Exploring your Sensitivities - How being an HSP effects the day to day.

Oh my goodness, Friend! Can you believe that In about 3-months I’ll be celebrating one year as a full-time Human Resource professional?

Reflecting over the last 9 months, I think about how I’ve been focusing on creating a professional life that honored my sensitive gifts and needs.

Exploring my sensitivity, has been a journey of self-awareness beyond reflection, but also responsibility. During these 9-months I’ve been tending to my needs, advocating for myself, and developing a lifestyle that is harmonious and balanced.

Here’s the thing about being a sensitive black woman, I had to first observe and unlearn the habits and thought patterns that kept me in a state of disharmony. Before, I could make any real change, I had to realize where disharmony lived in my lifestyle.

Before rejoining the corporate lifestyle, I’d reach 6-years of entrepreneurship, generating over $100,000 in revenue, worked with over 100 other black women offering life coaching, reiki sessions, marketing and branding consulting.

But those 6 years were long and unpredictable. Those were the hardest 6 years of my life emotional, mentally and physically. The gift of that experience was learning more about my unique energy flow and how to properly live prioritizing my sensitivities. So I decided to go back to work because, truth is, energetically entrepreneurship has to be part-time for me.

The mental pressure I experienced being a full-time entrepreneur was not sustainable for me because I didn’t have the right processes in place to do the high energy work for me.

But this story, isn’t about my the past me, that consistently over-did-it.

I know what it’s like to live as self-employed. It’s definitely a luxury to have freedom of time, and the ability to live at a slower pace.

I asked myself, why do I have to sacrifice freedom and mindfulness because I work a full-time job. Running my business was a full time job, this path is no different.

Working in Human resources is just like life coaching, even the data entry part of the job. Just like life coaching and reiki, I still feel emotionally and physically over whelmed some days after working with specific situations. So the nature of my work didn’t change much, therefore I could still honor my sensitivity to sound, driving, socializing and more.

While I work five days each week and I commute 30-minutes to and from work each day, it’s important for me to have my “me” time. Most days this looks like waking up before my husband, move graciously through my morning routine to prepare for my day. When I arrive to work, I feel well rested and ready to take on the days task.

While I’m at work, I’m intentional with what I allow to emotionally effect me. HR is not fun by any means, and there has been situations where I felt challenged emotionally. As an empath, I feel everything. I am sure to remind myself what my true responsibilities are at work. When ever I start feeling too much, I have to step back and release my emotional grip.

When I think back to my first corporate job experience, my sensitivities got in the way a lot. But I’m creative and I can always find a way to make a situation work for me and it will always work for me.

Exploring my sensitivities, I understand that the different ways I romanticize my day to day routine, have a positive effect on my mood, energy levels, intentions and more. I am able to ebb and flow with my emotional and mental experience. I now know how to respond to my needs, regardless of the environment. My awareness and commitment to living an authentic life includes honoring my boundaries, creating freedom in every moment, and trusting my intuition the first time.

What has changed in your life since learning about your sensitivities?