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🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome to Nobody Told Me. |
0:11.2 | I'm Laura Owens, and I'm Jan Black. |
0:13.3 | Recent research indicates highly sensitive people make up approximately 30% of the population. |
0:19.2 | And on this episode, we'll find out more about what it means |
0:22.3 | to be a highly sensitive individual, why sensitivity has a negative stigma and how you can embrace |
0:27.6 | sensitivity. Joining us is Andre Solo, co-author with Jen Granaman of the new book, Sensitive, |
0:33.7 | the hidden power of the highly sensitive person in a loud, fast, too much world. |
0:39.7 | Andre, we thank you so much for joining us. |
0:41.7 | Thank you for having me. |
0:42.9 | I'm happy to be here. |
0:44.2 | Why did you and Jen decide to write the book? |
0:48.2 | Yeah, you know, so I think this is a very personal topic for both of us. |
0:52.6 | Both Jen and myself are sensitive people. And we, |
0:57.7 | at least for myself, for a lot of my life, I did not realize that. So as a child, of course, |
1:03.2 | I was always a sensitive kid. I didn't use that word about myself. As a boy, I don't think I'd |
1:07.4 | like that word about myself. But I remember in kindergarten, I did fine in class. |
1:13.3 | You know, it was quiet classroom. You're focused on specific things. But then when I get out to |
1:18.9 | recess, suddenly there are, you know, hundreds of kids running everywhere. Kids are screaming, |
1:23.6 | laughing, playing, fighting. There's just so much going on. I would get overstimulated. |
1:28.1 | And I didn't realize why. |
1:29.7 | I didn't even know that I was overstimulated. |
1:31.3 | I just knew I kind of couldn't handle this loud, chaotic playground. |
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