The Gift of Sensitivity

Ayn Cates Sullivan:

Welcome friends and mystical travelers. This is Ayn Cates Sullivan, host of Wisdom of the Ages, where we explore the wisdom traditions that support us in awakening to the truth of who we are. And some of these traditions are emerging with a big scientific embrace now. So this is exciting. You can find many more episodes on superpowerexperts.com/wisdom of the ages. And if you want to explore the spiritual evolution of humanity, check out my new podcast, superpowerexperts.com/messages of infinite light. And in that new podcast, we’re going to be exploring visions of a new humanity, how we can take our synesthesia, our skills, and gifts, and imagine a new world that we all want to live in. So very exciting. My guest today is Courtney-

It’s so fun. I loved your book, and I’m really excited to see highly sensitive people perceived as gifted people. Because sometimes, there’s a little bit of a challenge in being perceived as highly sensitive. Yes?

Courtney Marchesani:

Yes. I think that the crux of my book was the advocacy effort and my heart-centered mission to transform pre-existing notions about sensitivity being a negative thing.

Ayn Cates Sullivan:

Oh, This is good. So I like the Omnipresent idea. Let’s figure out in this podcast how people can start to develop their gifts, reading your book, working with you, and their own exploration. So you’ve been spending a lot of time exploring the gap between what’s a gifted, sensitive person and what they feel in medical science. Do you want to just share, in a little nutshell, something about your work?

Courtney Marchesani:

I think the main concept behind that gap is intensity. The intensity that comes to a highly sensitive person through their feelings is what they’re known for. But the gap comes when they’re expressing their… Whether it’s symptoms or medically unexplained issues that are happening to their providers. The gap is in the fact that we are perceived oftentimes as exaggerating, or it’s not real, or it’s not the level of intensity. And so then we get referred out of typically out of our primary or our provider’s clinical office to psychology or psychiatry, because those symptoms that are described are being described, they cannot be diagnostically targeted or named or identified as a root cause. It’s perceived by doctors and medical providers as unresolved trauma or unresolved emotional issues. And since… So then they get funneled or referred into psychiatry or psychology. I mean, that’s the progression as it stands right now. And so, when I wrote the book, my hope was to lessen that gap and educate providers on sensitive people and their processes to try to reduce the misunderstandings that go on between patient and doctor.

Ayn Cates Sullivan:

I think it’s really great to work. It really, really is. And if people want to find out if they’re sensitive in some way, they can go on your website because I did it this morning, inspiredpotentials.com, and find out what kind of sensitivity they may or might not have. Right. So we’re going to get into four different types of sensitivity after this ad break. So do you want to say anything about the website before we take the break?

Courtney Marchesani:

Yeah. I provide a lot of information and education. I mean, that’s the other part of what I do in integrated medicine as a health coach, as a clinical health and wellness coach. It’s rooted in clinical treatment. And so the test was developed to basically help sensitive people have something they can rely on that is scientifically based out of my own studies to help them really pinpoint it. And it’s not just sensitivity because there are other tests that target sensitivity. This is for the gifted, highly sensitive person. So there’s a bit of a specialized assessment. I would couch it in that term because sensitivity is one level where you can be an HSP, but I’m talking about people who are pretty far out on the spectrum. And I explain that in the book like there are different levels and volumes of this and how it affects your mental, emotional, and spiritual life.

Ayn Cates Sullivan:

I think this is great work and it’s going to help a lot of people, so. Okay. So stay tuned everyone. We’ll be right back.

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