Dear Sensitive Soul, Hello there! This month is all about career. As you know, I’m passionate about supporting Sensitive Souls as we claim work that works for us. When we tap into our passion and make a contribution, our lives become joyful and much easier. I have that. I want it for you, too. In this issue you’ll find an article about transforming your career, one sensitive’s career success story, and an invitation to join a Career Transformation Coaching Group. Please join me. In peace – Jenna |
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So how is this possible? Work for Sensitive Souls must feed our minds, hearts, and souls. We must make a contribution that resonates to our core. To do otherwise is to invite despair, confusion, and sorrow. The traditional structure of working culture isn’t always supportive of our needs. So we must create work that works ourselves, whether by creating our own positions or businesses, working in less mainstream positions and companies, or adapting our current jobs to better suit us. In order to create work that works, I believe that Sensitive Souls can benefit from the following explorations: 1. Tune Into Yourself |
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In the workplace, the gift of sensitivity may
feel like a handicap. As Sensitive Souls, we care passionately
about our work and it tremendously impacts our well-being. I am
a fervent champion of work for Sensitive Souls where we can fully
contribute and feel deeply satisfied by our efforts. 
Carrie Marsh, a former urban planner, crafted a career
that integrates both her design sensibilities and natural sensitivities.
She left the hectic world of planning to develop a business where
she creates sacred, safe, and healing physical spaces for people.
Carrie learned to transform her challenges as a Sensitive Soul
into the basis for her career. She says:
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FOR Sometimes being sensitive can be hard. We feel different from everyone else, and we learn to feel “wrong” about who we are. One reader wrote and told me about her success in celebrating herself and gaining greater self-acceptance. On her doctor’s request, she embarked on a two-step plan: 1) To write herself a letter about why she loves herself and to mail it to herself; and 2) To host a “Celebrate Me” day. She says: “I am a Highly Sensitive Soul, very creative, and very introverted. In recent years, I have also been coping with severe health issues. At the request of my doctor, who believed I was at a turning point in my life, I was to throw a party for myself – for me and about me! The purpose was twofold: First, to be my true self the whole day, doing anything I dreamed of; and second, to learn who my supportive family and friends are. They were not informed of the doctor’s request, to ensure their response was authentic. “In the end, I found that being myself - dancing to the beat of a different drum - and enjoying the company of a few others is far better than putting on a false mask of ‘being ordinary’ and trying to fit into a crowd. Some say I [now] have fire in my spirit, others [see] a spark in my eyes. “I still have a long way to go, but I’ve gained so much self-confidence that most days are celebrations of my inner spirit now. I don't hold back. I hope the lessons I learned will help other Sensitive Souls.” **How might you celebrate your sensitive self?** Are
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