(HSP make about 20% of the population!)
There is a fine line between caring for others vs carrying their pain and problems.
You and I know this well. We've struggled with drawing and holding this line our entire lives.
Because of our big ♥️'s, we excel in caretaking, healing, and transformational roles but in regard to our self-care, we overgive and overextend ourselves, and over-invest our time and energy. We assume too much responsibility for other people's problems and take (carry) them home. There is deep-rooted Sensitivity Trauma© at the heart of this. We often got silenced, shunned, and shamed for expressing our distress and objections to the heavy loads we were expected to carry at young ages.
Those of us who are now parents or service providers have an extra difficult time reversing the overgiving and may have attached our sense of worth to it but not without paying a price. We struggle with confidence blocks, relationship blindspots (self blame), and hefty opportunity costs.
- saying NO to awful and demanding supervisors, co-workers, work loads, or jobs
- letting down, disappointing, or not being there for clients who need us . . . 24/7
- challenging the insensitive and hurtful things random strangers or loved ones say
- declining unhelpful or judgmental feedback from friends, family, or authority figures
- confronting others about their slack at home or work (instead of picking it up)
- not feeling guilty and selfish for "dropping" others to "indulge" in what energizes us
- regulating our emotions, stress levels, and ability to relax, rest, and rejuvenate
- advocating confidently and calmly for our needs and dreams due to fear of conflict
- rolemodeling to our children how to ground, manage worry and anxiety, and set limits
- transforming trauma patterns and mental health issues at the root level—for good
- willing to be vulnerable, make mistakes, and take risks that enhance our growth
For example, if you're a people pleaser, you're probably worried about hurting or triggering others ESPECIALLY when these people may actually be the ones mistreating or taking advantage of you! You may be carrying THEIR pain in YOUR body because you're intuitive or psychic and have no clue how to organize, let alone separate and contain domineering, exploitative, or needy energy that belongs to strong and difficult personalities (yes, these could be loved ones that you have daily contact with: a partner, children, parents, friends, colleagues, etc.)
You lose your clarity when people say hurtful things that logically "make sense" or "aren't that bad." You don't trust your own feelings to set limits because they're intense, overwhelming, and scramble everything up in your head, heart, and body when triggered.
You try to talk yourself out of your "overreactive" feelings and beat yourself up (gaslight yourself) when this only makes matters worse (and makes you prone to being gaslit by others, especially those with narcissistic inclinations)!
BEEN THERE AND DONE ALL OF THAT! 🤦🏻♀️ THERE IS A BETTER WAY, I PROMISE, AND IT HAS IMPROVED EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE. I now re-guard my emotional sensitivity as my greatest gift and most reliable inner compass.
Learning to CARE NOT CARRY has been the game-changer for me.
In this course, you'll learn how to:
Includes 3 INSTANTLY ACCESSIBLE videos, 3 boundary-setting meditations, and 1 course guide.
BONUS: Shamanic journeying guidance
Topics: overview of the learning objectives, intro to being an empath, anatomy of leaky and permeable boundaries, ways to strengthen porous energetic boundaries, the 9 key benefits of an inner soul sanctuary, and how to discern between aligned vs blind action using holistic healing tools. SETTING UP YOUR SANCTUARY MEDITATION
Topics: co-dependent vs interdependent relationships, my green light, orange light, red light practice tool, layers and circles of influence that can trap us, how to safely cut cords with people (Artist: ANGELIKA). CUTTING CORDS BONUS MEDITATION
Topics: How to work with the Fire element, lower vs higher self, implosion vs explosion patterns, why anger is different than the other emotions, why it's heat, not light, that transforms, how to tap into courage to transform fear into aligned vs blind action.
FIRE CLEARING MEDITATION