough every day. This book helped me feel a lot more at peace about the “glass half empty” personality I’ve always had. It explains powerful concepts from Buddhism, Stoicism, Eckhart Tolle, Alan Watts (and more) in Oliver’s entertaining, accessible, and lovely writing style.

I am thrilled and honored he took the time to be on the show!

In this episode, we talk about:

  • Why traditional “positive thinking” doesn’t work
  • The downside of goal-setting
  • Embracing uncertainty
  • Meditation
  • Whether thinking too much makes you depressed
  • The answers he’s still looking for…
  • and more!

You can find Oliver on his website and Twitter (let him know you liked this interview!) And of course, you should buy his wonderful book.

 

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Ep. 63: “I feel like I’m drowning, like I’m never caught up”

April 25, 2016 by 4 Comments

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Two acquaintances in the same week made similar comments to me out of nowhere: that they felt behind, like they weren’t getting enough done in their work and businesses. It made me sad to hear that they were struggling and not feeling good about themselves.

I can totally relate to the feeling of underachievement. I felt inspired to try to help those of us who can never live up to our own expectations. In this episode, I talk about:

  • How we compare ourselves to others on social media, even though we know it’s not reality
  • How happiness can only be now-not the future
  • Never being content; always wanting “the other thing”
  • How we should stop saying “I should….”
  • ….And stop beating ourselves up.

Note: The advice in this episode isn’t for everyone. I was hoping to reach a subset of people who needed this advice, but realize it is not totally universal.

 

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Ep 61: Building Mental Strength, an interview with Amy Morin

March 28, 2016 by 7 Comments

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“The only person you should compare yourself to is the person you were yesterday.”

A popular misconception about Highly Sensitive people-to those who aren’t very familiar with the trait-is that HSPs are always emotionally fragile and not mentally strong. [Read more…]

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Ep. 60: An Interview with Extrovert Male HSP, Johnny Martinez

March 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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The Highly Sensitive Podcast is for people with Sensory Processing Sensitivity-or those who want to better understand HSPs. In this show, I share personal stories, tips, rants, and occasionally interviews with interesting HSPs.

Today’s episode is a special treat! I’ve got an interview with an extroverted, highly sensitive, man. He’s also a comedian and software engineer. It’s Johnny Martinez of the Introvert Extrovert Podcast.

In this episode, Johnny talks about:

  • How being highly sensitive can help you crush job interviews
  • Having a parent who is very not highly sensitive
  • The benefits of being an extroverted HSP as a software engineer
  • How comedy can be a defense mechanism
  • Having a panic attack on stage!
  • Ways to practice self-care as an HSP (mind, body, environment).

This episode is almost an hour long, but it’s worth it for Johnny’s insight and interesting stories.

Find Johnny and his podcast:

Hey Google, extrovert can also be spelled extravert.

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Ep. 58: What is an Empath? with Caroline of The Happy Sensitive

February 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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I’ve heard the word “empath” a lot, but didn’t truly understand what it meant.

I thought it maybe simply referred to people who experienced a lot of empathy….? But that didn’t seem right.

When searching for a simple explanation about empaths, I came up empty, until I found this great article on Caroline’s website, The Happy Sensitive.

It was then I knew that I just had to get Caroline on the podcast to help explain empaths!

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What is and isn’t an empath
  • The struggles and benefits of being an empath
  • The difference between an empath, trained empath, and clair-sentient
  • Energy and spiritual levels versus practical, psychological levels

Contact Caroline:

Interested in becoming a trained empath?
Caroline has a training program to teach you all the empath tools you need to get your energy back and stop being overwhelmed. It’s called From Suffering Sponge to Sensitive Savant.
If you’re not sure whether you’re an empath, know that Caroline will make sure anyone who actually joins the program is an empath-she has a course enrollment process designed to figure that out. Learn about the program here.

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Ep. 57: An interview with teen HSP Daisy Gumin

February 1, 2016 by 6 Comments

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hsp daisy blogI’m so excited today to share with you an interview with Daisy Gumin. Listen on iTunes here.

Daisy is an 18-year-old Highly Sensitive Person and introvert.

She and her mother went through a harrowing year and a half of trying to figure out what was “wrong” with Daisy. She had been displaying destructive, angry, depressive, and self-harming behavior. She went through lots of therapy, medications, hospitalizations, attended a therapeutic boarding school, and even a wilderness therapy program (she was taken there in the middle of the night without knowing where she was going!) Throughout this time, she was diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, and more.

After all that, she and her mother discovered Dr. Elaine Aron’s book, The Highly Sensitive Person, and suddenly everything made sense. After so many misdiagnoses, they had found the key to understanding Daisy. She was highly sensitive.

After that, the healing began.

This episode sheds lights on what it is like to be a highly sensitive teen-and not know it. Daisy’s story can help not just teens and youth, but parents and teachers, too.

This interview includes:

  • Daisy explaining what led to all her treatments
  • How it feels to be highly sensitive
  • What is wilderness therapy?
  • How she deals with the challenges of high sensitivity
  • Her tips for parents of highly sensitive kids

Get in touch with Daisy:

Check out Daisy’s recommended books & favorite memoirs:

 

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Ep. 56: Jobs for HSPs (revisited)

January 3, 2016 by 2 Comments

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careers hspsIn the past, I’ve talked about what I thought were the best jobs for HSPs-and even the #1 best job (working for oneself). But over time, my thoughts on this have changed.

In today’s show, I explain how the best job for HSPs….depends. On so many factors. I also cover some of the challenges of working for oneself, and the one question you can ask a potential employer to help decide of their company culture will be a good fit.

Resources mentioned on the show:

Other posts on this blog about jobs & careers:

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Ep. 55: Easily Grossed Out

December 18, 2015 by 2 Comments

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In this episode, I share stories about things that have grossed me out-a cow lung, pinning insects, and dissecting pigs. I also discuss how HSPs might get “grossed out” more than people without the trait-touching on the vasovagel response.

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Ep. 54: Crying

November 17, 2015 by 2 Comments

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HSPs cry easily.
HSPs cry all the time.

In this episode, I talk about my problem with the statements like the ones above, and whether or not HSPs really DO cry “a lot” or not.HSP ep54 blog

I also discuss the difference in crying in a ranking situation versus a linking situation (the concept comes from a great blog post by Dr. Elaine Aron.)

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Related content on this blog:

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