Sensitivity Sessions Stephanie Gardner-Wright

We explore what anxiety and high sensitivity have in common, and some key differences. Grab a drink and settle in as we chat why HSPs can be predisposed to greater anxiety, the most common reasons sensitive folks can experience anxiety and practical strategies to reduce anxiety.

Travel when you're sensitive can be exhausting between the sensory input, lack of sleep, and navigating difficult conversations with travel companions. Join me to talk practical tips to manage sensory overwhelm and overstimulation when traveling. We also discuss how to make meaning out of traveling experiences as a sensitively-wired human.

We chat about how we can begin to feel okay about being different, especially if we've felt a lot of shame or like an outsider about those differences. We explore how high sensitivity can interact with other forms of neurodivergence and how to begin honing our awareness of how to honor our differences instead of ignoring them or trying to "get over" them.

How can you know when you're overstimulated and how to manage it? Join me as we discuss what causes overstimulation, how the nervous system is implicated, and how to begin winding back patterns of chronic overstimulation.

As sensitively wired folks, we deeply experience the world. This can come in tandem with a sense that others can't relate, feeling isolated from others because they don't feel as deeply as we do. Why might this happen? We explore from an attachment perspective and chat about how we can work toward feeling greater connection with people in our lives and the world.

If you were a more mature kid growing up, does that mean you actually experienced trauma? We explore the current, fashionable internet narrative that being told you were mature as a child means you were actually traumatized, and respond to a listener question if highly sensitive kids might also be mature for reasons other than trauma, as well as challenges HSP adults might face that are unrelated to trauma.