Life is not a long flowy river! It’s messy, it gets topsy turvy, it goes up and down, just like the intense emotions we tend to feel as a Highly Sensitive Person. It’s messy, it’s painful, it’s beautiful, it’s full of surprises ✨ And when it feels like a HOT mess, overwhelm shows up big time for us, HSPs. Remaining regulated so that our nervous system can work its wonders doesn’t have to be as complicated as some influencers lead us to know on social media.

In the past, I would have beaten myself up for falling behind my goals, but this time I chose to follow my body's energy, and decided to approach my work differently. A break was needed, and a break I took. As the saying goes, sometimes you really gotta take a few steps backwards in order to move forward!

“Be professional” is something I heard a lot in my career and is something I see many many Highly Sensitive People are striving for. I, myself did try very hard for years and years to “be professional” until I realized it was utterly counter-productive and in fact, a big hindrance in my development as a human being.

If you’re an empath and a highly sensitive person, being yourself could be very different from moment to moment. Like a chameleon you change depending on who is near you. You can easily take on the identity and emotions of the people around you. You may be seeking validation from others, yet you may struggle accepting love from others and feeling lovable.

There are days like that, sometimes even weeks, when nothing seems to be working. Obstacles after obstacles. I’ve been having such a week, especially today, the day I recorded this episode. In this episode, I take you along with me in that tricky energy and how I reframed the situation, and was able to shift my energy, and move from feeling powerless to feeling in my power.

Ah the in-between phase… like a thick, heavy cloudy sky, with no sunlight seemingly coming through… I used to see it as an ordeal, a purgatory: why wait? Why “waste time”? I wanna things to happen NOW! And yet such a necessary phase when going through change.

In this episode, I talk about how Highly Sensitive People tend to feel overwhelm and often bypass this feeling until they burn out.
I share my experience with burnout and how I tapped into my senses to heal and recover from it.
Once we bring ourselves back to a sense of safety, creative energy is able to flow abundantly.

This is part 3 of my sensitive and creative journey across the globe. After 7 years in London, I came back to Paris, only leaving again a few years later. And this time, for Shanghai. Ready to discover other sides of fashion, and more importantly, to explore the world. A story of losing my way and finding it again, and connecting to my creativity and sensitivity✨✨✨