SARAH T. LAMB
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I UNDERSTAND YOU.

I'm a HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON, too. 

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Empath, Introverts, and HSPs.  I get it, because I live it. 

I realized I was a Highly Sensitive Person when I was a junior in college. I was sitting in the library cafe reading an article in the UTNE Reader about a woman who identified as an HSP sharing her tools for living a balanced life. I remember the writer described how healing nature was for her---and how taking mini mindfulness breaks away from people and electronics daily was vital for her mental and physical health. I remember an Aha! light off in my mind---one I couldn't quite process in the moment---but the process would find me when I had gathered the tools needed to understand my sensitive nature with compassion and empathy. 

I've felt so much for so long, I had a hard time delineating what belonged to me and what belonged to whomever I was spending time around. Family was a different story. Growing up, I seemed to absorb family issues like a sponge. I was the depressed one (the oldest of four children), who seemed to take on everyones dysfunctions and throw them into a growing sack on my back that made my life heavier and others lighter (or maybe there was not change at all---but my perception told me I'd lighted my loved one's loads). 

I was lonely and craving connection, yet in the presence of others I often went into sensory overload and shut down for days afterwards. Thus, I chose not to have many friends. In high school cliques were the death of me. I felt like I was treading water  (doing all that I could to keep from drowning) in a gaggle of girls. I kept a sense of self by putting up walls. Very few people could get behind those outer layers to know the free-spirited, kind-hearted, silly, imaginative me. 

I still fight with walls. They protect. They create an illusory boundary of safety. And they are needed with some  people---but not with all people. My own therapuetic and healing journey has made me trust my feelings---all of them. My feelings are valid. I have gained a sharp sense of what's mine and what's not mine. But sometimes I still get confused---especially when it's someone super close, like my daughter. 

I've learned that feeling deeply is a blessing and not a curse. It's about loving life. It's about being who you are in the highly sensitive, empathic skin you were born into.


NEW OFFERING! Get to Know the REAL YOU!
Empath/HSP Grounding Tools Coaching Sessions to deepen your connection with yourself and the world. 


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Coaching Session FAQ:

What does a Coaching Session entail?
  • You pick a place that feels safe and comfortable to you. I.e. favortie nature spot, living room, a coffee shop, near your favorite piece of art. We  meet there and let the magic begin.
    • Sarah will ask you questions prompted by her Empathic journey and her own intuition to get you to see your problem/query from a new perspective. 
    • You will engage in a Socratic dialogue. This is dialogue that is facilitated by questions only. Each question will ask you to go deeper. You will go as deep as you can until your answer gets revealed. 
    • Person-Centered validation - Sarah will act as a validating mirror--a neutral, loving presence that reminds you all that you are feeling and experiencing is sacred and profound and very, very okay! 
  • How do I form my tools?
    • Sarah will take notes during your dialogue. She will use your answers and reflections as data. Your data will reveal which tools are right for you. 
    • This is a process that takes time to marinate, hence both you and Sarah as co-creators will leave and digest what just occurred. You will be encouraged to journal or use voice notes to record insights after your session. What left a positive impression? What didn't sit right? What was stirred up for you? Write and talk it all out. Sarah will do the same. You will share your findings with each other before the next meeting. 
  • What happens at the second meeting?
    • You will share your "homework"--your processing of your personal experience after the first session and your processing of the other co-creator's experience. What was similar? What was different? As you share, you will be able to go deeper into your own process. You will discover more about how you synthesize information physically, emotionally, mentally and even spiritually (i.e. did you have more vivid dreams or any symbolic/synchronous experiences?)
    • Sarah will incorporate the use of symbols, images and archetypes to form a story of your own struggles as an empath. You will tell a real story from your life  based on an intuitive prompt and Sarah will use a Narrative Therapy healing technique to offer you more insights into your unique way of processing experiences. 
  • What happens now?
    • Once again, you will both marinate on what occured. This process of marination will encourage you to embrace more deeply your need for lots of personal processing space. The timing of this process will vary person to person. 
    • You will both share your process with each other via writing or voice notes and come together for the final session when things feel complete. The "final sessions" can be anywhere from 1 to 3 separate meetings, based on what you and Sarah feel is right. 
Sarah will work with you to co-design a Toolbox of Personal Grounding Tools
that are customized to fit your Empathic/Highly Sensitive uniqueness. 


Working together over several sessions can help Sarah hone in on your unique way of releasing, processing and exploring your inner and outer world. 

Every Empath and HSP is different, which is why cookie cutter self-help books may not speak to you. In Sarah's own path, she has taken what she's needed and left the rest with hundreds of self-help books, online classes and in person-workshops. Sarah offers both the insights she's gained in her personal 15 plus year journey coming to understand her own empathic traits, along with her professional training as a Mental Health Counselor, Mindfulness teacher and coach, and Yoga instructor. 
Sarah has spent thousands of dollars (and even more than that if you count her Master's degree--but that's a heavy debt she'd rather discuss with a financial advisor ;-)  on her own self-help journey.  Sarah's hope is that she will save you time and money going through the trial and error she did by offering you the tools that are just right for you. In Sarah's experience as  Reiki Master healer, she discovered the gift of a strong intuition. If you are open to it, Sarah will offer intuitive insight in addition to her professional toolbox. 
These session will help you find what you need to bring you  into stronger alignment with who you are. They will offer a sense of empowerment; helping you uncover your strengths and tend to your weaknesses with compassion. 
They will offer a sense of balance, deep peace, grounding in your daily life. 


Do you feel ready to dive deep with Sarah?

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  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Counseling
    • Empaths & HSPs
    • Mindful Parenting
  • Yoga
  • Reiki
  • Writing
    • Medium
    • Elephant Journal
  • Contact
  • Meditation