Not Too Sensitive - Empowering Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) To Own Their Sensitivity

In this episode, Alissa talks about self-trust, why it matters so much for highly sensitive people, and what it looks like when someone else’s judgment, a flood of conflicting opinions, or your own second-guessing tries to pull you off course.
Sensitive people can absorb so many outside voices that they stop being able to hear their own. Alissa shares how to build self-trust as something you do, not something you wait to feel.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why self-trust is so pivotal for highly sensitive people
How one client stayed steady when another mom’s judgment came in instead of spiraling into guilt
Why taking in everyone’s opinions leaves you feeling disconnected from your intuition
Boundaries around your scrolling and content consumption
Why self-trust is built through action, by deciding and keeping promises to yourself
Why pushback on your choices is not a sign you should doubt yourself

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Learn my 6-step process for managing & neutralizing your triggers as an HSP in our FREE UN-Botherable Workshop!
Join the Not Too Sensitive Club 🦋 My group coaching container for highly sensitive women where self-doubt becomes certainty, second-guessing turns into self-trust, and overthinking transforms into rock-solid intuition. CLICK HERE to learn more!
Follow Alissa on Substack: https://substack.com/@lifebyalissa
As a special bonus, I want to give you FREE access to my workshop for HSPs called Not "Too Sensitive" (usually $35)!
All you have to do is:
Leave a written review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts
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In this episode, Alissa gets into what rejection does to highly sensitive people and why getting curious instead of deciding you’re not good enough is the first step toward a steadier relationship with putting yourself out there.
Rejection hurts, and it’s so easy to turn it into proof that something is wrong with you. Alissa offers a different lens, one that asks what the sting is actually pointing to.
She shares personal stories, including a season when doors kept closing and a client who met her own hard season with trust. Rejection is not a verdict on your worth, it’s information about direction, alignment, and growth.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why rejection so easily becomes “evidence” that you’re not good enough, and how to stop anchoring your worth to it
How to notice your default response, pushing harder until you burn out or giving up too soon, without judging yourself for it
What it looks like when a string of no’s is a redirect, and how stepping back can reveal a direction you’ve been ignoring
Why the opportunity inside rejection looks different depending on whether you tend to charge forward or throw in the towel
What the growth gap is and how seeing the lesson in hard seasons builds steady, grounded self-trust

Uncover your sneaky internal belief that’s stopping you from being your most confident self TAKE The FREE Shadow Archetype Quiz NOW
Learn my 6-step process for managing & neutralizing your triggers as an HSP in our FREE UN-Botherable Workshop!
Join the Not Too Sensitive Club 🦋 My group coaching container for highly sensitive women where self-doubt becomes certainty, second-guessing turns into self-trust, and overthinking transforms into rock-solid intuition. CLICK HERE to learn more!
Follow Alissa on Substack: https://substack.com/@lifebyalissa
As a special bonus, I want to give you FREE access to my workshop for HSPs called Not "Too Sensitive" (usually $35)!
All you have to do is:
Leave a written review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts
Email a screenshot of your review to hello@lifebyalissa.com

That's it! 😊
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Follow along on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@lifebyalissa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this episode, Alissa gets into what it means to stop waiting for other people’s reassurance and why giving yourself permission is the first step toward feeling unshakable in rooms where you used to shrink.
She explains how insecurity clouds the lens you see life through. When you’re unsure of where you are in your career, a friend’s distracted afternoon or a stranger’s cool reception becomes “evidence” that you’re not good enough, even though the situation itself is neutral.
Naming the trigger and where it came from is what starts to loosen that cycle. Over time, this is how self-trust gets built from the inside, so your worth doesn’t rise and fall with who’s celebrating you.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why a cold or distracted reaction from someone else can feel like proof you’re not good enough
How insecurity acts as a lens that makes your brain go looking for evidence that confirms it
What the default response looks like when you rely on external validation, and why going home and hiding feels safe but keeps the pattern alive
How to name a trigger in the moment and choose the opposite action, like taking up space instead of playing small
Why an awkward or unreceptive moment can be an opportunity to validate yourself instead of a verdict on your worth
How giving yourself permission, rather than waiting until you’ve journaled or affirmed enough, builds self-trust and moves you out of an old pattern

Uncover your sneaky internal belief that’s stopping you from being your most confident self TAKE The FREE Shadow Archetype Quiz NOW
Learn my 6-step process for managing & neutralizing your triggers as an HSP in our FREE UN-Botherable Workshop!
Join the Not Too Sensitive Club 🦋 My group coaching container for highly sensitive women where self-doubt becomes certainty, second-guessing turns into self-trust, and overthinking transforms into rock-solid intuition. CLICK HERE to learn more!
Follow Alissa on Substack: https://substack.com/@lifebyalissa
As a special bonus, I want to give you FREE access to my workshop for HSPs called Not "Too Sensitive" (usually $35)!
All you have to do is:
Leave a written review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts
Email a screenshot of your review to hello@lifebyalissa.com

That's it! 😊
🦋🦋🦋
Follow along on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@lifebyalissa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this episode, Alissa gets into what it’s like to be the one who holds it all together. Your always the listener and the bigger person for everyone else.
She names the anger, the resentment, and the physical toll of keeping yourself small, and offers a way out that starts with what you can actually take ownership of.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why being the one who always holds it together isn't good for you or your health
What good girl conditioning is and how it teaches you to keep your needs small
What you may be gaining from an unhealthy dynamic, including safety, approval, and avoiding conflict
How accepting someone’s limitations gives you information for reimagining the relationship, not an excuse for how they treat you
Why a boundary that gets ignored hasn’t failed, and what holding it again looks like
How to stay rooted when the second guessing and pushback show up
Why creating opportunities to be vulnerable is part of finally feeling heard

Uncover your sneaky internal belief that’s stopping you from being your most confident self TAKE The FREE Shadow Archetype Quiz NOW
Learn my 6-step process for managing & neutralizing your triggers as an HSP in our FREE UN-Botherable Workshop!
Join the Not Too Sensitive Club 🦋 My group coaching container for highly sensitive women where self-doubt becomes certainty, second-guessing turns into self-trust, and overthinking transforms into rock-solid intuition. CLICK HERE to learn more!
Follow Alissa on Substack: https://substack.com/@lifebyalissa
As a special bonus, I want to give you FREE access to my workshop for HSPs called Not "Too Sensitive" (usually $35)!
All you have to do is:
Leave a written review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts
Email a screenshot of your review to hello@lifebyalissa.com

That's it! 😊
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Follow along on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@lifebyalissa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this episode, Alissa sits down with Jeminee Ternus, author of You Are a Match for Your Mountain and fellow mom to a daughter with type 1 diabetes, to talk about what it means to meet a hard diagnosis with acceptance instead of a fight.
When life hands you a mountain you never asked for, it can feel like betrayal. This conversation offers a gentler way through, one where grief and gratitude get to sit at the same table.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why the number on a glucose monitor is information about a body and not a grade on your mothering
What it feels like when life splits into a clear before and after, and how grief and trust in the bigger plan can live side by side
How shifting from fighting a diagnosis to fighting with it turned chaos into a more peaceful way of living
Why the fun mom and the health mom turned out to be two parts of the same person
How a highly sensitive mom can feel her own grief without letting it land on her child
Why allowing the people you love the dignity of their own experience is its own form of love

Connect with Jeminee:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jemified_/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Match-Your-Mountain/dp/B0CPPG2MF8?th=1&psc=1

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Uncover your sneaky internal belief that’s stopping you from being your most confident self TAKE The FREE Shadow Archetype Quiz NOW
Learn my 6-step process for managing & neutralizing your triggers as an HSP in our FREE UN-Botherable Workshop!
Join the Not Too Sensitive Club 🦋 My group coaching container for highly sensitive women where self-doubt becomes certainty, second-guessing turns into self-trust, and overthinking transforms into rock-solid intuition. CLICK HERE to learn more!
Follow Alissa on Substack: https://substack.com/@lifebyalissa
As a special bonus, I want to give you FREE access to my workshop for HSPs called Not "Too Sensitive" (usually $35)!
All you have to do is:
Leave a written review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts
Email a screenshot of your review to hello@lifebyalissa.com

That's it! 😊
🦋🦋🦋
Follow along on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@lifebyalissa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠