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The Sensitive and Neurodivergent Podcast with Julie Bjelland , LMFT

The Sensitive and Neurodivergent Podcast is a space for deep understanding, validation, and nervous system support for sensitive and neurodivergent people, especially late-identified autistic women.

Hosted by Julie Bjelland, LMFT, psychotherapist and founder of the Sensitive and Neurodivergent Community, this podcast explores the internal lived experience of being autistic and highly sensitive in a world that often misunderstands both.

Ranked in the top 1.5% of podcasts globally and listened to in over 195 countries, this show reaches a wide and deeply connected community seeking meaningful, affirming insight.

Each episode offers compassionate, research-informed guidance on masking, burnout, sensory and nervous system differences, emotional depth, boundaries, relationships, self-trust and more. You’ll begin to understand yourself in ways that feel relieving, validating, and empowering.

This is a place where your sensitivity is honored, your experiences make sense, and your nervous system is understood.

You are important to the world. Your way of being matters. And you deserve support as you learn to honor it.

Copyright: © Julie Bjelland

Latest Episodes:

HSPs and The Polyvagal Theory of Stress with Sukie Baxter Feb 09, 2021

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Understanding the Polyvagal Theory of stress and how stress impacts your biology as an HSP. We'll dig into the concept of nervous system regulation and how HSPs can use it to turn their sensitivity into a superpower. Here are some questions answered in this event: 1. What is Polyvagal Theory and how might it help HSPs to understand it? 2. How might regulating the nervous system lower the challenges of sensitivity? 3. How can HSPs leverage Polyvagal Theory to enable their unique creative genius to thrive? Also we had some discussion on the marginalized experience of the LGBTQ community and the black community and how those communities experience the impact of the lack of safety are also important to understand when we work toward moving humanity forward. Sukie shares..."I would like to help HSPs understand that they are not broken or damaged and empower them with tools they can use to thrive as an HSP in a chaotic world that doesn't always value the inherent skills and abilities that we bring to the table. One of my favorite quotes ever is "It's not a measure of health to be well adjusted in a profoundly sick society." I firmly believe that it is by empowering each person to live from their own place of truth rather than conform to a contrived cultural norm that we will ultimately heal as a society." Sukie Baxter is the founder of Whole Body Revolution where she helps ambitious high performers and creative geniuses to activate their full human potential and achieve an extraordinary physical and mental edge. Sukie has over fifteen years of experience in private practice as a manual therapist and is the author of Perfect Posture for Life. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Chopra.com and Practical Horseman. Subscribe to Sukie's YouTube channel for weekly videos featuring body-mind healing to rewire your nervous system for greater health, happiness, and success. www.wholebodyrevolution.com Previous Events with Sukie Event 2. Caring for Your Highly Sensitive Body: Avoiding Pain, Tension And Stress When The World Is Too Much with Sukie Baxter Podcast Episode 56: How To Deal With Anxiety While Navigating Chaos And Uncertainty with Sukie Baxter Julie Bjelland is a Psychotherapist, host of The HSP Podcast, and Founder of the Sensitive Empowerment Community, whose mission is to create a paradigm shift where sensitivity is embraced, valued and honored. Get a free guide to calm your brain, a letter to give your medical and mental health practitioners about high sensitivity, take the Sensitivity Quiz, explore courses for HSPs and join my Sensitive Empowerment Community at JulieBjelland.com ❤️🌈❤️ (she/her)

Confidence a Discussion with Julie and Willow Jan 28, 2021

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I’ve noticed that so often something gets in the way of HSPs believing and accessing Confidence. Many of us have received messages our whole life that something is wrong with us for being so sensitive. Or maybe we have been so overwhelmed by the challenges of our sensitive nervous system that we are in survival mode, instead of truly living our life with purpose. Not having confidence can show up in the following ways not exploring your needs not advocating for your needs saying yes when you want to say no not moving forward if something isn’t perfect or being stuck in fear of failure not doing something you want because you are pleasing others instead not believing you are worthy or good enough not living a life that honors and aligns with your values not starting or growing the business your calling wants of you All of this means your light won’t shine on others. Let’s have a discussion about confidence. What is stopping you from what you want? What would you need to do to find it and let go of what’s holding you back from accessing the most beautiful parts of yourself and your inner gifts? I’ve been hearing a lot of HSPs be held back from the worry of judgment from others or being different or listening to others' expectations of you, or even self-judgment and fear of failure. Why is that? What would it take for you to let go of that? Worrying about what people think of us can zap our energy, taking away precious energy that could be used for creativity, growing, and embracing our life. Can we instead live in a space that honors our needs in the world? Can we stop thinking we need to fit in and be perfect and embrace our uniqueness? Can we commit to a more conscious way of living? Can we stay aware of which tools we need to use and develop to get out of survival mode and thrive? Can we practice self-compassion when we don’t get it all right? What could happen if you just decided to love and honor your sensitivity and embrace your uniqueness and do that thing you really want to do even if it’s not perfect. What could happen if you believe in your value? Please share these episodes to help other HSPs. Leave comments or voicemails, and explore all episodes at HSPpodcast.com. Learn how to join the Sensitive Empowerment Community: https://www.juliebjelland.com/sensitive-empowerment-community

"The material that you both shared in this gem-packed presentation took me to my Growth Journal where I wrote as fast as I could, filling 5 big pages trying to capture your keen insights."
"I too was taking notes like crazy during the podcast, and I'm planning on listening all the way through again this evening. Just "simple" nuggets like Julie's, "I am confident BECAUSE I have tools, self-compassion..." and Jenni's "Feeling like you belong gives you confidence".... have given me so much to reflect upon. It was truly a powerful discussion and so affirming! Thank you again, Julie and Willow!"

"Oh my goodness! This all confirmed my own thoughts, feelings, experiences, and healing process. Such validation that I am indeed on the right track with how to be of highest service. I am indeed listening to that deep intuition AND embracing my unique abilities as a coach and especially as a hypnotherapist to help others to do the same! Bravo Julie Bjelland and Willow McIntosh for another uplifting event."

Finding the Right Language to Share Our Superpowers as HSPs with Willow and Julie Jan 14, 2021

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As many of us didn’t receive the right training we needed as children in order to really understand our trait as HSPs, we can often take for granted the gifts it gives us. This can mean that we tend to focus on the challenges rather than the advantages. Since the trait enables us to process sensory data more deeply the way this actualizes as higher sensory abilities can be very rewarding. Whilst we may be aware of these abilities to an extent we often gloss over them in the way they were when we were children. In reality, these abilities are deeply aligned with our gifts, what’s most important to us and what makes us great at what we do. When we find the right language to share them it’s much easier to bring them into service for our benefit and the benefit of others. Join us this week as we continue the conversation about learning to normalize the high sensory abilities we are born with and how to bring them into conscious ownership.

HSPs are more intuitive, empathic, creative, and have extra special abilities. Recognize your value and embrace and honor your gifts!

Give this Letter to your Medical and Mental Health Practitioners about the trait

Please share and review this Podcast to help other HSPs. We love hearing from you and you can learn more about us at HSPpodcast.com

Explore all resources for HSPs at JulieBjelland.com

4 Keys to a Resilient Recovery with Roger L'Hereault Jan 12, 2021

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Roger has a heart-centered holistic approach to recovery that I think is incredibly valuable and that HSPs will appreciate. He shares 4 Keys to resilient recovery in this episode. Uncovering the big guideposts of knowledge and action that help support a person who desires serenity and growth while abstaining from mind altering substances.

Roger L'Hereault

- Addiction Recovery Educator and founder of Courage Recovery, a self-help digital course provider

-Addiction recovery professional since 2002

-Has taught clients ages 12 to 88 how to adapt and thrive in their recovery from mind-altering substances

www.Courage-Recovery.com

Join Julie's Sensitive Empowerment Community and see all the resources offered for HSPs, including a free Sensitivity Quiz, a guide to calm your brain, and a letter to give medical and mental health therapists about high sensitivity at JulieBjelland.com

Deep Dive Discussions with Julie-Ask me anything! Jan 05, 2021

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Answering live HSPquestions! Some of the Questions Covered...

Why is it easier to relax when I'm in my own space and on my own?
How can we understand where we end and the cultural expectations begin? Do I want something or does society tell me that I should want something?
Can you talk about the HSP experience of shyness or introverts and social interactions?
Can you explain more about how proprioceptors calm you?
Do the self-care routines you talk about work for chronic stress recovery as well as just daily maintenance, or is there more you need to do to heal your nervous system if you've been under chronic stress for a long time (several years)?
Do you believe that HSPs tend to be more co-dependent than others to moderate stress?
Do you find a correlation between PTSD & HSP whereby a person born as an HSP suffers traumatic events and copes/or not with them differently than the other 80%?
You've mentioned that HSPs should ideally get a minimum of 2 hours of daily processing time plus one day off per week. Can you please talk about what kinds of activities would be considered "processing" activities?
I’m wondering as in your podcast some time ago, you talked about the effect inner work has had on your wellbeing. Could you talk about what kind of inner work you have been through?
You talked about how HSPs can often be in a hypervigilant place on a daily basis... I wonder if you can speak to what the origins of this is, how do we become aware and once we become aware what are some ways to manage that hypervigilant state?

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Get the free letter to give your Dr and Therapist to educate them about high sensitivity so they can better understand you.

How to sleep better, plus my favorite weighted blanket

Honor Your Rhythm Dec 30, 2020

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Honoring our rhythm is such an important part of our balance and wellness as highly sensitive people and Empaths. We don’t need to change who we are we just need to change our environment and how we take care of ourselves. Just like how we would create conditions for the orchid flower to bloom Brilliantly so must we create conditions for us to bloom Brilliantly. Give yourself more downtime and alone time to process and rest and restore. Give yourself slower mornings and check in throughout the day about how you’re doing and what you need. Give yourself daily nature time and grounding and meditation. To comment on episodes, leave me a voicemail, and explore all the episodes visit www.HSPpodcast.com Take the free Sensitivity Quiz and get the free guide that teaches a calming technique visit www.JulieBjelland.com

I Answer Your Voice Messages! Dec 23, 2020

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Listeners of The HSP Podcast have left me voice messages asking me questions and this episode plays those messages and I share my answers! To ask me questions visit HSPpodcast.com

The Gifts of Our Tears with Meditation Expert Allie Cartwright Dec 15, 2020

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"From a young age, we are taught to stifle our tears. We are trained that our tears are a burden to others, a sign of weakness, a useless display. This does us a great disservice! Tears are an amazing tool our body uses to process both joy and grief. So what happens when you remove the stigma and allow tears from yourself and those around you? Amazing healing takes place.

Everyone's ability to and need for crying is different, so how do you embrace what is right for you? Today we explore the societal stigmas around tears, the science of how they help us, and how you personally can begin to heal the barriers preventing us from fully utilizing the gifts of our tears.

Meditation expert Allie Cartwright struggled with being a highly sensitive person her whole life until she tapped into the power of understanding her energy and caring for herself through meditation and mindfulness. Now she is passionate about helping others tune in to themselves to embrace their true self and align with their best life." www.alliecartwright.com

Listen to more episodes of The HSP Podcast at HSPpodcast.com

Explore more resources for HSPs and Empaths, including a free Sensitivity Quiz and books and courses for the sensitive at JulieBjelland.com

How to Protect Your Energy with Julie and Willow Dec 03, 2020

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Protecting our energy is incredibly important, and yet, many of us have not been taught this essential skill. How do we protect ourselves when we have to be around difficult people or negative energy? HSP Empaths particularly are more challenged by being around negative energy.

Are you an HSP Empath? Those that score 38 or higher on my Sensitivity Quiz might be.

We are also more gifted in reading the language of energy which gives us an incredible amount of information, most people miss. It's essential to know how to harness it, separate it, and protect it or we can be overwhelmed and overcome by it, absorbing everyone's energy, making it difficult to know where ours ends, and another begins.

In this episode, Willow and I discuss:

The language of Energy
Where HSP Empaths fall on the spectrum of sensitivity
Grounding techniques that are essential for HSP Empaths
The value of being able to connect to Energy
Importance of self-care and boundaries for wellness
When someone has a hole in their bucket
Importance of separating and protecting your energy and how we do it
Connecting to your flow
How to read what feels right and what doesn't
What you are responsible for and what is not your job description
Understanding your value and growing self-love
Changing old narratives and reframing
Embracing empowerment
And More!

Please share and review this Podcast to help other HSPs. We love hearing from you in the comments and you can learn more about us at HSPpodcast.com

Explore all resources for HSPs at JulieBjelland.com

Discover Your Calling: An Inspiring Mastermind with Willow McIntosh Nov 24, 2020

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Wow, this was a powerful event that moved me and several of us to tears. Willow has an extraordinary gift of facilitating a connection of HSPs to their gifts!

You are invited to a mastermind with Willow McIntosh showing you how to turn your high sensitivity into high sensory intelligence for service, business and soul fulfillment!

Until we witness for ourselves what it is like to see the world as a deep sensory experience, it is very difficult to bring our purpose into action.

What is the process?

It is a facilitation designed to bring you into ownership with your high sensory intelligence and alignment with your purpose.

There will be a presentation about the process with a live facilitation included with the sole focus of empowering you into the recognition of who you are and you are here to serve.

The process itself is a guided facilitation using a unique process of deep inquiry based on years of research and experience.

It includes:

01. A direct experience of your unique cognitive reality

The way in which you see the world through the eyes of high sensory intelligence is unique. It is accurately designed to support the very way in which you are here to serve. This process enables you to witness it for yourself (often for the first time) allowing you to take full ownership.

02. The journey of your life holds the key to your transformation

As a high sensory lightworker, life will have been challenging you in a particular area. By seeing this in an entirely new light you will be able to reframe it in such a way that it will reveal your area of expertise. Furthermore, you will get a powerful insight into who your ideal clients are.

03. The cause in your life that is most important to you.

Ever since you were a child there will have been a calling that you hold most dear. Everything pivots around the discovery of this from a place of deep acknowledgment. Once this is seen with higher awareness the meaning of your life will take on a whole new perspective.

What are the outcomes this is intended to give you?

A direct experience of your gifts & purpose
A new relationship to your own past
A clear strategy for career and business
Clarity on who you are born to serve
How to benefit from your gifts financially
An empowering sense of coming home to yourself, your purpose and meaning in life.

If you felt inspired to grow a business out of your calling, you might be interested in Julie's course, How to Grow a Heart-Centered Online Business

Watch the video version of this session at HSPblog.com.

Listen to other sessions, learn more about Willow and Julie and leave comments on episodes at HSPpodcast.com

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