Podcast Episode | On HSPs Finding Belonging and a Sense of Home
It makes sense to me that those of us who are odd ducks would yearn to belong somewhere, somehow, and would often have trouble finding such a place.
With hindsight, I see how much my misfit discomfort prompted me to search far and wide for somewhere to relax. Where could I feel like myself? Often, that "place" was in my mind or inside studious quests for information as I followed my curiosity.
Frequently, the quest for belonging sparked a physical move from one location to another, even to different countries. I wanted what seemed to be a paradox: I wanted to explore and feel settled. Sometimes I only wanted to escape from a life in a location that no longer fit me. Other times, I heeded the call of a different location that beckoned with a potential better life.
Eventually, as I became more conscious of my motivations and as I accumulated lived experience, my paradigms about home and belonging shifted.
During a recent conversation with Gosia Poraj, the wonderful host of the podcast Cosmic Tickle, one of the topics we explored together was the intersection of highly sensitive people, home, and belonging.
I loved our conversation, Gosia's insights, and the questions posed. Despite my feelings of awkward vulnerability (and worry that my boy-cut hair would spontaneously drift into a style I've dubbed the Post-Modern Adolf), Gosia's compassion, welcoming presence, and willingness to dive into discussion felt like home.
If any of the above strikes a chord for you, you might enjoy watching or listening to our conversation.
Watch the episode on YouTube: On HSPs Finding Belonging and a Sense of Home
Listen to the episode: Podcast Page (Includes links for Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music)
Gosia offers great support for HSPs, including her Calm & Confident Toolkit, which is free when you subscribe to her newsletter (click the Podcast Page link in the paragraph above, then the Newsletter link in her website’s menu bar).
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Grace Kerina is the author of Personal Boundaries for Highly Sensitive People and other resources for quiet people. She has more than twenty years of experience helping writers and other creators find their true voices. Get her free ebook 7 Liberating Life Hacks for Highly Sensitive People when you subscribe to her newsletter. She also writes novels as Alice Archer.