Are you someone who struggles setting and maintaining boundaries? Do you have the ‘disease to please’, often neglecting your authentic self and true desires in the process? Are you an empathic and sensitive person who can oftentimes take on the emotions of the people around you? If so, this episode is definitely one for you! Today’s guest is Kristen Schwartz - author of “The Healed Empath:  The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Transforming Trauma and Anxiety, Trusting Your Intuition, and Moving from Overwhelm to Empowerment” and founder of wellness community the “Realized Empath”.  Kristen has a BSc in Psychology, an MA in Counseling and many years of experience helping empaths harness their sensitivity as a superpower and navigate the world with better boundaries. And she shares much of that wisdom on this episode as well as her own starting over story - processing and healing childhood trauma and finding aligned purpose in her work-life. Here are a few of my favourite quotes from the episode:  “The trail of resentment always leads to a boundary that wasn't set” “Whatever you think someone else is judging you about. And whenever you feel insecure about what someone else thinks of you, you think that of you”“Boundaries are not about the other person; they are about loving yourself not creating walls around others” “The world likes to tell us that there's, there's some magic pill or some quick fix, but everything you want is in daily consistent action.” And part of that daily consistent action, especially for a highly sensitive person and an empath, is rest”I hope you enjoy the episode and if you do please rate, review and share with a friend! You can connect with Kristen and me on the links below: Shannon's instagramShannon's websiteShannon’s tiktokKristen’s websiteKristen’s instagram Music by: Flood (Instrumental) by RYYZN https://soundcloud.com/ryyznCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0