The Creative Mind Audio
By Douglas Eby
The Creative Mind AudioNov 17, 2021
Exploring our Shadow - Caroline Myss
"What is the definition of the Shadow? Why is it so important to understand your Shadow’s contents?" This audio is from a free series by Sounds True, from video 1: The Sacred Path of the Shadow with Caroline Myss.
Julie Bjelland on challenges and self-care for highly sensitive people
Melissa Schwartz interviews Julie Bjelland, LMFT. Learn more about the program in article The Empaths, Sensitives and Intuitives Summit.
Paula Prober on Rainforest Minds
This audio is from the much longer video conversation in a Summit - learn more in article The Empaths, Sensitives and Intuitives Summit.
Wendy De Rosa on early boundaries and survival
See more in article The Empaths, Sensitives and Intuitives Summit.
How to Reduce Anxiety as a Highly Sensitive Person
“Anxiety or high stress is actually pretty common for highly sensitive people. Much of it has to do with an overloaded sensitive nervous system.” Learn more in article How Highly Sensitive People can deal with anxiety – a free Masterclass.
Living Better With Sensory Overload as a Highly Sensitive Person
"Sensory overload is when our senses take in more information than our brain can keep up with processing." Sensitivity therapist and author Julie Bjelland adds that as highly sensitive people, "We take in more data than the majority."
Hear full podcast, see videos, and read about what causes overload and suggestions for managing it, in How to Live Better With Sensory Overload as a Highly Sensitive Person highlysensitive.org/12947/
Let's Talk 2e Adult Conference - intro by Julie Skolnick
This Conference hosted by Julie Skolnick is an online event with recordings of presentations by 16+ experts on being a gifted and twice exceptional adult.
Learn more in article "How To Thrive More as a Gifted Adult - the Let’s Talk 2e Adult Conference" https://highability.org/7639/
Thriving With a Highly Sensitive Nervous System
“Highly Sensitive People have particular brain differences that make us more susceptible to high stress, overwhelm and even anxiety."
Sensitivity expert and author Julie Bjelland, LMFT adds, “Thankfully there is a way to train your HSP brain so you can live your fullest life.”
See more in article How Can Brain Training Help Highly Sensitive People Thrive? https://highlysensitive.org/12159/
Fears, Unconscious Fears, And Being More Creative
“If it doesn’t scare the crap out of you, then you’re not doing the right thing.” Sandra Bullock. / “I was a very anxious kid in many ways. I had a lot of fears." Hugh Jackman
“Anxiety or high stress is actually pretty common for highly sensitive people. Much of it has to do with an overloaded sensitive nervous system.” Psychotherapist Julie Bjelland
"Unconscious fears are powerful. They don’t stop controlling our lives, unless we address them." Psychotherapist Mihaela Ivan Holtz
The audio is text from related article (synthetic voice) "Fears, Unconscious Fears, And Being More Creative" thecreativemind.net/4035/
Psychologist Cheryl Arutt on Mental Health and Creative People
Clinical psychologist Cheryl Arutt specializes in creative artist issues and trauma recovery. This is an excerpt from our longer interview on topics including high sensitivity, regulating disruptive feelings, destructiveness vs creativity, pain and creativity, being unconventional vs rebellion against the self, the fight-or-flight response, and other issues which can impact creative artists and, of course, other people as well. See related article for much more: Psychologist Cheryl Arutt on Mental Health and Creative People thecreativemind.net/203/
Change From Feeling Unworthy - Therapist Marisa Peer on Self Esteem
Marisa Peer talks about what kinds of experiences and thinking impact our self esteem. our sense of being worthy and lovable. She talks about some people including Diana (a nurse), Marilyn Monroe and others. See videos and more in article Self Esteem and Self Confidence and Creative People thecreativemind.net/1941/
Highly sensitive people and anxiety
Sensitivity expert Julie Bjelland on why we are more vulnerable to anxiety as highly sensitive people: "Imagine there is a motor inside you. Most people whose motor is too fast experience feelings of anxiety." See much more in article (with link to her free Masterclass on anxiety) - "How to Relieve Stress and Anxiety When You’re a Highly Sensitive Person" highlysensitive.org/34/
Are emotions hardwired and just triggered?
"Emotions are not built into your brain at birth. They are just built...you have more control over them than you might imagine." Professor of psychology Lisa Feldman Barrett. See more in my article "Are emotions hardwired and just triggered? No - our brains build them" thecreativemind.net/7321/
Our emotional and cognitive brain and being a highly sensitive person
"When the emotional brain is activated, the cognitive brain kind of goes to sleep." Julie Bjelland, LMFT explains more in article "How Can Brain Training Help Highly Sensitive People Thrive?" http://highlysensitive.org/12159/