Rooney Mara: Intense and Sensitive
Many talented actors have identified themselves as being a highly sensitive person, or at least talked about their sensitivity or shyness. Being shy is not the same as the personality traits of high...
View ArticlePrograms for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People
Courses and other programs to inspire and support you as an introvert or highly sensitive person. Maybe you are both. See bottom of page for links to other resource pages for books, articles and more...
View ArticleActors and High Sensitivity
“Most actors are highly sensitive people.” Nicole Kidman Creative people tend to be both extroverted and introverted, usually more one way than the other. Many actors and performers identify...
View ArticleIs it a disorder, or just shyness?
“As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. “I was so terrified to read out loud in school that I had to have my mother ask my reading teacher not to call on me...
View ArticleBeing inner-directed: the high sensitivity personality
“Sometimes because I am very shy, when I meet a director and they are shy too, we just sort of sit there.” Actor Sigourney Weaver continued in an interview, “I remember when I met Ang Lee and we were...
View ArticleRelationships for highly sensitive people
Interactions with others and just being in social situations can be challenging for those of us who are highly sensitive. Although sensitivity is not the same thing as introversion or shyness, these...
View ArticleIs work a challenge for you as a highly sensitive person?
Can working at a job, building a career or developing a business as an entrepreneur be rewarding? Yes, of course, but some kinds of work can also be very challenging for us as highly sensitive people....
View ArticleHow to Thrive as an Introvert – articles, books, courses and more
Being more inner-directed can help us as introverted people be especially creative, productive and “at home” in occupations and activities that fit our personality. But trying to fit in with more...
View ArticleMarti Olsen Laney on Introversion Advantages
Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D., M.F.T., is an author, researcher, speaker, educator, psychotherapist and an authority on introversion. On her site: MartiLaney.com she lists : Top 10 Advantages Introverts...
View ArticleMasking for fun, unmasking for authenticity and emotional health
We can wear physical masks for Halloween, cosplay and Día de los Muertos, as an actor or other performer, for a masked ball or erotic play – all that can be fun. But when we emotionally mask parts of...
View ArticleShyness, Introversion, Sensitivity – What’s the Difference?
Shyness, introversion and high sensitivity may share some qualities, and they can overlap and interact, but they are not the same. Many people may think of themselves as shy or at least call themselves...
View ArticleElaine Aron and Alanis Morissette on Being a Highly Sensitive Person
Psychologist Elaine Aron on highly sensitive persons: “I know ALL HSPs are creative, by definition. Many have squashed their creativity because of their low self-esteem; many more had it squashed for...
View ArticleRooney Mara: Intense and Sensitive
Many talented actors have identified themselves as being a highly sensitive person, or at least talked about their sensitivity or shyness. Being shy is not the same as the personality traits of high...
View ArticlePrograms for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People
Courses and other programs to inspire and support you as an introvert or highly sensitive person. Maybe you are both. See bottom of page for links to other resource pages for books, articles and more...
View ArticleActors and High Sensitivity
“Most actors are highly sensitive people.” Nicole Kidman Creative people tend to be both extroverted and introverted, usually more one way than the other. Many actors and performers identify...
View ArticleIs it a disorder, or just shyness?
“As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. “I was so terrified to read out loud in school that I had to have my mother ask my reading teacher not to call on me...
View ArticleBeing inner-directed: the high sensitivity personality
“Sometimes because I am very shy, when I meet a director and they are shy too, we just sort of sit there.” Actor Sigourney Weaver continued in an interview, “I remember when I met Ang Lee and we were...
View ArticleRelationships for highly sensitive people
Interactions with others and just being in social situations can be challenging for those of us who are highly sensitive. Although sensitivity is not the same thing as introversion or shyness, these...
View ArticleIs work a challenge for you as a highly sensitive person?
Can working at a job, building a career or developing a business as an entrepreneur be rewarding? Yes, of course, but some kinds of work can also be very challenging for us as highly sensitive people....
View ArticleHow to Thrive as an Introvert – articles, books, courses and more
Being more inner-directed can help us as introverted people be especially creative, productive and “at home” in occupations and activities that fit our personality. But trying to fit in with more...
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