Journaling for Highly-Sensitive Introverts | HSP, Regulate Emotions, Journaling Prompts, Overstimulated, Overthinking

77 | Overwhelmed by Your Emotions? 4 Journaling Prompts to Help You Calm Down

Feeling emotionally overwhelmed is a common experience for many highly sensitive introverts, but pushing your feelings away only makes things harder. In this episode, I’m sharing why emotional overwhelm happens and how avoiding your emotions actually fuels burnout and emotional exhaustion. I walk you through a gentle, effective way to process those heavy feelings using the RAIN technique, paired with journaling prompts. If you’ve been struggling to manage emotional overwhelm, overthinking, or emotional fatigue, this episode offers simple but powerful tools to calm your mind, regulate your emotions, and build emotional resilience. Related Episodes:70 | Struggling to Control Your Emotions? Emotional Triggers 101 - Even With Constant Overwhelm69 |  Instead of Suppressing Your Emotions, Try These 3 Steps to Express What You Really Feel as an HSP60 | Feeling Overwhelmed? My Method for Identifying Emotions So You Can Feel Peace as an HSP____________________________________________________________🎁⁣Free gift: Emotion Check-In Guide: https://latoyaedwards.net/guide⭐️Come Join the FREE Community: https://latoyaedwards.net/community☕️Work with Me: Ready to reduce your emotional overwhelm & exhaustion? The Manage Your HSP Emotions coaching program is your step-by-step plan to managing your emotions and embracing your sensitivity. Join today --> https://latoyaedwards.net/coaching

76 | Have Conflicting Feelings? This One Shift Can Help You Regulate Emotions Without Shutting Down

Have you ever felt emotionally torn, like you’re holding joy and sadness, or relief and guilt, all at once? As a highly sensitive introvert, this emotional complexity can feel confusing or even overwhelming. But here’s the truth: mixed emotions are a normal part of being human, and they don’t mean something’s wrong with you. In this episode, I’m sharing how journaling your feelings can help you make sense of emotional contradictions without spiraling or shutting down. You’ll learn how to hold space for conflicting emotions with more ease and why this skill is essential for building true emotional resilience. If you’re ready to stop overthinking your feelings and start honoring your emotional depth, this episode is for you.Related Episodes:73 | Confused by Your Emotions? 3 Ways to Reduce Overwhelm and Build Confidence as an HSP67 | STOP Labeling Your Emotions as ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’62 | You've Named Your Emotions: The Step-by-Step Plan to Help You Actually Work Through Them as an HSP____________________________________________________________🎁⁣Free gift: Emotion Check-In Guide: https://latoyaedwards.net/guide⭐️Come Join the FREE Community: https://latoyaedwards.net/community☕️Work with Me: Ready to reduce your emotional overwhelm & exhaustion? The Manage Your HSP Emotions coaching program is your step-by-step plan to managing your emotions and embracing your sensitivity. Join today --> https://latoyaedwards.net/coaching

75 | STOP Journaling Only When You Feel Overwhelmed! You're Missing This Important Thing

Journaling in crisis mode might feel like a safe emotional outlet, but if that’s the only time you reach for your journal, you’re missing out on one of the most powerful tools for emotional regulation and resilience. In this episode, I’m talking about why highly sensitive and introverted women often fall into the “emergency journaling” trap, and how it can keep you stuck in a cycle of emotional highs and lows. I’ll show you how to gently shift toward a consistent journaling practice that supports your emotions even in calm moments. If you’re ready to stop feeling like your emotions are running the show and want to create a journaling rhythm that brings peace, clarity, and steadiness, this episode will help you get started. Journaling your feelings shouldn’t be a last resort, it can be your everyday support.Related Episodes:51 | Emotional Check-Ins: A Simple Tool For Self-Awareness50 | Instead of Waiting Until You're Alone, Try These 3 Journaling Tips to Regulate Emotions On the Go48 | Afraid Someone Will Read Your Journal? How to Express Your Emotions Privately____________________________________________________________🎁⁣Free gift: Emotion Check-In Guide: https://latoyaedwards.net/guide⭐️Come Join the FREE Community: https://latoyaedwards.net/community☕️Work with Me: Ready to reduce your emotional overwhelm & exhaustion? The Manage Your HSP Emotions coaching program is your step-by-step plan to managing your emotions and embracing your sensitivity. Join today --> https://latoyaedwards.net/coaching

74 | Don't Feel Better After Journaling? Why It Feels Hard (And Why You Should Keep Going)

Journaling your feelings is a powerful way to release emotions and build emotional resilience, but let’s be honest, it doesn’t always feel good in the moment. In this episode, I’m sharing why that emotional discomfort is actually a sign of progress, not failure. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, heavy, or emotionally worked up after journaling, you’re not alone, and you’re not doing it wrong. I’ll walk you through how to sit with those tough feelings, what to do after a hard journaling session, and how to create emotional safety so you can keep showing up for yourself. This is a reminder that journaling isn’t about instant relief, it’s about learning how to process your emotions instead of avoiding them. If you’re ready to journal your feelings with more self-compassion and clarity, this episode is for you.Related Episodes:68 | Blank Page Stressing You Out? 5 Journaling Tips to Finally Process Your Emotions66| Feeling Stuck? 5 Steps for Journaling About Feelings, Even With Mental and Emotional Fatigue56 | How Journaling Actually Helps You Process Emotions as an HSP and Introvert____________________________________________________________🎁⁣Free gift: Emotion Check-In Guide: https://latoyaedwards.net/guide⭐️Come Join the FREE Community: https://latoyaedwards.net/community☕️Work with Me: Ready to reduce your emotional overwhelm & exhaustion? The Manage Your HSP Emotions coaching program is your step-by-step plan to managing your emotions and embracing your sensitivity. Join today --> https://latoyaedwards.net/coaching

73 | Confused by Your Emotions? 3 Ways to Reduce Overwhelm and Build Confidence as an HSP

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by emotions that don’t seem to make sense, you’re not alone. Many HSPs and introverts struggle with emotional confusion, especially when feelings feel layered or subtle. In this episode, I’m sharing simple emotional regulation techniques to help you start trusting your emotions without overthinking or trying to control them. You’ll learn why emotional awareness matters, how journaling can help you process feelings even when they’re confusing, and how tracking emotional patterns over time builds emotional resilience. If you want to reduce emotional exhaustion and feel more at peace, this episode offers gentle tools to help you regulate your emotions and stop second-guessing your feelings.Related Episodes:69 | Instead of Suppressing Your Emotions, Try These 3 Steps to Express What You Really Feel as an HSP 67 | 5 Reasons You Should Stop Labeling Your Emotions, So You Can Build Emotional Resilience as an HSP64 | 5 Reasons You Should Stop Judging How You Feel Emotions, So You Can Embrace Your Feelings Without Shame as an HSP____________________________________________________________🎁⁣Free gift: Emotion Check-In Guide: https://latoyaedwards.net/guide⭐️Come Join the FREE Community: https://latoyaedwards.net/community☕️Work with Me: Ready to reduce your emotional overwhelm & exhaustion? The Manage Your HSP Emotions coaching program is your step-by-step plan to managing your emotions and embracing your sensitivity. Join today --> https://latoyaedwards.net/coaching