Ep 17 | Building Resilience as a Highly Sensitive Woman in Your 20s

In this episode, Melissa Jean Paulson, MSW - Integrative Mental Health, Quantum Biology Health, Spiral Guide explores what true resilience looks like for women with finely tuned nervous systems and why traditional “push through” approaches often backfire.

Resilience for you is not about becoming harder. It’s about becoming more attuned. 

Drawing on research around sensory processing sensitivity and decades of clinical experience, Melissa reframes strength as rhythm, not force.

You’ll hear:
• Why 20–30% of the population has the sensory processing sensitivity trait
• How highly sensitive women process emotion and stimulation differently
• Why burnout happens more quickly when you override your rhythm
• The difference between strength and bracing
• What it means to build resilience as a river, not a wall

Melissa also introduces Sensitive & Strong: The Re-Align Circle for Women in Their 20s - a monthly, rhythm-restoring space for highly sensitive women who want to build nervous system resilience without losing themselves in the process.

If you’ve ever felt “too much” and “not enough” at the same time… you are not broken. You are wired differently. And that wiring deserves to be understood.  

Topics in this episode:
• Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
• Sensory Processing Sensitivity
• Nervous system regulation
• Burnout prevention
• Women in their 20s
• Emotional resilience

If this resonates with you and you would like to join Sensitive & Strong: The Re-Align Circle for Women in Their 20s enroll HERE

Visit https://realignwithmelissa.com/links for all offerings and resources.

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Educational reflection. Not therapy or medical care.