Highly Sensitive Parenting: Overstimulation, Guilt & Getting the Support You Need
Highly Sensitive Parenting: Overstimulation, Guilt & Getting the Support You Need
Episode 5 | Featuring Amy Lajiness, LCSW, PMH-C
Do you ever feel like parenting takes more out of you than it seems to take out of everyone else?
The noise. The constant touching. The competing needs. The overwhelming emotions. And then the guilt for feeling overwhelmed by the very people you love most.
What if there's a reason you experience parenting so intensely?
In this conversation, I sit down with therapist Amy Lajiness to explore what it means to be a highly sensitive parent—and why understanding your own sensitivity can change the way you experience parenting.
We talk about overstimulation, sensory overload, guilt, the intensity of the early parenting years, and the pressure to meet everyone else's needs while ignoring our own.
We also explore what highly sensitive parents actually need to feel supported, why asking for help can be so difficult, and how understanding ourselves can create more room for connection with our children.
Because sometimes the most important parenting work begins with a question we rarely stop to ask:
What do I need?
Whether you've always felt things deeply, regularly find yourself overwhelmed by everyday parenting, or are just beginning to explore the idea of high sensitivity, this conversation might help you understand yourself in a whole new way.
And maybe offer yourself a little more compassion along the way.
Resources to Explore
Highly Sensitive Person self-test — Explore whether you might be a highly sensitive person.
Highly Sensitive Parenthood — Learn more about Amy's work and resources.
Amy also shares the code SELFSCHOOLED for 25% off her resources and services.
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