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As an HSP in business and leadership, it is important to learn how to first shift from sympathy to empathy, and then from empathy to compassion. To do this we need to actively engage in identifying and experiencing our full range of emotions, and then manage our response to those feelings using nervous system management tools in order to access lightheartedness and flow into hopeful action in spite of. All so we can be of highest service to ourselves, those we serve, and everyone around us. In this episode, I go into depth about the difference between sympathy, empathy, and compassion. I discuss how compassion is where we as highly sensitives in business and leadership are able to make the greatest difference and impact because compassion is the willingness to take action in service to positive change, which is often why we’ve chosen to be in business in the first place. I also share how lightheartedness supports us in being able to make the shift from empathy into compassion and what you can do to access hope and lightheartedness to stay out of the trap of limiting beliefs and HSP shadow behaviors.   “Our nervous system is wired to take in stimulation at a much higher degree, which means we are able to really intuit what another person is thinking, what they’re feeling, what they’re experiencing, and when we’re in a strength perspective, that allows us the ability to understand and share the feelings of that other person.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:45: What is empathy 3:40: What is the difference between sympathy and empathy 4:25: What is compassion 7:53: How to flow into hopeful action “Compassion is more engaged than simple empathy because it involves the willingness to take action.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/193

In a time when so many people are operating from fear when it comes to investments and income, it is more important than ever to step forward and show up as leaders in our families, communities, businesses, and organizations. Not through coping, but from empathetic compassion to demonstrate to others how a different way is possible. That you can hold things lightly, care deeply, and act with clarity, even (and especially) with investments and income generation, in order to achieve the financial peace that you desire. In this episode, I discuss the importance of lightheartedness when it comes to your investments and to generating income in your business as a highly sensitive. I share how your nervous system responds to what you feed it, and since we have a higher nervous system response than the other 80%, the non-highly sensitives of the world, the key to our success lies in using both inner and outer core practices to keep our vibe up and access hope over worry. This is our role as a Royal Advisor in these tumultuous times.   “We have control over what we feed our nervous system.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 2:35: Why people worry 7:22: How to find financial peace 10:50: What to ask yourself when you want to make change in your life 17:26: How to make use of the royal advisor role “The limbic part of the nervous system responds to what we feed it, worry or otherwise. HSPs have higher nervous system response.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/192

In order to truly experience abundance as a highly sensitive leader in business, it’s necessary to heal your money story. Starting first by understanding the difference between cost and investment informed by what you define as valuable to you. From there, considering cost as an amount paid or spent to obtain something and investment as an act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile return. Training yourself to see things through the lens of investment, and most importantly challenge socialized concepts of both cost and investment, is what will bring about an experience of financial ease and fulfillment. When you operate your business from this perspective, it will bring about business miracles for you and those you serve that you cannot even begin to perceive. In this episode, I share how my own shift in perception of cost versus investment was the key to changing my relationship with money and my experience with abundance. I go in-depth about the difference between cost and investment and how taking personal responsibility to release negative beliefs about money and to define what you value – not society, your family, friends, or even your religious values – is crucial in bringing about your own shift in perception and therefore change with your story about money.   “Making the mindset shift from cost to investment was key in changing my relationship with money, my money story, and then therefore my experience with abundance.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 4:56: How to shift your perception 6:25: What does the concept of cost do to highly sensitive people 10:45: How to define investment for highly sensitive people “I choose to define what is a worthwhile result for me.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/191

As an HSP in business and leadership, it’s important to develop an expanded mindset, to be mentally prepared to think beyond what everyone else around you thinks so you can then behave differently than everyone else around you behaves, especially in times of intensity. Developing an expanded mindset is the mental form of going to the physical gym. You don’t go to the gym and take one yoga class or lift one set of weights and expect results. You go back every day until it’s 30 days and then 60 days before you begin to see results. The same goes for developing an expanded mindset. It is a continuous process that requires attention and study to prepare for future moments of challenge and difficulty. It is this mindset that fuels purpose and gives you the courage to stay the course and claim a place among the 20%, as an HSP, who influence betterment for others, whether that be family, friends, coworkers or clients. In this episode I read an excerpt from chapter 4 of my book “Different”, which talks about the importance of developing an expanded mindset as an HSP in business and leadership who is committed to change, growth and evolution. I share the key components necessary to be in continuous consistent practice with challenging your mindset so you can shift your thoughts and beliefs to support you in acting differently, and therefore bringing about a different result. All to help you remain resilient and stay on the path of serving through your purpose-driven business by choosing the way of effortlessness.   “If you are committed to change growth and evolution, then you will dedicate yourself to developing an expanded mindset.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 2:02: How to intentionally move toward lightheartedness at work 2:13: Why is community important for highly sensitive leaders 7:26: How to achieve an expanded mindset 9:30: Should you challenge your mindset 11:20: How to lead in your business as a highly sensitive person   “It’s important to go beyond only energy management to all the ways you are intentionally challenging your mindset such as what you are listening to, what you are reading, what you are writing, and what you are creating that’s visual.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit – Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit – Stop the Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com/ Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/190

As we cross the mid-year point, this is a great opportunity to check in and reflect on the past six months to acknowledge what you’ve accomplished. However, typically for highly sensitives, what also tends to immediate come to mind are all the things you have not yet accomplished. This tendency can so easily overshadow what you have created so far and cause you to want to quit. Yet, to get what you most want, the key is to celebrate how far you’ve come. This is the way we go from feeling hopeless to hopeful and staying the course rather than quitting and giving up. In this episode I talk about the importance of claiming and celebrating success as a mark of highly sensitive leadership and how this essential practice of visibility and vulnerability is crucial to getting what we want in business and life. I discuss the two reasons HSPs are often so resistant to celebrate what has already been created and how we can shift this. I also share the concept of pacing, like when running a marathon, to stay engaged in the process of transformation in order to combat the experience of fatigue that we bump up against in the final stretch, where sabotage, lashing out, and defaulting to coping often occurs. This teaching is a great opportunity to check in, acknowledge how far you’ve come, fill up with some hope so you can keep going in your business and life growth. Which, ultimately, is about fulfilling and living your life purpose.   “It’s the final stretch of a marathon that’s most challenging because this is when the delirium of fatigue sets in…There is a sense that things are helpless, there’s a sense that things are hopeless and it’s right at that delirium of fatigue moment in running the marathon when you want to throw up your hands and quit.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 2:12: What is V&V 4:33: How to use a marathon as a metaphor 5:51: Why is pacing important 7:07: What happens when you are tired 13:37: How to ensure that you get what you want “This place right here, right now is the place to more critically pay attention more than ever.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/189

Most highly sensitives will use the majority of their life force energy for the majority of their life to do whatever they can to avoid tension. They will do anything and everything to protect themselves from even the possibility of overwhelm. Yet, to be a self-empowered highly sensitive leader, we need to be willing to be pioneers and actively seek out opportunities for transformation. So instead of avoiding tension, we can choose to lean into tension and work with it consciously and intentionally. This focus on the intentional use of tension is not so that we can get through it, but instead be stronger, calmer, and more joyful in however it is that we are meant to answer the call of our purpose. In this episode, I discuss how as highly sensitives we can intentionally use tension in order to continue to create and prosper. I share the four key steps to support this intentional use of tension when we choose to lean in and recognize it as a call for transformation versus destruction. This approach can give us a strength to success in business as an HSP no matter what is happening around us – a power to step up and into the royal advisor role we are called to be in business and leadership.   “Most highly sensitives will use most of their life force energy for the majority of their life to do whatever they can to avoid tension.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:31: How to define intentional and tension 5:22: How to transform tension 10:20: Why focus on the intentional use of tension 10:59: What type of core practice can you put in place to make better use of tension in your life “You have chosen a path of empowerment through entrepreneurship and leadership.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/188

Being able to shift from resistance to resilience is an important skill to master as a highly sensitive in business and leadership, especially in our current times. Right now, we are all in a collective experience of tension created by seemingly opposing influences that are pushing and pulling and forcing decisions you might not feel ready to make or do anything about. Yet rather than this being a negative experience, this tension can be used as a proactive energy to fuel change and inspire you into action. This is a choice you have – to choose resilience instead of resistance.   In this episode, I share how back in 2017 I created a Business Miracles teaching titled: The Path from Resistance to Resilience. This was long before current world events brought all of us into an accelerated experience of more frequent tension and choice points. I discuss how this teaching is necessary now more than ever in supporting HSPs in business and leadership when it comes to accessing resilience through grace and grit, and how the root of most highly sensitive resistance is not overwhelm, but the fear of even the possibility of overwhelm. I also go over the three key elements that will support you with being able to continue to access resilience rather than being triggered into your highly sensitive shadows and coping mechanism.   “Will you choose to fall prey to the fear that the media feeds on and outside circumstances? Or will you choose to put in place core practices and tools to manage your own relationship with the fear of the possibility of overwhelm, resistance and choice points?” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:49: What is the Business Miracles path from resistance to resilience 3:16: How to cope during a collective turning point 3:59: Which characteristics do we need to access your resilience 7:58: How to cope with the fear of the possibility of overwhelm 13:51: What does auto-writing do for highly sensitive leaders   “At the end of the day, you will be faced with resistance as an opportunity to be called up into the privilege of agency, of owning who you are and learning how to work with who you are.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/187

Consistently engaging in nourishing relationships, especially within an aligned community, is a powerful way to accelerate growth and success for HSPs in business and leadership. Being in aligned community removes the element of feeling “other” and gives you access to what Rupert Sheldrake calls the “morphogenetic field”. Through his theory of morphic resonance, groups with a likeness and alignment create accelerated learning simply by being part of that group, making for each member of the community possible, what alone would have been impossible.   In this episode, I discuss how I came to see that as HSPs we need to approach business and marketing differently than the other 80% and how community is a key component. I share how I developed the 3 pillars of highly sensitive leadership success (community, core, practice, and consistency), and the 4C’s of marketing success (connection, communication, call to action, and consistency). I go in-depth on how the 4C’s not only apply to marketing but to any relationship, and how community is often something we avoid as HSPs but is the true superpower to success in business and leadership.   “What I needed before anything was to be making a connection with those that I was serving.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 2:09: What are the three pillars of highly sensitive leadership 3:23: Why did Heather develop the four Cs of marketing success 7:52: Why do some highly sensitive entrepreneurs resist community 11:17: How does morphic resonance apply to the highly sensitive community 14:20: What is an example of morphic resonance 18:56: How can highly sensitive people benefit from morphic resonance 20:08: What are some phrases to ask for support “If I wasn’t doing it consistently, all the effort that went into the first three Cs didn’t really matter.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about our HSE Training Program and Community: https://www.businessmiracles.com/training-program/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/186

Setting healthy boundaries is an act of resilience for highly sensitives in business and leadership. When we’re living as untrained highly sensitives, and do not create supportive boundaries for ourselves, we end up operating from shadows such as over-responsibility, overprotection, and people pleasing. The HSP leadership opportunity here instead is to take personal responsibility to get clear about what you need, set boundaries based on your needs and values and then take action to create dividing lines that separate your physical space, feelings, needs, and responsibilities from others. All so that you can be of highest service to both yourself and those around you in your business and life.   In this podcast episode, I discuss how lack of boundaries leads to lack of focus leaving your energy drained and your business bank account suffering. Most importantly, I share how to get clear about your HSP needs and then specifically how to work with time to honor your needs, and effectively communicate your needs to others (a.k.a. set boundaries) all so that you can be your most creative and profitable self in your business.   “Your boundaries tell other people how they can treat you.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:44: What do we mean when talking about boundaries 2:08: Why are boundaries important 2:37: What are the consequences of not setting boundaries 3:10: What happens when highly sensitive people operate untrained 6:03: Which tools can help you set boundaries 8:23: What does time off, on, and in look like 9:50: How to set boundaries 13:26: What are tips for productivity rituals “Conscious creation of boundaries for HSPs is the opposite of the shadows of people pleasing, over responsibility, overprotection, perfectionism.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/185

In the journey of becoming and being an HSP in business and leadership, it’s important to consistently engage in the process of shifting from an untrained HSP to a trained HSP. All in order to create with more ease. However, as HSPs we often get caught up in the false belief that in order to succeed in business and leadership we need to do it the same way as the other 80% who are not highly sensitive. So we forgo the value of paced process in exchange for “playing a bigger game hustle” which tends to toss us into the HSP Coping Cycle of Fear/Anxiety/Pushing/Hiding/Shame/Recovery, rather than motivating us to create productively.   In this podcast episode, I read an excerpt from my book “Different”, where I share my experience of feeling overwhelmed by the common coaching industry phrase of “play a bigger game” and how it triggered feelings of ‘not enough’ for me rather than motivating me to create more. I discuss how rather than pushing yourself to hustle to play a bigger game, you can access your inner magnitude, the HSP part of you that is connected to inner guidance and the magic of the universe. I share how you can access this part of you through self-inquiry to claim what truly inspires you. To then let this inspiration fuel, motivate, and encourage you to tap into your strengths and create from this space, rather than hustling to try to be someone you’re not and crashing as a result.   “We are the balance to the other 80 percent.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 3:38: How do highly sensitive people try to protect themselves 5:08: How does Business Miracles describe the Holy Spirit 8:34: Where should you focus your energy right now 17:27: Which questions to ask to check in with yourself 20:33: How do most highly sensitive people function “Though being of service is one of our greatest motivators as highly sensitive entrepreneurs and highly sensitive leaders and is thoroughly rewarding…it takes a fierce due diligence commitment. ” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/184

Growing up highly sensitive, many of us missed the opportunity of individuation, or differentiation at a young age – what Margaret Mahler refers to as “hatching”. Because of this, we learned to cope and often hide our highly sensitive difference. We developed coping mechanisms of pushing or hiding (or moving back and forth between pushing and hiding) as a way to adapt rather than embrace our uniqueness and differences. Although this an understandable response we developed to keep ourselves safe when we were younger, now it’s time to stop feeling confused and believing you need to deny who you really are in order to be successful in business and life. Everything is now meant to be done differently.   In this podcast episode, I read an excerpt from my book “Different”, where I vulnerably share my struggle to write my book. I came to realize I was guided to write it because I was meant to teach HSPs not just how to market and sell in their business differently, but how to step up and lead as a highly sensitive to create greater impact (and income) with a lot less effort through these extraordinary times. I also discuss Margaret Mahler’s concept of hatching – a process of separation, individuation and differentiation – and the four sub-phases in this process. I go into more detail on the differentiation phase and speak to how this specifically impacts highly sensitives and our unique journey in this world as HSPs in business and leadership.   “I knew I had been training for the exceptional times of 2020 for my whole life.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 7:38: How to embrace your HSP difference 9:45: Can you stop being overwhelmed by others’ emotions 11:40: How to define hatching 12:37: What are the four sub-phases of hatching 14:04: Why was the concept of hatching controversial 15:37: What happens when you are highly sensitive but your parents are not 17:42: What is the more important area for focus and growth right now 18:12: How to connect with what inspires you“Quote.” – Guest Name / Heather Dominick “It’s time to stop pretending your intuition is less valuable than logic.” – Heather Dominick Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.shiftfromsurvivetothrive.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/183

As a highly sensitive person, our neuro-sensitivity is not going away. So, if you are allowing your business or career and life to be dictated by socialized trends, then you are setting yourself up to be in a constant state of anxiety. The focus we want, in order to avoid the comparison traps and pressures of socialized trends, is on how to be able to not only manage our sensitivity, but utilize it in a way that really allows us to show up in business and leadership in the world from a place of highly sensitive strength.   In this podcast episode, I discuss the importance of staying above the fray of socialized trends, especially as a highly sensitive in business and leadership. I share how our social self is born as a response to pressure from the world around us. And how if we stay stuck in this comparison trap we are privileging anxiety instead of choosing privilege of agency. Most importantly, I share what you can do instead.   “If you are allowing your business to be dictated by socialized trends, if you are allowing your work, your career to be dictated by socialized trends…if you are allowing your life to be dictated by socialized trends as a person who is highly sensitive, you are setting yourself up to be in a constant state of anxiety. You are setting yourself up to be in constant motion with the coping cycle and constant tug of war with resistance.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 2:48: How does research on neuro-sensitivity apply to highly sensitive people 4:36: What does it mean to stay above the fray of socialized trends 11:52: How does staying above the fray connect to privilege of agency 16:06: What is required to stay above the fray of socialized trends “This is not the time in our world to be giving in to the fray of socialized trends, the fear, the anxiety, the divisiveness, and it is not the time to flake out. It is the time to choose to recognize we are in a new world now, my friends, if you’re waiting for it to be over, it’s going to be a long wait.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/182

When we are untrained as a highly sensitive we can often find ourselves stuck in comparison traps – comparing our lives and businesses to to the other 80% who are not highly sensitive, or even to others who are highly sensitive to see if we “measure up”. But this is a guaranteed recipe for failure that will have you operating from your coping mechanisms of pushing, hiding or combo between the two; as well as being stuck in shadows such as people pleasing, perfectionism, and over-responsibility.   Instead, we have the opportunity to choose privilege of agency as a healthy approach to making decisions, using discernment and setting boundaries based on our highly sensitive strengths. Only when we do this will we truly be able to remove the shackles of comparison and instead embrace and live from our essential self as a highly sensitive in business and life.   In this podcast episode, I go deep into what privilege of agency is, and what it isn’t. I share my own journey of how I developed this concept and how I’ve used it to make massively impactful changes in how I operate. I discuss how it specifically relates to you as a highly sensitive in business and leadership and why this particular teaching is more important now than ever. So you will be able to step out of comparison traps and step up into your purpose and be the change you want to see in the world while also creating the personal success and freedom you desire.   “There has always been this wonky energy around this training.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:54: What is the privilege of agency 3:24: Why is the concept of privilege of agency difficult for highly sensitive people 5:09: What privilege of agency is NOT 7:44: Where and why did Heather develop the privilege of agency training 13:48: Why is privilege of agency important for highly sensitive people “The concept of privilege of agency is very foreign to us.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/181

As a highly sensitive in business and leadership, living on purpose is the ultimate form of self-care. This requires you to face your overwhelm and learn that, as A Course in Miracles states, “peace is part of you and requires only that you be there to embrace any situation in which you are.” Your life purpose is not what you do, or something you find, but is instead something you choose in every decision, action and interaction. It’s not a legacy we leave, but a legacy we live. Our life purpose takes courage to feel what we naturally don’t want to feel.   In this podcast episode, I discuss how accessing the power of your heart as a gateway to your HSP Intuition is what will allow you to heal business and leadership turmoil and overwhelm. As well as support you with standing strong in the midst of the fire of our times, and have the passion to pursue your life purpose. I share how the mastery of discomfort resilience takes compassion plus courage, which equals the opening of the heart, and how this process of the opening of the heart requires two very important components. This is a trainable process and a valuable opportunity for growth in order for you to achieve HSP business and leadership success.   “Life purpose is not achieved in the midst of comfort.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 3:02: What is our life purpose 4:19 How to apply courage to our lives 5:54: Can you train compassion 8:02: What is the fourth component of emotional containment “Our life purpose is not something we find, it is something that we choose.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/180

The key to reducing overwhelm, especially as a highly sensitive in business and leadership, is to build discomfort resilience through containment as an act of self-care. Containment is NOT about suppressing, ignoring, or soothing your emotions. It is instead about allowing the experience of your uncomfortable emotions without staying stuck in them, and then turning to HSP energy management tools I’ve created like the Order Form to the Universe (OFTU) to support you with accessing your highly sensitive strengths.   In this podcast episode, I go deep into what containment is NOT, what containment IS, and how we can shift from overwhelm and overprotection into focus and flow. I discuss how the act of developing discomfort resilience is the opposite of overprotection, and is instead about taking personal responsibility for your emotions, recognizing that they don’t have to control you. It is not the automatic HSP response, but it is a doable, teachable, and important skill to master in spite of what’s happening around you and in the world at large, especially as a highly sensitive in business and leadership.   “Our energy, our emotions tend to be felt more deeply by those of us who are highly sensitive.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 5:04: How to grow from personal interactions 5:14: What is discomfort resilience 9:07: Things that discomfort resilience is not 12:21: What are the three elements of containment “We are faced in any given moment with potentially having our nervous system hijacked.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/179

Did you know research shows that a person who sets (and achieves) goals tends to have higher motivation, higher self-esteem and a greater sense of self-confidence and autonomy?   Setting an achievable goal also gives a boost to your systolic blood pressure (SBP).   However, it wouldn’t surprise me if, as a highly sensitive, your experience with goal setting has been quite different.   Here’s why: setting goals rooted in comparison or based on what you think you “should be” doing actually lowers your blood pressure. Which slows you down, and has you feel like you’re trudging through mud – with no motivation to actually take the actions needed to accomplish the goal.   In this podcast episode, I’m sharing how to use your highly sensitive strength of intuition to consistently set – and reach – doable goals that will give you an ongoing boost to your systolic blood pressure and keep you motivated and ready to take action.   “Intellect alone can only get us so far.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:14: How to set goals as a highly sensitive entrepreneur 5:39: What are highly sensitive strengths 8:32: Ways to connect with your big goals 11:27: What does recent research say about goal-setting “We always have a choice between the smaller socialized version of ourselves and the more magnanimous essential version of ourselves.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Listen to The Business Miracles Podcast Episode 177: Burnout Doesn’t Get You Paid: https://www.businessmiracles.com/177 Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/178

There’s no reward for being over-busy except burnout. That old-century definition of success, “the busier you are the more you’ve gotten done” is over.   As we continue to live through exceptional world events, learning to consciously use our nervous system to stay focused is much more effective for us HSPs in business and leadership than a never-ending to-do list.   In this episode you’ll learn: a practical system approach so you stay consistent throughout the year how I personally work with this system – even through unexpected change how to infuse optimism, abundance, and enthusiasm into your day-to-day (even when you feel overwhelmed) As an HSP in business and leadership not only does burnout feel bad – it won’t get you paid.   “It is your intentions backed by the power of free will that creates actualization.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:56: How to set deliberate intentions for the year 4:04: Why don’t highly sensitive entrepreneurs work well with compartmentalization 5:12: How to make a weekly plan 5:55: What is the power of intentional release 7:35: How to harness the power of zeal 13:39: Ways to work with your weekly plan when facing unexpected situations “Your weekly plan is your intention in motion.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Listen to The Business Miracles Podcast Episode 176: The Power of Intention: https://www.businessmiracles.com/176 Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/177

In this episode, we’re dismantling the old “New Year, New Me” philosophy that discounts where you’ve come from, how you’ve grown, and what you’ve accomplished up until now.   Listen in as I share how to counteract old patterns of setting New Year resolutions that leave you feeling unmotivated and unaccomplished and instead use the power of Intention to: access your highly sensitive strengths of deep thinking and deep feeling to deeply create what you desire shift the top 3 highly sensitive shadows into strengths use a simple, powerful practice to set intentions filled with trust and ease Let the Power of Intention lead you forward into new levels of success with strength and resilience as an HSP in business and leadership.   “There is such a cavernous difference between aim and plan, so I love that intentions include both.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:16: What is a business miracle 2:24: How to prepare for the new year 5:14: Why is it important to set intentions 5:48: What keeps us from creating intentions 10:34: What does it mean to re-return 15:13: How can the Business Miracles team support you in the new year “How appropriate to begin the year setting intentions for the healing process of a wound to make the conscious decision to use what has worked against us in the past to work for us in the now.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your copy of the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Get your copy of the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/176

When we are trained as empowered HSPs in business and life we have consistent access to our strengths such as intuition, creativity, and our ability to be spiritual by nature.   And the gateway to so many aspects of our strengths is hope.   In this episode you’ll learn how to use hope to accelerate your ability to take action in your business by: optimizing end of year reflection and assessment setting yourself up for conscientious entrance into the new year tapping into your HSP visionary strength creating next levels of business growth and a fun, effective guided exercise to access hope and your Intuition “Time is different now.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:46: What is the final phase of manifestation 4:16: How to access HSE strengths 6:35: What to do instead of New Year resolutions 11:21: How to harness your intuition “Hope secured by the power of faith expedites the creative process and provides the energy to call forth what is desired.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Heather’s book DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution: http://www.differentthebook.com Get your HSE Training Kit: Survive to Thrive: http://www.survivetothrive.com Get your HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Read more about How to Use Hope to Fuel Your HSP Visionary Strength: https://www.businessmiracles.com/how-to-use-hope-to-fuel-your-hsp-visionary-strength/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/175

In this episode, special guest Jill Wade, DDS – award-winning dentist, pioneering the profession in dental wellness and cosmetic dentistry – and I are busting the myth you can’t be highly sensitive AND highly successful.   Jill and I are longtime colleagues and friends, and she is also an accomplished member of the Business Miracles community who has optimized the highly sensitive leadership training programs to create systems to scale her business, grow her team, add three new doctors to her practice, move her successful business from 1.5 million revenue to now being on track this year for 5 million, all while shifting from working full-time four days a week to two days a week.   I invite you to listen in as we share: how to redefine industry metrics of marketing success tips on how to use social media to be transformational versus transactional what’s really needed to create more social impact and a more sustainable income All with way less effort – by doing things differently, in a way that’s meant to work for you by tapping into the strengths of your uniquely designed nervous system to create sustainable success in your business.   “Do you know what ended up being my number one referral base? My patients and my doctor relationships because I help them take better care of their patients.” – Jill Wade Listen and Learn: 5:20: Ways to redefine industry metrics of marketing success 7:43: Can you be highly sensitive and successful in business 8:36: How to work less while working to your highly sensitive strengths 21:35: What do we need to create more social impact “We each realized that we have redefined the metrics of success for ourselves. That just struck me as such an indicator of highly sensitive leadership.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Listen to this Special Podcast Series: Building Your Business Part-Time as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader Listen to this Special Podcast Series: Highly Sensitive Leadership as a Professional Check out the HSE Assessment and Success Guide Connect with Jill Wade: Stonebriar Smile Design: http://stonebriarsmiledesign.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stonebriarsmiledesign Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stonebriarsmiledesign Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stonebriarsmiledesign Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/174

Typically the end of the year is fraught with excitement, anticipation and maybe even a little bit of dread thrown into the mix.   It’s all too common to feel overstimulated and overwhelmed with so many places to be, things to do, people to connect with, and obligations to fulfill. Add in all of the other aspects of these never-ending exceptional times that we have been managing ourselves through and it’s no surprise that so many HSPs turn into massive balls of walking anxiety.   “Just coping” through the overstimulation that your nervous system experiences will leave you disconnected, disassociated from yourself, your feelings, and your experiences.   Yet, these exceptional times are not for us to bury our heads in the sand and try to simply get through. These times are an opportunity to rise up and this time of year heightens that opportunity more than ever.   This episode will teach you: the importance of learning to manage your nervous system rather than be a victim to the highly sensitive nervous system’s tendency to overwhelm in response to stimulation how to set the frame energetically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually for this time of year so you can shift past patterns into new opportunities a practical tool that you can use to instantly calm your nervous system when you’re overstimulated and feeling like a massive ball of anxiety “These exceptional times are not for us to bury our head in the sand and try to get it to get through; these times are an opportunity to rise up and this time of year heightens that opportunity more than ever.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:17: What does it mean to be at the end of the year 5:05: Why is it important to learn to manage your nervous system 9:10: How to shift past patterns into new opportunities 12:28: What is a practical tool to instantly calm your nervous system “That uncertainty of feeling often comes from the experience of typically only coping through the overstimulation that our nervous system experiences and coping only or being in the shadow state of being highly sensitive typically will have you disconnected, disassociated from yourself, then therefore your feelings, and then therefore your experience.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Learn more about the HSE Training Kit: Stop The Overwhelm: http://www.stoptheoverwhelm.com Learn more about the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myHSEtype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/173

The HSE shadow of comparison has a tricky way of sneaking up on you and catching you unaware. One minute you’re scrolling through social media and the next, seemingly out of nowhere, you find yourself feeling less than, not enough, and like you just don’t measure up. If you’re not careful, it will suck you dry of happiness before you even realize what’s happening.   For us Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders, the path of consciously rewiring our nervous system to be able to function optimally in all parts of our business and lives includes actively working to change our relationship with comparison.   In this episode you’ll learn: the most common types of comparison that typically affect a highly sensitive person how unhealthy comparison impacts not only your happiness but also your ability to be productive in your business what’s needed to shift those unconscious patterns into a healthy use of comparison that can fuel you, inspire you, and motivate you to adapt, receive, and create. “Comparison is all about how you choose to use it.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:22 How to change your relationship with comparison 5:04 Ways to use the HSE Shadow of Comparison as a strength 6:16 How to shift unconscious patterns of comparison “There’s been a habitual pattern created over time, often enforced by our family of origin to register the difference between yourself and someone who’s not highly sensitive as less than or not enough.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Get your copy of DIFFERENT: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution by Heather Dominick: http://www.differentthebook.com Check out the HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/172

No one likes having a difficult conversation – especially if you’re an HSP whose default tendency is to do whatever can be done to AVOID any type of difficult conversation.   However, as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader, avoiding difficult conversations is not only disempowering, it could also be costing you money.   Listen now to learn how to begin the process of mastering challenging conversations so you can express yourself clearly and confidently when it comes to: marketing yourself engaging in selling conversations challenging clients regarding their blind spots managing team members setting boundaries with family and friends “By avoiding difficult conversations, we are then living the limiting belief that unbearable emotions are your burden.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 1:55 What qualifies as a challenging conversation 5:01 Why is it important for highly sensitive people to consider challenging conversations 6:06 What happens when we don’t have difficult conversations 11:16 When to have a difficult conversation 14:27 What results from a difficult conversation 17:10 How to support yourself in mastering difficult conversations “For us as highly sensitive entrepreneurs and leaders to avoid difficult conversations is actually disempowering.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Read Heather’s Transformational Blog Post: How to Shift a Difficult Conversation into an Empowered Conversation: https://www.businessmiracles.com/how-to-shift-a-difficult-conversation-into-an-empowered-conversation/ Check out this HSE Assessment and Success Guide: http://www.myhsetype.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/171

Welcome to Part 3 of this special three-part episode series of the Business Miracles podcast: Using Your Highly Sensitive Leadership Skills In A Traditional Professional Setting. You’ll be hearing wisdom and insights from me, as well as hearing from select highly sensitive leaders who are currently creating more impact and more income within their traditional professional roles – and all with way less effort – by applying their highly sensitive leadership skills.   Listen now to hear how Lisa Bolton, Business Miracles Member, Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader, RN-BSN, and Holy Fire® Reiki Teacher and Practitioner, made the shift from struggling with being visible and owning her value to confidently and consistently using her highly sensitive leadership skills to enhance her nursing career, as well as to support other helping professionals such as doctors, nurses, and other wellness practitioners feel safe to be seen and heard. That is highly sensitive leadership. I have a sense that as you listen, you’ll be as inspired by Lisa as I am.   “When you understand that you are a highly sensitive person and when you prioritize being able to care for your nervous system and then operate from your nervous system from a place of strength versus being unaware.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 2:21 How to use your highly sensitive leadership skills to enhance your career 3:48 Why did Lisa Bolton leave her nursing career 10:04 How can nursing and reiki coexist 13:40 What makes Lisa’s new role in nursing different 15:22 How do highly sensitive strengths come into play in a nursing position “I had to start serving myself what I needed and not expect people to just kind of know what I needed.” – Lisa Bolton   Connect with Lisa Bolton: Lisa Soul Refresh: http://lisasoulrefresh.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-bolton-90384910b/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ascensionschoolofspiritual5486 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ascensionschoolofspirituality/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/170

Welcome to Part 2 of this special three-part episode series where you’ll be hearing wisdom and insights from me, as well as hearing from select highly sensitive leaders who are currently creating more impact and more income within their traditional professional roles – and all with way less effort – by applying their highly sensitive leadership skills.   In this episode, I’m thrilled to connect you with special guest Brian Murphy, primary school principal and breathing coach. Listen now to hear how Brian is using his leadership skills to move forward as a leader within the primary school division, allowing him the opportunity to create way more impact with way less stress. I just know you’ll walk away feeling inspired and empowered by what’s possible when you learn to harness your highly sensitive strengths and choose to do things differently.   “It can sound so simple, but we as highly sensitives know how profound it is to not just have the thought about doing something or the consideration of doing something, but what is actually required to follow through and really show up.” – Heather Dominick Listen and Learn: 3:59 How to manage your nervous system 8:08 What does it look like to really show up 10:35 How to manage a school as a highly sensitive leader 19:10 Why is it important to make space for celebration 26:10 How does breath work help highly sensitive leaders 31:26 Ways to connect with Brian Murphy “Even though you’re going through something challenging, you are managing something challenging. It is all how you look at it.” – Brian Murphy   Connect with Brian Murphy: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourbreathcork Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/169

Welcome to this special three-part episode series where you’ll be hearing wisdom and insights from me, as well as hearing from select highly sensitive leaders who are currently creating more impact and more income within their traditional professional roles – and all with way less effort – by applying their highly sensitive leadership skills.   Join me and special guest Jennifer Ricards, CEO of Ri Management and Executive Vice President, Cynosure Health.   Listen in to hear how Jennifer made the HUGE shift from constantly feeling stressed out, frazzled, and doing work that she didn’t enjoy, because she struggled so much with advocating for herself and communicating her needs, to truly using her Highly Sensitive Leadership skills to empower herself and work in a way that brings her joy and fulfillment. All while also positioning herself to create jobs and provide opportunities that allow and empower others to have more work/life balance as well.   “When you are stressed and frazzled, you don’t have a lot of perspective on the situation that you’re in, but I look back often to maybe a way I used to work or I think that like, oh, I used to travel with this schedule and how in the world did I do it?” – Jennifer Ricards Show Notes: How to know if you are highly sensitive Ways to advocate for yourself How to become fulfilled at work Tips for using Highly Sensitive Leadership skills Where was Jennifer’s turning point “You think you have to work your way up and put in those long hours and work hard and everything will flow from there, but I think actually what was happening was I was working myself farther down the stress and travelled path.” – Jennifer Ricards   Links and Resources: Connect with Jennifer Ricards on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-ricards-3407b317/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/168

Welcome to Part 3 of this special three-part episode series of the Business Miracles podcast: Building Your Business Part-Time As A Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader – You’ll be hearing more about my own story of first starting my business part-time to now having been self-employed full-time for 20 years! As well as also hearing from select highly sensitive entrepreneurs who are currently creating business success while working their business on a part-time basis – all with more impact, more income and less effort.   Listen now to hear how Monica Keena, Business Miracles Member, Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader and Owner and Founder of Get It Done Fitness, exquisitely balances her part-time business with a very demanding full-time career as a Paralegal Gaming Administrator for one of the top 100 law firms in the United States, and how she realized that what she once believed was a curse or weakness was actually her greatest asset. I know you’ll be inspired by the Business Miracles Monica has created for herself (and others) as she learned to embrace her highly sensitive strengths and really begin to do things differently.   “The most important thing you need to do at work and the most important thing you need to do with fitness is number one, you have to show up, you have to be there.” – Monica Keena Show Notes: Which business miracles has Monica created for herself How does Monica Keena balance two jobs What aspects of highly sensitive leadership training help you to thrive How do highly sensitive skills benefit your employees “There is something inside of human beings that we think it’s all or nothing or that either-or in life, you’re either working for the law firm or I either have a business on the side…but I’ve learned that due to my highly sensitive nature, I am actually thriving with the both.” – Monica Keena   Links and Resources: Connect with Monica Keena Instagram: https://instagram.com/monicavkeena Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monica.keena.1 Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/167

Welcome to Part 2 of this special three-part episode series of the Business Miracles podcast: Building Your Business Part-Time As A Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader – You’ll be hearing more about my own story of first starting my business part-time to now having been self-employed full-time for 20 years! As well as also hearing from select highly sensitive entrepreneurs who are currently creating business success while working their business on a part-time basis – all with more impact, more income, and less effort.   Listen in to hear how Laura Smith, Business Miracles Member, Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur, Leader, and Owner of Children’s Mindset LLC, shifted out of her insecurity, fear, and her HSE Coping Mechanism of Hiding by not only embracing but unleashing her Highly Sensitive Strengths of Creativity and Intuition to create a part-time business that allows her to enjoy spending more time with her recently retired husband while still following her heart guidance and passion for helping children – from a place of excitement and fun rather than pressure and stress.   “I’m a perfectionist as a highly sensitive and I had a lot of shame and guilt wrapped around not working, not hustling as the trendy term is, believing that if I wasn’t hustling or working hard constantly, I would never be successful.” – Laura Smith Show Notes: What is the Quantum Leap Retreat How to transform insecurity What is the Coping Mechanism of Hiding Does part-time work make sense What are the pros of working on your passion part-time “It’s okay for me to create a schedule that works with my highly sensitive nervous system in a way that is not going to push me back or my business back, but actually accelerate me forward.” – Laura Smith   Links and Resources: Connect with Laura Smith: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/childrensmindset Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/childrensmindset TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/childrensmindset Listen to the Business Miracles Podcast Episode 165: Building Your Business Part-Time, Part 1 Featuring Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader, Nancy Smith: https://www.businessmiracles.com/165 Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/166

Welcome to Part 1 of this special three-part episode series of the Business Miracles podcast: Building Your Business Part-Time As A Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader – You’ll be hearing more about my own story of first starting my business part-time to now having been self-employed full-time for 20 years! As well as also hearing from select highly sensitive entrepreneurs who are currently creating business success while working their business on a part-time basis – all with more impact, more income, and less effort.   Join me and special guest Nancy Smith, Business Miracles Member, Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur, leader, and owner of Vibrant You Coaching. Nancy’s story is inspiring!  She made the shift from viewing her part-time job as a crutch and feeling the challenge of her focus being divided between what she felt she needed and what she loved – to embracing her part-time job as a support beam for her dreams and allowing it to become a launch pad into the space that she truly wants to be in.   “As highly sensitives we do really well taking a step by step incrementalization process approach to anything that we’re creating.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How did Heather start her business part-time What are some common struggles with part-time work How to make part-time work more meaningful What can you accomplish using energy management tools “It feels like the journey has been so long, and in, in some ways it feels like I’ve been starting my business over and over and over again.” – Nancy Smith   Links and Resources: Connect with Nancy Smith: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lorraine.smith.3154284 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-smith-349b7630/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/165

Rather than automatically being triggered by intense experiences you can actually learn how to use triggers as “touches” or “awakenings” to propel you towards a higher level of emotional maturity and management – highly sensitive leadership.   Listen in to learn a powerful method for prioritizing tasks, staying focused, and embracing your visionary strengths while avoiding analysis paralysis so you can more confidently navigate the challenges that come your way, more easily tap into your inner strength, and more effortlessly rise up as the highly sensitive entrepreneur and leader you are meant to be.   “Analysis paralysis is the shadow side of our visionary strength.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: What are alternatives to being triggered How to prioritize tasks What is the long-term list How to stay focused What is a sleeper wave Where did the long-term list come from “The long-term list is a tool that serves the area that so many highly sensitive entrepreneurs and leaders find the most challenging and that area is the ability to prioritize.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/164

When we, as Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders, embrace our true worth, we are choosing self-empowerment. When we’re empowered and operating from our highly sensitive strengths, we are more easily able to generate wealth – true wealth – which is about abundance in ALL areas.   Today, I’m sharing how embracing your true worth is the key to creating true wealth, with insights and practical tools that will help you navigate challenges specifically how to move out of your highly sensitive shadows of over-responsibility, overprotective, and overwhelm.   Join me to discover how to shift from feeling disempowered because of your nervous system to empowered BY your nervous system.   Be prepared to experience a business miracle.   “People who have a higher level of resilience and a lower tolerance for personal drama experience more success in business and in life.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: What is the key to trusting yourself How highly sensitive people can earn true wealth What is Heather’s personal story How are the characteristics of Challengers How do highly sensitive entrepreneurs cultivate worth “In order to be able to experience true wealth, there must be a sense of true worth.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/187

Learning how to use your highly sensitive strength of Being Deeply Spiritual by Nature in order to accelerate positive change for yourself and others, rather than using it as a way to isolate and soothe, is massively important as we continue to navigate through these exceptional times.   In Part 3 of this three-part episode series, I’m talking about what’s really needed to rise above the fray of frenetic post-pandemic disconnect, including valuable tools and techniques that will help you remain grounded and fiercely focused so you can operate optimally as a highly sensitive entrepreneur and leader – financially, relationally and spiritually.   Will you accept the challenge of what it means to be highly sensitive and lead through these continuing exceptional times?   “A challenger consciously builds others up, encoring them to also learn and grow despite difficult situations.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to stay grounded during frenetic times What is cognitive diffusion and why down need it How can highly sensitive people thrive post-pandemic What are the qualities of a challenger “Challengers are catalysts for learning and are willing to stand for the vision even when others do not.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Listen to Business Miracles Episode 160: Cultivating Happiness Post Pandemic, Part 1: https://www.businessmiracles.com/160 Listen to Business Miracles Episode 161: Cultivating Happiness Post Pandemic, Part 2: https://www.businessmiracles.com/161 Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/162

Within the midst of the disruptive times that we are living through it can feel weird to be talking about happiness. But it’s actually not, and here’s why: Shawn Achor, author and researcher of The Happiness Advantage, says that, “Happiness is not about lying to ourselves or turning a blind eye to the negative, but about adjusting our brain so that we see the ways to rise above our circumstances.   To take it one step further, as highly sensitive entrepreneurs and leaders who are called to serve as the royal advisors of the world, prioritizing our own happiness actually directly, positively impacts others.   By cultivating your own happiness, you’re actually making it easier for others to experience happiness as well.   In Part 2 of this three-part episode series, I’m teaching you two significant tools you can use to move out of the highly sensitive shadows of overprotection, judgment of self and others, or the need for drama. All to support your own happiness and self-created success as well as the happiness of others. You start by using your highly sensitive strengths of deep thinking and deep feeling. Come and listen in…   “You can deepen your levels of happiness when happiness doesn’t seem like a choice anymore.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to cultivate post-pandemic happiness Does success lead to happiness Is happiness a choice What is the Tetris Effect How to use the energy management tool of scripting to increase happiness What are two significant happiness tools How is gratitude related to happiness What is the happiness advantage “Tracking journaling over time to see a progressive change increases the ability for accessing resilience to then actually be able to make the change.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/161

As highly sensitives, we tend to have a propensity towards doom and gloom when it comes to change. Yet if there’s one thing we can be certain of it’s that change will always keep happening.   In Part 1 of this three-part episode series, I’m sharing what’s needed for you to operate optimally as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and leader in order to be flexible and fluid within the changing world we are living through.   Listen in to learn how to navigate change and reach your business and career goals as part of being on the path to cultivating happiness.   “As a community of highly sensitive entrepreneurs and leaders, there was more of a propensity, meaning an intense natural inclination or preference, towards doom and gloom.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: What is the happiness advantage How does happiness affect performance What is the relationship between productivity and positivity What has changed since Heather first taught the happiness advantage How do we define the path to success What are the five yays “The path to success for us as highly sensitive entrepreneurs and leaders is the Shadow to Strengths Pathway.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/160

Today’s topic is the path to empowerment. When a life situation happens (as they continually do) do you feel like the burden of taking care of everyone always falls to you?   Maybe you feel like you’re consistently being wronged by others?   Or perhaps you feel as if, no matter what you do, all of the bad things just keep happening to you?   If any of these experiences sound familiar, you might be caught in “The Drama Triangle”, unconsciously acting out a pattern that has you taking on the shadow roles of Rescuer, Persecutor, or Victim – and essentially giving away your power.   Join me as I share how to move out of the dreaded drama triangle and onto the path of empowerment instead. Learn to shift out of the shadow roles of Rescuer, Persecutor, and Victim and into the empowering roles of Coach, Challenger, and Creator, powered by your Highly Sensitive Strengths of Empathy, Intuition, and Creativity.   “Each of us has a tendency towards a dominant drama, yet we all experience elements of each of the three dramas.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to move out of the drama triangle Ways to shift out of shadow roles What is the NFD Theory How to employ the Karpman Drama Triangle What are tips for letting go of the desire for drama What does the shadows-to-strengths pathway do “Each of the three dramas ultimately is triggered by a sense of fear.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/159

If there’s one thing I know about highly sensitives, it’s that change tends to shake us up. And if there’s one thing I know about change right now, it’s that collectively and personally, change – big and small – is happening for all of us more quickly and more frequently than ever before.   Here’s the real jiggy when it comes to change: it’s not really about what the change brings, but how you handle what the change brings.   You can choose to instinctually REACT from a place of anger, sadness, and resentfulness, as though something is happening to you. Or, even though you may still feel all of those things, you can choose to pause, manage your energy, access your highly sensitive strengths, and RESPOND from a place of calm and grace.   Listen in to learn what’s really needed to master your highly sensitive nervous system so you use the choice points of change as opportunities to create betterment in your business, your life, and in the world.   “Resistance is having your back to the ocean. Resilience is the willingness to face the waves.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: What is equanimity How to begin mastering change How to define resistance What is the difference between resilience and resistance How has Heather mastered change in her own life What is the value of resisting yourself and your wants “The untrained highly sensitive says: this is happening to me.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/158

Did you know research shows that a person who sets (and achieves) goals tends to have higher motivation, higher self-esteem, and a greater sense of self-confidence and autonomy?   Setting an achievable goal also boosts your systolic blood pressure (SBP).   However, it wouldn’t surprise me if, as a highly sensitive, your experience with goal setting has been quite different.   Here’s why: setting goals rooted in comparison or based on what you think you “should be” doing actually lowers your blood pressure. Which slows you down, and has you feeling like you’re trudging through mud – with no motivation to actually take the actions needed to accomplish the goal.   In this podcast episode, I’m sharing how to use your highly sensitive strength of intuition to consistently set – and reach – doable goals that will give you an ongoing boost to your systolic blood pressure and keep you motivated and ready to take action.   “Intellect alone can only get us so far.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to set goals as a highly sensitive entrepreneur What are highly sensitive strengths Ways to connect with your big goals What does recent research say about goal setting “We always have a choice between the smaller socialized version of ourselves and the more magnanimous essential version of ourselves.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/157

Our highly sensitive strength of empathy helps us relate and connect deeply with others, giving us the ability to inspire and empower their lives.   Yet, it’s common to disconnect from empathy as a strength due to the limiting beliefs we’ve developed from past unconscious training. Just because you can imagine or understand how another person is feeling, doesn’t mean you’re responsible for that feeling.   Join me as I share a hot take on empathy versus sympathy and how you’re actually meant to use it as one of your highly sensitive strengths. Learn to lead with empathy, in service to fulfilling your business and life mission as a highly sensitive entrepreneur and leader.   “We have the ability to be empathetic as a strength without the automatic trigger of the empath mirror neuron response.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: What is the definition of empathy How to use empathy as a highly sensitive strength What is the difference between empathy and sympathy What is the difference between empathy and being an empath Can empathy be trained How to cultivate empathy as a strength “When you are caught in perfectionism you are preoccupied with yourself even when you try to convince yourself that you are focusing on someone else.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/156

The Highly Sensitive Shadow of perfectionism is an inborn trait that influences the way we see and process the world. Perfectionism is linked to anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and a host of other mental health issues that highlight just how unhealthy operating from this shadow is.   So how do you work with your highly sensitive shadow of perfectionism?   Listen in to learn the key to flipping the switch on perfectionism (and the limiting beliefs and overwhelm that come with it). As well as a step-by-step process that you can begin to put into practice to support you with rewiring your nervous system. Get ready to show up in the world from a place of optimal health and well-being – mentally, physically, and financially.   “Perfectionism is often mistakenly seen in our society and western influenced culture as desirable or even necessary for success.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: What is perfectionism What is the key to releasing perfectionism How can highly sensitive leaders work with their perfectionism What are the drawbacks to perfectionism How to use the AUK Process What triggers perfectionism Why is it important for highly sensitive entrepreneurs to access their empathy How is perfectionism related to judgment “Perfectionism may be hardwired in the nervous system.” – Heather Dominick   Links and Resources: Listen to The Business Miracles Podcast Episode 154: Expand Your Mindset Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/155

Today I talk about how to expand your mindset. Growing up as a highly sensitive person, most of us weren’t taught how to effectively work with a nervous system that overstimulates so quickly and easily. As a result, we often default to what I call “either/or thinking”.   “Either it’s perfect OR it’s a disaster.” “Either I do only what I want right now or I’m stuck doing what I don’t want forever.” “Either everything is easy and successful, not challenging, or I’m sad, stuck, stressed, angry, a failure, not having fun, and don’t know my purpose.”   Sound familiar?   Either/Or thinking is a learned behavior as a result of missed attempts to manage anxiety. And a very common experience for those of us who are highly sensitive.   This means – Good News Alert! – it can also be unlearned.   In this podcast episode, I’m sharing how to unravel yourself and expand your mindset from limited either/or thinking to access a both/and mindset instead – opening up a whole new world of possibilities and creative solutions.   “Either/Or thinking is the opposite of the process of re-return and recommitment.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to manage perfectionism Signs that you are struggling with perfectionism What is the relationship between overthinking and the shadow of overprotection Examples of either/or thinking How to move away from either/or thinking Ways to expand your mindset “Developing a both/and mindset has been proven via research that it is learnable and possible at any age.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/154

Welcome to this special series of the Business Miracles podcast: Hatching The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution – You’ll be hearing from select highly sensitive leader authors who contributed their real stories of creating more impact and more income to my book DIFFERENT as found at www.differentthebook.com   Listen in to be inspired by my conversation with Kara Lee Golota, who inspires and empowers others with financial gardening and deep experiences of connection through horses and nature.   “The journey of having an outer purpose is actually more about the inner journey of how we’re showing up as a leader.” – Kara Lee Golota Show Notes: What are some tools to mitigate highly sensitive fears Tips for tweaking your work habits How Kara finds purpose with horses What can we learn from horses How to set professional boundaries How does the highly sensitive leadership training program help What we lose when we follow other people’s rules Kara’s final advice “It’s by slowing things down, by doing the smallest little thing: looking at the resistance.” – Kara Lee Golota   Links and Resources: Connect with Kara at Love Through Nature: http://www.lovethroughnature.com Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/153

Welcome to this special series of the Business Miracles podcast: Hatching The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution – You’ll be hearing from select highly sensitive leader authors who contributed their real stories of creating more impact and more income to my book DIFFERENT as found at www.differentthebook.com   Listen in to be inspired by my conversation with Jessica, founder and leader of Escape From Emotional Eating, helping women on a mission to heal the roots of their emotional eating so they can embody their full potential.   “I was running my life from place of adrenaline and cortisol.” – Jessica Procini Show Notes: What do healthy work boundaries look like Why did Jessica contribute to the book Different What does a day in the life of a highly sensitive entrepreneur look like When is it okay to cry at work How life changes when you accept that you are highly sensitive “I really found my voice and feel really supported in my marriage for my essential self.” – Jessica Procini   Links and Resources: Connect with Jessica at Escape From Emotional Eating: https://escapefromemotionaleating.com/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/152

Welcome to this special series of the Business Miracles podcast: Hatching The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution – You’ll be hearing from select highly sensitive leader authors who contributed their real stories of creating more impact and more income to my book DIFFERENT as found at www.differentthebook.com   Listen in to be inspired by my conversation with Melissa Anders who uses her highly sensitive strengths that make her a natural writing and life coach to serve and support academics and academic professionals who have the desire to take personal responsibility and do academia differently by moving away from old “sink or swim” approaches of academic culture to innovative approaches of being supported and transforming through their work together.   “I was able to use my intuition to stay in process with sharing the gifts that I was given through that clearing and bringing in the inspiration that was meant to be shared.” – Melissa Anders Show Notes: What called Melissa to be a contributing author to Different How do highly sensitive people work differently How has Melissa’s work outlook changed What is the process of intuitive planning Why is the Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution important “The more that I learn, the more that others learn.” – Melissa Anders   Links and Resources: Connect with Melissa Anders: Website: https://melissaeanders.com/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/melissaeanders Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/150

Welcome to this special series of the Business Miracles podcast: Hatching The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution – You’ll be hearing from select highly sensitive leader authors who contributed their real stories of creating more impact and more income to my book DIFFERENT as found at www.differentthebook.com.   Listen in to be inspired by my conversation with Macy Robinson, who is following her intuition to fulfill her purpose as an energy and mindfulness coach.   “The business became my path to personal growth.” – Macy Robinson Show Notes: How to face your next steps in the face of the unknown What is Macy’s favorite part of her business How Business Miracles changed Macy’s work outlook What does it mean to train your intuition What is the value of community for highly sensitive entrepreneurs Why is it important to Macy that she is a highly sensitive leader “You can lie to others. You can’t lie to yourself.” – Macy Robinson   Links and Resources: Connect with Macy’s business page on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macysmindartistry/ Connect with Macy’s personal page on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macy_askari_robinson/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/149

Welcome to this special series of the Business Miracles podcast: Hatching The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution – You’ll be hearing from select highly sensitive leader authors who contributed their real stories of creating more impact and more income to my book DIFFERENT as found at www.differentthebook.com   Listen in to be inspired by my conversation with Stephanie, a professional singer-turned-voice, presentation, and sales coach who helps singers, speakers, and business professionals leverage their voices for more influence.   “I have always been able to read people’s emotions…and I always maybe falsely attributed it to the fact that I was so outgoing.” – Stephanie Bonte Lebair Show Notes: Why Stephanie got involved with the book Different How to find success by highlighting your highly sensitive qualities What has shifted for Stephanie since working with Heather Can extroverts be highly sensitive What is Stephanie’s advice for skeptics How to figure out if you are highly sensitive What is the value of process “As a highly sensitive leader, the choice points are so key in being able to up level how you are showing up in your leadership role and being willing to actively pursue creativity. – Stephanie Bonte Lebair   Links and Resources: Get your copy of Different by Heather Dominick: http://www.differentthebook.com Connect with Stephanie Bonte Lebair: https://empoweryourvoice.com/ Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/148

Most of us who are highly sensitive didn’t have parents, teachers, or mentors in our lives who understood that our nervous system processes the world differently. Because we were misunderstood, we didn’t receive the support we needed to learn how to use our highly sensitive nature to work for us. Instead, we learned to pretend we are someone we’re not; to disallow our needs, to devalue our worth, and to hide our difference.   In this episode, I’m sharing how to shift the highly sensitive shadow of people pleasing so you can show up authentically in the world to fulfill your destiny, your vocation, and your life purpose. It’s time to embrace your differences and accept the challenge of learning to lead and live your life from a place of your unique, highly sensitive strengths.   “Most of us were not taught how to use our nervous system to work for us.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to stop pretending Tips to stop people pleasing What is hatching How does hatching apply to being a highly sensitive leader Ways to refocus How does upbringing affect highly sensitive leaders What is the childhood trauma associated with being highly sensitive Why is individuation important “The purpose of individuation is to bring about wholeness in the individual.” – Heather Dominick Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/147

When you’re operating from an anxious attachment style – filtered through fear, hurt, anger, and rejection – it’s all too easy to become overly sensitive to others’ actions and moods. To take others’ behaviors too personally. Which can leave you feeling (and acting) highly emotional, argumentative, combative, and irrational. There is a better way. Join me as I share what’s really needed to make the journey from anxious to secure. In this episode, you’ll learn how to manage and communicate your emotions and needs honestly, openly, and with empathy, so you can create an experience of trust and mutuality – for yourself and others. Change the pattern. Do it differently. “The longest journey is between the head and the heart or between understanding and knowing.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: What are the different types of attachment styles How to go from anxious to secure What does a secure attachment style look like Tips for managing emotions Ways to communicate how you feel and what you need What is the definition of courage How to define conviction What is the opposite of courage How to pinpoint where you are stuck What would change if you ask for support “Anxious is cowardice and doubt; secure is courage and conviction.” – Heather Dominick

To be able to operate optimally as a highly sensitive and reduce nervous system overwhelm, you need to consciously create transitions. This is what I call entry/ re-entry. As you began to treat those transition times as an experience on their own, you’ll find that everything starts to happen much more smoothly, much more effortlessly, and with much more peace. Listen in to learn how to consciously create transitions for yourself to save energy, save time, save money and make more impact and more income with less effort.  Take charge of your nervous system. Take charge of your life. “Entry reentry is about consciously creating transition in order to support the reduction of nervous system overwhelm.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to operate optimally as a highly sensitive Tips for reducing nervous system overwhelm Ways to consciously create transitions How to take charge of your nervous system What is entry/re-entry Why is having entry/re-entry helpful How to access entry/re-entry “Those times of entry and reentry are an experience to themselves.” – Heather Dominick

Shame is the primary reason that Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders are taken out. Taken out of creating what you want in your business. Taken out of authentically showing up in your relationships. Taken out of fulfilling your life purpose. Addressing shame is the ultimate choice point that you are guaranteed to face over and over again on your highly sensitive leadership journey. The good news is that it doesn’t have to take you out. In this podcast episode, I’m sharing 5 practical approaches to support you with counteracting the shame spiral so you can learn to recognize, identify and most importantly transform your unconscious, triggered reactions to shame and instead, respond from a place of empowerment and strength. “Our shame shields are directly connected to our experience of resistance.” – Heather Dominick Show Notes: How to handle shame Recognizing shame Tips for transforming shame What is a shame shield Identifying the three shame shields Where do shame shields occur Who do shame shields impact Why do shame shields impact Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs more deeply “Often a trigger is associated to a historical experience versus what’s actually happening in the moment.” – Heather Dominick

There’s a lot of value in having a grand vision but, too many Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs (HSEs) get lost and overwhelmed in our Visionary Strength and can’t find their way to the next step actions that will actually bring that grand vision into creation – leaving them feeling stuck and unable to move forward. Sound familiar? Listen in to Part 3 of this 3 Part Episode series to learn what’s really stopping you from taking action (it’s not what you think!) and how to move out of resistance and make deliberate choices to Take Consistent Action to create what you really want – with CONFIDENCE. “We tend to rebel against those places where we have subjugated ourselves significantly in the past.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes Why do Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs struggle with consistency What is the intent of the Marketing Wheel How to commit to consistency Ways that the Marketing Wheel helps with consistency Tips for keeping you emotions from running your business What is the number one way that Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs self-sabotage How long do you need to commit to the Marketing Wheel

One of the most important aspects of creating what you want as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur (HSE) is having clarity. Clarity about what it is that you want to create. And clarity about what you really need in order to create it. In Part 2 of this 3 Part Episode series, I’ll help you get clear on what you need – your current “Dire Need Income Goal” AND the actions you’re meant to take to meet that need in a way that’s motivating rather than overwhelming – so that you’re always hitting the income goals that truly make the most sense for YOU – with less effort and more ease. Dare to allow yourself to be clear about what you want and the steps you need to take to create it. “What do you need step by step to move the business, move the leadership focus forward over the next 30 days?” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes Why dire needs are important What are the three levels of income generation How to plan your business’s next 30 days Ways that limiting beliefs get in the way of business success What happens in upward spiral revolution Why don’t Highly Sensitives create what they want How to use OFTU Tips for generating your dire need income goal

Let’s be honest, as a highly sensitive, it’s so easy to get caught up in the triggers of daily life. Constantly being tossed into the shadows of your coping cycle.  Feeling like you’re never quite getting what you really want. The truth is, you can create anything you want. Literally anything. The only thing that will keep that from you is not knowing what you want because of Highly Sensitive Shadows such as overwhelm, over-protection and analysis paralysis. Because of socialized expectations. Because of limiting beliefs. In Part 1 of this 3 Part Episode Series, I’m sharing the first step to confidently creating ANYTHING you want. You’ll also learn a powerful exercise I personally use that will instantly reset your nervous system when you find yourself overloaded and overwhelmed – all so that you’re quickly able to shift out of, what I call, your HSE shadows and into your Highly Sensitive Strengths. Choose to create rather than cope or crash. “Most Highly Sensitives don’t get what they want.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes How to create anything you want Gaining control of your nervous system Eliminate fear in your nervous system Using the powerful command of ‘restore’ Tips for being proactive Why Highly Sensitives don’t get what they want

As a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur (HSE) your number one priority is to be selling in your business. Why? Because that’s what allows you to stay in business! And staying in business allows you to be of service and being of service allows you to use your highly sensitive gifts to make a difference for others and making a difference for others allows you to fulfill your life purpose. And yet, it’s the one area of entrepreneurship where highly sensitives tend to have the highest level of resistance. In this episode, I’m sharing some of the biggest blocks for HSE’s when it comes to marketing and selling, the tools I’ve personally used to successfully break through these blocks and the key to shifting your selling experience from stress-filled and anxiety-ridden to one of ease – and believe it or not – even fun. “Highly Sensitives tend to avoid what’s right in front of us, which are the people we are already currently connected to. ” – Heather Dominick Show Notes What are the biggest marketing and selling blocks for Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs Why Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs could have trouble with sales Why selling needs to be a business priority Which area Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs struggle in How to enjoy sales Tips for stress-free sales Why Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs tend to avoid intimate connections Tips for managing overwhelm

The collective tension in our world right now is at an all time high and as a highly sensitive, you’re likely feeling that tension immensely. You’re being brought to choice points more frequently and more quickly than most of us have ever experienced in our lifetimes. Your resilience is consistently being challenged. Although it may FEEL uncomfortable, tension can be a proactive energy that fuels change and inspires you to action. Tune in to learn three key elements you can consciously cultivate to access resilience, own who you are as a highly sensitive and use this to create the business and life you desire. “We are being brought to choice points more frequently and more quickly than most of us have ever experienced in our lifetimes.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes How to cultivate resilience What courage looks like at work Should you plan ahead at work Tension as a source for good in business Ways to handle tension as a Highly Sensitive Processing unbearable emotions

Do you find yourself in a repeating pattern of setting goals that you never quite reach, only to be left feeling like you’re constantly missing the mark? If there’s one thing that going from personal bankruptcy to being the steward of a consistent 7-figure mission has taught me over my almost 20 years of being self-employed it’s now deeply knowing – it doesn’t need to be this way. Listen in as I share how to go beyond the limited thinking that you’re seeing everywhere in the news and on social media and learn how to use your Highly Sensitive Strength of Intuition to support you in setting AND meeting goals that excite you! “Intuitive goal setting is about connecting into the heart, getting clear about what you desire, using energy management tools in our work to support your level of belief that you can have what you desire.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes What are goals Defining your work goals Finding the intent behind the goal What motivates Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs How to approach your goals Goal setting tips for Highly Sensitives How to set goals intuitively

Listen in as I share three keys to keep in mind that will support you in creating and maintaining a solid leadership culture within your business, teams, and all of your relationships as a Highly Sensitive Leader. “Everything that you have been avoiding in regards to your own growth is going to come up faster and more furious than ever.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes How to lead others Being a good boss Highly Sensitive leadership skills Tips for creating a leadership culture Ways to focus your energy for work Showing up as a leader How to communicate clearly with your team Business tips for navigating the pandemic Daily mindfulness practice for business leaders How to implement energy management strategies

The purpose of a MIRACLE is the opportunity to practice shifting your perception. It’s a practice that allows us to choose the willingness to see things differently over and over again. Join me as we dive deep into Miracle Principle Number Two from the psychological and spiritual curriculum of A Course In Miracles to explore how you can use the power of continuously practicing the ASK for a miracle to bring you back from your Highly Sensitive Shadows to your Highly Sensitive Strengths. This is an important practice for us Highly Sensitive Leaders because if you desire to use your sensitivity as a strength you must be willing to do things differently than those around you (who are not highly sensitive) are doing them. “Miracles as such do not matter; what matters is their source, which is far beyond evaluation.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes Asking for miracles at work Highly Sensitive Business Activation Practice for opening the mind What are the Miracle Principles How does A Course is Business Miracles define a miracle The process of perception The ego and business

In this podcast episode, I’m sharing the secret sauce to building your business from a safe, secure foundation as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur, without all of the overwhelm and exhaustion, so you can focus your time and energy on what matters most; serving your sacred contracts and living your purpose. Everything I share in this podcast is applicable no matter if you’re just starting out in business, been self-employed for decades, or simply desire to be the Highly Sensitive Leader of your life. “The largest lump is the way to a safe, secure foundation as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes Tips for building up your business Avoiding exhaustion at work Maximizing income for your business How to analyze your business accounts Keeping your entrepreneurial focus End of year business analysis

Ready to have a socially ingrained belief challenged? Your legacy isn’t what you leave, it’s what you live. Legacy – from the space of Highly Sensitive Leadership – is all about how you live your day to day life. It’s found in the impact you have on every single person you connect with, and how that energy therefore ripples out and impacts every single person that they connect with. And on. And on. And on. Your living legacy is meant to light you up, but it’s hard to connect to that spark when just day-to-day living can be a constant trigger of your deepest, darkest, Highly Sensitive Shadows. Tune in to learn the key to shifting your fear, worry, and Highly Sensitive Shadow of over-protection into the energies of trust, worth, and the Highly Sensitive Strength of Creativity. All in order to experience the leadership of living your legacy every day. “Legacy is what we are each meant to leave to this world.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes What is a legacy Defining your legacy Connecting to your legacy energy Discovering what you need to let go of in order to leave a legacy Survival versus change Tips for taking advantage of your bad days

Tap into the hidden power of spiritual surrender and learn how to embrace transformation from the inside out as I share the deep wisdom of Divine Worth, Ease and Flow found in Tosha Silver’s Change Me Prayers. I invite you to join me for a beautiful reminder that your connection to the Divine is meant to be intimate and immediate, so you can experience Divine love when you need it most – especially in the midst of experiencing Highly Sensitive Shadows such as overwhelm. “May I wake up to who I actually am.” – Heather Dominick. Show Notes Defining Change Me prayers How to utilize Change Me prayers Using your faith in your business Ways to remain centered on difficult days Mantras for work Speaking with the Divine

Listen in as I share how to apply Miracle Principle #1 from A Course in Miracles as a foundation to learning to lead your nervous system so that perceived problems, instead become opportunities for creative solutions, learning, growth and MIRACLES! All to support you with leading your self, your relationships, your business, and your vision into an expanded experience that is filled with possibilities. “There is no order of difficulty in miracles.” – Heather Dominick.

Tune in to learn a unique approach designed specifically for those of us who are highly sensitive and how this will support you in stepping into your Highly Sensitive Strengths to make decisions more easily, more creatively, and more innovatively. This is your gateway into Highly Sensitive Leadership and to true ultimate FREEDOM. “Productivity doesn’t automatically equal self-love.” – Heather Dominick.

The Law of Rhythm states that the energy in the universe is like a pendulum. Whenever something swings to the right it must then swing to the left. Everything goes through cycles. Everything has a rhythm or a pattern. I invite you to join me in mastering the power of balance by allowing the Law of Rhythm to work its magic and miracles in your business and your life. “What are we being asked to let go of and what are we being asked to let in?” – Heather Dominick.

Learn how as HSEs, our coping mechanisms can change our outlooks and diminish our efforts, and potentially even destroy our businesses. “The way that the super-ego plays out for pushers is anger turned outwards, and for hiders, it takes anger and implodes it.” – Heather Dominick.

The global pandemic has presented us many opportunities including redefining our relationship with rest. Rest isn’t just about recovery and soothing after being out in the world, but rest is actually always available to you, as a highly sensitive, by releasing resistance, by choosing responding versus reacting, and most importantly, by accepting and adapting in the present moment. Let’s focus in together as I share tips on how to approach rest differently, as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader, so you can recharge and reset your nervous system – giving you greater access to creative solutions and innovation, without having to take you out of your business and life so that you are fully equipped to lead yourself, your relationships and your vision forward as we continue through these exceptional times. “Resistance robs you of rest.” – Heather Dominick.

In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Highly Sensitive Leader Elona Sanders. I invite you to listen in as she shares her experience with using the Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program Energy Management tools to lead and empower herself and others, the power of aligned community, and, most importantly, an extremely powerful and personal story about her own transformative lesson in visibility and vulnerability which led her to create healing, change her story and step out to be seen for who she truly is – ultimately leading the way to true freedom and healing for those she serves. “I recently recommitted to really lean into the Energy Management tools and making it a part of my daily spiritual practices.” – Elona Sanders.

What do you do when external forces of chaos, crisis, and uncertainty bring you face to face with all of the internal triggers and challenges you’ve been trying to avoid? When the challenge between you and you becomes louder and louder and you know that it’s time to face your inner challenge head-on? In this episode, Heather shares how to activate the Law of Divine Order by using the inherent potential that you possess as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur, along with a powerful affirmation that will support you in manifesting calm in the midst of chaos – first in mind and then in action, from the inside to the outside. “Divine ideas in a divine mind are always in perfect order. ” – Heather Dominick.

Listen in as I talk with Highly Sensitive Leader Jennifer Ricards as she shares how before she joined the Business Miracles Community she was unsure of how to engage from her Highly Sensitive Strengths and struggling around setting boundaries and team leading. Now, through the work that she’s done in the Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program, Jennifer is able to claim her strengths as a Highly Sensitive Leader, allowing her to create boundaries in her work and with her family, and confidently lead her team while generating more income than ever before. “The underlying purpose and kind of drive is, what can I do to create this within the sphere that I have control over so that people are able to be functioning members of society in a way that works for them, in the workplace and outside of it?” – Jennifer Ricards.

Have you ever caught yourself imposing your own beliefs and opinions on someone you were trying to help, forgetting that their path is not the same as yours? Do you struggle with self sabotage, secretly doubting your own goodness and ability?   Perhaps you find yourself comparing and competing against other people for recognition or inclusion? It’s normal to act on the basis of our own desires and preferences, yet when you go beyond our own self interests and instead choose to act in service to the highest good of all concerned, you feel expanded, uplifted, connected to a larger cause and your life takes on a deeper and higher meaning. In this episode, Heather shares a simple but powerful practice that will support you with accessing the Law of Higher Will to inspire more compassion, love and delight in your daily life – creating a ripple effect that will positively impact and transform your business, relationships and life as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader. “When we surrender our smaller self and will to the guidance of a higher will and dedicate our actions for the highest good of all concerned, we feel an inspired glow at the center of our life.” – Heather Dominick.

It’s easy to forget about the necessity of Energy Management when things are sailing along smoothly. As Marianne Williamson says, instead of dropping to your knees to ask for a miracle only when you are in crisis, what if you just stayed there all the time? This is A Course in Business Miracles, Advanced Energy Management for HSEs. In this episode, you’ll hear that when you learn how to take Energy Management one step further as an “act of devotion” to your business then the experience of business miracles becomes a natural part of your daily life. “Why, even with these various aspects of communicating the importance of energy management as an HSE, do we still not do it consistently?” – Heather Dominick.

Listen in as I talk with Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader Melissa Anders to hear how before she joined the Business Miracles Community she was working in a full-time job yet aspired to create her own business and longed to find a community that “got her”. Through the work she’s done in the Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program for Entrepreneurs, Melissa has created the ultimate both/and of working in her job while also being an entrepreneur allowing her to double her impact and her income. “If you’re feeling a desire to move forward, there is a reason for that.” – Melissa Anders.

Our Highly Sensitive Coping Mechanisms are developed as a way to try to fit in to a world that is predominately created for those who are not highly sensitive. When you have spent years denying who you are as an attempt to fit in this creates what meditation teacher, Tara Brach, refers to as “”socialized trauma””. The willingness to work with this awareness allows you to begin to know your Highly Sensitive Essential Self which then gives you access to a new level of creativity, productivity and supports you in being able to make more of an impact along with more income. “We go through the world learning how to cope in it and our coping mechanisms are a result of repeated socialization.” – Heather Dominick.

Listen in as I talk with Highly Sensitive Leader Chandy Lopes to hear how before she joined the Business Miracles Community and Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program she was tied into a non-aligned partnership and afraid to truly express herself in her business. Now, through the work that she’s done in the Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program, she has newfound confidence in herself, allowing her to create clarity on what she really wants for her new business, including opening her own clinic, hiring an aligned team AND making more money – all without pushing or burn-out! “Ultimately it wasn’t about how to be a naturopathic doctor, it was about how to be a person who is highly sensitive. ” – Dr. Chandy Lopes.

As Highly Sensitive Leaders, we feel everything more deeply, whether positive or negative. This is why it’s important to learn how to discern the difference between various energies and emotions such as intuition and fear.  The ability to very clearly discern the difference equips you to then be able to act from your intuition allowing you to create more income and create more impact with less effort and a lot more joy. To download your personal copy of the Self-Inquiry Tool that I share in this podcast go here: businessmiracles.com/self-inquiry “Every person currently on the planet is being given the opportunity to step off of the self-help bookshelf.” – Heather Dominick.

Listen in as I talk with Highly Sensitive Leader Macy Askari to hear how before she joined the Business Miracles Community and Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program, she was overwhelmed with trying to manage the energy of other people. After she joined the program, she has been able to come to a deep knowing around her own thoughts, feelings, and emotions, so that she is no longer taken over by the energy of those around her. “I’ve never felt more sure and at peace that I’m in the right place.” – Macy Askari.

To thrive as a Highly Sensitive Leader, you must also become the leader of your highly sensitive nervous system. When you commit to consciously and consistently using tools that set you up for success, creating more income, more impact with less effort becomes “your normal”. “This tool is used to provide the mind with a shift in perception and therefore a shift in experience and then, therefore, a shift in outcome.” – Heather Dominick.

Listen in as I talk with Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader Melissa Pickell to hear how before she joined the Business Miracles Community and Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program she was doing nutrition work on a session per session basis. After joining the program, she was able to shift to offering packages, saving her energy and allowing for deeper work with her clients. During the pandemic Melissa also made a quick pivot and began offering online classes to teach her clients how to do healing touch on themselves. “I didn’t experience the shutdown the way a lot of other people did.” – Melissa Pickell.

To thrive as a Highly Sensitive Leader, you must also become the leader of your nervous system. You can do this by creating a conscious practice around managing your energy which also allows you to create more income, and more impact with less effort. To download the Belief Transformation Tool that I share in this podcast go here: www.businessmiraclesbtt.com. “We are interested in tangible and trackable ongoing evidence of energetic shifts and belief transformation.” – Heather Dominick.

Listen in as I talk with Highly Sensitive Leader Carlee Myers to hear how before she joined the Business Miracles Community and Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program she was pushing herself to the point where her nervous system was running raw as she worked her way through long days, nights, and even weekends. After joining the program, she had a huge realization that her business schedule actually can be done differently, and she can still receive results and even better results. “A traditional coach was not going to do it for me.” – Carlee Myers.

As Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders we possess the innate Highly Sensitive Strength of Intuition. Being deliberate with how you engage with this strength will allow you to innovate, courageously speak up and therefore lead yourself and others through this post-pandemic world. “Intuition is the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference.” – Heather Dominick.

As we enter a Post-Pandemic world, how you managed pre-pandemic will no longer work in the same way. You are being called to expand your mindset, use your voice, and operate as your Highly Sensitive Essential Self. Listen in while I share what it means to say yes to this calling and how to establish an expanded post-pandemic mindset. “Expanded mindset is the willingness to think, believe, and act from your highly sensitive strengths especially against the socialized grain.” – Heather Dominick.

Listen in as I talk with Highly Sensitive Leader Brian Murphy to hear how before he joined the Business Miracles Community and Highly Sensitive Leadership Training Program, he was very overwhelmed with raising two children, his own business and supporting his partner in her business all while beginning to navigate what it means to be highly sensitive. After joining the program Brian was able to learn how to honor himself and his Highly Sensitive Strengths in order to build better relationships with both his family and his clients. “This program has helped me honor myself just for who I am and honoring my nervous system has helped me to understand myself and also accept myself.” – Brian Murphy.

It is possible to thrive as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur and Leader, even through Exceptional Times, when you embrace a willingness to do things differently.  Listen in and take note of 5 tools you can use today to calm your nervous system and access your Highly Sensitive Strengths so you thrive No. Matter. What. “You cannot be a full participant in the world without managing your energy in support of your highly sensitive nervous system being high functioning.” – Heather Dominick.

Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders must learn how to lead their nervous systems before they can lead their lives. Listen in as I share how The Essential Practice of Energy Management allows you to thrive no matter what is happening in your work, your life, the world. “Energy management is, first and foremost, the willingness to be proactive for managing your highly sensitive nervous system rather than being reactive.” – Heather

This week I’m talking with Business Miracles Community Curator, Coach, and Member, Lorna Lange. We discuss what it really means to be not only a Highly Sensitive Leader but also part of the Business Miracles mission-driven team. “By being able to claim my own strength, now I’m able to lean into and trust other peoples’ strengths.” – Lorna Lange

In this episode, I share my own struggle with overwhelm, what I’ve learned, and how I navigate through it as a Highly Sensitive Leader so I’m free to consistently increase both my positive social impact and my income. “When we’re in our coping mechanism, we’re ignoring the learning opportunity.” – Heather Dominick

Listen in to today’s episode to learn how to use the Universal Laws of Intuition, Choices, and Discipline for Highly Sensitive Success. “We can only get in touch with our own source of intuition and wisdom when we no longer depend on other peoples’ opinions of our sense of identity or worth.” – Heather Dominick

Learn what the Universal Law of Expectation is, how to change your expectations, and how to use these Universal Laws in your business. “We move toward, but not beyond, what we can imagine.” – Heather Dominick

Listen in to today’s episode to learn how to facilitate difficult conversations with yourself about your business and ways to unpack the process of inquiry. “The value of deeper inquiry will support you in then being able to unlock or shift out of the resistance when it comes up.” – Heather Dominick

Listen in to today’s episode to learn about what a conflictual conversation is, how to approach these types of conversations, and the components of an Appreciation Sandwich. “The difficult conversation is such a key component to unlocking our access to open financial flow.” – Heather Dominick

Learn how to handle self-shame in your work as an HSE and what a business that is good enough looks like. “So much of what’s sold out there — including in the coaching industry — is instantaneous.” – Heather Dominick

Learn how Nikki Kourpias discovered her Highly Sensitive nature and turned what she thought was defects in her life into her most important strengths. “There’s nothing wrong with me. I can operate from Highly Sensitive strengths, and I don’t think of them as weaknesses anymore.” – Nikki Kourpias

Listen in to learn about the privilege of agency, how you can use this to protect yourself from your stories of the past, and how to start. “The best thing the HSE essential self can be doing is creating in your business from the privilege of agency.” – Heather Dominick

Learn more about how the Business Miracles community helped Ennis Carter with her business, and how it gave her the confidence to chase her artistic vision. “It almost seemed unreal that there would be something that combined these elements of high sensitivity and being an entrepreneur.” – Ennis Carter

Listen in to learn about the transformation process, the danger of solely seeking comfort, and three tools to calm your Highly Sensitive nervous system. “All transformation is choice, action, choice, action, choice, action.” – Heather Dominick

Learn how Maria Kyriakos discovered the Business Miracles community, and how she embraced experimentation and innovation to better serve her clients. “I leaned on my intuition and my creativity, but I didn’t lead with it.” – Maria Kyriakos

Listen in to learn where our anxiety stems from, how we can relieve this ongoing stress, and what we can do to relieve this anxiety. “It’s our commitment to the coping cycle that will keep us in resistance.” – Heather Dominick

Listen in to today’s HSE Feature with Susie Procini and learn how Susie grew her business from a total standstill into the powerhouse it is today. “My business was stalled. Not even just going at a snail’s pace, but completely stopped.” – Susie Procini

In today’s podcast, find out how to better equip yourself to excel at business and life as a Highly Sensitive leader with the AUK process. “AUK is the process of true transformation.” – Heather Dominick