The Happy HSP Podcast
Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP) who often feels overwhelmed, misunderstood, or out of place in the world around you? Join host Kimberly Marshall on The Happy HSP Podcast as we dive deep into the personal stories of everyday HSPs, explore what it means to live life with heightened sensitivity, and discover the many reasons to celebrate our gentle nature.
The Happy HSP Podcast
Deep Connection and the HSP Journey to “Becoming” with Christine Passo
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In this episode, I chat with Christine Passo, the Head of Community and Connection at Shareapy, to explore how highly sensitive people crave depth, meaning, and emotional connection…and what happens when those needs go unmet.
We talk about the difference between surface-level interaction and true connection, why HSPs often feel exhausted in shallow social settings, and how finding the right spaces and people can completely transform your life.
Christine shares:
- How small talk can leave HSPs feeling empty and depleted.
- The emotional impact of not feeling seen or understood.
- How discovering true community changed everything for her.
- What makes peer support so powerful (apart from coaching or therapy).
- Why being able to show up honestly and without fixing is so healing.
- Her journey through depression and the role connection played in her healing.
Topics covered:
- Small talk vs. meaningful conversation.
- Social exhaustion and emotional depletion.
- The importance of being seen and heard.
- Finding your people as an HSP.
- Authentic connection and belonging.
- Peer support and shared lived experiences.
About Christine Passo:
After 20 years in sales, Christine felt called to focus on what mattered most to her: connection. In 2022, she shifted her work to support people through emotional pain, resilience, and meaningful change.
As Head of Community & Connection at Shareapy, she combines her background in social work, four coaching certifications, and years of collaboration to walk alongside individuals navigating loss, overwhelm, growth, and the desire to feel understood.
She believes healing happens in connection—and that no one should have to go through life’s hardest moments alone.
Follow along on Christine’s journey:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christinepasso_supportcoach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-passo-665a70a/
Shareapy: https://www.shareapy.com
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About Kimberly:
Kimberly Marshall is an ICF-certified Energy and Intuition coach for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and host of The Happy HSP Podcast. After 20 years in the publishing industry working for companies like Time Inc., Monster.com, and W. W. Norton, she left her corporate career to pursue work that better suited her HSP needs. She now help HSPs reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose so they can live gentle, soul-aligned lives.
Through her work, Kimberly hopes to shed more light on the reality of living with high sensitivity and inspire more HSPs to embrace their empathetic, loving, and gentle natures.
- Hosted/produced by Kimberly Marshall
- Edited by Fonzie Try Media
- Artwork by Tara Corola
