Are Your Stress Management Routines Helping—or Holding You Back?

Feeling boxed in by your own self-care habits? Discover how even well-meaning stress management rules can become sources of stress for highly sensitive people—and what to do when that happens.

For many highly sensitive people (HSPs), routines provide a sense of safety and balance—but what happens when those helpful rules become too rigid? In this episode, Todd Smith explores the surprising signs that your stress management guidelines may be outdated, and how listening to your body and emotions can lead to deeper freedom and more effective self-care.

Here's what you'll gain from tuning in:

1. A simple way to tell when a “healthy habit” is actually stressing you out

2. How to experiment with your routines without losing structure

3. Why true freedom comes from blending boundaries with flexibility

Tap play to learn how to reshape your stress management rules for more ease, balance, and inner freedom.

Todd Smith, founder of True Inner Freedom

Dreaming of a stress-free, balanced life? Visit trueinnerfreedom.com and complete the HSP Stress Survey. Gain clarity on your stress triggers and enjoy a free 15-minute Inner Freedom Call designed to guide you toward lasting inner peace and fulfillment.

Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP) or someone who identifies as hypersensitive or neurodivergent? This podcast is dedicated to helping highly sensitive people (HSPs) navigate overwhelm and stress by using The Work of Byron Katie—a powerful method for questioning stressful thoughts and finding true inner freedom.

We dive deep into stress management strategies, coping with stress, and stress relief methods specifically tailored for HSPs. Learn how to manage emotions, especially negative ones, and explore effective stress reduction techniques that go beyond the surface to address the root causes of anxiety and pressure.

Whether you’re interested in learning how to lower stress, handle stress and pressure, or reduce stress through practical techniques, we provide insights and support based on The Work of Byron Katie. Discover how this transformative approach can help you decrease stress, find inner peace, and create balance in your life.

Join us to learn about various coping strategies for stress, all designed to support HSPs in their journey toward emotional well-being.

What if burnout isn’t caused by overwork—but by something much deeper within?

As a highly sensitive person (HSP), you may have tried resting, unplugging, even meditating—yet the exhaustion lingers. This episode dives beneath the surface to explore the hidden cause of burnout that no amount of vacation or exercise can touch, and why conventional fixes often fail HSPs.

You'll discover:

1. The surprising truth about what actually drains your energy as a highly sensitive person

2. How misalignment between your values and daily actions silently fuels burnout

3. A powerful, restorative approach to inner work that reconnects you to your natural energy and peace

Listen now to learn how to realign with your true self and finally recover from burnout at its source.

Todd Smith, founder of True Inner Freedom

Dreaming of a stress-free, balanced life? Visit trueinnerfreedom.com and complete the HSP Stress Survey. Gain clarity on your stress triggers and enjoy a free 15-minute Inner Freedom Call designed to guide you toward lasting inner peace and fulfillment.

Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP) or someone who identifies as hypersensitive or neurodivergent? This podcast is dedicated to helping highly sensitive people (HSPs) navigate overwhelm and stress by using The Work of Byron Katie—a powerful method for questioning stressful thoughts and finding true inner freedom.

We dive deep into stress management strategies, coping with stress, and stress relief methods specifically tailored for HSPs. Learn how to manage emotions, especially negative ones, and explore effective stress reduction techniques that go beyond the surface to address the root causes of anxiety and pressure.

Whether you’re interested in learning how to lower stress, handle stress and pressure, or reduce stress through practical techniques, we provide insights and support based on The Work of Byron Katie. Discover how this transformative approach can help you decrease stress, find inner peace, and create balance in your life.

Join us to learn about various coping strategies for stress, all designed to support HSPs in their journey toward emotional well-being.

Why Are Highly Sensitive People Actually More Resilient Than Others?

Have you ever felt like your sensitivity was a weakness—especially when it comes to stress? What if it’s actually your greatest asset?

In this episode of Stress Management for Highly Sensitive People, Todd Smith reframes what it means to be resilient as a highly sensitive person (HSP). If you've ever struggled with feeling overwhelmed by stress or wished you had a thicker skin, this episode offers a liberating perspective: your sensitivity might be the very thing that makes lasting resilience possible.

You'll gain insight into:

1. Why having less of a “buffer” as an HSP leads to deeper self-awareness and earlier stress detection

2. How sensitivity can actually prevent long-term emotional buildup and burnout

3. What it means to turn emotional sensitivity into a pathway toward true inner freedom and resilience

Tap play now to learn why your sensitivity might just be your secret superpower in managing stress.

Todd Smith, founder of True Inner Freedom

Dreaming of a stress-free, balanced life? Visit trueinnerfreedom.com and complete the HSP Stress Survey. Gain clarity on your stress triggers and enjoy a free 15-minute Inner Freedom Call designed to guide you toward lasting inner peace and fulfillment.

Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP) or someone who identifies as hypersensitive or neurodivergent? This podcast is dedicated to helping highly sensitive people (HSPs) navigate overwhelm and stress by using The Work of Byron Katie—a powerful method for questioning stressful thoughts and finding true inner freedom.

We dive deep into stress management strategies, coping with stress, and stress relief methods specifically tailored for HSPs. Learn how to manage emotions, especially negative ones, and explore effective stress reduction techniques that go beyond the surface to address the root causes of anxiety and pressure.

Whether you’re interested in learning how to lower stress, handle stress and pressure, or reduce stress through practical techniques, we provide insights and support based on The Work of Byron Katie. Discover how this transformative approach can help you decrease stress, find inner peace, and create balance in your life.

Join us to learn about various coping strategies for stress, all designed to support HSPs in their journey toward emotional well-being.