The Happy Highly Sensitive Life Podcast Marya Choby

How restful are your weekends?Do you wake up on Saturday mornings planning to do your chores and errands first to get them over with, and then, before you know it, you get to Sunday and you realize you never stopped doing tasks? On Sunday night, you feel tense about starting a new week because you had zero time to rest and recharge. I have been there. Then, learning about Human Design, I discovered that the body’s most powerful energy motor, the Sacral Center, turns on in respo...

Are you happy at work?Work has always felt like an important part of who I am. But, I’ve also felt like a mismatch for the world of work in terms of how it left me depleted. Perhaps you’ve felt this way too? If you’re an empathetic person, the work that expands your energy may also contract and drain your energy.Even work environments that say self-care is important for employees, have workplace norms that make it more difficult to get what you need. Knowing that, in this episo...

I will confess that there are certain terms that come from the therapy world that lead me to feel a bit put off. Boundaries. Enmeshment. Codependent to name a few. You may know that I am a former therapist. And because of that, you may think that, at some point, I had an affinity for these terms. But, I know firsthand, as someone who needed to learn better boundaries in my life, that there’s a certain level of shame that goes with discovering you resonate with these terms. What...

As highly sensitive people, we push ourselves hard to…Show up for other people even if we’re worn out.Be good partners, parents, employees, daughters and sons.Get things done even when we really need to restGet out of our comfort zones to try new things.We’re super conscientious, wanting to give our best to everyone and everything. To not let people down, even if it means sacrificing ourselves. Exhaustion and burnout are signs something needs to give. The messages about needing to h...

One of the traits of being an HSP is being empathetic. And it’s always struck me that empathy shows up differently in different people. And in varying degrees. My way of experiencing empathy may feel different than yours.When I discovered Human Design, I finally had a framework for understanding how we empathically experience other people. I knew the information I’m sharing in this podcast episode could lead to profound self-understanding for HSPs and empaths. When you know and understan...

At Happy Highly Sensitive Life, you’ve seen me cover living as an HSP from a lot of different angles. As a multi-passionate person, I'm always following my intuition to discover and explore from a variety of perspectives. If you’re wondering what’s on the horizon for Happy Highly Sensitive Life in 2022, this space will be evolving to explore living as an HSP through the lens of Human Design. You may be wondering why Human Design is relevant for HSPs. I know you come here for i...