Highly Sensitive People- Podcast #725

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Todd and Cathy Adams

Arts, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss the concept of being a highly sensitive person, and they explore how it feels to be a highly sensitive kid. They also address “ASK US ANYTHING” questions from listeners, offering guidance on how to talk to your kids about behavior modification charts in school (when they’re not used at home) and providing advice on how to relate to an irritable and uncooperative child. For the full show notes, visit zenpopparenting.com.

Time Stamps

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:00) Zen Parenting Moment: “When I Was Your Age”
(00:08:50) Balancing Heart-Centered Parenting with School’s Reward-Punishment System
(00:16:45) Understanding Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
(00:21:30) Cathy shares her personal experience as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
(00:24:24) Emotional Sensitivity of HSPs
(00:25:03) Our partner of the week Koko Sleep – Bedtime Stories & Meditations For Kids
(00:25:03) Sensory Sensitivities in HSPs
(00:25:30) Empathy and Intuition in HSPs
(00:26:35) Depth of Processing in HSPs
(00:28:15) Navigating Overstimulation
(00:29:30) The importance of understanding your kids
(00:32:30) Being highly sensitive is not an issue; rather, it’s a unique trait
(00:36:00) What Is Neurodiversity on the Spectrum?
(00:42:30) Cathy and Todd Discuss Parenting and Accommodating Children
(00:50:00) Upcoming Zen Talk with Devorah Heitner and her Book “Growing Up in Public” Release

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0:00.0	here we go my name's Todd this is Kathy welcome back to another episode of Zen
0:09.1	Parenting Radio this is podcast number 725 why listen to Zen Parenting Radio because you'll feel
0:15.8	outstanding now as you remember our motto which is the best predictor of a child's well-being
0:20.5	is a parent's self-understanding.
0:23.5	On today's show, we're going to talk a little bit about anticipatory grief, probably.
0:28.7	We have two ask us.
0:30.6	And highly sensitive people.
0:32.7	And maybe some highly sensitive people discussion.
0:37.0	We have, and we have two ask us anything.
0:40.4	So if you don't know what asks us anything is,
0:42.0	we have this link.
0:42.9	You can actually scroll down in your show notes.
0:45.0	And you can ask us anything.
0:46.1	And we may or may not be able to answer.
0:47.6	But you can either type it or you can just talk into your phone.
0:52.0	And we'll get an email saying, hey, they have a question
0:55.4	and we're going to try our best answer. So that's on the agenda for today. Your hat's a little
1:01.7	off. Why is it a little off? Well, first of all, people who are listening to this don't know what
1:08.0	you're talking about. It's just like you put it on wrong. If you want to see my hat, you have to go to our YouTube page, and our goal is to get above
1:15.5	100 subscribers.
1:17.0	We had to start over with YouTube.
1:18.3	We had to start over.
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