Ep 324: Done with resolutions? Try this instead.

About this episode

In this episode, Erica Webb discusses alternatives to traditional resolutions for highly sensitive and neurodivergent individuals.

Resolutions and goals can be fun ... but for highly sensitive and neurodivergent folk, they can also be another source of self-criticism when we find ourselves dropping them days after they've been set. So, what's the alternative? In this episode of SelfKind, a podcast for Highly Sensitive People, I'm sharing what I'm doing instead of making a list of resolutions for the new year. As a highly sensitive, neurodivergent woman who's kinda tired, I'm approaching this one differently by turn...

People in this episode

Host: Erica Webb

Topics covered

• resolutions
• self-care
• highly sensitive people
• neurodivergent
• self-criticism
• goal setting

Keywords

• resolutions
• self-care
• highly sensitive
• neurodivergent
• goals
• self-criticism
• new year

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