A Toolbox for Sensitive People by Julie Bjelland, LMFT
Created by a Psychotherapist Specializing in Sensitive and Neurodivergent Adults
If you are a sensitive person, you may have spent much of your life wondering why everyday experiences feel so intense.
Why noise, emotions, expectations, conflict, or change seem to land so deeply in your body.
Why you need more recovery time, more quiet, more space than others appear to need.
Why pushing through eventually leads to exhaustion, shutdown, anxiety, or burnout.
For many sensitive and neurodivergent adults, the problem is not that they are doing life wrong. It is that they have been trying to live in ways that do not support how their nervous system actually works.
There Is Nothing Wrong With You
Sensitive nervous systems process the world deeply. This depth brings empathy, intuition, creativity, and insight, but it also means that overstimulation and emotional overload happen more easily in environments that are loud, fast, demanding, or emotionally unsafe.
When sensitivity is unsupported, it often shows up as:
Chronic overwhelm or feeling on edge
Emotional flooding or shutdown
Anxiety, panic, or difficulty sleeping
Exhaustion that does not resolve with rest
Self-doubt or feeling “too much”
These are not character flaws. They are signs of a nervous system that needs different kinds of care.
Why Generic Advice Often Fails Sensitive People
Many sensitive and neurodivergent adults have tried strategies that work for others but not for them.
Advice like pushing through discomfort, ignoring bodily signals, thinking more positively, or desensitizing yourself can actually increase nervous system stress for sensitive people.
What helps instead is learning how to:
Notice early signs of overwhelm
Respond to your nervous system before it reaches crisis
Regulate rather than suppress emotional intensity
Protect energy instead of constantly spending it
Build daily rhythms that support steadiness and recovery
This requires tools that are designed specifically for sensitive nervous systems.
Introducing The Sensitive Person’s Toolbox
The Sensitive Person’s Toolbox was created to meet this exact need.
It is a self-paced, practical course designed by Julie Bjelland, LMFT, a psychotherapist specializing in sensitive and neurodivergent adults. The course brings together nervous-system-informed tools that support regulation, balance, and self-understanding.
Rather than asking you to change who you are, this toolbox helps you work with your sensitivity in ways that feel grounding and sustainable.
What a “Toolbox” Really Means
This is not a course you rush through or complete once and forget.
A toolbox means having support you can return to again and again, especially when life feels overwhelming.
Inside The Sensitive Person’s Toolbox, you will find:
Awareness tools to help you recognize what your nervous system needs
Grounding and breathing practices that calm the body
Gentle daily routines that support steadiness and energy
Tools to reduce emotional and sensory overload
Practices for setting boundaries without guilt
Support for restoring balance after stress or overwhelm
Each tool is designed to be practical, gentle, and adaptable to your unique needs.
Designed to Support, Not Overwhelm
One of the most important aspects of this course is how it is structured.
You have lifetime access and can move through the material at your own rhythm. There is no pressure to keep up, no expectation to do everything at once, and no sense of falling behind.
This pacing matters. Sensitive nervous systems learn best when they feel safe, supported, and in control of their own process.
Created With Clinical Understanding and Lived Experience
This work was created by a psychotherapist who understands sensitivity not only academically, but clinically and relationally.
Many sensitive adults have had experiences of being misunderstood, minimized, or even harmed in therapy or self-help spaces. Knowing that this course is grounded in trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware care helps many people relax and trust the process.
You Are Not Alone
One of the most healing experiences for sensitive and neurodivergent people is realizing that they are not alone in how they experience the world.
Along with the course, participants receive access to a supportive community where sensitivity is understood and respected. This sense of shared understanding can be deeply regulating and validating.
A Gentler Way Forward
Living as a sensitive person does not have to mean constant overwhelm, exhaustion, or self-criticism.
With the right tools, it is possible to feel more grounded, more confident, and more at ease in daily life.
The Sensitive Person’s Toolbox is an invitation to support your nervous system, honor your sensitivity, and build a way of living that works for you rather than against you.
You deserve care that understands how deeply you experience the world.
Julie Bjelland, LMFT is a psychotherapist, author, and founder of Sensitive Empowerment, a global resource hub supporting sensitive and neurodivergent adults. She specializes in working with highly sensitive people and late-discovered autistic women, with a focus on nervous system regulation, trauma-informed care, and neurodiversity-affirming support. Julie brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work, helping people understand their sensitivity, reduce overwhelm, and build lives that honor how their nervous systems are wired. She is the creator of The Sensitive Person’s Toolbox, host of a top-ranked podcast, and a trusted educator for clinicians and communities worldwide.