Insights into how to successfully navigate the unique situations and challenges that arise for people with the trait of high sensitivity and the people in their lives.

Welcome! First off, I want to give credit and thanks to the wonderful Dr. Elaine Aron who first introduced all of us to this important inherited trait of high sensitivity and who wrote the landmark 1996 book The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You. And, make sure you visit her website  www.hsperson.com.

Now, as an introduction to the trait of high sensitivity, see if some of these statements resonate with you, or relate to someone important in your life...

You, your partner, or someone important to you have a heightened awareness of subtleties in your environment, whether it's sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell.

You can become stressed out and upset when overwhelmed and may find it necessary to get away, maybe into a darkened room, to seek solitude, relief and comfort.

You are very creative.

You are very conscientious, hard working, and meticulous, but may become uncomfortable and less efficient or productive when being watched or scrutinized.

You feel compelled to file and organize things and thoughts, also enjoy simplicity and may become overwhelmed or even immobilized by chaos, clutter, or stress.

You are very uncomfortable when feeling things are getting out of your control.

You get a sense of comfort and well being when around a lake, river, stream, the ocean, or even a fountain.

You may experience mood swings, sometimes occurring almost instantly and can also be affected by other people's moods, emotions and problems.

You have a deep, rich, inner life, are very spiritual, and may also have vivid \s.

You are very intuitive and you feel that you can usually sense if someone isn't telling the truth or if something else is wrong.

You get concerned and think or worry about many things, and have also been told "you take things too personally."

You have had the experience of "cutting people out" of your life.

You were considered quiet, introverted, timid, or shy as a child.

Here are a few more to consider... Can be startled easily. Cautious in new situations. May have trouble sleeping. Extra sensitive to pain. Don't like crowds (unless they are kindred spirits). Avoids violent movies and TV shows. Has a deep respect and appreciation of nature, music and art.

Do some, or many, of these statements ring true for you, your partner, or someone important in your life? If so, you or they may be a highly sensitive person or "HSP." Whether you already know something about the trait and temperament of highly sensitive people, or if this is your first introduction to the subject, welcome! The goal and intent of this website is to impart information, provide support and be a resource to individuals with the trait of high sensitivity and for the people in their lives.

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A lot has been discovered about the psychology and neuroscience of being a Highly Sensitive Person in the past few years and why you respond to events in your life in a way that sometimes seems so puzzling, far more than I can review in this website. But hopefully by highlighting some of the aspects of this trait for you, these few pages will give you some insight into why you often feel out of sync with the people around you.

I encourage you to check out the other pages here on the Highly Sensitive Person website for more information on the nature of what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person, and how the Trait of High Sensitivity can impact you in the areas of your Personal Relationships and communication skills, your Career, your Health and Well-being, and even your Spirituality, and how by learning more about this trait you can use these insights and tips to begin to make adjustments in your life, your thoughts and your attitude to take the fullest of advantages of being a person who experiences life on a level much more intensely than the average person. And I've also added a new page describing my personal Life Coaching for HSPs service, if you'd like to be personally guided by me into exploring your amazing trait on a one-on-one basis.

I've put together this site as a brief overview of some of the aspects of being a highly sensitive person because from my years of counseling and coaching HSPs, it has become clear that most people with the trait of high sensitivity often think that there's something wrong with them because they feel and respond so differently from most of the "normal" people they interact with every day. And even when they learn about how their brains and bodies work, and understand the science that explains these differences, they often still regard it as something of a disability.

It is my belief that this trait is not a burden, but rather a special gift because it opens you up to a wide world of amazing possibilities and potentials.

You have a great inheritance and you are in a class with a great many very successful, accomplished persons. But as it has been said, with great power comes great responsibility, and you have a responsibility to take care of yourself, to protect your gifts, and to understand that you have a special relationship with the people around you who are not so blessed.

What Do These Famous People Have in Common?

Abraham Lincoln....Carl Jung....Apple's Steve Jobs....Princess Diana. They are all HSP! (Highly Sensitive Persons) or what I also refer to as "Alphas" — those people who have an on going tug-of-war between their head and their heart, individuals who are in touch with both their Masculine and Feminine Energies.

 
HSP "Meetup" in West L.A. on Apr. 17, 8-9:30 p.m.

If you live in Southern California you are invited to our HSP "Meetups" in Los Angeles are held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. To find out more about the L.A. Meetups visit the Highly Sensitive People Meetup site to learn more, sign up and join our HSP Meetup group, and to RSVP for our next "Meetup." And because I'm also a Certified WANT^® Institute Educator in Androgynous Semantic Realignment (ASR),™ her trademarked system of language and communication, I'm able to discuss Dr. Pat Allen's work, too. (See note on Coaching, below.)

We meet at the new SHARE Center, 6666 Green Valley Circle, Culver City, across the 405 Freeway from the Hughes Center, from 8 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. Suggested $10 donation is appreciated to help pay for the room. By the way, for those of you not able to attend our monthly meetings, we've tried an experiment and videotaped the most recent session. A DVD (and maybe even a downloadable video) will soon be available to show what happens at a typical HSP Meetup. If you're interested in viewing this, please sign into the Meetup page and let me know!

(Map to SHARE Center)

These are sure to be interesting evenings learning about and discussing the trait of high sensitivity. If you're an HSP, they'll be evenings of learning to understand yourself better, and if you're a Non-HSP you'll learn how to better understand those Highly Sensitive People in your life. Because HSPs make up about 20% of the population, you are sure to come into contact with many of them, so why not make the most of those relationships; social, business and romantic?

What Some Of My Clients Have Told Me....

• "Jim, your sessions have been a huge part of me getting myself back! Your warmth and charm is a place I can go when I just can't take the world, as it is a place for skills to learn how to manage as an HSP in this world." — Theresa
• "Thank you! Thank you! You are responsible for changing my life for the better! Much Better!" — Darron S.
• "Jim Hallowes' coaching and his work with Highly Sensitive People opened up a whole new awareness about my son and myself that gave me more relief and answers than anything else. He gave me more understanding of HSP and how we don't need to be fixed. I want to thank you for this gift of knowledge you are giving people. It has been truly helpful." — Tammy Hiatt Monaco, Life and Wellness Coach

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Important Disclaimer: Jim Hallowes is not a medical doctor or a clinical psychologist. As a Certified WANT^® Institute ASR Cognitive Behavioral Coach, he works with people who are coping with life but who want to thrive and succeed even more. Any forms of assistance offered by Jim are self-developmental in nature, and do not replace medical or clinical psychological treatment. People who have a medical problem should contact their licensed medical doctor or other suitable qualified professional. Highly Sensitive People is the registered trademark of James M. Hallowes. Please note that Dr. Pat Allen's legal counsel has sent me a letter which directs me to state here that: "The WANT^® Institute is not affiliated with this website/newsletter and does not sponsor or endorse the content of this website/newsletter or the services of Jim Hallowes." and "ASR (Androgenous Semantic Realignment) is a trademark of the WANT^® Institute."

 
Listen to Jim Hallowes' latest interviews

I was the in-studio guest on Los Angeles' radio popular long-running The Aware Show with Lisa Garr, on KPFK 90.7 FM, talking about the trait of high sensitivity and Highly Sensitive People. According to Lisa, The Aware Show is "dedicated to communicating information to inspire positive growth and change. Our goal is an increased awareness and healing on an individual and planetary level." Listen to the complete show or you can order an audio CD-ROM from the Highly Sensitive People Gift Store.

I have also been invited by the people at GenConnect to join their Panel of Experts as the resident authority on HSP, along with Dr. Pat Allen as their expert on Relationship and Communication Issues. If you're not familiar with GenConnect, it's an on-line "Facebook"-type forum where you can interact with a wide variety of knowledgeable coaches, lecturers and authors on topics of self-development, and mingle with a community of like-minded individuals. They were also the co-sponsors (along with MORE Magazine) of the recent "Reinvention-Convention" in New York City which we both attended. Their website is really a great place to get a lot of up-to-the-minute information on a variety of topics, and of course you can view our Jim Hallowes and Dr. Pat Allen video segments there as well, at GenConnect.com/Experts.

Highly Sensitive People Need a Higher Vibration

I was amazed to learn that Albert Einstein (who was a highly sensitive person himself) was the first scientist who began to explore the quality of "vibration" in the universe. He determined that all matter is just another expression of fundamental energy, and everything in the universe — the sun, the earth, our bodies, our lives, the words we speak and the thoughts we have — is nothing more than a vibration of energy.

The rate each of these energies vibrates is called its frequency, and scientists are discovering that it's possible to experience entirely different states of consciousness, as well as stimulating powerful energy centers in the brain and functions such as creativity and mood enhancement, just by subtly "tuning" their frequencies. And the more highly tuned nervous system of an HSP benefits the most utilizing them.

The groundbreaking movie "The Secret" was one of the first popular discussions of vibrations and the Law of Attraction, and new methodologies and products are coming onto the market with increasing "frequency" these days.

But there's nothing new about it. Actually, many of these techniques have been known for centuries, but were extremely difficult to work with. For instance, the solfeggio frequencies were used in Ancient Gregorian Chants, which were held to be capable of spiritually inspiring mankind to be more Godlike and improve our sense of well-being. But over the centuries use of these frequencies was lost because changes were made in our western musical scales, altering the music's ability to tune our higher matrices of thought. The ancient knowledge was almost lost to the ages.

What is new is that today access to these life-changing frequencies has become extremely easy. I've just been introduced to a new method of tuning your internal vibrations by the founders of MindPowerMP3.com who have just released a series of powerful audio tracks designed to help people, especially HSPs, gain greater control over their vibrational state.

As a special promotion, they've set up a special limited-time webpage where you can download without any charge or obligation up to 20 of their most powerful recordings. This is a fantastic opportunity to sample one of the most up-to-date self-improvement technologies available today. Download the MP3s, try them out, apply this audio technique to your own life, and see fantastic results in only a few days. And it will cost you absolutely nothing.

Today's digital technologies makes precise tuning of these frequencies extremely economical, and they can be added to specially recorded MP3 tracks, which mix these fundamental frequencies with beautifully recorded classical music.

Applying these frequencies in your life, just by listening to these special tracks (preferably with headphones to focus the energies) will:

• Increase perception and awareness by building new neural pathways in your brain — science calls it brainwave entrainment
• Balance your heart chakra to become more tolerant, optimistic, compassionate, resourceful and even humorous
• Enhance your ability to learn and focus by tuning in to the Earth/Gaia rejuvenating frequency of 7.83 Hz — called the Schumann Resonance or the "Earth's Heartbeat"
• Relieve stress, accelerate healing and strengthen your immune system. In fact, scientific studies have demonstrated this conclusively

So since this is a limited time promotional offer, I'm happy to make it available here on the Highly Sensitive People website. Accessing this gift is easy — just visit the site below to discover more and to download your 5 free MP3s and also get 2 free reports explaining much more about this amazing new (yet amazingly old) technology. Here's the link to the special offer page:

www.HighlySensitivePeople.com/suggests/20FreeTracks

I'm proud that the people at MindPowerMP3 have allowed me to become an affiliate for their groundbreaking new technology and FTC regulations require I mention this whenever I present any information about exciting new third-party products for the benefit of my readers.

 
Unlock Your Body and Mind's Miraculous Powers

I want you to take advantage of a great opportunity to grab a brand new ebook written by Chris D'Cruz, completely free if you act quickly. This new book, Unlimited Power, currently is on sale on Chris' website for $47, and it's well worth every penny.

But for a limited time, Chris is allowing me to offer it to visitors to the HighlySensitivePeople site here absolutely free. He has set up a special offer and is giving away copies to selected partners, as part of an upcoming special promotion.

If you're interested in getting yourself a copy, you can download the complete ebook at the following site:

Free Link ==>   http://HighlySensitivePeople.com/suggests/Power

This book will show you how to "unlock" the hidden powers in your mind:

• The 3 "creation elements" needed to turn your dreams into reality
• How to tap into the great "universal secret" to manifest unlimited abundance, joy, prosperity and success.
• Plus he reveals the #1 Secret to unlocking your body's miraculous healing powers.

This is all some pretty heady stuff, and I know it may not be for everyone. But from coaching so many people, I've come to realize there is a growing dissatisfaction with our western "super-scientific" mindset and its prescription-pill-for-everything approach (and the dangerous side effects that come with it), and that there's a new openness and groundswell of interest in alternative options that realize and honor our innate power to heal, grow and achieve transcendence.

If you feel that way too, and if you have any appreciation at all of the incredible potential we all have built into our minds and bodies, that so often goes untapped and unrealized, and you are open to finding new ways to get the best out of your life, you should go ahead and check this out.

And yes, there's a sales presentation for Chris' Miracle Brain System, but actually it's kind of fun, and anyway you can scroll past it to get to the free ebook link. So go ahead and take advantage of this offer, because Chris is probably not going to be giving away one of his bestselling books for very long.

Again, the link is:

Free Link ==>   http://HighlySensitivePeople.com/suggests/Power

This book will show you how to "unlock" the hidden powers in your mind:

Think of this as a one more step in your journey toward discovering a life of abundant riches, incredible health and youthful vitality and all that.

Don't miss out on this Special Offer for HSPs 2 FREE "Communicating with Compassion" Classes with Uzi Weingarten!   WANT¨ Institute Graduate and creator of "Communicate with Compassion" Ever look back and wish you had handled things better? Had better, more effective and  empathic listening skills? Or have you tried to help someone and wondered what went wrong? Gotten back resentment instead of gratitude? If this sounds familiar, Uzi's course will be great for you! I have personally gotten a great deal out of it, and it's think it's really valuable to HSPs who want to be helpful.   The "Communicating with Compassion" tele-course offers a highly useful set of tools for effective, skillful and empathic communication at work, with friends and at home. These skills are always helpful, and are especially valuable in tricky situations, such as when others are expressing emotions (e.g. anger, concern, disappointment, hurt, worry, frustration, sadness) and when you are asked to give others advice and feedback. The Communicating with Compassion phone conference course will take your relationship skills to the next level, and you will learn: 5 listening skills and when to use each one 5 key communication mistakes to avoid 5 key rules to remember when offering  advice and feedback Affirming the dignity of the other and avoid shame-based responses How to lend people an ear so that they can work out their situations These are highly interactive sessions, 50% presentation and 50% demonstration and practice, and include a user-friendly handout. Practical skills, immediately applicable in both work and personal life. Uzi assures you:   "Apply these Communicating with Compassion tools to your life and watch the magic happen!" Click here to visit his website now and sign up for the two free classes!     Dates & Times including your Complimentary Gift Sessions of Communicating with Compassion: Wednesdays at 1:30--2:30 pm Eastern (10:30--11:30 am Pacific); or Mondays at 8:30--9:30 pm Eastern (5:30--6:30 pm Pacific).   After taking your first two FREE classes, if you find this valuable and want to continue Uzi offers a very reasonable rate for HSPs.   For more information, call Uzi at 310-625-6139, or by email at: uziteaches@aol.com.   www.uziteaches.com and www.cwcseminars.com

The "Evelyn Brooks Born To Triumph" Show.

I want to recommend a podcast series by my friend and fellow coach Evelyn Brooks which has just started up on Apple's iTunes site. Evelyn will be discussing a wide range of topics in each episode, with a focus on helping you to start living your greatness in every area of your life: personal growth, relationships, attracting love, health, wealth, success and achieving enduring happiness.

Are you currently feeling "stressed out" about anything? On her first podcast, Evelyn presents three very potent stress-reduction techniques that you can put into practice every day to help combat effects of physical stress that take a toll on your physical and mental health. These are simple little steps each based on the idea that stress results from internal mental resistance to something in life, and they are especially important for HSPs who I've noticed in my coaching usually have a strong impulse to be "in control" of things to feel comfortable.

Remember the Law of Attraction comes into play when dealing with stress: when we allow ourselves to remain centered on anger, depression, or resentment we will tend to attract more of those same kind of experiences.

The new series is available at EvelynBrooks.com and also directly on iTunes and it's free to listen to anytime, day or night. The link to Evelyn's Facebook page is ShowsByEvelyn.com so please, after you've listened give her a rating (5-star, if you can!) and feel free to "share" with your Facebook friends.

A Special Note: I want you to have one of the books that Dr. Pat Allen has based her therapies on, at no charge. The publisher has made arrangements with us to give away a FREE COPY of Napoleon Hill's famous book, Think & Grow Rich — that's the acclaimed book about the power of Positive Thinking that much of the Law of Attraction (and "The Secret") is based on. There are millionaires today who credit their success to the "secrets" they read in this book, including some of the authorities who appeared in the movie itself.

Anyway, it's a great deal from the publisher… just tell them where to send it, and they'll mail you the Number-One Success Book of all time.

You will find the details here: Get Your Free Book!

And really, feel free to pass this news on to your friends. They can get a copy of the book, too, if they act right away. This is one of my favorite books. I know they'll love it and thank you for your thoughtfulness!

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