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Highly Sensitive Men: An Interview with Esther Kane's HSM husband, Nathaniel Richman

October 26, 2022 • Esther Kane, MSW, RSW, RCC • Season 1 • Episode 11

Nathaniel Richman is the Founder and Creative Director of Nrichmedia, a Website Design company which helps individuals and organizations market themselves and grow while also making a positive impact on the world. Check them out at: www.nrichmedia.com

He also happens to be my husband of nearly 22 years and we are near to celebrating 24 years together! Why am I dragging him here to be a YouTube video and a podcast guest? Because he happens to be highly sensitive person who is also a male and I needed one to interview.

Episode Contents:

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 HSP Series Intro
2:13 Introducing Esther's HSP husband, Nathaniel Richman
4:08 What Nathaniel sees as the differences between HSP men and non-HSP men
5:36 Elaine Aron's Acronym “STYLE” for Highly Sensitive Males (HSMs) and Nathaniel's take on it
21:20 Growing up as an HSM in a non-HSP family and non-HSM peers
31:20 Advice Nathaniel has for younger HSMs facing these challenges
36:10 Nathaniel's message of hope for HSMs

Article mentioned in this episode:

How Are Highly Sensitive Men Different? article by Elaine Aron:
https://hsperson.com/how-are-highly-sensitive-men-different/

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