Do you consider yourself a sensitive person?
Do you feel everything very deeply?
Do you find criticism, feedback, and conflict very difficult?
Learn how you can master your emotions and deal with your sensitivity as I chat with Melody Wilding, author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. We talk about how Sensitive Strivers® can manage their mental health and achieve success in life and in the workplace.
“Managing your emotions needs to start through managing your physiology so that you can manage your psychology.” – Melody Wilding
“If we don’t take time to acknowledge and take in those small successes, we will never feel confident because we will never feel like we have competency or skills to draw on.” – Melody Wilding
“Being a Sensitive Striver® is both nature and nurture and is not in itself a mental disorder. But sensitivity and ambition (the two hallmarks of a Sensitive Striver®) can leave you more susceptible to anxiety.” – Melody Wilding
“Trusting yourself really comes down to believing in your own resourcefulness and resilience.” – Melody Wilding
What You Will Learn From This Episode
- Who may be considered as Sensitive Strivers® – are you one of them?
- How being a Sensitive Striver® affects your mental health and money
- Grounding techniques you can use if you’re feeling hijacked by your emotions
- How to deal with constructive feedback especially at work
- The 4 types of overthinking and how to move away from it
- What is a ‘brag file’ and how it can help with imposter syndrome
- The connection between being a Sensitive Striver® and anxiety
- How to trust yourself more and avoid jumping to conclusions and/or catastrophizing
- How Sensitive Strivers® can be successful in the workplace
About Melody Wilding:
Melody Wilding is the author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. Recently named one of Business Insider’s Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on “Sensitive Strivers”, her clients include CEOs, C-level executives, and managers at top Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Amazon, and JP Morgan, among others.
She has been featured in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Psychology Today, and Forbes. Melody is a licensed social worker with a master’s from Columbia University and a professor of Human Behavior at Hunter College.
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