The New Sensitive
Welcome to The New Sensitive, a space where we are redefining sensitivity so that it can become a superpower. Each week, life, health and spiritual coach Catherine Andrews blends intuitive readings, Tarot, holistic wellness, mental health insights, and meaningful conversations with guests to help you nourish your nervous system, connect to your intuition, and live a life that truly feels like yours. New episodes come out every Thursday.
286: Tarot energy for the week ahead: Celebrate thyself
Welcome to your mini Tarot reading to show you the energy of this coming week! I pull a card and share with you what I think it could mean as the week unfolds.
This week we have an incredibly wands-heavy reading, reminding us to step into allowing ourselves to be seen and celebrated by others, but by ourselves, too — and the Six of Wands is here to lead us off in this journey. There's also lots of reminders about how it gets to be EASY, to be seen in our full gifts and light.
If you...
285: Feng Shui Friday - Using Feng Shui to sell your home in a sluggish market
Welcome to a new podcast feature, where I share bite-sized Feng Shui advice every Friday! Want to ask me a Feng Shui question to be addressed on the podcast? You can use this form, it's completely anonymous.
Today I'm talking through some of my favorite tips for when you need to sell a home or condo but find it's not happening. Feng Shui to the rescue! Send this to all of your realtor friends.
PS: I’m dreaming and mulling over a brand-new year-long community offering starting in January…my first live course in a...
284: Dear Tarot: I need help leaving my corporate job to start my creative biz!!
Welcome to my new podcast feature, Dear Tarot, where folks get a live Tarot & coaching reading from me and the cards, telling them how to move through their issue at hand! Today we have our guest who is struggling to leave behind a stable, professional career that's their identity is really tied to, to start their creative, soul-led, heart-based biz. (Sound familiar?!) What guidance did the cards offer? Well, right off the bat three cards jumped out, and they had a strong message...
Do YOU want to be featured on Dear Tarot? Submit your question here. (It's...
283: Tarot message for the week ahead: It’s time to take the leap into your uplevel
Welcome to a new little feature I'm trying out as I revive this podcast - a mini Tarot reading to show you the energy of this coming week! I pull a card and share with you what I think it could mean as the week unfolds.
If you want the full Tarot energy reading of the week ahead, go to https://thenewsensitive.substack.com
There, I discuss cards and energies of actions to take, what to release, what to step into, and do a mini Tarot reading for a question on your heart.
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282: Feng Shui Friday: A Feng Shui exercise for more clarity in your life and getting unstuck
Welcome to a new podcast feature, where I share bite-sized Feng Shui advice every Friday! Want to ask me a Feng Shui question to be addressed on the podcast? You can use this form, it's completely anonymous.
Today I break down the exact 5 steps I would take in my home if I were feeling blocked, stuck, lacking clarity, foggy, yadda yadda, all those good things. These are tips anybody can do and probably would take you less than 1-2 hours over the next week.
PS: I’m dreaming and mulling over a brand-new ye...
281: Energy of the week ahead: Heal the wounds of the past to step into the light of your future
Welcome to a new little feature I'm trying out as I revive this podcast - a mini Tarot reading to show you the energy of this coming week! I pull a card and share with you what I think it could mean as the week unfolds.
If you want the full Tarot energy reading of the week ahead, go to https://thenewsensitive.substack.com/p/tarot-message-for-the-week-ahead-49b
There, I discuss cards and energies of actions to take, what to release, what to step into, and do a mini Tarot reading for a question on your...
280: September's Tarot message: Open Your Mind to the Truth Around You
Welcome to September's Tarot reading! The theme for September is Open Your Mind to the Truth Around You. With three swords cards, we will definitely be investigating our mind's desperate attempts to protect us with fear-based thinking or catastrophizing, and we'll be asked: Can we leave that old way behind? Can we choose new truths, that we're capable, that we're surrounded by abundance and care, that everything might just be working out for us? Doing this may feel challenging because this kind of fear-based protective thinking has deep ancestral roots for many of us, but the invitation is here...
279: August's Tarot message: Tend well to the garden that is you
In this month's Tarot reading, August invites us to tend to the garden that is ourselves. While the energy of the Three of Wands encourages expansion and looking toward new horizons, the deeper message is that sustainable growth begins with self-nourishment. Spirit reminds us to care for our bodies, honor our emotional needs, trust the timing of what's unfolding, and plant intentional seeds that will flourish in months ahead. With Buffalo as our animal guide, we're reminded that when we nurture ourselves with patience and purpose, the abundant universe will provide.
Main card for August: Three of Wands...278: July's Tarot message: The queens are calling
With two Queens showing up in the reading this month, July asks us to truly to commit to internal self care and internal belief and visions. Particularly, with the Queen of Wands, the question to ask yourself is: “If I were a witch, and could wave my wand to transform any situation as I wanted it to be, what would that look like, and how could I start to bring that into reality?” July looks like a fast month that will also ask us to set boundaries, investigate our thoughts, and not burn out. In Feng Shui, July is peak...
277: June's Tarot message: You are already worthy of it all; can you believe it?
I hate to be on repeat but, as with the last several months and readings, Spirit and your highest selves want you to feel good, receive abundance, take care of your body, have lots of pleasure, take up lots of space and shine your light. Sounds easy - but it’s not. Learning to love yourself, receive abundance, and let life be easy are some of the most challenging spiritual lessons we can learn. But it’s time to step up and own them. Are you ready?
What do our highest selves, guides and the universe want us to m...276: May's Tarot reading: Move swiftly toward your joy and your truth (with a bonus message from May's full moon!)
Come join Catherine for a weekend Tarot & journaling retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains this August! Early bird pricing available until May 15, all details here.
May brings swift movement and energy, with two Knights guiding us, and a call that asks us to step into the potential for joy, and our potential for leadership through our voice and our words. You may feel more clarity - as well as perhaps some impatience - but as long as you align with your authenticity and truth, May will be a...
275: April's Tarot reading: Ground in with sacred self-care to hold bigger light
Come join Catherine for a weekend Tarot & journaling retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains this August! Early bird pricing available until May 15, all details here.
April seems like a big month (all majors and a Queen court card!), but a month really aimed at helping us uncover our highest good and our highest power, by going inward with incredible self care. It's okay if you feel a bit inner this month, a bit focused on you and not the world around you; this is to help your light eventually shine its brightest, which, as a lightworker, will h...
274: March's intuitive Tarot reading: Resting and healing to be most authentically you
March is a month of contradictions. There's energy coming in for authenticity and new habits and embodied behaviors, but you may have to go through some grief, healing and rest to get there. Stay tender and take good care of yourself!
What do our highest selves, guides and the universe want us to most understand about March 2026 for our highest good? Knight of WandsWhat is the lesson of March 2026 for our highest good? Ace of PentaclesWhat is the most aligned action we can be taking in March 2026 for our highest good? Three of SwordsA message of support from...273: A personal story about how the universe will reward you for boundaries, and receiving
Tune in for two short but sweet personal stories that reminded me of this important truth: the universe wants nothing more for us to step into our self-worth, to receive the gifts that are already all around us, and that we will be rewarded for stronger boundaries, too.
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272: How the "good girl" can learn to leave the "good job"
This week's episode is about something I call the Good Girl Job identity. It's the way that so many of us — sensitive women, perfectionists, high achievers — have learned, very deeply, to locate our worth inside our work. To be "good" people by having "good" jobs. And how, when our soul starts to outgrow that container, the experience can feel less like a career shift and more like... an identity crisis. A small kind of loss. How do we deal with that? And what comes next?
We're going to move through this gently today. I want to help you...
271: Answering all your Qs about quitting your job (and a tough love pep talk)
Today I'm taking all of your Q&A about quitting your job: the money stuff, the mindset stuff, the health insurance stuff.
But the reality is this: a lot of this comes down to self-belief, self-worth, and getting out of "I can't" or "I have to" and victim mindset.
So tune in for all the details as well as a necessary tough love pep talk on why, yes you CAN DO THIS.
Ready for help from your home, me, and a community to start making the moves to quit your job?
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270: What does spiritual leadership look like in these times? with Missy Toy Ozeas
My dear friend and colleague Missy Toy Ozeas joins me on the pod this week to discuss energetic cleansing, spiritual leadership, and how sensitive women can step into the leadership that is deeply needed at this time in the world.
Missy is an incredible energy healer, intuitive and channel, and she's got the wisdom many of us sensitive souls desperately need at this time.
Missy is accepting enrollment for her incredible container, Soul Magic, a live six-month mastermind for transformational healing, energy work, and manifestation.
In this episode, we discuss:...
269: Intuitive reading for February 2026 - Prepare to leave behind what no longer serves you
February is a month of preparation for a challenging journey. You are not leaving yet (and what you might be leaving could be a job, a situation, or simply a way of operating or thinking in the world) but the seeds are being planted under the snow. It's okay that the journey ahead may be challenging, because this is the month you will undertake the right preparation, and you can also trust that the timing is ripe. February is a month for emotional, energetic and spiritual decluttering and packing. Go inwards and you'll find the right resources in you...
268: What you need to know about the Queen of Swords (an excerpt from my Tarot book!)
I've been pulling the Queen of Swords for SO many folks lately, and she was a real guiding force — and my ally card — in 2025. So I know her message pretty well. To help you if you're dancing with her energy this year, I'm reading my chapter on her from my upcoming book, Tarot for People Pleasers and Perfectionists: How to Use the Cards to Make Better Decisions, Set Boundaries, and Finally Trust Yourself. Enjoy!
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267: The morning routine that could change everything for you in 2026
What do orienting your morning routine to include pleasure and safety have to do with healing physical health conditions? More than you might think. Tune in to hear a story about why you might want to think about starting your day with a cookie and a book.
The Nourished Healer has one spot left and we start Jan. 21. Read more here.
The New Sensitive podcast is a spin-off of The New Sensitive Substack, a weekly newsletter that helps highly sensitives thrive in body and soul with accessible health, wellness and spiritual practices.
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266: From Not Enough to Trust: A Tarot Reading for 2026
Welcome to your Tarot for 2026 year ahead forecast! I asked the cards several questions about this coming turn on the wheel, so let’s get into it…
2026 brings a collective shift out of isolation and survival mode and into movement, agency, and light. While the energy is more expansive, the main challenges ahead are internal: comparison, self-doubt, shame, and “not enoughness.”
Through cards like the Five of Cups reversed, Wheel of Fortune, Star, and Pages of Pentacles and Cups, this reading explores emotional healing, devotion to meaningful work, rebuilding intuition, and the return to local communit...
265: Why healing and health for the highly sensitive person has to look different (and what you should do)
The mood swings. The fatigue. The anxiety and looping thoughts. The burnout that hits, again and again. The long-term chronic symptoms or autoimmune diagnosis that no one can quite explain (Lyme, mold, long COVID, CFS, MCAS). The disrupted sleep. Migraines. The sudden weight changes. The bloating or digestive issues. The exhaustion. The hormones that feel all over the place.
Why does being a highly sensitive person sometimes feel like your body is betraying you? And what if I told you it wasn’t betraying you: it’s SIGNALING to you. Signaling danger, confusion, protection. And that it doesn...
264: Quitting your job as a spiritual practice
One of the questions I get asked about most is a combo of "How can I leave my soul-sucking job to start my own creative or healing business?" plus "How can I do this when I don't have a way to bridge the gap the income?" I address this question with the help of Tarot today, because this is a huge theme I see coming for 2026: It's time to quit, re-evaluate, or somehow seriously shift your soul-sucking job, for sure, so you can step into purpose. That message has been coming through loud and clear the last few months.
263: December 2025 intuitive reading for the month ahead: What would it feel like to welcome in ease, joy and authenticity?
This month’s intuitive reading is an invitation into ease, joy, pleasure, and feminine healing. December carries a soft but powerful energy, one that asks you to stop gripping so tightly and let yourself be supported and have some dang fun. We explore what becomes possible when you stop pushing, stop proving, and start receiving. What if your life got to be easier than you’ve ever allowed? This reading also brings through themes of courage, boldness, and authenticity. As the year closes, you’re being asked to show up as who you really are—not the polished version, not the...
Changes coming for this here podcast! (And a free new moon circle alert)
Hey there, sensitive ones! I'm back... ish. After a nearly 1.5 year hiatus, this podcast will be returning in 2026 with a new look, a new name, and a new orientation on content. Tune in to hear all about it, as well as some other life changes and updates that have flowed in.
Don't forget to sign up for my free new moon in Scorpio circle tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 20, 8pmET (replay provided). We'll do Tarot, journaling, and yoga nidra. If it's what your heart has been yearning for, then it's time to check out my upcoming Sedona 2026 retreat before e...
A message for you from compassion
Hey Soothers! This is audio from my group call today inside the Imperfect Artist's Way. It was a message about capability, power, compassion, struggles with shame and the highly sensitive person's nervous system. Something in me told me more folks needed to hear it, so I share this audio with you today. It includes a Tarot reading, a bit of a lecture, a nervous system exercise, journaling and a meditation.
Come on a rambling life update with me!
Hey Soothers! Glad to be here. I've got as an episode for you today, more of a casual voice note, walking through the woods, as I share what's been going on behind the scenes in my life lately.
I'm talking about the (sometimes painful) process of growing into a new voice and stepping into a bigger version of myself, and all the discomfort and doubt that brings up. I get into how my sense of identity is shifting (is it ever not?? sheesh), how I'm navigating a season that feels really fallow and in-between, and how spiritual...
Tarot reading for April 2025: The expansion and contraction of growth
Hey, Soothers! Here’s my Tarot reading for the month of April 2025, for all.
Feels like an understatement to say that growth isn’t always easy—it expands us, stretches us, and sometimes contracts us before we bloom again.
But this month's Tarot reading for April wants us to remember this: nature moves in rhythms—trees shed their leaves before budding anew, the ocean tides pull back before surging forward, and the moon wanes before it waxes.
Just like the natural world, we, too, grow in cycles of expansion and contraction. There are seasons of...
Tarot reading for March 2025: Speak up, you're supported
Hey, Soothers! Here’s my Tarot reading for the month of March, for all readers.
The cards had a very clear message for the month ahead: You are not alone, and your voice carries more weight than you realize.
Spirit, ancestors, your higher self, whoever, are surrounding you, ready to assist—but they need you to ask. At the same time, this is not a moment to stay silent or shrink back. Your words, ideas, and truth matter.
Whether it’s speaking up for yourself, sharing your wisdom, or calling in the support you need...
257: 7 ways to navigate perimenopause as a highly sensitive person
Hey Soothers! I'm putting up a replay of my recent webinar, 7 ways to navigate perimenopause as a highly sensitive person.
Are you struggling with the fatigue, hot flashes, anger and irritability and other symptoms of perimenopause, as a highly sensitive person? Then this webinar is for you. We'll discuss 7 strategies the HSP can use to best navigate the ritual fires of perimenopause.
And my brand-new course, The Perimenopause Reset, is now open!
The Perimenopause Reset is an 8-week journey designed for sensitive women like you.
You’ll learn how to...
256: Calling all crones (and an invitation to my perimenopause webinar)
Hey Soothers! I'm doing an audio reading of my upcoming Sunday Soother essay, called, Calling all crones. You can subscribe and read the essay for free at thesundaysoother.substack.com.
I’ll be doing a free webinar, tomorrow Monday, December 9th, at 8pmET, 7 Ways to Navigate Perimenopause as a Highly Sensitive Person.
(Note, I think I mistakenly say in the reading that the webinar is on Wednesday Dec 9th- I mean Monday, December 9th)
It’s free and there will be a replay provided. I’ll be teaching the 7 tactics I’ve used...
255: A post-U.S. election check-in with Tarot and the medicine of the Magician
Hey Soothers. I hope you are well. I am returning from sabbatical with more urgency than I had imagined, given that Trump has won a second term and we are entering scary, chaotic and even stranger times, politically, societally, and spiritually. I asked Tarot what is the guidance podcast listeners most need to hear now, in the wake of the election results, and I received card #1 of the Major Arcana of Tarot: The Magician. Tune in to receive some short guidance around the magic and the medicine of this card. Don't know or care about Tarot? Still check in...
254: The Sunday Soother is going on sabbatical!
Say that five times fast! That's right, me and the Soother (and Instagram, and most of my work) are taking three months from August - early November to have a break. Listen in for what prompted me to do this, how I'm feeling about it, and what I hope to do and learn!
PS: Want to join me for an intentional new year's eve retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains? We'll learn Tarot, intentional goal-setting, circadian living, do yoga, meditation, and sound clearing, and eat delicious food in a community of other HSPs. Head to this link...
253: The daily routines of healers: Missy Toy Ozeas (and me!)
Hey Soothers! A while back I had this idea to, every once in a while, interview intuitives and healers on their health and self-care routines. I don't know about you, but I'm the kind of person who could read an entire magazine based on people's morning routines alone, so I thought it would be fun to do this for us on this podcast, too. Energy and self-care and health routines are also just extra important to the intuitive empath, to help ground and settle us. And the first person I thought of was my dear friend and colleague, energy...
252: Answering listener Qs on health, creativity, spirituality and more!
Hey Soothers! A while back I asked for anon listener Qs that I could delve into in my podcast, and y'all delivered! I think I might make this a two-parter because I got a lot of great questions - thank you very much. In today's episode I answer Qs on the following:
How I'm currently feeling about life coachingHow I stay so productiveHow you can stay spiritual when you realize you also crave the male gaze/feeling beautiful/you're worried your vainResources and practices for perimenopauseWhy I chose not to pursue medication or a diagnosis for ADHD...
251: Join the Recharge Your Light 5-day Challenge, starting tomorrow!
Hey Soothers! Tomorrow, June 3, starts my free 5-day Recharge Your Light Challenge! For 5 days in community we'll dabble and experiment with healing principles of circadian rhythm, light management, connecting with nature and more. In this quick episode, I share what we'll cover in these 5 days and how to best prepare!
Make sure you are signed up for the waitlist and challenge here: http://www.catherinedandrews.com/recharge
If you're interested in learning about to meaningfully reduce EMFs in your life plus other health benefits from nature, geared toward the HSP, sign up for the waitlist...
250: Having a grounded conversation about the health effects of EMFs on HSPs
Hey Soothers! EMFs, HSPs, all the acronyms. Today I'm diving in on how I went from somebody who never once thought or worried about non-native EMFs (the electromagnetic fields and radiation produced by technology, appliances, cell phones, wifi routers, etc) to somebody who has started to see a lot of evidence that they are, at the very least, not helping HSPs thrive. I walk you through my own journey of realization of their effects in my personal life, and also then what I've seen and pieced together in my clients' health stories. Most of the conversation around EMFs I've...
249: What your voltage has to do with your health
Hey Soothers, I'm excited to announce my next brand-new course, the HSP health course many of you have been asking for for some time: Recharge Your Light! Starting June 20th, it's a six-week course and community that will help you stop feeling drained and reclaim your energy, your light, and your vitality through holistic principles of nature, circadian rhythms, environment, and diet. Get on the waitlist here for $200 off and access to a free live HSP circadian living training I'll be doing.
To help you understand why the tenets in Recharge Your Light are so important to...
248: 7 ways to help menstrual health as a highly sensitive person (menopause, perimenopause, PMDD, etc.)
Hey Soothers, I recently put up a question box to do a Q&A podcast (coming soon, submit your Qs here!) but a lot of the Qs I got were around hormonal issues - PMDD, peri-menopause, menopause, so I figured, why not just record an episode with all of my tips for how I have (mostly) healed my severe period symptoms and hormonal issues? And how I'm working to thrive through perimenopause and set up the path for a healthy menopause? So I did! Listen in for these 7 tips. Know they're not medical advice, but rather the (hard-won) lessons...
247: Are you living a high-voltage or a low-voltage lifestyle?
Hey Soothers! I'm here to talk about our well-being and our bodies as electrical systems (which, spoiler alert, they really are!). This is why so many of us feel "drained" or "burned out" — in a way, we can think of our bodies as batteries, or lights. Some of us are well-charged and shining bright, and some of us are on our last 5% and feeling the effects. So how can we go from living low-voltage, tired, drained, to high-voltage, feeling vibrant and grounded? I talk about practical ways to start living a high-voltage life and share how I incorporate them in...
