Because just one episode speaking to Deborah MacNamara about her book, ‘Nourished: Connection, Food And Caring For Our Kids (and everyone else we love), wasn’t nearly enough, I followed up with this episode. In this hour I savour some of the insight received and more content, highlights from my conversation with Deborah, content from the book and reflections on topics covered such as comfort food, how mazlow went wrong, love and caretaking, being the good provider, food as addiction, vulnerable feelings and more. By the end of the podcast, I was connected to my own memories of food and my own vulnerable feelings as I asked Deborah’s poignant question, out loud and for all of us to curiously explore our own answer to. “If one person could cook for you, who would it be?”

Enjoy.

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Listen to my conversation with Deborah here.

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Which best describes you?

A. Are you a highly sensitive person?
B. Are you an introvert?
C. Are you a highly sensitive introvert?

Alane Freund and Julie Cusmariu help unpack what it means to be an introvert, how it does and does not relate to being highly sensitive and what you can do, and value about being one or the other, or both!

Alane is a cherished guest and friend of the podcast and always provides such great practical tips and strategies that will benefit you at home and at work and in the world as you create change.

“We always say if a person who is highly sensitive can get in a position of power, then they can change the culture.” Alane Freund.

Let us know in the comments about you and your experience with this topic.

Show notes:

Join me and Nicole Schiener: Caring Without Carrying It All – February 2024 . RECEIV A FREE 15 minute intuitive reading with me or a FREE 15 min reiki session for the first 6 people to register.  http://caringwithoutcarryingitall.com

Discovering Joy retreat. A daylong retreat for HSPS Check it out and sign up here

Here is Alane Freund, Introvert https://youtu.be/vpfOBIH1VWc?si=-IliqkcGKsWepuCO
Introvert Backlash https://youtu.be/8pn3PxbFBlo?si=v_xpMmm2rBpY64qI

What Kind of Introvert Are You? https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/what-kind-of-introvert-are-you/ https://scottbarrykaufman.com/the-real-science-of-introversion-and-the-rest-of-personality/

Podcast episode: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/understanding-the-science-of-introversion-and-extraversion-with-dr-luke-smillie/

Here are links from my previous podcast conversations with Alane.

https://juliecusmariu.com/2023/01/highly-sensitive-person/highly-sensitive-parents-a-conversation-with-alane-freund-and-julie-cusmariu/

https://juliecusmariu.com/2020/09/voices-that-create-change/alane-freund-on-being-a-highly-sensitive-person-in-uncertain-times/

https://juliecusmariu.com/2018/08/julie-in-conversation-motherhood/alane-freund/

Alane’s talk at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tKDnsns2bg

Are you Highly Sensitive? Take the self-test here.

Find Alane here: Links to events at https://www.alanefreund.com/events/

To join the AYHS membership for two ongoing AYHS Live workshops a month at well below half price and discounts on Alane’s groups and consultation.
Follow Alane IG- / areyouhighlysensitive
YouTube – / @areyouhighlysensitive Meet Alane Freund, LMFT, International Consultant on High Sensitivity www.alanefreund.com & www.areyouhighlysensitive.com

Alane Freund, MS, MA, is an International Consultant on High Sensitivity (ICHS) and family therapist who helps highly sensitive adults and youth focus on solutions through education, consultation, and speaking. She has developed numerous programs for highly sensitive people and clinicians, including her monthly workshops at Are You Highly Sensitive. She is known for her widely recognized Talk at Google, Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person. Alane Freund can be reached through her website, www.alanefreund.com.

Julie Cusmariu is broadcasting from unceded Indigenous lands Tiohtia’ke, known as Montreal, Canada which is the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Kanien’kehá:ka and has long served as a gathering place for many First Nations including the Haudenosaunee , st-lawrence iroqouains, mohaawk and Huron-Wendat and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.

About Julie in Conversation

Julie Cusmariu is a Certified Professional Coach, Mentor, Facilitator, Intuitive Consultant and Podcast Host and Producer with over 16 years of experience in the field of coaching, healing, and transformation. Julie supports leaders and change makers trust their intuition, honour the wisdom of their body and use their voice for change. Julie is the host of Julie in Conversation, is the host and creator of Dance Your Intuition and offers the experience of movement and music to individuals and organizations as an opportunity to connect to and access their inner intelligence and wisdom. www.JulieinConversation.com

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The podcast that emerged this week was a meditation. A moment to pause. A space to welcome the swirling feelings. May it be of benefit.

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#mediation #listen #feelings #heart #acknowledge #individualandcollective

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What if the Interruption Is The Practice?

Reflections on slowing down, tuning into our soma, creating space and building capacity, a podcast conversation between Julie Cusmariu and Flavia Jimenez about the Embodied Social Justice certificate program, take aways, insights gained and what remains to digest and unpack and integrate into life, personally and professionally. We each sought out collaboration on the project and found a connection point through our work as coaches interested in embodiment and somatic awareness for ourselves and the individuals we work with daily.

About Flavia Jimenez

Flavia holds a JD from New York Law School and a life coaching certification from Leadership that Works. She received her yoga teaching certificate in 2019 and has a Certificate in Mindful Leadership from Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center. She is currently focusing her yoga learning on yin and restorative yoga. https://flaviajimenez.com
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Embodying Social Justice Certificate Program

Register for this one-of-a-kind, once per year, 3-month certificate program committed to collective liberation by increasing awareness, unlearning oppressive social patterns, repairing relationships and building trust & belonging. Go beyond conventional DEI to where bias and breakdown lives: in the body. https://www.transformativeprograms.com/esj-certificate-program-waitlist-2023

Julie Cusmariu is broadcasting from unceded Indigenous lands Tiohtia’ke, known as Montreal, Canada which is the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Kanien’kehá:ka and has long served as a gathering place for many First Nations including the Haudenosaunee , st-lawrence iroqouains, mohaawk and Huron-Wendat and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.

About Julie in Conversation

Julie Cusmariu is a Certified Professional Coach, Certified Mentor Coach, Facilitator, Coach Educator, Intuitive Consultant and Podcast Host and Producer with over 16 years of experience in the field of coaching, healing, and transformation. Julie supports leaders and change makers trust their intuition, honour the wisdom of their body and use their voice for change.

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And join us for the HSP Masterclass, January 20, 2023 with Alane Freund and Julie Cusmariu. If you read this after the date you can tune in to Alane’s monthly membership. Please learn more about joining our AYHS membership by clicking here.

Parents, are you…

• Anxious?
• Overwhelmed?
• Worried about everything?
• Really worried about your kids?
• Thinking surely, you could do better?
• Thinking you just don’t do enough?
• Too angry sometimes?
• So tired?
• Crying easily?
• At odds with or stressed by your co-parent relationship?
• Feeling whiplashed from your child’s changing moods and attitudes?
• ADD Parenting: Do you feel like you have attention deficit disorder?

Please join us, Julie and Alane, to talk it out. Bring your questions, concerns, and scenarios. NOTHING helps MORE than COMMUNITY.

You have the wisdom you need and sometimes just talking it out or hearing others share their experiences makes all the difference and helps you see your own answers.

(Feeling shy? You can participate in the chat and people do not ever have to be on screen in our masterclasses.)

What is the answer to all these complicated feelings? This is hard. We wish there was a magic pill or easy fix for feeling overwhelmed as a highly sensitive parent which feels just like “ADD”. Well, actually there is a simple fix, but it is way NOT EASY for most sensitive parents to implement. It’s about resting more and doing less.

MORE REST AND DOING LESS is the simple but not easy solution.

The fabulous twist on the solution is this:

More rest and doing less is also BEST for the sensitive kids… and what is good for highly sensitive children is good for all children… and what is good for the kids is good for the parents.

What will you get from this masterclass? You are going to walk away knowing that you can…

Trust your intuition and trust your parenting instincts. As an HSP you have better instincts. You CAN trust them. They should be followed and not ignored because they are spot on. You are normal. You are exactly right the way you are. What you are doing as a parent is good and right.

The monthly fee to join Are You Highly Sensitive is only $37 (no one turned away for lack of funds.) Members of AYHS have the opportunity to attend live workshops twice a month which always include themes and a live Q&A. Please learn more about joining our AYHS membership by clicking here.Remember, AYHS members receive a significant savings on each masterclass and receive recordings of every event to help you integrate the content and teach the tools to your family. Members can pre-submit questions to Alane – and they can be anonymous if you wish. Eventbrite purchases do not include the recording.

This workshop will be recorded, but participants will not be on screen except in small breakout discussion rooms (not recorded) or when volunteers choose to join the panel for live coaching.

Our workshops last between 55 and 75 minutes with an occasional overflow to 90 minutes for additional questions or discussion.

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