Conversations and Interviews
An archive of conversations and interviews with different voices on fascinating topics through the lenses of high sensitivity and creativity.
Slow Down And Listen To Your Body (with Brandon Bennett)
Brandon Bennett’s life used to revolve around 70-hour workweeks as a senior sales executive in professional sports. The pressure was relentless—until he decided to slow…
Everyday Magic, Creativity, and Embracing Contradiction (with Lindsay-Celeste)
When I first discovered Lindsay Celeste’s podcast, Magic for Realists, I was struck by its authenticity—a rare blend of wonder and groundedness. Our conversation explored…
Simple Meditation for Highly Sensitive People (with David Johnson)
Meditation is a broad term—it describes a set of tools that create the conditions for deeper awareness and focus. It doesn’t prescribe a single “right”…
Late Blooming and High Sensitivity (with Kendra Patterson)
I think I’ve always felt like a late bloomer. There’s something comforting, even affirming, about knowing that it’s not just a personal quirk—it’s a thing.…
You Don’t Owe Anyone an Interaction (with Caroline Garnet-McGraw)
In a culture that glorifies busyness and constant availability, Caroline Garnet McGraw’s You Don’t Owe Anyone offers a radical yet simple truth: you don’t owe…
Gentle Marketing for Highly Sensitive People (with Sarah Santacroce)
I’ve known Sarah Santacroce for quite a while now, and one thing I’ve always appreciated is her genuinely gentle approach to business. It’s not a…
The Creative Cure for the Sensitive Soul (with Jacob Nordby)
When I first read The Creative Cure by Jacob Nordby, I felt an immediate resonance. It wasn’t because the book offered any miraculous formula or…
Sensitivity, Masculinity, and Men’s Mental Wellbeing (with Tom Falkenstein)
I had the pleasure of speaking with Tom Falkenstein, psychotherapist and author of The Highly Sensitive Man, for an extended episode of The Gentle Rebel…
Choosing The Highly Sensitive Creative Life (with Jacob Nordby)
Recently on the Gentle Rebel Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jacob Nordby, author of Blessed Are the Weird. For highly sensitive people,…
Embrace Change Without Burning Out (with Felicity Morse)
This month in The Haven, our focus has been around embracing change—how we navigate it, what holds us back, and why it’s so often accompanied…