Enrolment Opens Monday 17th March, 2025

A 4-Month Online Self-Paced Course where you receive access to new modules on a weekly basis

This course offers a comprehensive exploration of what it means to embrace high sensitivity as a strength, providing the tools, knowledge, and support to navigate life's challenges with confidence, resilience, and authenticity.

Instructor

William Allen

Course Instructor and Mentor for Highly Sensitive Men

William Allen, author of Confessions of a Sensitive Man and On Being a Sensitive Man, leads the course with insights drawn from his extensive work as an advocate for HSP men. He is a certified hypnotist and brain training coach , author and advocate for HSP Men. He believes that male sensitivity is not so rare, but it can be confounding for most males living in a culture of masculine insensitivity which teaches boys and men to disconnect from their feelings and emotions. As a highly sensitive individual himself, William combines personal experience, professional expertise, and engaging storytelling to create a transformative learning experience.

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What You'll Learn

  • The Foundation of Sensitivity: Understand the biological and psychological roots of high sensitivity, dispel myths, and embrace the unique gifts this trait offers.

  • Emotional Mastery: Develop tools for emotional regulation, navigate overwhelm, and channel your depth of feeling into creative and constructive outlets.

  • Redefining Masculinity: Explore how sensitivity aligns with modern masculinity and how HSMs can lead the way in creating a balanced, inclusive vision of manhood.

  • Practical Life Skills: From setting boundaries to expanding your comfort zone, the course provides actionable strategies to thrive in relationships, careers, and personal pursuits.

  • Mindset and Resilience: Cultivate a mindset of growth, purpose, and self-belief to build confidence and align with your values.

Course Features

  • 16 In-Depth Modules

    Covering topics like Taoist principles, emotional regulation, confidence building, and creating a purposeful life.

  • Expert Interviews

    Insights from renowned coaches, psychologists, and thought leaders specializing in sensitivity and personal development

  • Interactive Exercises

    Guided activities, visualizations, and tools to help you apply lessons to your daily life.

  • Bonus Materials

    Access to additional resources, such as guided audio scripts for relaxation and visualization.

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Join a community of men redefining sensitivity as a source of strength. Whether you’re looking to better understand yourself, enhance your relationships, or embrace your sensitivity in a powerful way, On Being a Sensitive Man is your guide to a fulfilling and empowered life.

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Course curriculum

  • Module 1: Guiding Principles to Live Life the HSM Way Topics:

    • Following the Path of Least Resistance • Chi – Cultivating Life Energy • Harnessing Flow State • Allowance – Allowing Flow and Being • Interpretive Adaptation of Taoist Philosophy

  • Module 2: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs with Kaufman’s Revisions Topics:

    • Introduction to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs • Why this is important to HSPs • Kaufman Revisits Maslow’s Theory • Kaufman’s Revised Model • Kaufman’s 7 Principles for Becoming a Whole Person

  • Module 3: Setting Boundaries Topics:

    • Why set boundaries? • Types of boundaries • Seven steps to setting boundaries • Dealing with pushback • Using the Four “Ps”

  • Module 4: Growing Your Comfort Zone Topics:

    • Expanding the Comfort Zone • Comfort Zone Growth • Comfort Zone Cycle • Expanding the Comfort Zone vs. Leaving the Comfort Zone

  • Module 5: Walking with Confidence Topics:

    • The Importance of Confidence for HSP Men • What is confidence? • Dissecting fear, doubt and internal obstacles • The Wheel of Confidence • Dealing with failure • Six Pillars of Confidence

  • Module 6: Dealing with Change Topics:

    • What’s the big deal about change? • What is change? • Types of change • Embracing change • Creating our own change

  • Module 7: Dealing with Strong Emotions Topics:

    • “Living and dying” with strong emotions • Emotional Regulation • Process Model of Emotional Regulation • Tools for Emotional Regulation • ART model of Adaptive Emotional Regulation Module 7: Dealing with Strong Emotions Topics:

  • Module 8: The Peaceful and Priestly Warrior Topics:

    • The Way of the Peaceful Warrior • The Art of Verbal Self Defense • Physical Self-defense • The HSP Way or the Tao of Sensitivity

  • Module 9: Brain Training for Resilience Topics:

    • The problem with overwhelm • Building Mental Resilience • Tuning Your Brain • Brain Training • Know your learning style • Amen’s Active Flow Diagram

  • Module 10: Mindset – How to Move Forward as an HSP Man Topics:

    • Life’s turbulence • Mindset towards others • Setting internal mindset • Facing the world and the mission • Influencing the world, the HSP way

  • Module 11: The Right Life for You Topics:

    • What is happiness? • The Path with a Heart • HSPs and Spirituality • Practical Moksha

  • Module 12: The Right Livelihood Topics:

    • Where do you best fit? • Corporate life or solo adventure? • Environmentals are critical • Money and work, what do you value? • Fleshing out your purpose in life

  • Module 13: Know Thyself Topics:

    • Personality and Personality Tests • Who are you? Reconnoitering the data • Practical applications for personality tests

  • Module 14: Acceptance Topics:

    • Accepting your difference • The Flower Model of Sensitivity • Getting to self-love • Accepting the mission

  • Module 15: HSP Education Topics:

    • Helping non-HSPs understand us • Educating Parents and family • Networking with other HSPs • The imaginary HSP Owner’s Manual • Organizing the Sensitives

  • Module 16: Redefining Masculinity Topics:

    • Sensitivity as a strength • On Being a Manly Man • Raising HSP boys under a new norm • Building a Bro Network • Standing up to Toxic Masculinity

Bonus Materials

Expert Interviews

  • Module 2: Hierarchy of Needs with Dr. Genevieve von Lob

    Topic: Meaning and Purpose for HSPs

    • Why do you think having meaning and purpose in life is so important to HSPs? • How would you recommend HSPs find their purpose or meaning? Is it a lifelong endeavor? • Do you think HSPs have a group mission, and if so, what is it?

  • Module 3: Setting Boundaries with Maria Hill

    Topic: Boundaries for HSPs

    • Why is it important to set boundaries? • Does the DOES model inform us about the boundaries HSPs need? • Should boundaries differ based on relationship types? • Are boundaries like walls or fences? • What are the steps to setting boundaries? • What advice do you have for HSMs who feel uncomfortable setting boundaries?

  • Module 4: Expanding the Comfort Zone with Rose Cox

    Topic: Comfort Zone Expansion

    • Explain the comfort zone, its value, and limitations. • How does one grow their comfort zone? • Tips for HSP men in expanding their comfort zone?

  • Module 5: Walking with Confidence with Damian Andrews

    Topic: Confidence for HSPs

    • How would you describe self-confidence? • How can you best develop confidence? • What does walking in confidence mean to you?

  • Module 6: Dealing with Change with Willow McIntosh

    Topic: Managing Change for HSPs

    • How can HSP men most effectively deal with change? • How do you recommend managing difficult changes? • What tools or techniques can help with significant change?

  • Module 7: Dealing with Strong Emotions with : Tammy Goen

    Topic: Emotional Regulation with EFT

    • Can you explain the mechanics of EFT and why it works? • How can you use EFT for emotional regulation? • Does EFT work well with depression or mood changes?

  • Module 8: The Way of the Peaceful Warrior withCraig Gray

    Topic: Conflict Management and Self-Defense

    • What does the Way of the Peaceful Warrior mean to you? • What steps can de-escalate a situation to avoid conflict? • If conflict escalates, how can one defend/protect themselves? • What is a basic level of training needed to protect oneself?

  • Module 9: Tuning Your Brain with Julie Bjelland

    Topic: Brain Training for HSPs

    • What does overwhelm mean to you? • Can you tell us what resilience means to you? • Can you give examples of brain training/tuning for HSPs?

  • Module 10: How to Move Forward as an HSP with Annet De Zwart

    Topic: Mindset and Resilience for HSPs

    • What mindset should HSPs have for moving forward in life? • What are the major challenges HSPs face in navigating the world? • What can HSPs do to build self-belief?

  • Module 11: The Right Life for You with Jules De Vitto

    Topic: Finding Purpose and Happiness

    • How should an HSP approach finding the right life for them? • How important is it to develop a spiritual path for HSPs? • What does happiness mean to you?

  • Module 12: The Right Livelihood with Juri Misaki

    Topic: Career Planning for HSPs

    • How do you help HSPs find their best career options? • What advice do you have for HSPs working in corporate environments or as entrepreneurs? • What are HSPs' major strengths in the workplace?

  • Module 13: Know Thyself with Jacquelyn Strickland

    Topic: Personality and Self-Discovery

    • What is the value of personality tests for self-discovery? • How does MBTI compare to the Big Five? • How do HSPs typically align with personality tests?

  • Module 14: Acceptance with Barbara Allen-Williams

    Topic: Self-Acceptance for HSPs

    • How can HSPs best accept who they are? • Can you explain the sensitivity spectrum and its implications? • What advice would you give an HSP to reach self-love?

  • Module 15: HSP Education Speaker with Susanne De Munck Mortier

    Topic: Supporting HSP Boys

    • Why is it important to educate professionals about SPS? • What are the best practices for raising HSP boys? • If there were an HSP Owner’s Manual, what key chapters should it have?

  • Module 16: Redefining Masculinity with Dr. Tracy Cooper

    Topic: Masculinity and Sensitivity

    • Can you imagine what a new masculinity might look like? • How can HSP men affect change in masculinity? • What is toxic masculinity and why is it problematic?

  • Bonus Expert Interview: High Responsiveness Training with Randy Grasser

    Topic: High Responsiveness Training

    • What is high responsiveness? • Why is this important to HSP men? • Tips, tricks and techniques to increase responsiveness

Expert Speakers

Dr. Tracy Cooper

Expert Speaker

Dr. Tracy Cooper is a leading advocate for highly sensitive men and high sensation seeking highly sensitive people (HSS/HSPs), and is an author of three books and served as a co-producer and consulting producer for the first-ever documentary film on highly sensitive men: Sensitive Men Rising. Tracy is a professor at Baker University where he teaches in a leadership in higher education Doctor of Education program

Rose Cox

Expert Speaker

Rose Cox is a multifaceted expert dedicated to helping highly sensitive entrepreneurs achieve sustainable growth in their online ventures. With a rich background in web development, SEO, digital marketing, and a deep expertise in hypnotherapy, human potential coaching and business mentoring, Rose offers a unique blend of practical business strategies and holistic personal and professional development. As the founder of The HSP Business School and The Sensitive CEO Show podcast, she empowers clients to overcome limiting beliefs and build thriving online businesses with confidence. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Rose finds joy in yoga, hiking, and exploring the realms of technology and astrology, enriching her holistic approach to personal and business development.

Willow McIntosh

Expert Speaker

Willow McIntosh is the founder of Inluminance, specialising in training and empowering Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) to uncover their true purpose and align with work that fully leverages their unique gifts and abilities.

Barbara Allen-Williams

Expert Speaker

Barbara Allen-Williams is based in the U.K. She founded Growing Unlimited Therapeutic Consultancy in 2002. She worked as a therapist, group worker and supervisor from 1993 to 2013. Barbara has received training on high sensitivity directly from Dr Elaine Aron in the USA and has provided interviews and talks for radio and online media on the topic of highly sensitive people. She has written and presents continuing professional development workshops for professionals and sensitive individuals on the trait of sensory processing sensitivity and is a speaker on the topic of highly sensitive people and authentic sensitive living. She facilitates the empowerment of individual HSPs as a mentor 1-1, plus groups and workshops nationally and internationally. Barbara has written a book for HSPs that is due to be published in spring 2025. She is a founding member of ‘International Consultants on High Sensitivity’. You can contact her at +44 7773124854 or by email at [email protected] or visit her website at www.growingunlimited.co.uk for more information

Julie Bjelland

Expert Speaker

Julie Bjelland, LMFT, is a neurodivergent psychotherapist, author, and consultant specializing in high sensitivity and late-discovered autism. As the founder of Sensitive Empowerment, she is passionate about helping sensitive and neurodivergent individuals embrace their authentic selves, improve their well-being, and thrive through online courses, a supportive community, a podcast, and other resources available at JulieBjelland.com.

Susanne de Munck

Expert Speaker

Susanne de Munck Mortier helped hundreds of highly sensitive people, and their families, to remember who they truly are and why things are the way they are in life & business. She loves to help men focus on a deep self leadership journey, to help parents understand their highly sensitive children at a profound level by cleaning up their own mental load first, to help sensitive mothers thrive in business by guiding their life' s work according to their personal genius, and to champion our sensitive children, teachers and principals in education'.

Annet van Duinen

Expert Speaker

Annet van Duinen is a Certified Life Coach with over a decade of experience, empowering Highly Sensitive People to transform their sensitivity into strength, blending her traits as an Empowered HSP and High Sensation Seeker to inspire growth.

Randy Grasser

Expert Speaker

Randy Grasser is a seasoned life guide and global adventurer, embodying the unique duality of an empowered Highly Sensitive Person and an extreme high sensation seeker, blending emotional depth with a fearless pursuit of transformative experiences.

Maria Hill

Expert Speaker

Maria is the author of the Emerging Sensitive: A Guide For Finding Your Place In The World. She is a writer, coach, and healer, who specializes in making culture understandable for sensitive people. She can be found on her Substack.

Jules De Vitto

Jules De Vitto, MAEd, MSc Certified Coach and Trainer for Highly Sensitive People.

Jules has a BSc in Psychology, MA in Education and MSc in Transpersonal Psychology, Consciousness and Spirituality. She is an accredited and certified Transpersonal Coach, Authentic-Self-Empowerment Facilitator, as well as an experienced trainer and educator. She works as a Transpersonal Coach Tutor as part of the 1-year certificate in Transpersonal Coaching Psychology with Alef Trust and is accredited as a Coach Trainer by the International Association for Coaches, Therapists and Mentors. She is the founder of The Highly Sensitive Human Academy — an online community that offers courses, coaching, articles and a podcast for Highly Sensitive People. She helps those who identify with the traits of high sensitivity to navigate emotional overwhelm, step into their authentic power and align with their true purpose in life. She is a published author who wrote 'Resilience: Navigating Loss in a Time of Crisis' which provides practical resources to cultivate greater resilience and find greater meaning and purpose through times of crisis. She has published her research in the peer-reviewed journal Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology.

Genevieve Von Lob

Clinical Psychologist and Coach

Dr Genevieve von Lob is a clinical psychologist and parenting coach based in London. After 15 years working in Britain's National Health Service, private practice in Harley Street and inside big corporations, she published her book "Happy Parent, Happy Child: A 10-step plan for a stress-free family life" with Penguin. She also authored a parenting book "Five Deep Breaths: The Power of Mindful Parenting."

Genevieve now works as an independent psychologist providing one-on-one sessions to adults and young people. Genevieve specialises in working with Highly Sensitive People (HSP) and parents with Highly Sensitive Children (HSC). Genevieve hosts a thriving community called the HSP Revolution which offers events, workshops, a members-only newsletter, weekly inspiration, tips and challenges and access to a community hub for connection and discussions. Her work is inspired in part by the pioneering research of Dr Elaine Aron, who brought the term HSP into widespread use.

Damian Andrews

Expert Speaker

Damian Andrews, formally posted to the Australian SAS, now an international business transformation expert and author who revolutionizes how organizations view sensitivity in leadership. His groundbreaking work on Return on Sensitivity (ROS) demonstrates how highly sensitive traits drive innovation and profit in the modern workplace. Through his transformation of an $8M family company into a $25M success story during COVID lockdowns, Andrews proved that sensitivity, when strategically leveraged, becomes a powerful business advantage.As CEO of DamianAndrews.com and founder of SHAIR.care, he bridges the gap between traditional masculine spaces and emotional intelligence. His books, including 'Get Sh*t Done' and the upcoming 'Untapped Profit,' challenge conventional wisdom about sensitivity in business leadership. Andrews' unique methodology, developed through work with military units and Fortune 500 companies, shows how highly sensitive men and women can transform their perceived challenges into competitive advantages. Damian reveals that teams embracing sensitive traits are 85% more likely to achieve breakthrough innovations, making him a leading voice in redefining masculine success in the modern workplace.

Craig Grey

Expert Speaker

Craig Gray is a defensive tactics instructor, conflict communication expert and leadership coach. For over three decades he has been sought after by private organizations and government agencies, fortune 500 companies and many others for his unique approach to leadership, personal defense and development. Craig has over 35 years experience in security services, martial arts and defensive tactics. He holds black belts and advanced instructor certifications in several martial arts and tactical communication systems. For decades he has been hired to teach countless police departments, military personnel, security teams, churches, hospitals and schools. He is one of the founding instructors of RGI, the team who was contracted to retrain the entire Camden NJ police department on their current community policing protocol, including ethics, de-escalation & physical defensive tactics. Craig also created the MCOLES (Michigan Commission of Law Enforcement Standards) Self Defense for Law Enforcement Training Program and was an adjunct instructor for defensive tactics & protector ethics at the Homeland Security & Protective Services Academy within the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps. Craig owns and operates a local Krav Maga Academy and is the founder of PeaceWalker.org an on-line resource for conflict management, leadership and defensive tactics. His unique approach helps people to clarify & develop a Protectors Lifestyle, which enhances every aspect of one’s personal and professional life.

Juri Misaki

Expert Speaker

Career Consultant (certified by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan) No. 17050838. I am an HSP and an HSS myself. I support HSPs on their life and career planning, also provides personal / group trainings on building relationship, assertive communication, maintaining boundary and self esteem. Please email for English support.

Bonus Materials

You'll also receive free access to two of William Allen's books

Confessions of a Sensitive Man was written for every man or boy that was told that they are too emotional. Masculinity isn't defined by how much you feel, sense or experience emotionally. On Being a Sensitive Man is the follow-up companion volume to Confessions of a Sensitive Man. It was written to provide strategies and tools for highly sensitive men to help them navigate their lives.

The Highly Sensitive Human Academy

The Highly Sensitive Human Academy™ – a central hub providing an abundance of resources and accredited courses for Highly Sensitive People all over the globe.

The HSH Academy empowers Highly Sensitive People by guiding them to step into their authentic gifts and purpose in life. What’s unique about the Highly Sensitive Human Academy is we offer a transpersonal and integrative approach to working with and supporting highly sensitive adults and children.

The academy's accredited professional training courses are aimed at supporting Highly Sensitive People to go from overwhelmed, burnt out, and stressed to feeling empowered, resilient and able to thrive in their innate gifts.

The courses and training are all based on an integrative framework – a unique transpersonal and integrative framework which encompasses eight key domains for HSP to embody in their transformation and healing.

Professional Coaching Bodies & Accreditation

The Highly Sensitive Human Academy is a recognised Coaching and Training Organisational Member of the International Association of Coaches, Therapists and Mentors (IACTM) as well as the Association of Coaching (AC).  

FAQ

  • How many hours a week do I need to spend on the course?

    It's suggested you dedicate around 3-4 hours a week to the course content, studying the material and engaging in the webinar and guest speaker videos (Totalling approximately 64 hours by the end of the course).

  • Who is this course for?

    This course is tailored for men who: Identify as Highly Sensitive People, want to transform sensitivity into a source of strength and resilience, seek meaningful connections, career fulfillment, and personal authenticity, desire to challenge outdated notions of masculinity and embrace their full potential.

  • What is the Refund Policy?

    You can get a refund within 7 days of making the purchase, however, refunds will not be offered after 7-days of purchase. If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this refund policy, we encourage you to contact us using the details: [email protected]

  • Is the course all online?

    Yes, all sessions and course content are online. The course is pre-recorded so you can work through the content at your own pace. It is a mixture of videos, downloadable workbooks, worksheets, audio files and guest speakers/webinars.