Maria Hill from Sensitive Evolution about her Whole Self Course - "HSPs do not mesh well with the competitive personal development model of Western culture, so they need an alternative...
Being creative is about more than just creative ideas or innovative possibilities - you need to actually produce something of value in the world.
Maria Hill is founder of the site Sensitive Evolution, and expresses in her post “Rocking The Boat: An Important Life Skill” some helpful perspectives on being highly sensitive and creative:
Susan Cain is "the co-founder of Quiet Revolution, LLC and the author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which has been translated into 40 languages, has appeared on many “Best of” lists, and was named the #1 best book of the year by Fast Company magazine, which also named Cain one of its Most Creative People in Business." [From Summit profile.]
Trauma and loss of self-esteem can be especially difficult when we are highly sensitive - many people say this Tapping approach to health is helpful. /
"My childhood was very difficult. My dad died in my arms when I was 14 and my mother was physically and emotionally abusive. We were poor, dysfunctional and quite unhappy. Maybe it was my own struggles that led me to know when I was 12 that what I wanted to do in life was to help other people suffer less and laugh more.”Lindsay Kenny
- Hear her conversation on Tapping free until 8PM EST today (Wed Mar 4 2015 - recordings after) at The Tapping World Summit
"Fear is all around us. You feel it when you watch the news, of course. How can you not? Everything seems to be chaos...
"For those who are highly sensitive or empaths, this is even more of an issue, and it's not just fear, it's people's worries, thoughts, anger, depression, sadness. You can be taking it on from people, television, the air, etc, but not know that it's not all you."
Elaine Aron explains high sensitivity to those who do not have the trait. In this short video Elaine Aron packs in all the basic information about high sensitivity,…
People engage in self-injury for various reasons, including regulating their emotional states and trying to manage situations in their environment.
Some deal with their high sensitivity very well, with adequate self care and respecting their needs for boundaries and retreating, but some people take drugs, and others self-injure to deal with their stress and anxiety, which can be heightened with the trait of high sensitivity. News reports suggest that teens "are harming themselves at rates higher than previously suspected”
Natalie Portman shared this short but sweet observation on TV recently: “An actor’s job is empathy.” Actors and would-be actors would do well to mull that succinct statement over, and evaluate themselves or how well they vivify it in their own work.
So, many local actors of the “looker” sort have a hard time empathizing with the characters they play, enough for them to believably vivify them.
What do they need to do to make up for lost empathy? Natalie Portman is more beautiful than most, so how come she doesn’t have a problem in this regard?
How can the electromagnetic fields we are exposed to most of the time in urban environments affect our health, especially when we are highly sensitive?
"It’s no accident that the coaching industry has exploded over the past five years, offering a litany of business building opportunities aimed at a more 'spiritual' practice of integrated business and marketing. Literally, as Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs™, our time has come."
Learn more about resources to support you as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur at the Business Miracles main site http://theinnerentrepreneur.com/BMHSE
Are creative people more likely to be highly sensitive?
Writer Carolyn Gregoire in an article on the topic thinks one reason highly sensitive people may be so creative is an unusual depth of feeling – part of the personality trait of high sensitivity that psychologists and many creative people find supports creative exploration and expression.
"Since emotions such as fear, anger, and frustration are energies, you can potentially “catch” them from people without realizing it.
"If you tend to be an emotional sponge, it’s vital to know how to avoid taking on an individual’s negative emotions or the free-floating kind in crowds."
WOMEN are moody. By evolutionary design, we are hard-wired to be sensitive to our environments, empathic to our children’s needs and intuitive of our partners’ intentions.
This is basic to our survival and that of our offspring. Some research suggests that women are often better at articulating their feelings than men because as the female brain develops, more capacity is reserved for language, memory, hearing and observing emotions in others...
When we are overmedicated, our emotions become synthetic. For personal growth, for a satisfying marriage and for a more peaceful world, what we need is more empathy, compassion, receptivity, emotionality and vulnerability, not less.
We need to stop labeling our sadness and anxiety as uncomfortable symptoms, and to appreciate them as a healthy, adaptive part of our biology.
"Sensitive persons looked at the scenes that had the subtle differences for a longer time than did non-sensitive persons, and showed significantly greater activation in brain areas involved in associating visual input with other input to the brain..."
Multiple programs for introverted and/or highly sensitive people to better understand themselves, manage energy, increase confidence and release talents.
Director Luc Besson commented about Milla Jovovich in their film “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc” (1999) that “She has the same kind of passion and excess [as Joan] and, you know, she can laugh and she can cry two seconds afterwards. She can cry for an ant on the street. She has, like, no skin. She feels everything. Even the wind can make her cry.”
The Sheep Dressed Like Wolves site helps introverted or highly sensitive people understand themselves, manage energy, gain confidence for creative lives.
Founder Andy Mort: “I am a musician and songwriter who often struggles to get my quiet temperament working effectively towards my life’s goals and ambitions.
“I help encourage, inspire, and equip other introverted and Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) looking to find meaning and variety in their own lives."
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