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Do LifeLayla & Lydia Discuss Self-Worth, Parenting & EmpowermentSummaryIn this conversation, Layla Dawn and Lydia Gillman explore the transformative journey of empowerment coaching, emphasizing the importance of self-worth and self-care. They discuss the impact of stress on mental and physical health, the significance of conscious parenting, and the evolution of parenting styles across generations. Lydia shares her personal experiences and insights on overcoming childhood anxiety and the necessity of prioritizing self-care to foster emotional intelligence in both parents and children. The discussion highlights practical strategies for integrating self-care into daily routines and the importance of celebrating oneself. Unfortunately, the last 5 minutes of Lydia's...2025-03-0541 min
Real Life MomzEmbracing Sensitivity as a Highly Sensitive Person: Insight From Lydia GillmanIn this week’s Real Life Momz podcast episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Lydia Gillman, a fellow mom and passionate podcaster! Join us as we dive into the world of highly sensitive persons and explore what it truly means to be sensitive in today’s bustling environment. Lydia shares her insights and experiences, offering valuable tips on navigating the challenges of being a highly sensitive person while raising a family. Whether you identify as highly sensitive or want to better support a loved one who is, this episode is filled with practical advice and heartfelt discussions. Tune in to dis...2025-02-1833 min
Every Moment Is Sacred125. #1 Season Two Episode!!! (Countdown of TOP 5 episodes + Replay of Audience Favorite!)Celebrating Highly Sensitive People and Their Unique Gifts
Join Rain Elizabeth Stickney on the Every Moment Is Sacred podcast as she recaps season two and highlights the most popular episodes.
She introduces a re-edited, engaging conversation with Lydia Gillman about the strengths and care of highly sensitive people. The discussion includes personal anecdotes about raising sensitive children, meditative practices, and the importance of self-awareness and validation.
Together, they emphasize embracing sensitivity as a superpower and share strategies for navigating life with deeper emotional attunement.2024-11-201h 19
Stepping into PurposeStepping into Purpose UPDATE!The Stepping into Purpose podcast has been on a short hiatus, but it's coming back soon, with a new focus! Sometimes on the road to living our life of purpose and stepping into the truest version of ourselves, there will be roadblocks. This has certainly been the case for me, and more often than not, they've come in the form of limiting beliefs, self-sabotage, and other internal blocks. I've been on a big healing journey and taken a deep dive into working on regulating my nervo...2024-09-0403 min
Stepping into PurposeIs Your Child Highly Sensitive?Have you ever wondered if you have a Highly Sensitive Child or HSC? Does your child feel their emotions deeply, and get extremely upset by sad movies or stories?Do they get bothered by the scratchy texture of certain clothes, or find loud noises almost unbearable?If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then chances are, they are highly sensitive.In this episode, I'll outline the top 5 signs or behaviours displayed by HSCs, and the 5 best ways you can support and nurture them.As ...2024-05-0806 min
Stepping into Purpose8 Signs of Highly Sensitive People8 Signs You're a Highly Sensitive Person.Have you ever felt like you experience the world more intensely than others? Feeling your emotions deeply, upset by sad movies or situations? Overwhelmed by the sensory stimuli the world throws at you? If so, the chances are you might be a Highly Sensitive Person. High sensitivity is a personality trait affecting up to 30% of us, and in this podcast I highlight 8 of the most common signs of Highly Sensitive People. As mentioned, I highly re...2024-04-2908 min
Stepping into PurposeBreathing Through Resistance and Stuck Emotions with Jen LissWelcome to Episode 28 - Breathing Through Resistance and Stuck Emotions with Jen Liss.The healing modality of breathwork is a relatively recent discovery for me, and I have enthusiastically dived into exploring the effects for myself, as well as learning the science behind why it's so powerful. My experiences have confirmed and backed up what the research has claimed, and regular intentional breathwork sessions are something I'm working on incorporating into my daily routine...2024-03-2240 min
Stepping into PurposeMy Year Long Hero's JourneyWelcome to Episode 27 - "My Year Long Hero's Journey" My family and I have just returned to our home country of New Zealand after a year in Brisbane, Australia.While only a 3 hour flight from NZ, it was quite the adventure as it was a place that we didn't really know anyone, or have family support.As a result there was a lot of time where it was just the 4 of us, & we had some fantastic highs, but also some traumatic moments too...The year away was very bonding for us as a fami...2024-02-0913 min
Every Moment Is Sacred108. Embracing & Nurturing Highly Sensitive People With Lydia Gillman (Healing Conversation)Lydia Gilman discusses her experience as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and the importance of understanding and validating Highly Sensitive People. She details the creation of her podcast, 'Stepping Into Purpose', nurturing her voice, and expressing herself alongside connecting with like-minded individuals. She also raises awareness about being a parent and a child to HSP's. Lydia delves into her meditation practices and the role they play in grounding her. Reflecting on her move to another country, she emphasizes the importance of tuning into internal desires despite external pressures. Lydia has also launched a shop aimed at spreading a love...2024-01-251h 22
Stepping into PurposeAllowing My Voice To Be Heard: One Year Of Podcasting!Welcome to Episode 26 - "Allowing My Voice To Be Heard: One Year Of Podcasting!" Today marks ONE YEAR of the Stepping into Purpose Podcast, so I just had to mark the occassion with a solo episode, to express my gratitude, and share my intentions and obstacles behind starting the podcast.Today also marks one year since my family and I boarded an airplane with our lives packed in 2 suitcases each, and started a new life in a new country. Interestingly, a year to the day of moving here, th...2024-01-1210 min
Stepping into PurposeSurrender - My Word of the YearWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In today's solo episode "SURRENDER - My Word Of The Year", I talk about how coping with uncertainty and challenges that have come with the past year has lead me to my word of the year - SURRENDER. It's been pretty meta that I resisted choosing this as my word this year - I felt like if I let go, everything would fall apart. But my heart knows this is the only way to really live our purpose - holding a vision for what we want, but then let...2024-01-0512 min
Stepping into PurposeHarnessing Your Past for a Purposeful PresentWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In this Episode "Harnessing your Past for a Purposeful Present", I share a beautiful conversation I had with Mitzi Campbell, host of the Blessons podcast. Mitzi has an amazing story about how the Universe literally stopped her in her tracks and led her in a completely different and unexpected direction after she got sick with vertigo less than 2 years ago. Stepping into her true purpose in midlife, she is serving so many people thro...2023-12-0246 min
Stepping into PurposeOur Children Are Our Greatest TeachersWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In today's solo episode "Our Children Are Our Greatest Teachers", I reflect on my earlier life, and share a memory of being at High School, and unexpectedly crying in the middle of a class one day, unable to stop.' Something deep inside me couldn't bear it anymore - the showing up every day, trying to fit in, conforming to what was expected of me, and I just couldn't hold it back anymore. I see the same with one of my children, being in ...2023-11-0912 min
Stepping into PurposeSupporting Your Highly Sensitive Child Through Challenging TimesWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In today's solo episode "Supporting your Highly Sensitive Child Through A Challenging Time", I share what's been on my mind and heart as we navigate such an unsettling time in the world. It's a heartbreaking time for us all, and our kids, especially empathic and highly sensitive children, can feel the tension going on. While it's important to be honest about the reality of what's going on, I think we also need to protect them (and ourse...2023-11-0411 min
Stepping into PurposeLiving From the Heart as a Highly Sensitive Person with Rain Elizabeth StickneyIn this episode, I talk to Rain Elizabeth Stickney, a beautiful human being who is the embodiment of someone living from their heart. Rain has her own healing practice, as well as being a meditation teacher and podcaster with her own show, Every Moment is Sacred. In this episode we talk about following our hearts to a point where we are each living our purpose, and our mutual excitement and curiosity for what the second half of life holds for each of us, as we both approach 50. We talk about ...2023-09-2943 min
Stepping into PurposeHow To Know If You're A Highly Sensitive PersonHave you heard the term Highly Sensitive Person and wondered whether you were one too? In this episode, I outline the 5 top signs that you or a loved one might be a highly sensitive person - a common but little-known personality trait that affects up to 30 % of the population!Knowledge is empowering, and for me, knowing I was an HSP, explained a lot, and helped me truly accept this trait as the superpower it is. Share this episode with a friend or family member who you think might...2023-09-1007 min
Stepping into PurposeTurning Your Grief into PurposeIn this episode, I talk to Amanda Kernahan - the perfect example of someone turning grief into purpose. Amanda shares her story of how life has unfolded for her, following a series of devastating losses in her family, and how she is turning grief into purpose,. By sharing her journey through a blog and the upcoming release of her first book, Amanda is making this difficult path easier for others, in this often closeted experience that we'll all have to navigate at some point in life. Af...2023-08-1932 min
Stepping into PurposeHumaning Can Be Hard! Especially as a Highly Sensitive Person or Empath.For some of us, "humaning" can be hard! Especially if you're highly sensitive, an empath, or often feel that you're just not "of this world". Or all of the above, like me!While humaning can be hard, these days, I find it easier than ever before to do life on planet Earth. I see it as the gift that it is, but it's taken me many years, as well as self-acceptance, and tribe-building to get here! Not to mention developing a toolbelt of exercises and mindset shifts to work with when needed. ...2023-08-0308 min
Stepping into PurposeThe Mind Is OUR Servant - Breaking free from Anxiety and OCD.The Mind is OUR Servant. Do you or your children get gripped in anxiety and worry? Suffer from intrusive thoughts and OCD? In this video, The Mind is OUR Servant, I share some of my childhood stories growing up as a highly sensitive, empath long before the term Highly Sensitive Person had been invented (not until I was 18!) I also struggled with anxiety, trauma, OCD, and was the biggest worrywart! Some of these traits are largely genetic - particularly OCD, and I'm reliving some of my e...2023-07-2409 min
Stepping into PurposeMagic Treatment - The Transformative Power of CranioSacral TherapyIn this episode, I talk to Lisa Foster - a CranioSacral Therapist, who tells her story of how discovering this work has completely changed her life, from the inside out. Lisa shares how she could surrender to a much freer way of living through her work in the field, where she is a much happier person. Lisa has her own practice in Colorado, called Mapleton CranioSacral TherapyCheck out her website at www.mapletoncst.comFor a CranioSacral Therapist near you, check out the website Li...2023-07-1537 min
Stepping into PurposeSurviving to Thriving Through Adversity with Darci Hawxhurst - Part 2Welcome to Episode 15 of the Stepping into Purpose Podcast! In this episode, I continue my conversation with Darci Hawxhurst - creator of the Vibrant Woman program, helping women recover from burnout and feel their most vital, vibrant selves in their bodies. Darci has an amazing story - from discovering she was pregnant as a college student and deciding to become a single mother, to the harrowing experience she went through, racing to the emergency room in the middle of the night with her 12 ...2023-06-3033 min