Why This Topic?

[00:00:00] Welcome to the third episode of the Sensitive Power podcast, Why this topic?

[00:00:07] Since I started this podcast, so many people have asked me why I chose this topic, some

[00:00:14] asked me with a lot of pity and some were simply puzzled, but the actual reason starts

[00:00:20] many many years back.

[00:00:22] I was quite an expressive kid and this got me a label sensitive.

[00:00:29] As I grew up, showing emotions was always considered lame, drama or worse, coy.

[00:00:37] That was even more hurtful because

[00:00:39] My own people were not willing to believe what I was telling them.

[00:00:43] And the result, dramatic outbursts and people would be like "Ah, here she goes again".

[00:00:51] I just wanted to be heard, but no one seemed to understand even if I explained using words

[00:00:57] that came out of my mouth.

[00:00:59] Even hugging was a weird concept for me, because in my family nobody hugged ever.

[00:01:06] At the age of 16 when my best friend Shibani hugged me on a farewell day, I realized "Oh,

[00:01:13] This is why Jadukhichapi has got so much hype that it became a tear.

[00:01:18] in a movie where the main character is a very sensitive goon with a golden heart.

[00:01:25] What he said was not just true, but hugging turned out to be a highly effective anxiety

[00:01:31] and depression medicine.

[00:01:33] Cut to a few years later, when I got bullied in college, when I lost two of my best friends

[00:01:40] one to cancer and one to a car accident, I just heard words that were of no use like

[00:01:46] what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, don't cry like a girl, everything happens

[00:01:51] for a reason and so on.

[00:01:53] So annoying right?

[00:01:56] then.

[00:01:57] health was not getting discussed as much as now. So I had no idea that I was in depression.

[00:02:03] I went into deep research on human psychology and I had a profound realization that I was sensitive

[00:02:11] and that was not a bad thing at all. In fact, contrary to popular belief, being sensitive is

[00:02:17] the best trait to have in this world and being insensitive is a negative trait.

[00:02:24] Now, as a life coach, I have had the privilege to help so many people solve problems that I never had

[00:02:30] or cannot have. One of my students, 20 years older than me, told me,

[00:02:36] For me that there was not even one person who was willing to listen to what she was going

[00:02:43] through for 50+ years of her life until I came into her life and I was willing to listen.

[00:02:51] Sensitivity is indeed a superpower.

[00:02:54] When I realized this, I had just one thought.

[00:02:57] I wish someone had told this to me earlier.

[00:03:00] This very thought led to this podcast, The Sensitive Power.

[00:03:04] I cannot go back and tell this to my younger self, but I can tell this to you all, so you

[00:03:10] do not have to go through the pain that I went through.

[00:03:14] So in this podcast I will be

[00:03:15] will be talking mainly about the emotional challenges that people hesitate to share with

[00:03:20] anyone for the fear of being judged and how to thrive in a world that is designed for

[00:03:26] non-sensitives by using the unique gifts that we have as highly sensitive people.

[00:03:33] In addition to this, this podcast will also cover interviews with incredible people who

[00:03:39] use their sensitivity and achieved so much in their life.

[00:03:43] Thank you so much for listening to this episode and see you in the next episode of The Sensitive

[00:03:48] Power.

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