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Find Your Way as a Highly Sensitive Creative 🪴
Hello and Welcome!
If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and self-employed and/or creatively inclined, you’ve definitely come to the right place.
This Substack is geared towards helping self-employed HSPs thrive in their creative endeavors. The primary objective is to help HSPs gain confidence and clarity around their singular characteristics as Sensitive People and use these characteristics to gain Creative success.
Does This Sound Like You?
Before I discovered that I was an HSP (a huge “lightbulb moment” as they say!) and that I had severe anxiety, I struggled through life not knowing why I was the way I was.
😓I got more tired and worried and was often grouchier than other people.
🎧I loved and listened to music more than most people.
👩🎨I received so much joy and satisfaction from creating works of art and writing poetry and novels and ads as well as from being in nature.
🫂I was always very aware of my surroundings as well as details about other people’s thoughts, expressions, and emotions. It was exhausting.
In addition to working full-time as the Director of Marketing, Communication and Development for a large non-profit organization, I’m also a parent of two young adults, a step-parent of two young adults, a lover of animals, a partner, friend, book club member and concert go-er.
Freelance and Full-Time - Oh My!
I’ve been working either full-time or as a freelancer for over 30 years! I have two university degrees - a B.A.A. in Radio & Television Arts and a B.A. in sociology and theatre.
My career found me working in advertising, communications, marketing, and project management. And when I freelanced (which started when my son was a baby), I wrote for magazines, web sites, corporate clients and non-profits.
So, as you can see, I have a real depth of knowledge about creative work and how to focus on making money as a Creative HSP.
I want to build a community of like-minded folks here and learn from you as well. Together, we can ensure that people like us have the ability to set up a career that suits our special interests and niche characteristics.
Sound good? Join me and 300+ other folks. 😊
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Original Prompts for HSP Creatives
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Lisa
Hi, I'm Moorea! I too am highly sensitive and like to be out in nature. I tend to get along better with other HSPs. I enjoy supporting good writers who want to grow our Substacks together. I summarize peer-reviewed research. I also fact-check journalists who tell us what the research says.
A lot like-minded I'd say! Looking forward to seeing more of your writing. As a HSP who struggled with all of the effects until discovering the trait a few years ago, I know exactly what it's like. I also worked as a writer and communications professional, full, part-time and freelance, burning out a lot! Now helping others like us to learn how to find balance and create a healthier lifestyle they love.