11: Creating Your Unique LifeStyle as an HSP Professional

April Snow is a psychotherapist in downtown San Francisco who specializes in helping Highly Sensitive Clients reduce overwhelm and have more fulfilling relationships.  She is also the creator of the Highly Sensitive Therapist Facebook community and the site, sensitivetherapist.com.  April is on a mission to raise awareness about this innate trait that exists in 20% of the population. Also important to her is helping Highly Sensitive Therapists embrace their Sensitive Strengths, stop comparing themselves to their non-HSP colleagues and build more sustainable and fulfilling practices to suit their temperament so they can do their best work.    
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In this episode:
Learn about Innate Trait-Temperament variation
DOES acronym
Brain has more blood flow in areas that are activated
April shares her personal journey about learning about HSP through graduate school and desire to raise awareness to other psychotherapists to prevent burn out and compassion fatigue
Steps in how to thrive under optimal conditions as an HSP
Beginning your day with ease to keep nervous system from being amped up
Ways to stay ahead of the exhaustion
Creating a life that works for you
Importance of boundaries and unstructured time
Incorporating self-compassionate and mindfulness skills
Slowing down before reaching exhaustion point
Self-acceptance and you are needed in this world
HSP make up 1.4 billion people in the world
Increasing your own self-love increases your love for others
April shares tips on how to help reduce the overwhelm in creating your day
Power of self-reflection and turning off electronics
Creating a lifestyle that works for you
“Taking time for quiet is essential. It is not optional” per April
The power of saying “NO” and letting go of activities that don’t serve you