Highly Sensitive: The gifts from our childhood as an HSP with Julie & Willow

Show Notes During our childhood, we are much closer to our authentic selves. Even if our memories of childhood may be filled with challenge and discomfort. We are often very clear on what is most important to us and many of the gifts we rely on today were present. For those of us born with the trait of high sensitivity and high sensory intelligence we typically experienced the world in a particular and often profound way. It is quite common for us to have been misunderstood and for our emotional sensitivity to be seen as a disadvantage. Yet it is often the challenges we faced and the way we saw the world back then that shape us to specialize in a particular area of life. The Journey of our ‘inner Hero’ undertaking a very particular transformation from adversity into revelation. A journey that is usually encrusted with jewels and strengthened by the hardship we endured. Reframing our childhood and reclaiming what was most important to us back then can be pivotal in understanding who we are today and the important role we were born to play in the world. Join us this week where we share our own journey into adulthood and how they have been pivotal to the work we do today. Here’s What  We Talk About In This Episode We talk about the often conflicted experience we had growing up as a High Sensory or “Highly sensitive” child. What can happen when we pretend to be someone we are not just to feel accepted and fit in. How we tend to lose the very essence of who we are whilst continuing to fuel this misalignment ourselves into adulthood. The discussion helped us to see how the authentic version of ourselves we experienced as a child can be an important part to reclaiming ourselves as an adult. That we can all learn to stop believing and feeding the thoughts of self-criticism and self-rejection. That in fact, the essence of who we are is always available to us and inherently knows how to heal itself and bring ourselves back into balance. We also touch on the tricky area of coming away from toxic relationships. Just how important it is for us as high sensory people to be in the right company. We hear stories of how pivotal this can be to support our pathway back to claiming our true sense of self, meaning, and happiness that is our birthright. There were some wonderful moments of insight in this episode thank you to everyone who joined us and we would love to hear from you if you are listening to the replay. See you next week at the same time for more empowering discussions on what it means to thrive as an HSP. Willow's website: https://inluminance.com/ Julie's website: https://www.juliebjelland.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julie-bjelland/support