Understanding our Belief Systems and Cultivating a Better World
Release Date: 10/23/2023
Embracing Your Sensitivity
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If you often feel that being a highly sensitive person is a handicap, listen to this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, as host Elizabeth Cush talks with Brooke Neilsen Yang about embracing your sensitivity and coming home to yourself. “We tend to have abandoned ourselves by the time we're adults.” — Brooke Neilsen Yang If you grew up feeling ashamed of your sensitivity, you’re not alone. Chances are that you may have gotten signals from others, and maybe even those closes to you, that you were too sensitive, that you were overreacting, that what you were feeling wasn’t real....
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People Pleasing and Sensitivity
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Are you a people pleaser? In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth Cush talks about what happened when her people pleasing part was activated on a recent family vacation—and how she managed it. “I was noticing that my feelings of overwhelm were just building and building. But the reality was, I didn't really have a whole lot to be stressed about.” — Biz Cush Imagine that you’re on a vacation in a great place surrounded by loved ones. Yet, you feel stressed and unable to enjoy the experience because you’re constantly worrying about whether everyone...
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Growing up with Narcissistic Parents
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Are highly sensitive people more their environment? In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host talks with Phoenix Gould about the profound impact of narcissistic parents on highly sensitive children and adults. “The narcissist demands that we pay attention to them. Our way of survival is to be highly attuned to their needs.” — Phoenix Gould If you’re a highly sensitive person (HSP), did you ever wonder how your childhood affected you and your sensitivities? Why does it seem so much easier to tune into others’ needs rather than your own? Why do emotions feel so...
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How to Keep Overwhelm at Bay
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Navigating overstimulating environments can be a challenge for highly sensitive people. In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth Cush talks with Martina Williams about coping strategies to manage your nervous system and walk comfortably in the world. “If you end up being in a really highly stimulating environment, make sure that you create space for quiet so you can begin to down-regulate.” — Martina Williams If you’re a highly sensitive person, you may have grown up feeling different. You may have been told that you’re too “too.” You may have had experiences...
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Sensitivity & Sacred Support
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Welcome back to the new season of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast! This week, host Elizabeth Cush reflects on her journey, talks about what’s in store for listeners and shares a guided meditation to help you get grounded. “I am really excited to welcome sensitive women to this sacred support circle.” — Biz Cush Where does time go? The summer flies by, you celebrate another birthday…. Now here you are, another year older and maybe another year wiser. Have you settled into your wisdom, or do you often feel overwhelmed? In this first episode of the brand-new season of the Awaken...
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Deepening Parts Work — Replay
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This week we’re replaying an episode from season one. Biz also gives updates on the group that starts this fall! You can find the .
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Midlife Friendships Replay
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This is a replay from October 2023. Have you thought about your friendships lately? Have they shifted as you’ve entered mid-life? Do the relationships you’ve had for a long time still enrich you, or do you finding yourself drawing away? Do you find yourself drawn to the same kinds of people, or are you looking for a different kind of friendship? In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Biz Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a life coach for highly sensitive women, shares her thoughts about friendships and finding...
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Overwhelmed and Highly Sensitive
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If you’re easily overwhelmed, listen to this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman as host Elizabeth Cush talks about highly sensitive women. “This part of me that just gets overwhelmed feels probably like I'm in third grade.” — Biz Cush Sometimes you just need a break—but we don’t always give ourselves permission to do that, even though we might need some extra time to process information or emotions. We might just need to rest. It’s important for everyone, no matter what we do, but for some of us it’s absolutely essential. As the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast heads into its...
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Coming Out at Midlife
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How do you find the courage to walk away from the life you’ve known for decades to follow your heart? In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman that’s the question host Elizabeth Cush asks author Suzette Mullen, who came out in midlife. “Can I trust the voice? What is the voice saying to me? And do I have the courage to act on what I’m hearing?” — Suzette Mullen Writing a memoir can provide a way to look back and better understand your life. But what happens when the process opens the door to life-changing insights? Would you be open to changing your path? What would it take to...
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Transitioning at Midlife
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Can you imagine what it would be like to live most of your life in the wrong body? Listen in on this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman as host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Wendy Cole, a trans woman who transitioned at age 67. “Being yourself, and being true to yourself, is probably one of the most important things in life.” — Wendy Cole Wendy Cole sensed something as early as age 3. By the time she was 5 or 6, she knew she had been assigned the wrong gender at birth. One day when she was 10, she put on her mother’s clothes, did her nails and makeup, and announced that she was a girl. For...
info_outlineNone of us live in a vacuum. We live in families, in communities. In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth Cush talks with Catherine Quiring about healing systemic harms—for ourselves and the world.
We often talk about how our early family live has shaped how we think, feel and react to life. But what about the bigger systems we’re raised within—religion, for example, or the culture where we live. What is their impact? And how can we heal the wounds they might cause us? In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a mid-life women’s life coach, welcomes Catherine Quiring, a fellow therapist and coach in Florida, for a discussion of the how our belief systems shape us and the world around us. They talk about the need for empathy and how breaking free from systems that burden us can help us get back to ourselves and our values—and maybe make a better world.
“We need to acknowledge the harm—and that's actually really healing for both sides, if we allow it.”
— Catherine Quiring
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