Ep 63: Parenting From Within As a Highly Sensitive Person with Nelia DeAmaral

If you identify as a highly sensitive person, wrap yourself in your favourite blanket, grab a tea, take a deep belly breath and listen in on this episode. 

Psychotherapist Nelia DeAmaral chats with occupational therapist and sleep coach Heather Boyd about how to navigate early motherhood as a highly sensitive person.

In this episode we talk about:

• What you may recognize in yourself as a highly sensitive parent

• The difference between overstimulated and stressed

• Shifting from overstimulated to regulated

• Is your baby overstimulated?  Or are they actually under-stimulated?

• Contrasting calm versus regulated

• The Window of Tolerance

• Strategies for supporting yourself and your baby as a highly sensitive parent

Mentioned in this episode:

• Brainspotting.com

You can find Nelia at neliadeamaral.com, and on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nelia.deamaral/info.  

What you can do next

• Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Provide a review on Apple Podcasts. It truly makes a difference to reaching families who would benefit from understanding their baby’s sleep better.
• Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails.
• Book a screening call with Heather (receipts provided for Ontario families)

Credits:

🎵 Music: Jordan Wood