Jim Hallowes is founder of the Highly Sensitive People website, and has been studying and presenting information on HSPs [highly sensitive people] for years. He has a wide range of informed perspectives on this trait and how it relates to gifted and creative people, and his site includes a number of resources. Listen to our […]
Sensitivity / Introversion
Ted Zeff on Benefits of Being Highly Sensitive
Ted Zeff, PhD teaches workshops on coping techniques for highly sensitive people and has taught stress reduction and insomnia management at various hospitals and medical groups. He has a private practice counseling HSPs in-person and by phone, and is author of papers and books on helping sensitive people thrive. His site: www.drtedzeff.com Here is our […]
Shy or Introverted or Highly Sensitive in the Arts
Many actors, writers and other creative people are considered shy or introverted, or identify themselves as one or both. These are not the same thing, of course, although many people may talk about others, or themselves, as “shy” when they …
Jennifer Beals on her sensitivity
“I get emotional all the time,” Jennifer Beals once said. “I get emotional every time I make a speech, or talk about other cast members. Every now and again, my heart just explodes and expands.” Laurel Holloman, her castmate on the Showtime series “The L Word,” confirms “If Jennifer is passionate about something, it comes […]
Depressive thinking can accompany being sensitive
In her article “Growing Up Gifted Is Not Easy,” Elaine Aron, PhD talks about depression as a potential aspect of sensitivity. “Early in my research on sensitivity — while I was studying its relationship to introversion and the four Jungian functions of sensing, thinking, feeling, and intuition — I discovered several studies reporting that intuitive […]