As a highly excitable, intense, sensitive and/or creative person, it can be hard to sift through helpful information. There’s so much good free stuff out there on the internet that it’s hard to know where to begin! Fortunately for you, I’ve spent the last couple of years going through websites, blogs and coach materials and would like to share with you the ones who stood out for their relevance to helping use excitability for good as well as their generosity and integrity.
I focused on people and materials that help make the most of your intensity, sensitivity and/or creativity. Many of these lovely people have also agreed to be interviewed for my upcoming Embracing Intensity podcast, and I look forward to sharing their deeper story of how they’ve used their powers for good in their own lives!
Get out of your head and connect with the real you with Our Real Work. One common issue for us excitables is that we get stuck in our head with our mind spinning and sometimes forget to check back in with our gut. Jess Ryan focuses on reconnecting with your intuition so that you can make the decisions that are right for you in your life. You can check out her free Chakra Cheat Sheet with practical info to help you access the Real You in the real world.
Love your body and yourself with the Body Love Newsletter. Anna Chapmann is one of the most inspiring humans I know! She is on a mission to help her fellow soul-sisters navigate old body image beliefs, social stigmas about what beauty is, and most importantly to defend against and purify the negative self talk we don’t even realize we are saying to ourselves everyday. She has been featured on The Elephant Journal and has a very down to earth approach to self-love.
Embrace your multiple passions with this Resource Guide for Multipotentialites. People who are excitable in mind and/or imagination may find they have so many interests that it’s hard to focus on just one. If this is true for you, you might be a multipotentialite. A multipotentialite is someone with many interests and creative pursuits. Emily Wapnick of puttylike.com shares how being a multipotentialite can be a great thing in her Ted talk on Multipotentiality. She also has a membership based online community forum called the Putty Tribe where multipotentialites can gather and discuss their varied passions and interests.
Grow your happy sensitive intuition with this free kit from the Happy Sensitive. Caroline Van Kimmenade has set out to build a community of happy sensitives. She shares tips and insights on using your empathy and perfectionism in a positive way. She also has several programs that are presented in a variety of formats that make them accessible to anyone looking to explore using their sensitivity in a positive way. I’ve just started her practical perfectionism course and my favorite thing so far is her perfectionism flow chart that gets you thinking about whether striving perfection in this moment is useful.
Balance Your Energy with my free Harnessing the Power of Your Intensity Workbook You want to make a difference in the world so you push yourself as far as you can. You tend to be self-critical and put other people’s needs before your own. You’re afraid to stop because you know you’ll just crash and your affect on others is your best motivation to move forward! But here’s the thing, research has shown that a happy person is a more productive person. If you don’t take the time to take care of yourself, you will not be as effective in your attempts to change the world. Plus, believe it or not, you deserve a little TLC. In fact, your drive to make difference is connected to the very reason you need extra self-care. You are highly attuned to your environment. You pick up on things many others don’t and respond more intensely. For this reason, you are more likely to burn out if you don’t take care.
Wherever you are at in your mission to harness the power of your excitability, these tools are a good starting off point to explore their work and decide if you want to dive deeper. They are all about celebrating the uniqueness of you and using your differences as strengths.
I will be adding additional resources I’ve found useful in embracing intensity in the comments below. Please share any that come to mind for you as well!
Aurora
Of course, as I finished this post – other fabulous resources have come to mind. One of which is Irene Lyon’s “How to De-Stress in 7 steps.” Her message is all about upgrading your nervous system – something many of us excitables could use!