Episode 160: Are You a Highly Sensitive Person? with Dr. Amelia Kelley
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Amelia Kelley returns to the show for a deep dive into what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Dr. Kelley is a trauma-informed therapist. She is a trained Art therapist, HSP Therapist, EMDR-informed therapist, meditation teacher, as well as a Certified Yoga instructor.
This episode is near and dear to my heart because I identify as a Highly Sensitive Person. Once I learned what an HSP is and how it affects the way I see the world around me, it was truly eye-opening! We discuss what being an HSP means, strategies for self-care, and how being an HSP can affect relationships. If you identify as an HSP, think you are one or are married to someone who is - this episode is a must-listen.
"Being a Highly Sensitive Person is not something to be changed or hidden. It is an exceptional quality. It's a superpower." Dr. Amelia Kelley
Show Highlights
- Highly Sensitive Person (HSP): what is and how it relates to how your brain processes to the world around you. (4:21)
- D.O.E.S: Depth of processing, Overarousal, Emotional Intensity, Sensory Sensitivity. (5:12)
- Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? We discuss the HSP test and various results. (7:28)
- HSPs can also be High sensation-seeking Persons. (8:10)
- The challenges and strengths of being an HSP in a relationship. (13:43)
- Is being an HSP genetic? (21:25)
- Why HSPs get more out of yoga, therapy, or meditation sessions. (23:25)
- The highly reactive state of HSPs - both positive and negative. (24:08)
- We explore some of the ways HSPs may experience divorce. (27:42)
- Dr. Kelley's top 5 self-care strategies for Highly Sensitive People. (43:21)
- Some ways HSPs can be affected physically, including hypersensitivity to caffeine. (48:22)
Learn more about Dr. Kelley:
Dr. Amelia Kelley is a trauma-informed therapist who has conducted research on the effects of exercise on ADHD symptoms as well as the effects of resiliency on PTSD. She is a trained Hypno-therapist, Art therapist, HSP Therapist, EMDR-informed therapist and meditation and Yoga teacher. She is a presenter and writer in the "science-help" field focusing on relationships, Highly Sensitive Persons, trauma, motivation, healthy living, and adult ADHD. She is a guest podcast presenter focusing on women's issues and coping with the trauma of unhealthy relationships, as well as a coach and trainer for SAS's Work/Life Program in Cary, NC and a resident trainer for the NC Art Therapy Institute. Her practice is also currently part of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute. www.Ameliakelley.com
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go. |
| 0:17.7 | I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate |
| 0:22.8 | some of the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. |
| 0:28.5 | I've been to hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other side |
| 0:34.2 | of this process with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey, everyone. Welcome back. You know, I got a lot of feedback that people really loved the |
| 0:50.4 | Q&A episode that I did last month. And so we've kept that line open, but we really haven't |
| 0:58.2 | gotten a lot of questions on it. And I wonder if it's because of the vocal aspect to it, |
| 1:07.2 | that people didn't really want to have their voices be on the air, which I completely understand. |
| 1:11.6 | So we have changed it. And you can now submit your questions via text only. |
| 1:17.6 | You can fill out a form is what I mean. You can type your question. |
| 1:22.6 | And I will read it on the air anonymously. |
| 1:25.6 | So if you would like to submit a question and have me answer it on the air anonymously. So if you would like to submit a question and have me answer it on |
| 1:30.8 | the air, please go to kateanthony.com slash questions and I will read your question on the air and answer it |
| 1:40.5 | in a Q&A episode. But if you guys liked it, you kind of have to submit questions. |
| 1:45.1 | Otherwise, I can't do it again. Okay. All right. So today I have with me back again is Dr. |
| 1:54.2 | Amelia Kelly. And you may remember she was on the podcast a while back, and we were talking about her book, |
| 2:05.2 | What I Wish I New, Surviving and Thriving After an Abusive Relationship, that she had co-authored. |
| 2:11.2 | And in that conversation, we talked about HSPs and what it is to be an HSP and how we wanted to do another episode |
| 2:19.6 | about being an HSP, which is a highly sensitive person. |
| 2:24.0 | And so this is it. |
| 2:25.0 | We just had this conversation. |
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