Sensitive and Strong

About Sensitive and Strong

Welcome to Sensitive & Strong, a podcast exploring sensitivity, sensation seeking, and what it means to live deeply, courageously, and authentically. The podcast began in 2021 with Annet van Duinen, who created Sensitive & Strong as a place to explore the experience of being a Highly Sensitive Person through interviews, personal stories, research, and meaningful conversations. Then, in episode 23, Randy Grasser joined Annet as a guest. At the time, neither of them knew where that conversation would eventually lead. What began as one interview grew into many more conversations, a relationship, a shared body of work, and eventually the development of Wild Sensitive, their exploration of the intersection between Sensory Processing Sensitivity and High Sensation Seeking. Today, Sensitive & Strong brings those two paths together. Sensitive & Strong Hosted by Annet, and sometimes joined by Randy, these interview-style episodes feature conversations with guests who bring their own knowledge, perspectives, experiences, and stories to the world of sensitivity. The aim is to empower sensitive people to understand sensitivity as a natural and neutral human trait. With the right skills, tools, self-awareness, and emotional regulation, sensitive people can become strong, grounded, resilient, and fully engaged with life. The goal is not to retreat from the world, but to develop the confidence and capacity to meet it. Wild Sensitive Conversations In Wild Sensitive Conversations, Randy and Annet sit down together for open, honest, and often unconventional discussions about what happens when deep sensitivity meets High Sensation Seeking. This is the territory of the Wild Sensitive, the Highly Sensitive Sensation Seeker (HSP-HSS), where sensitivity intersects with curiosity, intensity, novelty, adventure, and a desire to engage deeply with life. These conversations move beyond familiar labels and coping advice to explore relationships, identity, emotions, beliefs, personal growth, and the paradox of being both deeply sensitive and drawn toward sensation. Sometimes they agree. Sometimes they see things differently. Sometimes one question opens the door to an entirely new way of looking at sensitivity, sensation seeking, or life itself. One podcast. Two styles of conversation. One place to explore what it means to feel deeply and live fully. Sensitive & Strong is hosted by Annet van Duinen, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), pioneering author, and International Consultant on High Sensitivity, trained by Dr. Elaine Aron. Wild Sensitive Conversations is hosted by Annet together with Randy Grasser, author, professionally certified Life Guide, and co-founder of Wild Sensitive. Randy brings a grounded, adventurous, and often unconventional perspective to conversations about sensitivity, identity, emotional strength, and engaging fully with life. Together, Annet and Randy invite you beyond old labels and limiting ideas about sensitivity and sensation seeking. Together, they bring you the Wild Sensitive. Learn more at: https://wildsensitive.com (https://wildsensitive.com) https://annetvanduinen.com (https://annetvanduinen.com) https://randygrasser.com (https://randygrasser.com)

Publisher

Annet van Duinen, Professional Certified Coach and International Consultant on High Sensitivity.

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 May 2021

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   The Birth of the Wild Sensitive — Wild Sensitive Conversation

   Send us Fan Mail The Birth of the Wild Sensitive — When Sensitivity Grew Wings Every movement begins with a moment of defiance. In this first episode, Randy and Annet share how the name Wild Sensitive was born, not from theory, but from lived experience. “HSP” and “HSS” never explained the magic that happens when sensitivity and sensation seeking fuse together, not just side by side, but creating something entirely new. That fusion is what we call the Wild Sensitive, a name that opened the do...

2. 

   23 Oct 2025

   Going on a quest with Dr. Katie Larson, an amazing conversation filled with wonderful insights!

   Send us a text This episodes guest is Dr. Katie T. Larson, Ph.D. she is a Hypnotherapist, Growth Coach and Somatic Practitioner who works with Highly Sensitive People, Empaths, and Intuitives. She has helped initiate meaningful personal Growth in thousands of individuals, but she is best-known for guiding clients through “Quests”—inner journeys—that offer opportunities to explore your life from deeper perspectives, bringing more purpose, meaning and joy. She is also a Wild Sensitive, an...

3. 

   27 Sept 2025

   From Chaos to Career Clarity: An HSP’s Journey with Mark Wigginton

   Send us a text In this powerful episode of Sensitive and Strong, Annet sits down with Mark Wigginton, a midlife career and transition coach, licensed counselor, and endurance athlete who has completed 84 marathons, half marathons, and even a full Ironman Triathlon at 55. Mark identifies as a High Sensation Seeking HSP, blending emotional depth with a passion for challenge. Growing up in chaos and building a career while ignoring his wiring, Mark later discovered his Highly Sensitive identity,...

Who has been a guest on Sensitive and Strong

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Cindy Gale
• Lorna Bode
• Dr Tracy Cooper
• Randy Grasser
• Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

Contact Sensitive and Strong

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

Questions about Sensitive and Strong