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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2025 · 51 MIN

Is Dysregulation Impacting Your Life? How to Recognize and Manage our Emotional Response with Dr Melanie Joy

from The Sensitive and Neurodivergent Podcast with Julie Bjelland , LMFT · host Julie Bjelland, LMFT

We are all living in tumultuous times and it’s very easy to become overwhelmed. When our nervous system is out of balance, we are more likely to have heightened emotional responses to what’s going on around us.In this insightful interview, Dr Melanie Joy shares how highly sensitive people can experience dysregulation due to high empathy, weakened boundaries, taking on the responsibility to create harmonious relationships and perfectionist tendencies.Managing the intake of distressing media, challenges around co-parenting, difficult and intense conversations, diet and lifestyle are all discussed with helpful and practical strategies to help regulate the nervous system and keep us grounded and supported. Throughout the interview, Melanie shares a number of useful resources for guidance along the way.You can learn more about Melanie at https://www.melaniejoy.org Get more of Melanie's Resources on the podcast page of my website at HSPpodcast.com~If you find this podcast helpful, please consider rating and sharing it with others so more sensitive and neurodivergent people can find it. I hope you'll consider joining our kindhearted family and our sensitive empowerment community where we host regular live events and meet and greets where you can make kind-hearted friends around the world, visit SensitiveCommunity.com

We are all living in tumultuous times and it’s very easy to become overwhelmed. When our nervous system is out of balance, we are more likely to have heightened emotional responses to what’s going on around us.In this insightful interview, Dr Melanie Joy shares how highly sensitive people can experience dysregulation due to high empathy, weakened boundaries, taking on the responsibility to create harmonious relationships and perfectionist tendencies.Managing the intake of distressing media, challenges around co-parenting, difficult and intense conversations, diet and lifestyle are all discussed with helpful and practical strategies to help regulate the nervous system and keep us grounded and supported. Throughout the interview, Melanie shares a number of useful resources for guidance along the way.You can learn more about Melanie at https://www.melaniejoy.org Get more of Melanie's Resources on the podcast page of my website at HSPpodcast.com~If you find this podcast helpful, please consider rating and sharing it with others so more sensitive and neurodivergent people can find it. I hope you'll consider joining our kindhearted family and our sensitive empowerment community where we host regular live events and meet and greets where you can make kind-hearted friends around the world, visit SensitiveCommunity.com

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