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Do you feel things deeply? You may be a sensitive person.
Join Mel Daniels and guest Sam Dhu, a psychotherapist, mentor, and coach, as they explore how sensitivity can be a superpower for business owners.
They discuss the challenges and strengths of being a sensitive business owner and offer practical ways to prioritise self-compassion, manage business pressures, and redefine success.
Sam introduces the concept of being ‘softly successful,’ emphasising the importance of aligning business practices with personal strengths and celebrating individuality. The episode also highlights the impact of environment on productivity and the necessity of self-check-ins to maintain wellbeing.
00:00 Introduction: Balancing success and self-compassion
01:11 Welcome to The Powerful Content Podcast
02:10 Acknowledgement to Country
02:45 Meet Sam Dhu: Sensitivity and success
05:04 Understanding sensitivity in business
08:16 Embracing sensitivity as a superpower
09:27 Strategies for sensitive business owners
12:13 The concept of softly successful
16:44 Prioritising self-compassion and self-care
27:41 Weekly check-ins and holistic business approach
32:58 Final thoughts and words of wisdom
35:10 Closing remarks and how to connect
Get to know Sam Dhu
Sam Dhu is a Psychotherapist, Coach, Supervisor & Facilitator for women who want to be Soft & Successful. Mum to eight-year-old, Amelie and toddler Frankie, Sam is a passionate advocate for being radically kind and compassionate to yourself on the road of business growth.
As a highly sensitive person Sam believes it is possible to be deeply ambitious AND soft and sensitive at the same time.
Terms like ‘self-compassion’, ‘self-worth’ and ‘self-acceptance’ get used a lot these days. But to Sam, these aren’t just ‘nice sounding words’. Her qualifications & training have shown her these inner resources are the difference between being stuck in survival mode and confidently thriving as a Soft & Successful Woman.
Where to find Sam Dhu
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samanthadhu/
- Website: https://www.samanthadhu.com.au/
- Slow the Mastermind Waitlist: http://theslowmastermind.com/slow2025
Links mentioned in this podcast
- Highly sensitive person test
- Free Boundary Setting Scripts
- Business is Personal on the podcast The Slow Down
- Sam on The Light Seeker’s Lounge
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