In this episode of Love Always, Jo, I interview Karina Antonopoulos, Relationship & Leadership Development Coach and retreat facilitator at The Center for Highly Sensitive People.
In this episode Karina Antonopoulos and I discuss…
- What it means to be a highly sensitive person (HSP)
- A simple acronym to understand the qualities of an HSP
- What overstimulation looks like for an HSP
- The inner critic, intuition, and being an HSP
- High sensation seeking
- Being an HSP in daily life
- Influencing the space you’re in as a beta leader
- Tips for tapping into your own intuition
- 3 questions to ask yourself when you get stuck
- How to combine your intuition with your mind
- The misconception about extroverts and introverts as highly sensitive people
- The biggest challenges for HSPs
- Jobs that are great for HSPs
Meet Karina Antonopoulos:
Karina Antonopoulos is the founder of The Center for Highly Sensitive People. She is a Relationship & Leadership Development Coach and retreat facilitator.
Karina is passionate about teaching practical skills related to abstract concepts like finding your flow and connecting to your intuition to couples, parents, and Highly Sensitive People who wish to live happier, more meaningful lives.
She believes relationships are the center of life and will support you in strengthening, deepening, and developing your relationships from a place of authenticity so you can experience greater flow and harmony at work, in your business, and in your personal life.
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Links:
- The Highly Sensitive Person | Book | Website | Assessment
- The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person
- Meyer’s Briggs Test
- The Four Agreements
- The Power of Now
- A New Earth
Journal Prompts:
- What is the middle way here?
- What would it be like to be satisfied right now?
Quotes:
- Stop judging yourself for being a sensitive person – Joanna
- The alternative to listening to your inner critic is listening to your intuition – Karina
- Going through the motions can be freeing – Joanna
- Let things be “just fine” – Joanna
- Satisfaction comes when you know what you want and you have it -Karina
- If something is bothering us, we can ask for what we need. – Karina
- HSPs are better at trying to fit in because of their desire to belong, even if it isn’t a fit – Karina
- To be a great leader you need to have awareness – Karina
- Own the beta leadership role – Karina
- Everyone has their own inner guide – trust they know what is good for them – Karina
- Beta leaders are great at asking instead of telling – Karina
- The mind is not a great decision maker. It’s not a great driver of your life. It’s always going to think of the worst case scenarios. – Karina
- Knowing how to tap into and use your intuition is what’s going to help you excel and help you go above and beyond your peers. – Karina
- Start asking expansive questions – Karina
- Your intuition is your inner GPS – Karina
- The intuition doesn’t care about what’s next. It’s cares about what’s now. – Joanna
- If a next step feels too big, break it down into smaller steps – Karina
- Feel for the open energy people – Karina
- As an HSP, your job needs to be meaningful to you – Karina
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