Navigating Midlife Transitions as a Highly Sensitive Person with Kirsten Beske

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Kirsten Beske. She’s a former litigation attorney turned psychotherapist and ICF-certified coach. We explore what it looks like for highly sensitive people to navigate midlife transitions with more intention, alignment, and nervous-system awareness and how to cultivate our growth and progress without the overwhelm.If you’re an HSP who is feeling stuck in a life that doesn’t align with your needs or sensing that you’re ready to step into your next chapter, then this episode is for you.Kirsten shares:How discovering her high sensitivity helped change her life and career choices.Her transition from litigation to psychotherapy and coaching.The importance of designing work and life around your capacity, not just capability.How HSPs can challenge themselves and grow without overdoing it.Topics covered:High sensitivity and midlife transitions.Career alignment for highly sensitive people.Nervous-system regulation and overstimulation.Purpose, meaning, and evolving identity in midlife.Time-limited challenges and intentional rest.About Kirsten BeskeKirsten guides mid- and late-career women to reimagine and redesign their Next Chapter of life for more passion, vitality, and meaning. A Harvard graduate, former litigation attorney and law firm partner, Kirsten pivoted mid-career to better align with her values and life’s purpose and became a clinical psychotherapist.  As a certified coach, Kirsten works with clients around the globe to expand and claim their hard-earned inner wisdom and real-life experience and design a fresh new chapter of life and work at each new stage of life.You can find out more about Kirsten and her Next Spark coaching programs at www.kirstenbeske.com.Follow along on Kirsten’s journey:Website: https://kirstenbeske.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirsten.beskeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsten-beske/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirsten.beske/Let’s Connect:🤍 Share your biggest takeaway or follow us on Instagram @happyhsppodcast — we’d love to hear from you! 🎧 Subscribe and leave a review to help more HSPs find this space: thehappyhsppodcast.buzzsprout.com📩 Want to be a guest on the show? Reach out to Kimberly at: [email protected]📖 Learn about Kimberly’s work: happyhspcoaching.comAbout Kimberly:Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives. Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures. Hosted/produced by Kimberly MarshallEdited by Fonzie Try MediaArtwork by Tara Corola