Maria Hill is the founder of HSP Health and Sensitive
Evolution. She is a lifelong explorer of the sensitive experience and the
challenges of bridging the difference between sensitive and non-sensitive
people. Her interest in wisdom traditions, and new developments in the
understanding of patterns of human behavior and living provides a unique
perspective about the value of the sensitive trait and the needs of highly
sensitive people.
Her latest book is the self-help book, The
Emerging Sensitive: A Guide For Finding Your Place In The World.
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Title:
The Emerging Sensitive: A Guide For Finding Your Place In The World
Author: Maria Hill
Publisher: BookBaby
Pages: 150
Genre: Self-Improvement
Author: Maria Hill
Publisher: BookBaby
Pages: 150
Genre: Self-Improvement
Having only been given a name for
their unique nature a few decades ago, highly sensitive people, or HSPs, are
finally able to identify their traits and connect with one another in new and
beneficial ways. In her book, The Emerging Sensitive: A Guide For Finding Your
Place In The World, Maria Hill illuminates the path to self exploration and
discovery for HSPs. Drawing on work of HSP expert Dr. Elaine Aron’s “DOES”
model, Hill paints a vivid picture of the world as seen through the eyes of a
highly sensitive person. She traces the roots of HSPs back to the earliest
civilizations by following the evolutional framework of Spiral Dynamics as laid
out by Don Beck and Chris Cowan. In doing so, she reveals the shifting roles of
highly sensitive people in societies throughout the ages and exploring what the
future holds as the culture shifts to a more HSP-friendly stage. Along the
journey, Hill provides key insights and tools like the Whole Self framework of
Bill Plotkin for highly sensitive people to take control of their lives and
embrace their sensitive natures. With the guidance and resources contained
within this book, HSPs can begin to discover and nurture their true potential.
Praise for The Emerging
Sensitive:
“The Emerging Sensitive is an
essential resource in supporting highly sensitive people in showing up in
relevant ways, and not at a cost to them. The culture we live in has created
many challenges to sensitivity and those who are more highly sensitive.
Connection has created pain and therefore avoidance for many highly sensitive
people. The cost to being present has been the sensitive self. But, it is
changing. It needs to change further. I believe our culture will change the
more highly sensitive people can join in and offer themselves genuinely,
without compromise. I believe strongly in changing the way we all use sensitivity,
and this book is a solid contribution to that effort. It is full of great
resources to help a spectrum of highly sensitive people in finding their place
and bring their gifts to light.”
--Ane Axford, Sensitive
Leadership
For More Information
- The Emerging Sensitive: A Guide For Finding Your Place In The World is available at Amazon.
- Pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble.
- Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.
Thank you for this
interview! I’d like to know more about
you as a person first. What do you do
when you’re not writing?
Like many people today, work
takes most of my time. When not writing my book, I am developing my website,
Sensitive Evolution (http://www.sensitiveevolution.com),
writing blog posts, creating courses and an app. Because I work many hours one
of my favorite things to do is go outside with my cat, Kelly. She is old now so
we go out and sit and enjoy nature together. It gets me away from the computer
and always refreshes me. Like most highly sensitive people I am most nourished
when being in nature so walking around the yard with Kelly, listening to birds
and feeding the feral cats and foxes is very enjoyable. We have so many
different kinds of animals to enjoy since there is a large forest behind our
house. One day a huge group of starlings visited and they did a murmuration for
us. It was thrilling to watch!
I do a lot of reading related
to self improvement and the current changes in the world especially the effort
of human beings to change ourselves so that we can make the world a better
place. I also read about alternative health and am a Reiki master.
In addition, I am an artist
and although I have not been painting recently, I love to paint abstract
shapes. I am especially fond of exploring color and my creativity with color is
one of my painting talents.
When did you start writing?
I remember writing a short
story in high school which was based on Guy de Maupassant’s story, The
Necklace. The teacher and class loved it and that was the first time I began to
think that I could write. I have taken a number of creative writing courses and
have always done exceptionally well with them. I think it is because I am very
creative.
As a published author, what
would you say was the most pivotal point of your writing life?
I think the last six years
have been particularly important. My blog has been so well received and helpful
to people that is has given me a lot of confidence. It is one thing to write a
good story once, it is another matter to consistently write good articles that
add value and that offer a unique perspective.
If you could go anywhere in
the world to start writing your next book, where would that be and why?
I think a creative community
would be great. I would love to have a small house either in the woods or close
to a beach with enough solitude to be able to work uninterrupted. Being in
nature is the most nourishing for me. I think Provincetown MA or Woodstock NY
would be excellent.
If you had 4 hours of extra
time today, what would you do?
It would be luxurious to sit
on a beach with my cat and enjoy watching the surf come in.
Where would you like to set a
story that you haven’t done yet?
I like Europe a lot because of
its rich history. Salzburg is one of my favorite cities in Europe and would be
a good choice. I am also interested in the beautiful old cities of Eastern
Europe like Budapest. There are so many beautiful places. I would love to visit
China or New Zealand.
Back to your present book, The
Emerging Sensitive, how did you publish it?
I self-published through
Bookbaby.
In writing your book, did you
travel anywhere for research?
I traveled through the
internet. I do a lot of reading and that is the main source of my research.
Why was writing The
Emerging Sensitive so important to you?
I was on a coaching call with
a young woman who was uncertain about her work direction. At the time I had
completed a number of large surveys of highly sensitive people. It struck my
how often sensitive people said that they were concerned about their ability to
find suitable work and to survive. The Emerging Sensitive book is meant to
explain to sensitive people why they have had difficulty and how the world is
now creating new opportunities that are perfect for them
Where do you get your best
ideas and why do you think that is?
I think that my ideas come
mainly from trying to solve problems or trying to understand something that
does not make sense to me. I have always been curious about why the world is as
messed up as it is sometimes and that can create good material for writing.
Any final words?
I think our most interesting
work comes from grappling with challenges in our lives and writing about the
solutions we find so that others can benefit. If I can take some worries or
concerns and offer a new perspective that makes that person’s life easier I am
a happy person.
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