You feel things more. You always have.

You've been gathering clues your whole life.

But nobody handed you a manual.

The Highly Sensitive Person: An Illustrated Field Guide is part memoir, part science companion, part illustrated sketchbook - a naturalist's notebook for the human who has always suspected they were receiving more signal than everyone else. Because you were. Over 180 illustrations. 416 pages.

New to the term HSP?

Start with the field assessment and the science chapters — you may finally feel accurately described for the first time.

A seasoned sensitive?

Come for the research on animals as HSPs, the bandwidth metaphor, and field notes from someone who has been living this for decades.

With more than 180 original illustrations, a self-assessment quiz, science-backed research, personal field notes, and a generous helping of woo, this guide exists not to make you feel precious about your sensitivity - but to help you understand your operating system, accept who you are, and thrive in a world not quite tuned to your frequencies.

Inside you'll find:

• A field assessment to discover - or confirm - your HSP nature
• The science of high sensitivity explained without the jargon
• Chapters on empathy, work, relationships, emotional spirals, and finding your people
• Personal field notes drawn from a sometimes embarrassingly deeply felt life
• A Personalized Field Kit of coping strategies from an HSP practitioner
• 180+ original illustrations throughout
• A full bibliography and appendix for the research-curious HSP

Whether you've just discovered the term "highly sensitive person" or you've been quietly navigating this bandwidth your whole life, this book meets you where you are — in the field, mid-observation, notebook open.

Think of it less as self-help. More as field notes from a fellow traveler who finally figured out what she was looking at.

Written by Marti McGinnis: an artist, teacher, writer, and equestrian with 40 years of creative practice and certification in Person-Centred Expressive Arts - and a lifetime of firsthand field research, ongoing.

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