194 The HSP Business Power of Both/And

Business Miracles

A common cognitive distortion that HSPs fall prey to is all or nothing thinking, which causes you to see the world more negatively than it really is, and is linked to anxiety, depression, and even PTSD. As highly sensitives in business and leadership, it is important to engage in the retraining of your nervous system and develop high functioning skills based on your HSP strengths so you can grow resilience, alleviate anxiety and move forward towards your desires and dreams in spite of any chaos or disruption that is happening around you. All so you are able to walk through and lead the way for yourself, your family and friends, your team, and your clients.

In this episode, I talk about the common tendency for highly sensitives to fall into either/or thinking, and how this is often the result of our lifelong experience of feeling othered and misunderstood. I explain that this pattern of thought, that most often is not based on facts, is an opportunity for us to develop high-functioning HSP skills based on our HSP strengths so we can shift into the both/and approach. I share three steps to support you in making this shift and empowering yourself and others to operate from this approach. All so that you can be of highest service not only to yourself, but to others and for the overall betterment of the world.

“It’s very fascinating that the belief transformation tool tends to be kind of like the black sheep of the energy management tools.” – Heather Dominick

Listen and Learn:

• 1:51: What is all-or-nothing thinking
• 2:20: What is cognitive distortion
• 3:21: Why is either-or thinking common for HSPs
• 5:55: How to move from either-or to both-and thinking
• 7:09: How does the process of metacognition begin
• 15:19: Tips for using the both-and approach
• 18:01: What happens when anxiety alleviates

“We tend to favor the Order Form to the Universe, Autowriting and Scripting, and then it’s like, ugh, yeah, that BTT. The BTT sitting over in the corner, sad.” – Heather Dominick

Links and Resources:

• Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com
• Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com
• Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit – Stop the Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com/
• Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com

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