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SelfKind: Conversations in self-care, kindness and compassion for highly sensitive people — 337 episodes
Ep 337: Why nurture and respect win over force and shame for the highly sensitive person
Ep 336: They called me the ‘fun police’. Why Highly Sensitive People love rules
Ep 335: Getting the day started without overwhelm as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 334: A story about blue glasses and the power of being believed
Ep 333: Interrupting the burnout cycle as a highly sensitive person
Ep 332: What does it mean to work with your sensitivity rather than against it?
Ep 331: Dealing with rejection as a highly sensitive person
Ep 330: One set of rules for you, another for them? Finding freedom from your impossible standards
Ep 329: The myth of balance: the tension between structure and freedom in highly sensitive people
Ep 328: Is it Autism and/or ADHD? A chat with Brianna Thomas, Psychologist and AuDHDer
Ep 327: How to Introduce Signs of Safety for your Highly Sensitive Nervous System
Ep 326: 3 Things That Make Highly Sensitive People Feel ‘Too Needy’ (But that you probably need anyway)
Ep 325: Loving a Highly Sensitive Person: 5 things we want you to know
Ep 324: Done with resolutions? Try this instead.
Ep 323: A 2026 Reintroduction
Ep 322: When everything feels like too much: A SelfKind metaphor for handling overwhelm
Ep 321: When your sensitivity feels like failure
Ep 320: Overthinking, rumination and regret - a common experience for the Highly Sensitive Person?
Ep 319: Is Your Job Draining You? Why the workplace can be so tricky as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 318: The hidden kind of rest every Highly Sensitive Person needs
Ep 317: Your Body Reacts Before Your Mind Understands
Ep 316: How to Tap Into Your Body’s Wisdom (Even If You’ve Been Living in Your Head)
Ep 315: Why “What’s Wrong With Me?” is the wrong question for healing as a highly sensitive person
Ep 314: The swooping bird: Lessons in self-protection and physical tension for the Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 313: Recovering after your sensitivity is triggered: from self-critical to self-kind
Ep 312: Glass or rubber? A strategy for the overwhelmed Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 311: Misalignment Hurts: The value of knowing your values as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 310: Simple Habit Stacking for Sensitive Souls
Ep 309: The need for deep conversation as a highly sensitive person
Ep 308: Break the rules for more effective self-care
Ep 307: Introducing High Sensitivity Australia with Matt Glover
Ep 306: Why I got assessed for autism and ADHD as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 305: How I finally stopped hating myself
Ep 304: Navigating Self-Doubt as a Highly Sensitive Person: Why you second guess yourself.
Ep 303: Why am I like this?! Sensitive and self-critical? This one’s for you.
Ep 302: 3 Signs You Need to Take a Break (and 3 ways to do it)
Ep 301: Simple strategies to reduce stress as a highly sensitive person
Ep 300: Three hundred episodes! What got me through the hardest year of my life
Ep 299: The world can feel like a threatening place for highly sensitive people. Here’s what you can do about it.
Ep 298: Is it okay to avoid things and places as a Highly Sensitive Person?
Ep 297: Knowing versus doing: why highly sensitive people sometimes think about but don’t ‘do’ self-care
Ep 296: Discovering you’re a Highly Sensitive Person & self-care in motherhood with doula Georgie Druckmann
Ep 295: Why am I so tired? Is that a Highly Sensitive Person thing?
Ep 294: Why are my shoulders tight all the time? Navigating chronic tension as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 293: The #1 mistake you’re making in trying to fix your sensitivity
Ep 292: Are they disrespectful or am I just too sensitive?
Ep 291: Simplify to support your sensitivity
Ep 290: Do You Know How You Feel?
Ep 289: Scaffold your sensitivity instead of shaming it
Ep 288: Reflecting and Projecting
Ep 287: HSP Holiday Survival Tips
Ep 286: Being Highly Sensitive with High Sensitivity Researcher Dr Becky Black
Ep 285: The mistake you don't know you're making
Ep 284: Supporting Highly Sensitive Kids and Teens with Guest Matt Glover
Ep 283: When you feel like an emotional sponge
Ep 282: It's Easier with Suspension
Ep 281: Finding Strength in Sensitivity with Kate Zanoni
Ep 280: Who Sank the Boat (on being highly sensitive and stressed)
Ep 279: The perfectionist-HSP loop
Ep 278: Understanding Grief and Loss with Ali Mills
Ep 277: Is Self Care Making You Selfish?
Ep 276: The Highly Sensitive Person's (HSP) Guide to Intuition
Ep 275: You too? Sharing HSP stories with Addie deHilster
Ep 274: From too sensitive to embracing being an HSP with Tina Bramley
Ep 273: I was fixed and then I wasn’t?
Ep 272: How can you honour your sensitivity?
Ep 271: How to say no as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 270: Why Self-Compassion can feel SO hard
Ep 269: Overstimulation: Self-Awareness to the rescue?
Ep 268: Overstimulation: Self-Compassion to the rescue?
Ep 267: Overstimulation: Mindful Movement to the Rescue?
Ep 266: Overstimulation: the HSP Kryptonite
Ep 265: When your body and mind are at a stand-off
Ep 264: Reclaiming emotions and self-care with Rosalie Woods
Ep 263: Setting Boundaries as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ep 262: Highly Sensitive or Highly Stressed?
Ep 261: Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?
Ep 260: Speaking with Impact and Authenticity with Cat Matson
Ep 259: 8 questions when self-care feels hard
Ep 258: Five of my favourite books
Ep 257: Shedding Shame: Rules and self-care beyond the good and bad
Ep 256: Religious Trauma with Sam Sellers
Ep 255: When you want self-kindness for others
Ep 254: 15 self-care ideas that take 15 minutes or less
Ep 253: Orient yourself toward support
Ep 252: Unplugging from Social Media with Misty Johnson
Ep 251: Six things you need to know about somatics
Ep 250: The realities of perfectionism
Ep 249: Lessons from my mistake
Ep 248: Shed the guilt, embrace self-care
Ep 247: Moving towards what you want
Ep 246: The thing that slow movement does best
Ep 245: Comparison chews up your joy and spits it out (except when it doesn’t)
Ep 244: Stop shrinking to avoid judgment
Ep 243: BE-ing self-caring vs DO-ing self-care
Ep 242: Tuesday Tidbit: Joyful Rebellion for the People Pleasers
Ep 241: Joyful Rebellion
Ep 240: Tuesday Tidbit: Is always and never thinking getting in your way?
Ep 239: Is your perfectionism hiding in plain view?
Ep 238: Tuesday Tidbit: Expect to fail
Ep 237: Strength and Hypermobility with Trina Altman
Ep 236: Tuesday Tidbit: A simple tool to interrupt your inner critic
Ep 235: Let's talk about feeling GUILTY.
Ep 234: Tuesday Tidbit: Self-compassion as nervous system regulation
Ep 233: What does it really mean when we say emotion and trauma lives in the body?
Ep 232 Tuesday Tidbit: How is updating your phone like self-care?
Ep 231: How to honour how you feel when you don’t like how you feel
Ep 230: Tuesday Tidbit: SOMA:HOME - the foundation for true self-care
Ep 229: Should self-care be proactive or reactive?
Ep 228: Tuesday Tidbit: Your inner critic is hurting you
Ep 227: When you say yes but mean no
EP 226: Tuesday Tidbit: ACCEPTANCE
Ep 225: The brick wall of social conditioning (why self-care feels so hard)
Ep 224: The ways we disconnect and the impact on pain
Ep 223: From Pain to (More) Peace
Ep 222: Rest, Ritual and Writing a New Story with Steph Le Gros
Ep 221: Embracing Change and Self-Discovery through the Somatic Lens
Ep 220: The funny things we do to feel safe: On control, self-criticism and wanting to belong.
Ep 219: The things we risk losing when we choose self-care
Ep 218: Listening to your body for clues
Ep 217: The people-pleasing perfectionist's guide to self-care.
Ep 216: Four Life Lessons from a Camping Adventure
Ep 215: Prevention, navigation and recovery (lessons from roller skating)
Ep 214: Are you doing your best? What if your best isn't good enough?
Ep 213: All things cardio-pulm (those vitals!) with Dr. Rachele Burriesci
Ep 212: A motivation equation that works
Ep 211: People-pleasing. (I hope you like this).
Ep 210: Perfectionism. It's not all tidy tables and colour-coded books.
Ep 209: What can a French philosopher teach us about 'listening to your body'?
Ep 208: Body image and healing your relationship with food with Jordana Edelstein
Ep 207: Self Care: Performative or Transformative?
Ep 206: The Secrets to Unlocking Shoulder Tension
Ep 205: Anxiety. A body-mind approach
Ep 204: Knowing yourself. Are you willing to get uncomfortable?
Ep 203: Radically different fitness with Holly Kuzmiak-Ngiam
Ep 202: a mind body approach to self-doubt
Ep 201: Three myths of self-love
Ep 200: TWO HUNDRED! My top 20 tips
Ep 199: Stop looking for the HOW
Ep 198: Can organising your space be a form of self-care? With guest Virginia Wells
Ep 197: The #1 mindset shift you need to finally find time for self-care
Ep 196: The role of JOY
Ep 195: Mean inner voice? Mind-body tools for regaining control.
Ep 194: Reclaiming self-care
Ep 193: Slow the rush
Ep 192: The fortieth birthday episode
Ep 191: The two cookie limit: Examining our beliefs
Ep 190: When self-kindness asks you to do MORE
Ep 189: Tips for coming back to yourself when your mind wanders on the mat
Ep 188: The problem with self-love
Ep 187: Five tips for your self-care in 2023
Ep 186: My 3 best decisions of 2022
Ep 185: Habits, change and Brainspotting with Erin Todd
Ep 184: Getting through feelings of guilt the mind-body way.
Ep 183: Lessons in self-care from reading
Ep 182: Using the Body as a Barometer
Ep 181: Just fix me already
Ep 180: Rest is so much more than napping with Lori Curran
Ep 179: Why I wanted to keep my anxiety
Ep 178: Unexpected lessons in humanity
Ep 177: Somatic Exercise has self-kindness and curiosity at its heart
Ep 176: Shifting pain with Somatic Exercise
Ep 175: Lessons in kindness from our canine companions with Kylie Marks
Ep 174: How to step off the well-worn path
Ep 173: Connecting with your Soma (you're the only one who can).
Ep 172: The moment I stopped trusting my body.
Ep 171: Urgency vs Intensity + Commitment.
Ep 170: When you realise pain doesn't mean you're failing.
Ep 169: Your stress water tank and how to drain it, even as it rains
Ep 168: What does your inner voice sound like?
Ep 167: Frustration and cultivating patience in the midst of stalled progress
Ep 166: Exercise gives movement a bad reputation
Ep 165: Ignoring your body's signals? 3 questions to ask yourself.
Ep 164: If we were perfect, we wouldn't need self-kindness
Ep 163: Relationships with Iman Iskander
Ep 162: On guilt, values and joy
Ep 161: How to embody Gravitas with Amanda MacLean
Ep 160: The power and perils of self-observation
Ep 159: Self-Kindness in real life with Emma O'Sullivan
Ep 158: What if your body isn't a problem?
Ep 157: Strong and simple with Michelle Farrell
Ep 156: What I'd say to you if you tell me you don't have enough time.
Ep 155: The power of dreams in befriending our inner world with Tina Bramley
Ep 154: Why not stop at yoga? The story of my training background.
Ep 153: Stepping into the driver's seat of your health with Amanda Fryer
Ep 152: Judge away. Then get curious.
Ep 151: Movement, Mindset and Motherhood with Surabhi Veitch
Ep 150: Feathering, ironing and laying down evidence
Ep 149: Embracing Menopause with Angela Counsel
Ep 148: Getting closer to your discomfort to find sustainability in your movement and self-care practices
Ep 147: Pilates and whole human-ness with Kosal Lee
Ep 146: Why self-kindness in movement goes against the grain.
Ep 145: Bringing self-trust to life with Kerry Solomon
Ep 144: Puzzling parallels
Ep 143: Food Freedom with Dr Lara Zibarras
Ep 142: What got you here won't get you there.
Ep 141: The 6 busy types with Susanne Gerstmyer
Ep 140: Trusting your body; trusting yourself.
Ep 139: Seasonal living with Emilie Reid
Ep 138: A simple question for a complex dilemma
Ep 137: Moved to Meditate with Addie deHilster
Ep 136: Here I am AGAIN. But can that be a good thing?
Ep 135: Creating a useful, usable practice for a SelfKind life with Wini Linguvic
Ep 134: Introducing SelfKind!
Ep 133: Goals that don't make you feel crap (plus some lessons from the year)
Ep 132: Lessons from a lost parcel
Ep 131: You'll never run out of things to do, so put yourself on the list (if you want to)
Ep 130: Body confidence, cossie confidence with Anita McLachlan
Ep 129: The power of giving ourselves permission to change
Ep 128: Lies that keep you stuck
Ep 127: Three ways of looking at the ‘mindful’ in mindful movement
Ep 126: When you feel broken
Ep 125: The magic isn't where you think it is.
Ep 124: When you feel like you're failing.
Ep 123: Who can fix you?
Ep 122: Need some low back love?
Episode 121: The lies of the Instagram Yogi.
Ep 120: Do you have the perfect poo? with Ange Sinclair
Ep 119: How can blindspots be so revealing?
Ep 118: What actually is somatics?
Episode 117: Navigating challenges with Tara Carroll
Episode 116: 3 Tips to get started with mindful movement when life feels hard.
Ep 115: Movement as a Spiritual Practice with Claire Nettley
Ep 114: When doing 'right' doesn't mean doing more
Ep 113: Intuitive Eating and Anti-Diet Dietetics with Kelsey Weight
Ep 112: Is it true you should work on what you avoid?
Ep 111: How to move through resistance with kindness
Ep 110: Somatics as an exploration of agency and self trust with Lisa Petersen
Ep 109: Inspiration? Or fuel for a guilt and shame spiral?
Ep 108: Doubly smart goals with Natalia Walker
Ep 107: How to make the small mo(ve)ments count.
Ep 106: The stress of self-judgement with Jessica Patching-Bunch
Ep 105: You don't need permission
Ep 104: Motherhood, Self-Scrutiny and Growth with Lori Curran
Ep 103: The Comparison Trap
Ep 102: Consistency doesn't mean NEVER stopping.
Ep 101: How aspiring to selflessness is getting in your way
Ep 100: Lessons from 100 AND some things you might not know
Ep 99: Allowing, Cancer Thriving and Self-Truth with Rochelle Trudo
Ep 98: Belief Breakdown
Ep 97: Natural Podiatry and Barefoot Living with Andy Bryant
Ep 96: No time for yoga? 3 questions to get you on your mat.
Ep 95: Living a Values-Based Life with Laura Jean
Ep 94: Do you trust yourself to 'listen to your body'?
Ep 93: Training mental flexibility in yoga and movement
Ep 92: Shoulders Tense? Three simple tips.
Ep 91: Disentangling from the forest of shoulds.
Ep 90: Creativity, Chronic Pain and Mindful Movement with Christine MacSween
Ep 89: When you feel like quitting
Ep 88: Your Tension is a Security Blanket.
Ep 87: Addiction, Mental Health, Trauma and Yoga with Vanessa Hollo
Ep 86: Self-Development Burnout.
Ep 85: How Slow Can You Go?
Ep 84: Is Feeling Old Inevitable?
Ep 83: Let's Talk About Unacceptable Outcomes
Episode 82: Bridging the Gap Between WANTING to and DOING it with Kelly Bryant
Episode 81: Lessons From The Roof
Episode 80: Mindful Movement for Stress and Overwhelm with Simone Russell
Episode 79: Goal Setting? Here's a Different Way.
Episode 78: Healthy Doesn't Have to Be Hard with Nadine Shaw
Episode 77: 3 Simple Practices for Festive Overwhelm.
Episode 76: Tension, Body Work and Movement with Mel Simon
Episode 75: Kindness When Things Don't Go To Plan
Episode 74: Laughter Yoga with Heather Joy Campbell
Episode 73: Who Do You Think You Are?
Episode 72: Expanding Your Perspective Through Movement with Kerry McGregor
Episode 71: 3 Tips to Stay at the TOP of Your Own Priority List this December
Episode 70: Stress Resilience with Jessica Patching-Bunch
Episode 69: Are You Negating or Celebrating?
Episode 68: Boundaries. How to set them and why you want them with Claire Nettley
Episode 67: Are You Ready to Take Responsibility?
Episode 66: Confidence, Self Talk and Courage with Sarah Denholm
Episode 65: Is 'Ideal' Posture A Thing?
Episode 64: Pelvic Health and Diastasis Recti with Dr Carrie Pagliano
Episode 63: Time Keeping You From Your Mat? Three Tips to Help.
Episode 62: Breaking Down Fitness Culture and Standing Up for Self Advocacy with Nikki Naab-Levy
Episode 61: Move it Or Lose It (Temporarily)
Episode 60: Bringing Mindfulness to Life with Sharn Rocco
Episode 59: How Can Yoga Help in Navigating Change?
Episode 58: Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Mental Health with Michelle Komrower
Episode 57: Dismissing Simplicity? Let's Revisit.
Episode 56: Love How You Move with Jordana Edelstein
Episode 55: Still Fixing Your Supposed Flaws? It's Time to Move With Kindness
Episode 54: Coming Home with Lori Curran
Episode 53: When You Just Want To Hit Snooze: Balancing Commitment and Self-Kindness
Episode 52: Tapping for Stress Relief with Celina Tonkin
Episode 51: Self-Kindness is About Listening, Not Absolutes
Episode 50: Becoming the CEO of Your Own Health with Dr Rima Thapar
Episode 49: Four Simple Ideas for Your Week
Episode 48: Ayurveda, Yoga & The Art of Self-Listening with Sarah Vanis
Episode 47: Making the Unfamiliar Familiar
Episode 46: Intuitive Eating and Living with Christi Brown
Episode 45: Acceptance is for Cowards?
Episode 44: Subconscious Reprogramming, Heart Math & Kindness with Maree Zimny
Episode 43: Is Cleaning the Toilet Self Care?
Episode 42: Community, Connection and Laughter with The Giddy Aunt Jenny Knox
Episode 41: Stop Aiming for Non-Judgment. Instead Aim for Space to Make Choices.
Episode 40: Wayapa Wuurrk and Aboriginal Ways of Being with Jaquara Egan
Episode 39: The Four Elements of Balance
Episode 38: Movement Lessons for Life with Kristie Guadiano Elliott
Episode 37: Motivation - The Friend Who Doesn't Text Back
Episode 36: Being Acutely Human (Mess Included) with Suz Crichton-Stuart
Episode 35: Is Your Yoga Feeding the Rush?
Episode 34: PerMISSION to PLAY with Carrie Owerko
Episode 33: Why Your Stretches Aren't Working
Episode 32: Conscious Incompetence and Creating Agency with The Movement Maestro
Episode 31: Your Minimum Viable Practice
Episode 30: From Chaos to Clarity with Lisa Gumieniuk
Episode 29: What is Self Care without Self Kindness?
Episode 28: Silence Equals Violence with Wendy Alexander
Episode 27: Who's In Charge 'Round Here?
Episode 26: Supporting the Body to Heal Itself with Anna Hartman
Episode 25: What Is True Right Now?
Episode 24: Moving as an Antidote to Stress with Suzi Dafnis
Episode 23: Movement Snacks (no, they're not edible)
Episode 22: Forest Therapy with Matt Glover
Episode 21: It's Bigger than You
Episode 20: Pooping When You're 80: A Conversation with Beth Drayer
Episode 19: Friend or Foe?
Episode 18: Matters of the Heart: A Conversation with Dr Nikky Gordon
Episode 17: Top 3 Tips for a Sustainable Home Practice
Episode 16: Running for her Life: A Conversation with Erika Bonilla
Episode 15: Autonomy, Authority and the Soma
Episode 14: Movement as Identity with Karen Bleakley
Episode 13: Wanting, Shoulding and Feeling Like It.
Episode 12: Circus Contortion, Gender Transition, Loving your Body - A Conversation with Jessie Rard
Episode 11: Novelty & Expanding Possibilities
Episode 10: Movement, Acting and Embodying with Debra Lawrance
Episode 9: Does Intention Matter? Yes.
Episode 8: Movement as Medicine - A conversation with Kerry McGinn
Episode 7: Why Words Matter
Episode 6: Falling Deeply in Love with Yourself with Linda Emslie
Episode 5: Commitment, Responsibility & Kindness
Episode 4: Lessons from the Animals - A Conversation with Wendy Coren
Episode 3: What does it mean to move with kindness?
Episode 2: Movement as a Doorway to Self-Kindness
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