Healing Risk Aversion Through Adventure

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03/17/23 • 50 min

Risks! Who likes to take risks!? Not many Natural Sensitives, that's for sure, but due to a recent adventure in Chicago Jessi had the opportunity to face some old fear patterns and take a risk of her own! It's been a while since she opened up and brought us into her day to day experiences, but today is one of those days. If you have struggled to step into challenging, but important opportunities in the past or desire to heal risk aversion, this episode will be very expanding for you. Jessi didn't arrive here overnight, but her practical and real life experience demonstrates the possibility of growth and freedom that is available to you as well! This is a great episode to enjoy while on a walk. Enjoy!

Discussion Topics

The type of risk Natural Sensitives, like Jessi, tend to avoid[15:00]
Why risks are especially hard for Natural Sensitives [17:55]
What freedom from risk-based fear looks and feels like for a Natural Sensitive [31:55]

Quotes “ I want us to start separating our negative experiences from our childhood that we married into the risk taking action because as sensitives, we are here to take risks, we shouldn't be afraid of them. I think what it's all about is how we take the risk, is how we go about it, is having that awareness of what we as unique sensitives need in order to be healthy in that risk taking action.” – Jessi Michel Agadoni

“ Don't avoid risks that you know in your heart are there to guide you back to yourself.” – Jessi Michel Agadoni

“What I've really come to believe is that God gives us the desires of our heart. God gives us desires because that's where we're meant to go and that our desires, our longings our leanings our tendencies are not an accident. They are a reflection of who we are here to be, who we're here to become, who we actually are. So anytime I feel a spark towards something, I'm now leaning into it, even if it looks scary, even if in the past I've totally beefed something like that, even if there is a legitimate possibility that I could just eat it in front of a lot of people, I am going to lean into it.” – Jessi Michel Agadoni

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Discussion Topics

The type of risk Natural Sensitives, like Jessi, tend to avoid[15:00]
Why risks are especially hard for Natural Sensitives [17:55]
What freedom from risk-based fear looks and feels like for a Natural Sensitive [31:55]

“ Don't avoid risks that you know in your heart are there to guide you back to yourself.” – Jessi Michel Agadoni

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Previous Episode

Utilizing Somatic Support to Restore the Nervous System & Release Trauma With Maggie Hayes

In this episode, we welcome the beautiful sensitive soul Maggie Hayes onto the podcast. You know we love diving into all forms of healing on this show, so we had to bring Maggie on because she offers a potent multidimensional approach to healing. As a Somatic Mentor & Embodiment Guide, she guides clients back to their body following trauma and nervous system disregulation. She holds a profound knowledge of multiple disciplines that deepen her ability to navigate the depths of life. If you are curious about nervous system regulation, yoga, bodywork, emotional release or just tired of feeling stuck, Maggie is a life changing resource. Aligned passions mean Jessi and Maggie have a lot to discuss in this episode! You will leave this listen excited to come home to your grounded healthy safe body. Jump in with these two deep spirits, the water is fine!

Discussion Topics

How Natural Sensitives can navigate social media while avoiding burnout and remaining authentic. [00:04:00]
Maggie’s journey leading to her work encouraging others to return to their body. [00:13:00]
A deep dive into somatic work and techniques that help regulate your emotions. [00:45:00]
How travel can help embody and deepen the healing experience. [01:06:00]

Quotes “Emotions are meant to be energy in motion, they get stuck when we aren’t processing and expressing them. Bodywork is a safe and more contained way to process these stuck emotions and get them to a point of completion.” – Maggie Hayes

“Healing is really about first establishing safety within the body through expanding your capacity for what is possible and what is comfortable.” – Maggie Hayes

“Being sensitive means that you are highly attuned to sensations and that's where somatic work fits in so perfectly. It teaches you how to harness that capacity so that it can serve you to create an expansive future.” – Maggie Hayes

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Next Episode

Get Expanded by a Prosperous & Healthy Empath

The wise ever-grounding Catherine Wood, a Master Certified Coach for Empathic Entrepreneurs and Founder of Unbounded Potential, joins us to demonstrate what it looks like to truly return to your healthy sensitive self... and her story is something out of a movie! From an adventurous peace corp placement to an impressive government position to a confident coach of coaches, her journey is one you'll want to hear! Catherine's deep passion for honoring imperfection and the humanity in people rings through the entire conversation. You'll feel her words land in your heart and take root in your abdomen. As a fellow Sensitive and Empath, Catherine values honesty and embodiment. She shares what she knows, what she's done, and what she lives. In true mentor-form, Catherine leaves us with many practical real-life examples. She is a rare and special soul! If you want to be profoundly expanded by a healthy, impactful, and prosperous Empath, this episode is for you.

Discussion Topics

Catherine's return to her full healthy self [15:48]
What it looks like to truly move from disempowered to empowered [32:42]
How to ask and receive support as Empaths [38:54]
Rest resistance & how to step into leisure [55:49]

Quotes "Perfection is not the goal. Humanity is." - Catherine Wood

"Learning how to self communicate and ask for what you want and to practice radical candor, that's where the Empath's breakthrough lies. Not hoping and wishing and expecting that their partner is going to intuit or read their minds. They need to hear our voices." - Catherine Wood

"As soon as we can get those internal needs met, and the more quickly we do, we get to shorten the timeline with which we act and operate from a disempowered or disenfranchised place." - Catherine Wood

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