A talk I gave at Welsh ICE (as part of their Friday ICE talks) on 31st January 2014. As the slides are all pictures, here are the notes to go with them: Slide 2 – Search - If you Googled it… - Not Hargreaves Services plc or Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (thank goodness!) Slide 3 – Books - No, I meant Highly Sensitive Person or Highly Sensitive People! - Two books: one more general, the other more work-related Slide 4 – Crying - And no… Don’t just mean I’m touchy - Not just about emotions – environmental stimuli, too Slide 5 – Five - It affects 1 in 5 people - 20% of this room could be affected Slide 6 – Women & Men - Affects men & women equally, 50/50 - Harder for men to accept/distinguish Slide 7 – Family - This may not apply to you, but… - If not, think of your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, mum, dad, brother, sister, children - Books dedicated to raising highly sensitive children, etc. Slide 8 – Employees - Not just family, but think of your employees - HSPs may respond differently to how they’re treated compared to non-HSPs Slide 9 – Bright - We’re more easily affected by environmental stimuli - Bright lights, glare, background noises… - It affects us more than non-HSPs – attracts our attention and draws our energy Slide 10 – Overwhelmed - We’re more easily overwhelmed - Non-HSPs might be able to handle stressful situations better Slide 11 – Crowd - Also overwhelmed by crowded places - I think it makes a difference if we can easily escape, e.g. music festivals (tent nearby) Slide 12 – Hugs - Now onto some positives… - We tend to be more empathetic - We respond to people’s moods Slide 13 – Moods - Speaking of which, we are good at sensing people’s moods - E.g. we might pick up on someone who’s upset when other people can’t - And we can ask “hey, are you ok?” Slide 14 – Detail - We are also good at tasks that require attention to detail - Very well suited to HSPs – might be boring for non-HSPs, but we (can often) relish them Slide 15 – Spelling - We are good at picking up on minor details - This is good for noticing differences between different documents, or spelling mistakes - We make good proofreaders! Slide 16 – Concentration - We often tend to be better to concentrate - (So long as there’s no environmental stimuli to distract us, that is!) Slide 17 – Creativity - We tend to be creative people - Writers, artists, musicians… - You often hear the phrase “sensitive soul” around creatives Slide 18 – Free Lance - HSPs are better suited at self-employment - A chapter in one of the books is dedicated to freelancing - One of the reasons I went self-employed! Slide 19 – Start - Applies to startups, too Slide 20 – Box - I spoke to someone about how I was a self-diagnosed HSP recently and they said: - “Why do you want to put yourself in a box?” - I found it liberating when I realised - Box me up…!

21. Images
•H/S/P
• Crying
• Five
• Women & Men
• Family
• Employees
• Bright
• Overwhelmed
• Crowd
• Hugs
• Moods
• Detail
• Spelling
• Concentration
• Creativity
• Free Lance
• Start
• Box
• Wales