Space for the Soul

Space for the Soul Holistic psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher specialising in trauma healing and personal growth

In person and online psychotherapy, weekly mindfulness class, workshops and online courses in mindfulness and personal development.

True wealth isn’t about how much you can pack into a day, it’s about how safe your nervous system feels to be yourself. ...
03/09/2026

True wealth isn’t about how much you can pack into a day, it’s about how safe your nervous system feels to be yourself.

It takes time and deep inner work to unlearn cultural conditioning, but the relief of knowing (really knowing) you’re allowed to be who you are is worth everything.

Save this for days when you need a reminder and let me know in the comments which one you’re working on right now?

Allow me to (re)introduce myself:I’m Marie, a holistic psychotherapist and interfaith minister who has spent the last 15...
02/09/2026

Allow me to (re)introduce myself:

I’m Marie, a holistic psychotherapist and interfaith minister who has spent the last 15 years working with highly sensitive people ready to stop pushing through chronic stress, burnout and stress induced illness.

This page is a gathering place for sensitive souls learning to trust themselves again. If you’re new here, welcome. If you’ve been around a while, thank you for being here.

I believe your sensitivity was never the problem. It’s the part of you the world asked you to abandon and it’s also your greatest gift to reclaim.

If any of this resonates, my free masterclass is a good place to start. Comment SENSITIVE and I’ll send it your way. 💜

I’ve felt more peer pressure to regulate my nervous system in my 40s than I did to take drugs in my teens.Everyone and t...
31/08/2026

I’ve felt more peer pressure to regulate my nervous system in my 40s than I did to take drugs in my teens.

Everyone and their cat is selling nervous system regulation. Everywhere you look there’s another tool, another breathing exercise or gadget promising to hack your vagus nerve. Ice baths, cold plunges, apps that buzz when your heart rate spikes. It can be really exhausting to keep up with.

If you’re highly sensitive, that pressure can be incredibly counterproductive. You’re already managing more input than most people. Adding a stack of complicated practices on top of that may not feel like regulation. It may just become one more thing to get right.

In my experience, what actually helps is way simpler than any of that.

Learning to catch activation early, building capacity gradually and learning to trust that you have your own back will do more for your nervous system learning safety than any gadget or app ever could.

It only requires practice, patience and a loving relationship with yourself, all of which can be learned.

Comment CALM below and I’ll send you my free guide full of simple tools you can try today.

The real work of the Immersion is learning to trust what’s happening in your own self, body nervous system, mind and sou...
26/08/2026

The real work of the Immersion is learning to trust what’s happening in your own self, body nervous system, mind and soul so well that you don’t need anyone else’s help to interpret it.

Right now that might feel impossible. If you’ve spent years overriding your own instincts because you learned from a young age that they couldn’t be trusted, or worse, that they were a problem, of course it can take time. But it is a skill, like any other, and it’s never too late to learn.

Over six months, working one to one, we go through that process of learning together. You will learn how to regulate your nervous system so it stops running the show, begin to understand your reactions instead of fearing them and build a relationship with yourself where you are your own best support.

I only ever work with a small number of people at a time, and I have 1 rare space available right now. If this is sounds like what you need, come and find out more. Link in bio.

Sensitive people are often the ones most hungry for a meaningful life. We love nothing more than deep conversations, rea...
24/08/2026

Sensitive people are often the ones most hungry for a meaningful life. We love nothing more than deep conversations, real connection, work that matters, sunsets and moments that stay with you.

But when it comes to actually having that life, we struggle.

The problem is, a full life somehow got confused with a fast one. More plans, more yeses, more things squeezed in. So we push through the tiredness, tell ourselves we’ll rest when things calm down, and then wonder why the life we built doesn’t feel like it’s ours.

You know what I mean?

A sensitive nervous system takes in more, processes more, and needs more recovery to do that well. That’s not something we can change, nor would we want to.

Especially since it’s the same system that lets you feel a conversation, notice the light change or experience the depth of a situation fully. Ignoring what that capacity takes and you don’t get more life. You get less of yourself present for the life you have.

I learned this the hard way, running on empty, believing it was dedication. Rest didn’t shrink my life. When I finally gave myself the space I needed, it gave me back the part of me that could actually be there for the things I most care about.

If you’ve built a life that looks full from the outside but doesn’t feel like yours from the inside, maybe this is something to look at.

Comment “sensitive” and I’ll send you my free masterclass Sensitivity Is Not The Problem.

Being called too sensitive by (well-meaning) people you rely on can turn into a habit of doubting what you feel. A distr...
22/08/2026

Being called too sensitive by (well-meaning) people you rely on can turn into a habit of doubting what you feel. A distrust of your own perception, teaching you to second guess (and triple guess and quadruple guess!) yourself.

It teaches you to disregard your intuition if your logical mind can’t explain it. If your body would sound the alarm your mind would learn to talk it down.

But what if there’s nothing wrong with your perception? Even if the people around you decided your perception was the problem rather than trusting that you were picking something up they couldn’t.

What if your body was never wrong? Just noticing real things, subtle changes and inconsistencies between what someone said and what they meant, even before your mind had the words for it.

Learning to trust yourself again doesn’t mean becoming less sensitive. It means rebuilding a connection you were taught to abandon and it’s never too late.

If you’re ready to start, comment SENSITIVE and I’ll send you the link to my free masterclass, Sensitivity Is Not The Problem to get started.

Highly sensitive people are the canaries in a system that isn’t conducive to human health. We’re the ones who feel the o...
20/08/2026

Highly sensitive people are the canaries in a system that isn’t conducive to human health.

We’re the ones who feel the overstimulation first and notice when the pace is too fast. We feel the impact when the demands never let up and are often bothered by the constant noise that most people have learned to tune out.

Not because we’re fragile but because we’re paying attention. Because we can’t not. We’re wired to notice and feel.

Strong doesn’t mean unaffected. It means staying true to what you feel and what you need, even when the world around you doesn’t.

The world doesn’t need you to toughen up and keep pace with a life that’s draining you. It needs you to trust what your sensitivity has been telling you all along, and build a life that actually fits who you are.

Comment SENSITIVE and I’ll send you the link to my free masterclass.

Many people describe being highly sensitive as a blessing and a curse. Our sense of meaning and ability to be deeply mov...
18/08/2026

Many people describe being highly sensitive as a blessing and a curse. Our sense of meaning and ability to be deeply moved by beauty are blessings for sure.

But trying to keep up in a world made for a different pace can cause a lot of stress, exhaustion and even physical pain and symptoms.

Being sensitive isn’t a problem to solve, but it is a reality that needs protection. When sensitivity is protected and appropriately nurtured it is a strength beyond any other.

Follow Marie O’Neill | Holistic Psychotherapist & Spiritual Coach if you’re a highly sensitive person learning to protect and nurture yourself 🩷

Do you recognise any of these?Most sensitive people I work with have a strong inner critic who can be very difficult to ...
15/08/2026

Do you recognise any of these?

Most sensitive people I work with have a strong inner critic who can be very difficult to live with. It can feel like having a bully inside your own head.

But the thing is, the inner critic is highly misunderstood. It’s not there to torment you and make you feel like s**t about yourself. It’s primary purpose is actually to protect you.

The inner critic is basically the part of you who tries to keep you in check by making sure you don’t do the things that would attract criticism from others and risk you being rejected.

It just doesn’t have a more sophisticated way of doing it than trying to criticise and shame you into compliance.

This strategy is useful in childhood to keep us safe and to fit in with our family, friends and society. But in the long term it keeps us at war with ourselves. It prevents us from truly belonging to ourselves.

Working with the inner critic doesn’t need to be a fight. When we realise that the inner critic is nothing but a scared child who’s terrified of rejection, we can start to work with self compassion to gently ease it’s grip on us.

This is just one of the things we work on in the Sensitive Soul Journey, my 12 week group programme for highly sensitive people who want to turn their sensitivity into their greatest strength. We start on Monday, there’s still time to join us. Link in bio for more details.

Traditional talk therapy wasn’t built for highly sensitive people and most mainstream therapy trainings don’t cover it a...
11/08/2026

Traditional talk therapy wasn’t built for highly sensitive people and most mainstream therapy trainings don’t cover it at all (!)

You can spend years learning and understanding every pattern you have and still feel exactly the same in your body and nervous system.

That’s not a failure on your part. The parts of you doing the holding, your nervous system, your body, your sense of meaning, were never really fully integrated in the approach.

The Sensitive Soul Journey works with all parts of you, helping you feel more whole and connected with yourself. We start on Monday. Only a few spaces left. Link in bio to book an introductory call.

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