Reflections from a midlife journey

Siobhan Nash Siobhan Nash

The safe harbor of self-trust

One of the biggest challenges of being empathic and highly sensitive has been the tendency to lose my sense of self. When I subjugate my true self to conform to other people’s beliefs, opinions, and expectations of who I should be and what I should do, my reward is the security I desire. But I pay a high price for this false sense of safety and comfort—my self-trust.

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Siobhan Nash Siobhan Nash

Deserving a life I love

Here’s what I know to be true based on my life’s journey and experience:

You matter. You are worthy of the life you want. You deserve a life you love.

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Siobhan Nash Siobhan Nash

Where I belong

Time and time again I have searched for where I belong, trying to find my place. At first blush it sounds kind of sad, like I have never found my place or where I belonged. That’s not true. Many times in my life I have found my place and been exactly where I belonged. The trouble always came when I forgot where that place is—always within me—and started relying on and identifying my belonging as something outside myself.

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