How to feel less overwhelmed by daily life

Question: Kim, while answering one of the questions on Friday, you mentioned that some mental problems occur because of too high sensitivity of a person to the world. How can a person who is very sensitive grow a thicker skin and become less overwhelmed from everyday life?

Answer from Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2025 USA Conference.

Well, I would say first of all if you are, and many spiritual people are, sensitive. I mean I look back at my childhood and I was very sensitive to energy, higher energies and lower energies. But I did not know what to do to protect myself from the lower energies. The first thing is to invoke spiritual protection that gives you some relief. But then you need to work on the subconscious selves that make you vulnerable because basically you can say, what is sensitivity? It is basically that you are open. I met people, for example, spiritual people who think: “Well, you have to be open to everything. And if you encounter some dark energy, you just need to take it in and love it.” Or you have to help other people. You cannot reject other people.

There are many people in the world who think that being close-minded is the way to go. There are also people, spiritual people, who think being open-minded is a virtue. But there is a balance to be found. You are open with discernment. You do not let something in that overwhelms you. What I am saying is that when you are too open, you actually have some subconscious selves that are based on some illusion that you should take something in. Like, even the belief that Urana was talking about, feeling responsible for men’s feelings. You are opening yourself up to men’s feelings. You think you should take this in. You have to work on these selves and see why you have this belief that you should let other people walk all over you, for example. And then at some point you have to make a decision and say: ”No, I am not going to allow this anymore.” Because it is one thing to dissolve the self that makes you think you have to be open. But you still have to decide: “I am not willing to open myself to certain things.” That is certainly what I have had to do throughout my life. It is a little bit of a process, but it is certainly something you can do.