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Welcome to the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast with host Elizabeth Cush, licensed clinical professional counselor and soul support for highly sensitive women.
Every other week you’ll hear from Elizabeth and her guests as they explore all that it means to be a wise, sensitive woman moving through life's joys, challenges, and transitions.
Tune in to learn from Wise Women across the globe who know the struggles that come with being a sensitive woman today.
We explore how to live a more grounded, authentic, purposeful, joyful, and compassionate life. The stories shared will help you find the path back home to the brightest version of you — your truest, most beautiful, messy self.
Together, let's shine our divine feminine energy brightly. The world needs us now more than ever.
Awaken Your Wise Woman is the evolution of the Woman Worriers podcast.
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If you’re highly sensitive, chances are you are no stranger to feeling overwhelmed. If so, listen to this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast as host Elizabeth Cush offers tips for dealing with big emotions. “I want to talk about holding space for when you're feeling overwhelmed, because as highly sensitive beings, we do get overwhelmed.” — Biz Cush Do bright lights make you cringe a little? Do you shrink from loud music or other noise? Do events or memories trigger powerful f...
Whether you’re perimenopausal, menopausal or postmenopausal, listen in on this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast. as host Elizabeth Cush and Dr. Betsy Greenleaf, a premier women’s health expert, talk about high sensitivity, hormones and pelvic health at mid-life. “I do believe that the women who tend to be highly sensitive tend to also feel things a lot more. I've seen this not just with hormone changes, but also with aches and pains.” — Dr. Betsy Greenleaf Are hot fla...
Is your nervous system on overdrive? If you have physical symptoms that don’t seem to have an explanation, listen in on this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast. as host Elizabeth Cush and Laurie James, a coach, author and podcaster, talk about high sensitivity, healing and somatic experiencing. “Every nervous system is different based off of who you are, your lineage, your culture, how you were raised, the trauma that you experienced.” — Laurie James Do you ever feel li...
If you’re trying to make progress but don’t feel like you’re getting anywhere, don’t be discouraged. Listen to this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast as host Elizabeth Cush talks about the role of awareness in changing our behavior and our lives. “Building awareness is like building muscle. As your awareness muscle grows, you'll be able to handle more, you'll be able to make different choices, and you'll begin to grow those new neural pathways.” — Biz Cush Where are you in y...
You’ve accomplished a lot in your life, but you still feel like you’re not keeping up. If that sounds familiar, listen in on this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast. as host Elizabeth Cush and Kristen Carder, host of the I Have ADHD podcast, talk about high-achieving women, sensitivity, ADHD and shame. “Those messages we start receiving at a really young age can be really debilitating by the time that we're adults.” — Kristen Carder You’re bright. You’re educated. You’r...
If you’ve been diagnosed with ADHD, or you suspect you might have it, listen in on this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast as host Elizabeth Cush and Dr. Jennifer Dall talk about unmasking neurodivergence and managing it holistically. Are you often forgetful? Do you pile lots on your plate, but have a tough time following through with all of it? Do you have a hard time getting organized? Do you beat yourself up about all of it or do you put your nose to the grindstone and work twic...
Last year was a lot, especially if you have a sensitive soul. As we enter 2026, listen to this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast as host Elizabeth Cush shares tips for slowing down and savoring the good in this new year. "I want to make 2026 the year of savoring, of really enjoying what is. And as sensitive beings, those of you who are highly sensitive, savoring often comes naturally. But you might need to be more intentionally mindful about your everyday experiences to trul...
The negative emotions that can accompany motherhood take many women by surprise. In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth Cush and Jess Althoff talk about how highly sensitive women can manage the overwhelm. “We are breathing all the time, but most of us aren't breathing correctly, and most of us aren't using our breath in ways that are beneficial to us.” — Jess Althoff Exhaustion. Frustration. Overwhelm. Self-doubt. Anxiety. Guilt. Irritability....
Highly sensitive persons—adults and children alike—care deeply about people, about nature, about the world. Host Elizabeth Cush and Judith Orloff, MD, talk about the extraordinary gift of empathy in this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast. “So many of us were shamed for being who we were and being highly sensitive or empathic and not given education about it.” — Judith Orloff, M.D. What can a bunny teach us about empathy? A lot, it turns out, when the highly sensitive r...
If you often feel anxious, overwhelmed or alone, if you frequently find yourself in relationships that cause you pain, listen to this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast as host Elizabeth Cush shares her experiences with finding safety within. “I can be the person who meets me where I need to be met, and I can do that with kindness and care.” — Biz Cush Have childhood neglect, trauma, chronic illness affected your internal sense of well-being? Does the state of the world leave...
Navigating female friendships at midlife can be challenging, especially for highly sensitive women. Host Elizabeth Cush and author Susan Shapiro Barash tackle the topic in this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast. “Seventy-five percent of the women with whom I spoke said that it's harder to leave a best or closest female friend than it is to leave a romantic relationship or a marriage.” — Susan Shapiro Barash Are you close with your sister, or do you have friends who fee...
If you’re the kind of person who walks into a room and picks up the subtle vibes immediately, and that energy sometimes drains you, listen in on this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, as host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Lauren Sapala, an author, teacher and creative guide, on honoring your intuition. “The basic strategy I teach is that most writing methods are achievement oriented. They really hold a lot of masculine energy.” — Lauren Sapala If you’re highly sensitive, chanc...
If it seems like discussions about the state of the world seem to turn ugly lately, listen to this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast! Host Elizabeth Cush talks about what’s behind the divisiveness and how to start healing. “I don't have to be friends with someone who I disagree with, but I can see them as a person with their own struggles, with their own fears, with their own beliefs.” — Biz Cush What happened to the “good old days” when we could just agree to disagree? Instead,...
If chronic pain, inflammation and stress are holding you back, listen in on this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, as host Elizabeth Cush welcomes chronic pain specialist and coach Dr. Tawny Kross for a discussion on healing body and soul. “When your limbic system is overactive…, you want to be able to show your system how to find safety.” — Tawny Kross Living with chronic pain can be a challenge for anyone, but if you’re a highly sensitive person, you feel things even more inten...
Welcome back to the new season of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast! This week, host Elizabeth Cush shares personal insights into sensitivity, shares what’s in store for the coming season and invites you to join a unique community. “We need more compassion and kindness and love out there in the universe, for sure.” — Biz Cush Listen and learn: · Why you don’t have to be highly sensitive yourself to benefit from listening to the Awaken your Wise Woman podcast · ...
✨ In this soul-nourishing solo journey of Awaken Your Wise Woman, Elizabeth Cush invites us to step into the sacred space within, where our wounded inner child still longs to be seen and held. With the gentle guidance of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and the powerful magic of parts work, Biz illuminates how the echoes of unmet emotional needs from childhood give rise to protective parts—like the inner critic, people pleaser, and perfectionist. These parts, though forged in pain, carry ancie...
In this soulful episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, Elizabeth Cush invites highly sensitive women to lovingly attune to their inner worlds amidst the noise and intensity of the outer one. With heartfelt vulnerability, she shares how deeply the current state of the world can impact sensitive souls and emphasizes the importance of creating sacred space for grounding, rest, and energetic realignment. From placing hands on the heart to daily chakra meditations and basking in the imagined warmth ...
What does it mean to finally live as your true self—after decades of hiding? In this powerful episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Wendy Cole, a transgender woman who transitioned at the age of 67. Wendy shares her deeply personal journey, from knowing she was a girl at a young age to navigating a lifetime of societal expectations and denial. Together, they explore the emotional and spiritual impact of living inauthentically, the inner strength required to claim you...
What does it take to walk away from the life you’ve known in order to live more authentically? In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth Cush (licensed therapist and soul support for highly sensitive women) talks with Suzette Mullen, author of The Only Way Through Is Out. After decades of marriage and raising two sons, Suzette came out in midlife—a shift sparked through the process of writing her memoir. Together, they explore what it means to find your voice, take agency over...
Have you fallen out of touch with the Earth? Listen in on this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, as host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Corinna Wood, a visionary teacher of women’s wisdom and a trailblazer in the holistic healing community, for a talk about sensitive, women-centered tools for inner growth and healing. “Grounding into our needs is such a rooted way of being, and I think it is really important, especially today, and especially with highly sensitive women.” — Corinna Wood We liv...
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