Ep 280: Who Sank the Boat (on being highly sensitive and stressed)

SelfKind with Erica Webb

Hello, and welcome to Episode 280 of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that’s me!). This is a podcast for my fellow Highly Sensitive People! In today’s episode, I’m using the classic book ‘Who Sank the Boat’ by Pamela Allen to talk about overwhelm and self care. I think this analogy is going to get stuck in your head, in the best possible way.
In this episode you will hear:

• How you can think of the ‘load’ of your day being similar to the cow, donkey, sheep and pig jumping aboard a little dinghy.
• Why it’s the tiny little mouse - the smallest of them all - that tends to sink the boat
• How you can intervene in this boat-sinking cycle, to either off-load some of those big animals or shrink them so they don’t take up so much space.

Who knew picture books were so full of wisdom?
Mentioned in this episode:
Episode 263: Setting Boundaries as a Highly Sensitive Person
Episodes 266-269: All about managing overstimulation as an HSP
Episode 271: How to Say No as an HSP
Episode 272: How can you honour your sensitivity as an HSP?
About your host, Erica Webb:
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach and highly sensitive person. She supports other highly sensitive people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.
Visit https://www.ericawebb.com.au to learn more about working together.

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