#24 How to Find Joy as a New Mom & a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)

2023-12-04

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This episode is dedicated to the mamas out there who go and grow through so much on their sacred journey into motherhood! It is also a resource for any moms who are also highly sensitive people and may not even know it :)

TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON (HSP):
http://hsperson.com/test

OUR GUEST: ANGIE ILG
Angie is a life coach who helps sensitive people enjoy life without all the overwhelm, exhaustion, and anxiety. As a coach, she gets to help people know and love who they are, and feel natural confidence in sharing that person with the world. She's a new mom to her now one-year-old daughter Lana, and is truly in love with this new role and new little person in her life. Becoming a mom has transformed her in ways she couldn't have imagined, and she's excited to shed more light on the magnitude of change you can go through, mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. She's committed to defining motherhood for herself, and bringing more awareness and honesty to the conversation about what being a mom really asks of you.

WHAT ANGIE & JUNE TALKED ABOUT:

What is an HSP / Highly Sensitive Person
Is it nature or nurture
Negative connotation / trauma Shame and embarrassment due to HSP
Positive impact of being an HSP
Angie’s journey of pregnancy as an HSP
Pregnancy unlocking your shadows, fears, and new levels of love & intimacy
Navigating not having the desire to have kids to wanting to have kids
Therapy and the due diligence of inviting a child into your world/ body
Connecting to an inner knowing and staying in vulnerability
Patterns, stories, and belief of what motherhood should look like
The fear of losing your identity when you become a mom
did the fears Angie had pre-baby manifest after the baby was born?
intentions and the pregnancy journey
Finding a community that resonates with you versus following the popular crowd
Finding the balance between researching and listening to your intuition
HSPs and their superpowers
Angie’s eating disorder and what she learned through the different stages of pregnancy
Scale of HSP
3 pieces of advice for anyone who is a new mom and has HSP
The harm of bounce back culture