256. You're Not a Burden: Advocating for Yourself with Chronic Illness or High Sensitivity w/Celiac Coach, Jen Fitzpatrick | The Not Too Sensitive Podcast

For most highly sensitive people, advocating for a physical need feels like being a bother. Jen Fitzpatrick, a celiac advocate and founder of the Confident Celiac Community, joins Alissa to talk about the years she spent staying quiet about her own needs and the shift that finally changed it.

The tension is one a lot of HSPs with a chronic condition know well. Speaking up is what keeps you safe, but every people pleasing instinct says stay quiet instead. Alissa and Jen unpack why that instinct runs so deep and how to move through it anyway.

Pulling from Jen's diagnosis story, a study abroad trip where she watched everyone else eat what she couldn't, and Alissa's own experience navigating her daughter's recent diagnosis, the conversation moves through shame, community and self worth. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why highly sensitive people are especially likely to stay quiet about a chronic health need
• Jen's own story of cross contamination scares and learning to advocate for herself after years of people pleasing
• The simple swap that changed everything for Jen, saying thank you instead of sorry
• Why choosing ten seconds of social discomfort is almost always worth it over days of physical pain
• How finding community turned a hard diagnosis into something less isolating for both Jen and Alissa

Follow Jen:
Website: https://www.thenomadicfitzpatricks.com/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenomadicfitz 
Self-Love Toolkit: https://the-nomadic-fitzpatricks-gluten-free.teachable.com/p/celiac-self-love-toolkit-1059254 

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