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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:

Seeking Peace: A Meditation for the Busy Mind Jul 06, 2020

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It’s common for highly sensitive people to have a busy mind and have a hard time turning it off to relax. I hope this meditation helps you relax and find peace as you visualize a beautiful stream in the forest during this meditation.

The Importance of Telling People About the Trait of High Sensitivity: Live Podcast with Julie and Willow Jun 30, 2020

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This is one of the questions I’m asked the most. We will discuss some of the challenges you have named and the benefits of talking about the trait. HSPs have named the following on why it might be hard to tell people: Don’t know how to describe it Shame about being highly sensitive Don’t think people are interested in it Worry people think you are asking for special treatment Don’t want people to think you are different Talking about the trait and telling others has the following benefits: Normalizes and validates the trait Spreads awareness and education about our gifts Helps others understand you Your needs need to be known to be met Educating others helps you express your needs too, which improves your relationships You can help and connect to other HSPs Leads to self-advocacy & advocacy about the trait Your mental health/medical professionals care can benefit you and all the HSPs that come after you It grows self-acceptance that improves everything We love hearing from you about what you found helpful. Please share this episode with others to help spread awareness and education of the trait.

Blooming Brilliantly, Understanding and Loving Who You Are as a Sensitive Person Jun 28, 2020

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Are You Blooming or Wilting? HSPs who are wilting (and not blooming) often experience: Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or having a hard time coping with the state of intense stress in your life and the world Having difficulty being productive Low energy and motivation Feeling tired, depleted or difficulty sleeping Feeling emotionally unstable, out of control or reactionary Low self-compassion and negative self-talk Problems in friendships or relationship Health issues or chronic conditions worsening Trouble accessing inner strength and resiliency Challenges from sensitivity heightened Low self-worth and self-confidence Low self-love Knocked down by life’s stressors A life that isn’t feeling meaningful or fulfilling VS BLOOMING HSPS You feel strong and resilient which helps you stay balanced and healthy. You have the energy to be productive and accomplish your goals. You sleep well and wake up rested and restored each day. You are able to pause, reflect, and respond. You are compassionate and have loving, supportive self-talk. You create and access tools that help you whenever you need it. You are the person you want to be in the world. You feel focused and have full access to your creativity. You know how to set healthy boundaries and have healthy friendships and relationships. You are loving, patient, and kind to yourself. You know what your needs are and can advocate for them to be met. You feel meaning and fulfillment. You walk in the world liking who you are which creates a higher vibration, attracting positive, supportive people who also love who you are. You access your gifts and share them with the world, helping you to make a positive change in the world. You can be yourself and feel empowered to live the life you want. LEARN TO BLOOM! Visit SensitiveConnection.com to learn more about my HSP Courses! Transform your life starting today!

Sleep Meditation Listening to Water in a Stream Jun 28, 2020

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I discovered a beautiful stream on a hike and created a meditation with the sounds of the steam and birds in the distance so you can have a beautiful sensory experience listening and imagining you are there next to this stream as you drift off to sleep peacefully ❤️ Enjoy and let me know if it helped you sleep! ❤️

Ownership as Path to Meaning and Peace: Live Podcast with Julie and Willow Jun 25, 2020

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One of the most effective paths to peace and meaning is honesty. An active inquiry to reveal the truth of who we are. As an HSP this can sometimes feel like a lonely path if we feel misunderstood, causing us to want to hide and protect who we really are. Each of us are born with an authentic heart, a unique way of seeing the world, a wish to bring change and to do good. Yet when we are living from a place of dishonesty about who we really are, the conflict we feel inside becomes the conflict we experience outside. Join us this week as we explore the intention of ownership and how it can lead to a profound sense of knowing, peace and meaning. Discussions in this episode: What it means to begin a path of ownership from a place of uncertainty Learning to trust and anchor our awareness in the heart Embracing the reality of feeling ‘different’ from a place of ownership Why community and kindred souls are so important for this process Ownership as the ultimate tool for meaning and purpose alignment Why ownership is critical to effective empathic leadership of self and others

Creating Healthy Friendships & Relationships Part 2 with Q/A Jun 23, 2020

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Are you a fixer and an over-giver in your relationships? It can be common for HSPs to feel like they give more than they receive. We will discuss how to create healthy friendships and relationships. We'll talk about how vulnerability leads to connection and how to feel safe to be yourself so you can connect deeply. We'll discuss healthy boundary setting that can give you the healthiest type of relationships.

Some of what we discussed in this episode:

Importance of being a kind and caring friend to yourself
We attract love and caring from others at the level we love and care for ourselves
How setting boundaries improves relationships
How to communicate our needs
HSPs have more information and can read subtle cues that others might miss
Non-HSPs might not be as courteous and conscientious because they don't have the same level of awareness and "knowing" not because they necessarily are trying to hurt us. We might be misinterpreting this so it's important to understand
Shifting our mindset pay attention to our inner child's needs
Being open and direct about our need for extra downtime feels empowering and gives them information
And more!

HSP Chat & Q/A Jun 18, 2020

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An impromptu chat and question and answer session within my Sensitive Empowerment Community!

Discussed in this episode:

Feeling like it is hard to tell other's about our trait of high sensitivity
How this trait evolved as a survival strategy
Why this trait is needed in the world
How feeling marginalized might impact us
Internal vs external validation
I share my story
Importance of being in a community that helps normalize your experience
How understanding how this trait evolved helps us understand ourselves
Developing tools for balance
Need to advocate with mental health and medical providers
HSPs are like Orchids
Moving out of survival mode and into Sensitive Empowerment
Live in balance, access your gifts, be around other HSPs

Learn more about how to join the Sensitive Empowerment community: www.juliebjelland.com

Discussed in this episode: my course, Brain Training for the Highly Sensitive Person, Techniques to Reduce Anxiety and Overwhelming Emotions: www.hspcourse.com

Meditation for Intense Feelings Jun 13, 2020

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As highly sensitive people sometimes life can be very challenging when we have intensely difficult feelings. I hope this meditation supports you through hard moments.

From a listener...

"I listened to this yesterday and it was very helpful in normalizing my experience. I am now experimenting with starting my one hour of down time after work with one of your guided meditations. The length of the meditations is good in that I have plenty of time left in the hour to rest, reflect, watch TV, or whatever I need on any particular day. My husband has shared that I emerge from the hour in a much better emotional space than I'm usually in right after work, and I think the guided meditations are an important part of that."

"Such a beautiful meditation. I listened to it this morning and it’s very soothing-exactly what my system needed to come back into center and alignment. Thank you ❤️🙏🏻"

Ocean Time Meditation Jun 12, 2020

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Enjoy your trip to the ocean with me taking in all the wonderful sensory experiences in this meditation.

Forest Bathing Meditation Jun 12, 2020

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Enjoy time in the forest connecting to nature and relaxing. From Listeners... “I felt like I was there walking through the forest with you! I could almost smell the pine needles and hear them crunching under my feet, see the sunlight coming through the trees... it was wonderful.” "I live in a city and crave access to nature, and when I listened to the forest meditation I could feel the crunch beneath my feet and see the sunlight coming through the tops of the trees." "I did the Forest Bathing meditation today and it was wonderfully relaxing. Thank you, Julie!" "I just made the connection in the Forest Bathing meditation, which was beautifully relaxing, Julie, thank you so much—-one of the first things I bought myself when I got a yard, was a hammock. The meditation made me realize how a hammock cradles and supports and soothes the occupant. 💕. Made me wonder how dreamy it would be/feel to have a weighted blanket on top."

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