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SOULWISE INTUITIVE LIFE COACHING
Creating a mental and emotional dwelling for your peace.
Hi there, I'm Shelley and I'm a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Throughout my entire life, I knew that I was different and that my view of the world was unique. I struggled understanding the world and the people around me because I couldn't reconcile what I felt with what I experienced and what I was being taught.
I have spent a great deal of time on a spiritual journey of discovery to make sense of why my experience was different. I read many different self-development books and took different courses, all with a desire to understand myself and my purpose. I always knew I wanted to help others so I went to University and obtained a B.A. in Psychology. But that approach to understanding people was too clinical for me and I wanted to go deeper. I have always experienced the world on a deeper level than most and I needed to understand things that science couldn't explain. So I entered the world of the esoteric.
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I studied energy healing and alternative medicine because I knew intuitively that there must be someone who could make sense of how I experienced the world. I could sense things differently and had a sense of knowing I couldn't explain. I could "read" people and how they felt without them telling me. I could read a room immediately on entering. I could sense people around me before I could see or hear them. I came to understand that all of these experiences could be explained through the idea that the body has an energetic system far beyond what Western Medicine acknowledged at the time. I studied Reiki and Healing Touch. I studied the Chakra system and meditation as ways to understand my experience.
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Fast forward to now, and I have come to learn that science and medicine are catching up by looking more deeply at these different experiences. The term Highly Sensitive Person or HSP is more common today and an increase in Autism diagnoses are leading to more conversation and a better understanding that there are a lot of people in the world that struggle to fit into the current systems designed for more left brain thinking and masculine energy. I am finding the words to explain my experience and finding others that have the same challenges that I had. As I learn more each day, I'm also learning how to stop changing who I am to fit in, and embracing the many gifts I have. I now see them as advantages and have learned how to set boundaries that balance my high sensitivity and high levels of empathy. I don't have all the answers but I feel called to share what I've learned. My goal is to empower other HSPs to stop surviving the noise and to start rooting in their brilliance.