"Someone who senses other people's needs, problems, feelings, or pain and shows compassion for what the other person is going through." This is the definition of sensitivity that Brid O'Donoghue writes about in her book "The Mystery of the Sensitive Child":

How can something so loving pose a challenge? We explore exactly that in this episode. Meet Brid O'Donoghue, author and spiritual healer, for a deep and meaningful conversation. Find links to her book and other work below.

Here are some key points we discuss in this episode:

• Levels of sensitivity

• Sensitivity connected to spirituality

• Being grounded to not be pulled into other peoples energy

• The difference between disconnecting and switching off emotions

• Dissociation, How to emotionally step out and then not being able to remember school

• It's not daydreaming — it's survival

• Are you okay? Being a caring person versus what do they want from me?

• The habit of switching off as an adult

• Remembering that it's safe to be in your body and be present

• The concept of running two emotional programs simultaneously

• T-shirt exercise

• The energy that impacts us the most is the one that was around us when we were small

• Anger - picking up on frustration

• Not understanding sensitivity can lead to great trauma

• Fight-or-flight response - the flaw - and living on the edge

• Even when we want to keep everyone safe, we can become the bear
• Identify the triggers and talk them off the cliff

• Calming tools for when kids are overwhelmed in class

• Different types of coping to try and control the situation

• Talking the day (I may have misheard this, but I liked it anyway) to come up with a strategic plan for the next day

• To not like the texture of things for example - figuring out what calms them and using it to their advantage- finding something they like the feeling of in this case
• Child friendly ways to bring them into the present

I hope you enjoy this episode and discover the hidden gems in it about this massive theme of sensitivity and Brid O'Donoghue's remarkable work in the field.

- Mannah

THE BOOK we speak about:

https://www.amazon.com/MYSTERY-SENSITIVE-CHILD-Brid-ODonoghue/dp/1739316304

Find more from Brid right here:

My website is:

https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/