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Erica Webb SelfKind

Registered counsellor + mindful movement coach. I help you move from self-critical to self-loving.

27/07/2025

Deep conversation and processing out loud … do you crave either of these as a highly sensitive person?

On the podcast I’m talking about why these needs are very real and worth honouring as a Highly Sensitive Person.

You’ll find Ep 309 of SelfKind in all the podcast places as well as over on YouTube.

30/06/2025

I absolutely loved the conversation Anita had with Kirstin

We talked all things late diagnosis ADHD in women, as well as how perimenopause and ADHD can present unique challenges.

You’ll find the episode on Midlife Unfiltered (DM me if you’d like a direct link).

30/06/2025

Been working on a thing in the background for months and months with my friend and fellow counsellor .r.glover

High Sensitivity Australia - a brand new website and resource for highly sensitive folk run by two highly sensitive Counsellors who have a depth of experience in the space.

We’d love you to check out the new website! We’re pretty excited about what we’re creating 🌱

25/06/2025

You get overwhelmed and the inner critic whispers cruelly: ‘see, this is just who you are. You’re always too much … always getting things wrong’

But that inner critic? They’re just scared of your vulnerability - your humanity. Because the world tells us we could and should be perfect, so we set that as our bench mark.

But as a human, it’s inevitable that you’ll have imperfect moments. Those moments aren’t proof of you failing, even if they feel that way.

Tune into episode 305 of SelfKind to hear more about how I finally stopped hating myself . I share the practice that made and continues to make the biggest difference to how I see and treat myself.

Links in bio 😊

20/06/2025

I hear this a lot from the sensitive folk I work with: it feels like everything is their fault.

My theory? We come by these feelings honestly. We have proof that we can ‘control’ things and people by changing ourselves. If we’re just good enough, quiet enough, compliant enough … people don’t get mad, and everything is fine.

Now, as an adult, you feel ‘off’ and there are *so* many reasons that might be true. But your mind? It wants the comfort that comes from knowing *why*. So it finds a why in the most familiar of places - your imperfection (whether it’s to blame or not!).

Anyway … I just wanted to let you know that if you ever feel this way:

A) you’re not alone - many HSPs experience the same thing.

B) you are not broken.

C) it’s probably not your fault (don’t believe everything you think, ok?)

Want support to navigate the tricky bits of being highly sensitive?

I have some space for 1-1 counselling - both short and longer term support is available. DM me for more or head to my website 🩷

23/05/2025

I was thinking about this as I laid on the couch this afternoon, doing very little (despite the to do list being long).

It used to be the case that I was wired to jump if there was any risk I’d be ‘caught’ resting. I had rest conflated with laziness and, ultimately, the belief that people wouldn’t like me if I wasn’t constantly busy proving my worth.

Exhausting.

Even now, I’m actually not that great at resting in a traditional sense - you’ll pretty much never find me napping (and I’m currently being assessed for adhd, so that could explain it!).

What I am much better at these days is reading my own body and knowing when it’s time to slow down, reduce the input/output, and take a flippin’ break.

I no longer worry about being ‘caught’ (though sometimes a shadow of that will show up) and the freedom of that is real.

This is one of those invisible things you might not realise stands between you and the relationship you want with yourself (and self-care). These hidden patterns can run your life, your narrative and your identity … and they can run you into exhaustion and resentment.

If you’d like support to work through it, I’d be so honoured to do that with you. I have just a few spots available for counselling 1-1. DM to chat and see if it could be the right fit for you 😊

22/05/2025

You might be really used to holding your own discomfort and disappointment. It’s somehow less heavy than sitting with the belief that you’ve let someone else down.

And, somehow, you end up saying yes when you mean no, no when you mean yes, and ‘it’s fine’ when it’s not fine at all.

You’re exhausted and resentful. I’ve been there; I hear you.

Getting on your own side is the most profound self-care you can practice.

If you’d like support while you figure out how, I’d love to be in your corner.

I have just a handful of 1-1 counselling spots available. If you’d like one of them, send me a dm or book a good fit call via my website.

05/05/2025

Declare moments of joy, awe and wonder by literally telling yourself: THIS is a moment of joy, awe or wonder.

This is such a simple practice but it makes a BIG difference.

You train your brain to notice that joy can exist even in periods when life feels heavy, confusing or overwhelming.

Declaring these little moments acts as an anchor … a little bit of evidence that you are ok.

And as a highly sensitive person, this can be one of your gifts: you notice the small and the subtle, you feel the awe of a sunrise in the depth of your belly.

Use that gift on purpose and see what shifts 🩷

🌅 [pic of this morning’s sunrise in Melbourne. Stunning, awe-inspiring, beautiful]

28/04/2025

I’ve put these three steps into a framework that easy to use, even when you’re overwhelmed, anxious or feeling overstimulated.

All of them respect your sensitivity and put you in the driver’s seat of your life.

Join me?

SOMA:HOME starts on Wednesday 7th May 🏠

28/04/2025

Being a Highly Sensitive Person can feel like a curse. I'm told this often, and I know from experience.

As a HSP, I've known self-loathing and self-criticism. I've known what it's like to try to smoosh my sensitivity into a corner, to try to be more 'normal' and tougher around the edges.

I've also known self-compassion and what it's like to respect my sensitivity and be on my own side.

The latter wins, every time.

SOMA:HOME is my online program for Highly Sensitive People who are ready to befriend themselves and find a sense of home within their own skin.

Over 8 weeks of live calls we explore:

🌼 Somatic Exercise. This is a mindful movement modality that is slow, mindful and deeply nurturing. It supports highly sensitive bodies to unwind deeply held tension.

🩷 Self-compassion. Learning to be on your own side. Self-compassion is how we shift the inner landscape of your soma toward kindness.

🌀 Beliefs. Navigating through invisible barriers that keep you pleasing everyone but yourself and stop you from accessing deep self-care

🧠 Values. But not the stuffy corporate ones that everyone forgets. This is about how you live what matters to you. And, importantly, how you turn your values toward yourself and your body.

🌿 Grounding. Tools that help you safe, anchored and grounded.

Together, these tools support you as a highly sensitive person to navigate the tricky bits of your sensitivity.

I'd love to see you in there.

More details on my website, or feel free to comment or message with your questions :)

https://www.ericawebb.com.au/soma-home

31/03/2025

This is why it’s so important to:

a) believe in your sensitivity
b) respect it
c) understand how it shows up
d) learn what supports you.

It might seem like being a Highly Sensitive Person is just a cute personality ‘quirk’ … but we’re talking about being sensitive at a fundamental level.

And if you don’t take that seriously? You’ll likely feel out of control of your reactions, confused by the intensity of your overwhelm and swinging round in circles when it comes to figuring out what to do about it.

You can’t ‘fix’ being sensitive … because you’re not broken! But you can support, scaffold and respect your sensitivity and that makes ALL the difference.

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There’s still time to jump on the early interest list for SOM:HOME - my 8 week online group program for highly sensitive people.

We start late April. Details via the link in my bio or feel free to DM me 🙂

20/03/2025

Two beautiful reminders popped up (quite literally) for me this week.

1. Growth happens sometimes in the most unexpected places and even when the environment doesn’t seem conducive to it.

When we are grieving, or in the grips of anxiety, sadness, confusion … growth is often the last thing on our mind. We simply want to survive, and that IS enough.

And yet … the growth still happens. Beauty still emerges. It sits alongside the other stuff rather than replacing or obscuring it.

2. All is not lost, even when it seems to be so.

This plant was toast. Completely overrun with mites, its leaves withered and died. I cut it back to nothing and popped it outside to dispose of ‘later’.

Well, lucky for both me and the plant, my later was *much* later (fully on brand for me 😂) and, lo and behold, with a little time to recover, recover she did.

Nature holds the most beautiful reminders 🌱

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