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Welcome to episode 36. I'm your host, Kelly. This is a show about people with sensory processing sensitivity. We are conscientious and perceptive to the details of the world around us. Thanks for tuning in. Today's episode is about creativity. You know, a few years ago, I never would have used the word creative to describe myself.

Creative people were painters, sculptors, poets, artists. That wasn't me. I don't have much

artistic ability. And I grew up thinking that being creative or artistic was sort of a waste of

time. Creativity wasn't practical or of real

value. Creative people were dreamers. I wanted to be a person who got things done. Of course, I eventually

realized that this was a totally, completely dumb way to think. And those beliefs about creativity

not being encouraged were a product of my particular environment,

not related to being highly sensitive.

It's just how I grew up.

The other day I read something that hit me in one of Dr. Elaine Aaron's website newsletters.

She wrote,

All HSPs are creative by definition.

Many have squashed their creativity because of their low self-esteem.

Many more had it squashed for them before they could ever know about it.

Reading this was another one of those wow moments for me.

Then she writes,

The simplest definition of creativity is the putting together of two or more things

that no one but you would think to put together. Does that speak to you? It speaks to me big time.

In my adult working life, I recognize that I enjoy and excel at putting together people or ideas. I like trying to find

creative solutions to problems. I love connecting two people that can mutually benefit each other.

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