As a Highly Sensitive Person do you ever feel like you're on the edge of overwhelm? Especially when life gets really busy (hello, Christmas and holiday period!)?

In this episode of SelfKind, a podcast for Highly Sensitive People, I’m sharing a simple nervous system metaphor that will remind you of why it's so important to be mindful of your capacity, and when it's quickly running out.

This episode will be especially supportive if you:
🌼 Identify as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
🌼 Feel emotionally drained or on edge
🌼 Notice that seemingly small things trigger big reactions in your system
🌼 Struggle during busy seasons or transitions
🌼 Want practical, gentle ways to reduce overwhelm

We explore:
🌼 Why HSPs reach capacity faster
🌼 How everyday stress fills your metaphorical jug
🌼 Why overwhelm isn’t caused by the last small thing (even when it feels like it is)
🌼 Simple, realistic ways to pour some of the load out
🌼 How to move through busy times with more kindness and capacity

About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind
🤝 Want to work with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 322: When everything feels like too much: A SelfKind metaphor for handling overwhelm

Do you ever feel like you don't quite fit in as a Highly Sensitive Person?
Maybe you compare your needs to everyone else’s and think:
“Why am I like this? Why do I need so much rest? Why can’t I handle what others seem to manage easily?” If so, you are not alone, nor are you broken.

In this episode of SelfKind, a podcast for Highly Sensitive People, I'm answering this deeply relatable listener question: “How do I shift from feeling faulty to a more compassionate stance toward my sensitivity?”

In this episode I explore:
 ✨ Why so many HSPs feel broken or “too much”
 ✨ How the modern world wasn’t designed for sensitive nervous systems
✨ Why comparing your capacity to non-HSPs is doing you harm
✨ The invisible labour of sensory processing and emotional depth
✨ How to begin shifting from self-blame to self-compassion in a way that actually feels doable.

If you’ve ever felt like everyone else is coping better than you, or you’ve internalised the belief that your sensitivity is a personal failure, this episode will help you understand your nervous system with far more compassion.

About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au [https://www.ericawebb.com.au/]
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind
🤝 Want to work with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 321: When your sensitivity feels like failure

Do you feel like you overthink everything as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)?
 

That might feel like replaying conversations and worrying about what you said long after the interaction is over; finding decisions hard to make; or second guessing every little thing. 

So, is this normal for a HSP? Short answer: yes. But why? And what can you do about it? That's precisely what we're exploring in this episode of SelfKind, a podcast for highly sensitive people. 

In this episode you will hear: 
 ✨ Why HSPs process things more deeply (and why that can contribute to 'overthinking')
 ✨ How people-pleasing patterns contribute to rumination
 ✨ A personal story about my own post-podcast vulnerability spirals
 ✨ Practical strategies to help you untangle from those overthinking loops
 ✨ Why this experience can feel so lonely ... and why you’re not broken or too much.

If you’re tired of feeling like you’re too much, too sensitive or too indecisive, this episode will help you feel understood, supported, and a little less alone.

About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind
🤝 Want to work with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me



The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 320: Overthinking, rumination and regret - a common experience for the Highly Sensitive Person?

Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP) struggling with work? Maybe the workplace feels overwhelming, you feel broken, or you can't seem to find work that quite fits who you are? You are not alone, and you're absolutely not broken. You're sensitive ... and that sensitivity needs to be considered. 

In this episode, I’m answering a listener question about work as a highly sensitive person. Why do so many HSPs struggle with traditional 9-5s? Why is work sometimes draining, overwhelming or misaligned? 

As a highly sensitive person (and autistic ADHD counsellor), I share my own experience of burning out in corporate environments and why certain workplaces simply aren’t designed for sensory-sensitive nervous systems. We’ll talk about how your empathy impacts your work, why what you do matters, how to consider and adjust for environmental stressors and more. 

✨ In this episode you'll hear:
• Why work environments can feel “too much” for some HSPs
• How sensory input and emotional energy impact the highly sensitive nervous system
• The role of values, purpose and meaning when it comes to the right fit job as a HSP
• Why work overwhelm and burnout happens and why it's not because you're just not trying hard enough
• Practical ideas for making work more sustainable
• How to explore aligned work options without shame or pressure

Whether you’re an HSP navigating a 9–5, working in hospitality, healthcare, corporate, creative roles or anything in between, you can make work a more sensitivity-friendly place. This episode will help you to get curious and compassionate as you navigate what a job can look like as a sensitive soul.

⭐️ About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

🎙️ About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind

🤝 Want to work with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 319: Is Your Job Draining You? Why the workplace can be so tricky as a Highly Sensitive Person

If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) who feels constantly tired, drained, or emotionally exhausted, this episode is for you. 

In this episode join me, Erica Webb, a registered counsellor and somatic exercise coach to explore why so many HSPs struggle with exhaustion — and how true rest goes far beyond just getting more sleep.

You’ll learn:
 🌿 Why Highly Sensitive People experience chronic tiredness and burnout
 🌿 The link between emotional overload, self-criticism, and fatigue
 🌿 What research reveals about burnout in Highly Sensitive People
🌿 How “sensing the subtle” can actually protect you from exhaustion
🌿 How rest can be found through self-compassion

Mentioned in this episode:

🪷 Join the SelfKind Hub – a space for Highly Sensitive People to rest, move, and grow with self-compassion: https://www.ericawebb.com.au/selfkindhub

🔍 The research: Individual Differences andSusceptibility to Burnout Syndrome:Sensory Processing Sensitivity andIts Relation to Exhaustion andDisengagement (researchers:Krystyna Golonka and Bozena Gulla published in Frontiers in Psychology, November 2021)

🎧 Episode 295 of SelfKind: Why am I so tired? Is that a Highly Sensitive Person thing? 



⭐️ About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

🎙️ About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au [https://www.ericawebb.com.au/]
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind

🤝 Want to work with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 318: The hidden kind of rest every Highly Sensitive Person needs

Do you ever wonder why your body reacts before your mind catches up? Or why you sometimes feel anxious or tense — even when “nothing’s wrong”?

In this episode of SelfKind, join me, Erica Webb (registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, and fellow Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)) as I share a powerful analogy that will change the way you think about your mind-body connection.

💡 You’ll discover:

🚨 Why your nervous system acts like a first responder
🔍 How your mind tries to make sense of your body’s reactions
👀 The link between self-blame, anxiety, and nervous system responses
🩷 Simple ways to bring curiosity and compassion into moments of stress

If you’ve ever thought, “What’s wrong with me?” when your body feels on high alert, this episode will help you understand that your body is always trying to protect you — and that compassion is your most powerful tool for change.

⭐️ About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

🎙️ About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind

🤝 Want to work with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 317: Your Body Reacts Before Your Mind Understands

If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) who spends a lot of time thinking, analysing, ruminating or second-guessing yourself, this video is for you.

Maybe you feel a bit like you've operated from the shoulders up but lost contact with your body and its wisdom? If so ... stay tuned.

In this episode of SelfKind - a podcast for Highly Sensitive People - I’m sharing a simple somatic enquiry to help you reconnect with your body’s wisdom — that deep, intuitive knowing that lives beneath your thoughts.

Listen in to learn:
✨ Why HSPs often disconnect from their bodies
✨ How to tell what your body’s “yes” and “no” feel like
✨ A gentle exercise to strengthen your self-trust
✨ How to use this skill in everyday decisions — from dinner choices to big life moves

When you start tuning in to what your body knows, you can move through the world with more clarity, ease, and confidence.

Important note: We're not looking for perfection. This is simply a practice in connection, curiosity and mindfulness.

⭐️ About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

🎙️ About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind

🤝 Want to work with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me




The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

How to Tap Into Your Body’s Wisdom (Even If You’ve Been Living in Your Head)

Do you ever find yourself asking: “What’s wrong with me?”

As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), it’s a question that might feel familiar — but it’s the wrong question to ask if you want to heal, grow, and thrive.

In this episode of SelfKind with me, Erica Webb, I share why shifting from “What’s wrong with me?” to “What do I need to feel supported?” changes everything. Using the example of my (slightly unruly!) Monstera plant, I’ll show you how support — not self-blame — is the foundation for self-care, self-love, and resilience as an HSP.

💡 You’ll learn:

🌿 Why the “what’s wrong with me” mindset keeps HSPs stuck in self-criticism.

🌿 The powerful reframe: “What supports me right now?”

🌿 Simple, everyday supports that help HSPs thrive (movement, rest, environment, self-talk).

🌿 How to notice what you really need instead of defaulting to self-blame.

🌿 A gentle reminder: you’re not broken, you just need the right supports.

Whether you’re struggling with overwhelm, anxiety, or feeling “different” in an insensitive world, this conversation will help you shift your perspective and meet yourself with kindness.

⭐️ About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

🎙️ About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind

🤝 Want to work 1-1 with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 315: Why “What’s Wrong With Me?” is the wrong question for healing as a highly sensitive person

Do you ever feel like you’re constantly on high alert as a Highly Sensitive Person? Like you’re walking through life bracing yourself for the next “swoop” of overwhelm, criticism, or overstimulation?

In this episode of SelfKind (a podcast for Highly Sensitive People), join me, your host, Erica Webb, as I share a story about a swooping bird ... Yep, you read that correctly! This swooping bird - and how I responded - can teach us a powerful lesson in the way we armour up as Highly Sensitive People to protect ourselves — and why that tension often shows up as tight shoulders, sore jaws, headaches and pain.

We’ll explore:
✨ Why your body automatically “armours up” in stressful, complicated or overstimulating environments
✨ How this protective mechanism helps — but why, when it's overgeneralised or constantly 'on' it can become dysfunctional
✨ Simple, compassionate ways to create spaces and practices that allow your body to soften that armour. 

If you’ve ever wondered why you feel so tense as a Highly Sensitive Person — this one's for you.

Mentioned in this episode: The SelfKind Hub [https://www.ericawebb.com.au/selfkindhub]! Join me inside for somatic exercise and yoga classes to help you release tension and nurture your body and mind

LEARN MORE AND JOIN HERE [https://www.ericawebb.com.au/selfkindhub]

⭐️ About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

🎙️ About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind

🤝 Want to work 1-1 with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 314: The swooping bird: Lessons in self-protection and physical tension for the Highly Sensitive Person

What do you do when you feel triggered and enter into a spiral of self-criticism and dysregulation? If you're a Highly Sensitive Person, this is a skill you need - because your super-charged nervous system will become overwhelmed sometimes.

In this episode of SelfKind - a podcast for Highly Sensitive People - I share a real-life moment that poked my HSP sensitivities—time pressure, “don’t waste time” beliefs, and justice sensitivity—and how I navigated the inner critic with self-compassion, breath, and gentle movement.

In this episode you’ll hear:

⏰ My thoughts around time pressure (and why it's such a big trigger for me)

⚖️ The role justice sensitivity plays in HSP overwhelm

🌀 How to spot and stop the inner critic loop

🌼 Why taking time to recover from overwhelm or a self-criticism spiral is very human

🩷 A vital reframe from perfectionism to acknowledging your humanity

✨ If this episode helped you feel less alone, leave a comment with your takeaways or share your own HSP story. I love hearing from you.

⭐️ About your host, Erica Webb
Erica Webb is a registered counsellor, somatic exercise coach, yoga teacher and highly sensitive person (also diagnosed AuDHD). She supports other highly sensitive and neurodivergent people to discover their sensitivity superpowers and more confidently navigate the tricky bits of being a sensitive person in an often insensitive world.

🎙️ About the Podcast, SelfKind
SelfKind is for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) who want to navigate the tricky bits of their sensitivity with more ease while finding their sensitivity superpowers. Here, we’re all about being, living and moving through a lens of self-compassion and kindness.

📬 Connect with Erica:
🌐 https://www.ericawebb.com.au
📸 https://www.instagram.com/ericawebb_selfkind

🤝 Want to work 1-1 with me? Learn more here:
https://www.ericawebb.com.au/work-with-me




The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Ep 313: Recovering after your sensitivity is triggered:  from self-critical to self-kind

Hi and welcome to SelfKind with me, Erica Webb (formerly The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast). This is a podcast about what it means to be, live and move through a lens of self-kindness. We’ll look at the way self-kindness can underpin our practices in movement, mindfulness, and mindset to support us to be and do the things we so desire in the world. It is my firm belief that self-kindness underpins any true self-acceptance, and one of the greatest pursuits we can ever engage in is that of being in a kind and honest relationship with ourselves. Mindful movement and developing a self-kind mindset are the tools I share and my guests do too - among much more. I’m thrilled you’re here. Let’s do this.

Erica Webb

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