No two of us are the same, but there are certain types of work that sensitive people are generally well suited for. Having said that, having the right skills for a job is not always enough to determine if you’re going to actually be happy doing that work. So I’ll list some work that might be a good fit, but more importantly: I’m going to give you some frame works for thinking about your career that will help you build the criteria to assess your job opportunities.

Why do we put masks on? There are lots of reasons, but if you dig into them, you’ll find many of them are sprouting off one big tap root: shame. In this article, we’ll unpack the shame that often accompanies sensitivity. How it gets passed on, and how to stop the cycle.

Revealing our true selves is a many layered process. Likely, each layer has layers of its own. As we go through the stages of reclaiming our authenticity, we find tools and strategies that worked and some that didn’t. Some that are still useful, and some we never want to use again. This list isn’t linear, it’s more like a spiral or concentric circle. For example: lots of us have unmasked with really close friends before we felt safe to unmask just in our own company. Here are some of the levels of unmasking…

And slowly, the puzzle pieces fall in to place. My experiences with chronic illnesses stacking one on top of the other. My journey through navigating trauma that didn't seem nearly as traumatic to others. All the like-minded friends now identifying as introverts, HSPs or receiving their own diagnoses of neuro-divergence. Almost every client who has felt drawn to work with me.

Sensitivity is the thread that runs through all of it. We’re a real life patch of wild orchids…

My new way of understanding neurodiversity is that it’s like biodiversity: necessary for a healthy ecosystem.
We’re different in the way that cedar, birch and ponderosa pine are all different kinds of trees. When you cut down cedar and birch and turn them into lumber they have a lot of value. But ponderosa isn’t as easy to use…

Have you ever been working away at your creative project and felt the inspiration and motivation just drain out of you? Maybe it came on slowly like a leak in a tire, or maybe it knocked the wind out of you like the rug was pulled out from under your feet. Either way,
Welcome to your rest cycle! Here’s how to navigate it.

At its core, calendar phobia is often about deconditioning from a system that separates us from the flow of our needs and desires. We might feel like we are at school raising our hand to be allowed to use the bathroom and fighting our impulses and urges to run around or rest. If you’ve only known scheduling as a tool of the systems that felt oppressive, then it’s not going to feel comfortable to start putting things in your calendar.