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TILT Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

TPP 214a: Alane Freund How to Support & Parent a Highly Sensitive Child

TILT Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8983 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Licensed family therapist and international consultant on high sensitivity Alane Freund explains what high sensitivity is, how it shows up in children, teens, and adults, and gives her insights on how parents can help a highly sensitive child flourish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today I'm sharing a Playback Friday episode.

0:31.0

Unless you're a long-time listener, you likely haven't heard this one yet.

0:34.5

And even if you have, I bet you'll get something completely different

0:37.6

from it this time around. Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and

0:45.7

conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids.

0:51.6

If your child seems to be extra impacted by things, whether it's light,

0:56.5

noise, pain, or even other people's emotions, he or she might be highly sensitive. High sensitivity

1:03.5

is a genetic trait that affects up to 20% of the population and is often misunderstood and

1:09.2

mistaken for other differences in disorders.

1:12.3

What makes it difficult is that when unrecognized and unsupported, highly sensitive children

1:17.6

and adults tend to exhibit high levels of anxiety, nervousness, perfectionism, overwhelm,

1:23.8

and emotional outbursts due to their finely tuned nervous systems.

1:28.4

But this sensitivity can also be a rich and valuable way to experience the world.

1:33.8

My guest today is Elaine Friend, a licensed family therapist, an international consultant on

1:39.2

high sensitivity, and a highly sensitive person herself.

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