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Why we're here
Two halves of one home. In the magazine, sensitive people see their stories reflected back. In the Circles, they find people who understand without needing an explanation.
The magazine
Nourished Sensitive Magazine is a seasonal publication written by, for, and with sensitive people. Each issue makes room for stories like yours, told with honesty and care, so you can finally see yourself on the page.
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The Circles
Circles are small, facilitator-held gatherings where you can arrive as you are and be met with understanding. Our free monthly Friendship Circle is open now, and five facilitator-led Circles open with the Collective.
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Every subscription is an act of nourishment. It funds paid contributors and facilitators, keeps the magazine independent and ad-free, and helps the vision for Nourished Sensitive Magazine and our community take root. When you subscribe, you're tending the whole ecosystem, so we can all grow in our gifts together.
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Community · The Circles
Our Friendship Circle meets every month and is free for everyone. Five facilitator-led Circles open alongside the Collective, and more are taking root. Save your seat and we'll write the moment they open.
with Leah Tarleton, MS, RDN · Monthly
Opening with the Collective
Spiritual Growth
with Marina Biggio
ICF Certified Coach
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Embodiment
with Tori Carroll
Somatic Embodiment Coach
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Holistic Nutrition
with Samantha Berkowitz, MPH, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist for Neurodivergent Folks
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Emotional Health
with Liz Fox, MA
Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner
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Optimal Living
with Cara Nissen
Life Coach, Health Advocate
Notify meWe're still calling in facilitators for the remaining Elements. Feel called to hold a Circle of your own? Meet our facilitators and learn how.
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Prefer a form? Let us know which Circles you're hoping for, or that you'd like to facilitate one.
Our mission is to create a global community where sensitive folks see themselves, and are celebrated, for who they truly are: compassionate, empathetic, healing, creative, beautiful, and loving gifts to humanity.
The Nourished Sensitive unites sensitive individuals to foster mutual growth, holistic wellness, and learning, helping us live authentically and contribute meaningfully to the world.
Read more about our story →We empower each other to embrace our fullest potential and create positive change in our lives and communities.
We are committed to sustainable practices, preserving the environment and nurturing a brighter future for all.
We live in alignment with our values, fostering honesty and trust in all our relationships and endeavors.
We provide love and care without condition, listen without judgment, and spread kindness wherever we go.
We recognize our interconnectedness and collaborate for collective well-being.
Come together to nurture a community space ripe with feelings of safety and belonging, reinforcing sensitive people's identity as valuable members of society.
Become a loving tender of your own inner garden.
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It's the movie that made me want to start a magazine! I watched it so much growing up it embedded itself in my DNA.
Why we exist
“As a kid I watched 13 Going on 30 and dreamed of being an editor-in-chief, like Jenna. The Nourished Sensitive started much smaller than that dream, and it has grown alongside my own healing and self-discovery as a highly sensitive, AuDHD founder.”
The Nourished Sensitive is built on the premise that sensitivity is fertile ground for possibility and healing.
By reframing sensitivity as a sanctuary and source of power, I help you see and feel yourself in a new light and relate to the world by honoring your own unique energy and needs.
This redefinition is not just about feeling better but about empowering a community of sensitive individuals to use their innate abilities and gifts to enrich their lives and contribute to the world around them in meaningful ways.
Today it's an expression of authenticity, belonging, creativity, and purpose, and it's no longer one person's project. Writers, facilitators, and readers are building it together, season by season.
Leah Tarleton, RDN, Founder & Editor-in-Chief
6facilitators growing Circles with us, and more being called in
January 2021
The Nourished Sensitive is founded in London, England
Spring 2025
A rebrand, and a relaunch of our community and offerings
Summer 2026
The seed of Nourished Sensitive Magazine is planted
Autumn 2026
A new ecosystem takes root: magazine subscriptions and a co-creative community
January 2027
Issue No. 01 arrives
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As a deep processor, thoughtful decision-maker, and highly empathic individual, your natural gifts can powerfully and positively impact the world around you. Mind-body dysregulations that negatively affect your health and wellness are often caused by feeling:
At The Nourished Sensitive you'll gain clarity around which parts of you need to be nourished to help you grow and thrive. Your observations, feelings, and intuitions will be heard, watered, and nurtured.
Ready to go deeper? Subscribe to the magazine before Issue No. 01 arrives for the stories, tools, and Circles that keep this kind of growth going all year — plus a warm welcome into The Nourished Sensitive Collective.
Every issue · The rhythm
Each issue of The Nourished Sensitive follows the same gentle structure — a rhythm of reflection, conversation, and practical care.
Each issue opens with a personal note from our founder, Leah: what this season has been teaching her, and the thread that ties the issue together.
A companion podcast conversation with one of the issue's featured voices, plus a written Q&A that goes deeper into their story.
Familiar columns you can return to every season, each rooted in one of the 9 Elements of Nourishment.
Longer stories and essays from sensitive writers, experts, and members, written slowly and meant to be read the same way.
Printables, recipes, practices, and small extras made for the season, so the issue keeps nourishing you long after you’ve read it.
An open, honest conversation between sensitive people about growth, change, and what it takes to bloom in your own time.
A look inside one of our Friendship Circles: who gathered, what was shared, and how to find a Circle of your own.
What's ahead
Our editorial framework
Every issue, column, and Circle we publish is organized around nine elements across three areas: Mind (Emotional Health, Self-Empowerment, Value Alignment), Body (Holistic Nutrition, Physical Fitness, Digestive Health), and Spirit (Embodiment, Optimal Living, Spiritual Growth).
Learning to regulate big feelings and heal from old hurts, bringing every emotion into the light with honesty and grace, so your emotional life supports your well-being instead of draining it.
Read the Element →Deepening self-knowledge, confidence, and self-trust, rooted in knowing you are wonderfully made, with stories and practices that build resilience from the inside out.
Read the Element →Naming the values and convictions you live by, and gently stretching your comfort zone toward a life where what you do reflects what you treasure most.
Read the Element →Finding a peaceful relationship with food and body, so you can nourish yourself without restriction and grow in food freedom, with mindful eating and food rituals received with gratitude.
Read the Element →Movement for function and joy rather than appearance, caring for your body as a temple in ways that build self-worth and suit a sensitive nervous system.
Read the Element →The brain-gut connection and why it matters for sensitive people, from mindful, restful rhythms and gut-friendly food to the wider ecosystem we share and caring stewardship of the food it gives us.
Read the Element →Rooting into your body, learning to work with your nervous system instead of against it, and coming home to yourself.
Read the Element →Creating a life that feels good and true to you: staying connected to life and its seasons, and living your dreams into reality as you keep becoming.
Read the Element →Growing in connection with God, as you understand God, and the sacred through prayer, stillness, reflection, and intuition, cultivating love, peace, and purpose while honoring each reader's own path.
Read the Element →
Free guide
A free companion to the framework above — assess your overall nourishment across all nine elements and identify exactly which ones need the most room to grow.
Support independent practitioners
Every facilitator here runs their own independent practice or business. By joining a Circle, subscribing, or visiting their sites below, you're directly supporting the sensitive-led work they do beyond The Nourished Sensitive.
of The Nourished Sensitive
Get to know Leah — founder and editor of The Nourished Sensitive and a registered dietitian (MS, RDN), who hosts our free monthly Friendship Circle: a warm room where sensitive people can arrive exactly as they are.
Somatic Embodiment Coach
of Transform with Tori
Get to know Tori — founder of Transform with Tori, who leads Root to Rise, our somatic embodiment practice Circle for coming home to your body, one gentle practice at a time.
ICF Certified Coach
of Cosmic Marina
Get to know Marina — intuitive development, coaching, and helping sensitives learn to trust their inner knowing.
Life Coach, Health Advocate
of Bloom with Cara
Get to know Cara — founder of Bloom with Cara and our Bloom with Cara columnist, who holds Sensitives Living Well with Chronic Illness, a Circle for tending your health, energy and rest with care.
Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner
of Two Rivers EFT
Get to know Liz — an EFT tapping practitioner supporting sensitives through overwhelm and nervous system resets.
Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist for Neurodivergent Folks
of Unmasked Nutrition
Get to know Samantha — founder of Unmasked Nutrition, who leads Plates Unmasked, our Holistic Nutrition Circle for nourishing the sensitive mind and body.
Bring your practice to our community and hold a Circle of your own.
Become a facilitator →
Leah Tarleton
of The Nourished Sensitive
Friendship Circle
Tori Carroll
of Transform with Tori
Root to Rise
Marina Biggio
of Cosmic Marina
Intuitive Development Circle
Cara Nissen
of Bloom with Cara
Chronic Illness Circle
Liz Fox
of Two Rivers EFT
Tapping Into Calm
Samantha Berkowitz
of Unmasked Nutrition
Plates Unmasked
Becoming a facilitator · FAQ
Sensitive and neurodivergent practitioners with lived experience and a practice rooted in one of the 9 Elements. Coaches, therapists, dietitians, artists, and movement guides are all welcome.
Not always. We look for training in your field and a gentle, trauma-aware way of holding a room. If your work involves health or therapy, we'll ask about your credentials.
A small, recurring online gathering of about 60–90 minutes. You set the theme and format within your Element; we help with the calendar, promotion, and room care.
You'll be featured in the magazine, the podcast, and our events calendar, with your own profile and links back to your practice. Compensation details are shared during onboarding.
Garden Keepers subscribers are considered first when a facilitator opening comes up, and are invited to propose new Circles each season.
Fill out the facilitator interest form. We'll follow up with a short, low-pressure conversation to get to know you and your work.
Get involved
Feel called to hold space? We're inviting sensitive and neurodivergent practitioners to lead Circles rooted in the 9 Elements of Nourishment. Bring your practice to a community that's ready for it, grow your own work alongside ours, and help more sensitive people find a room where they belong. Share a little about yourself and the Circle you'd love to hold, and we'll be in touch. Garden Keepers subscribers get priority consideration for facilitator openings.
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The podcast · New season
A sanctuary of honest conversations where deep feelers can rest, belong, and be nourished.
Take a pause & listen
About the editor
We're led by Leah — a Registered Dietitian, a late-diagnosed AuDHD highly sensitive person, and the founder of The Nourished Sensitive. We started this magazine because we needed the community we couldn't find: a place where sensitivity is a gift to structure your life around, not a flaw to manage.
MBECC Certified · Registered Dietitian · Master's in Nutrition Diagnostics
The editorial team
Leah Tarleton
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Angeli
Editorial Assistant & Ops Lead
Alissa Boyer
Columnist · Ask Alissa
Cara Nissen
Columnist · Bloom with Cara
…plus a rotating cast of regular contributors who bring their expertise, stories, and lived experience to every season.
Get involved
Have a story, a column idea, or lived experience to share? We're always looking for sensitive voices to feature in future issues — whether that's a regular column, original art or photography, a guest essay, or a one-time featured writer spot. Subscribers to the magazine and the Collective get priority consideration for features.
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