The Trust Yourself 10 Day Challenge: Day 3

Turn your innate sensitivity into a strength

Melody Wilding, LMSW
3 min readOct 27, 2021

You made it to Day 3 of the Trust Yourself Challenge!

Click here to catch up on Day 1 and Day 2.

Now that you have your Wheel of Balance completed, you should have a better idea of which of your STRIVE qualities are most in balance versus out of balance.

Today we begin the journey of helping you take steps to recalibrate by tackling the first STRIVE quality:

Sensitivity

Before you think “I already knew I was sensitive!”, it’s important to realize that the STRIVE quality of Sensitivity is different.

Specifically, it refers to sensory sensitivity. That is, having a highly attuned nervous system that is easily overwhelmed and overstimulated.

When your Sensitivity is unbalanced you may be:

❌ Anxious, amped up, and fearful most of the time

❌ Slow to relax

❌ Often in a state of stress and tension

But when your Sensitivity is well balanced you’re able to:

✔️ Be calm and composed, even under pressure

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Melody Wilding, LMSW

Author of TRUST YOURSELF. Executive coach to Sensitive Strivers. Human behavior professor. Featured in NYT, NBC, CNN. https://melodywilding.com/book