Like so many healers, I came to this work through my own lived experiences of being a sensitive person in a world that hates sensitivity. My mid and late 20s brought anxiety and depression--I had grown thick scales to shield myself from the world and its judgement. My scales took the form of “knowing it all”, using substances, staying home. The world was unsafe after all. Why not stay inside where I could never be triggered or disturbed?

 

It wasn’t very fun. It was actually boring and extremely stressful. My only “power” was feeling like a victim. Leaving the house stirred intense nausea and panic. I wanted to quit my job and withdraw from friends.

 

But that crisis brought its own clarity. Numbing my sensitivity wasn’t working. What if my sensitivity was a key to unlocking joy, intimacy, aliveness? Very very slowly I started to slough off my scales. I began the work of creating safety within myself, rather than trying to control the outside world or make a perfectly safe cave.

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As sensitive people, we have unique gifts. This is not to dismiss our difficulties with a cheerful "Sensitivity is a superpower!" Instead, we wade into the nuances together and open to how deeply we feel, trusting that there is wisdom there. 

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The people who find me are often deep practitioners, meaning healing is a guiding force in their lives, or they really want it to be.