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How to Be Purposeful, Profitable, and Empowered as a

Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur

HSE® Self-Quiz Success Guide

2The Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur | A Course In Business Miracles with Heather Dominick | BusinessMiracles.com

Congratulations on taking the online Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur® (HSE®) Quiz! I’m so absolutely thrilled you’re

here.

Based on your results, you scored between 10-21 true answers which means you are a Super Highly

Sensitive Entrepreneur!

I’ve prepared this HSE Success Guide to support you in fully understanding what it means for you

to be an HSE. I’ve also designed this guide to be easy and accessible to support you in being able to take in this

information while remaining connected to your HSE Strengths™ such as Intuition, Empathy and Deep Thinking

and have them working for you, rather than slipping into one of the most common HSE Shadows™: Overwhelm.

So, whether at this point you have a brilliant idea for a business, or have just started your business, or whether

you want to break through to the next level of your business, the time between the idea, its implementation, and

right after can feel uncertain, risky, and plagued with persistent unsettling questions – and as an HSE all of this

“inner-talk” can feel magnified a thousand times over!

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“Am I doing this the right way?

What steps are really going to get my business off the ground?

How do I go to the next level without feeling like a crazy person?”

You tell yourself:

“I desperately do not want to fail, and yet I’m stuck so I feel like I already have. I need help, but don’t even get me started -- there are too

many products, programs and ‘gurus’ out there. Why do none of them seem to ‘fit’ with who I

am?

Whose advice can I trust?

Am I just not meant to be in business?”



Here’s the first thing to know:

You’re not alone.

To start, here are some quick bullet points:

You most likely have often felt like a misfit. One of the main reasons is that you actually

enjoy your own company and are totally comfortable being alone. So, you wonder how on

earth can you be successful in business if it requires networking, marketing and

spending a lot of time with people, let alone go to the next level that requires you to

manage a team...

You’re extremely conscientious and are very project-oriented because you’re

responsible and thorough in your work; however, you’re unsure of how to clearly

communicate this to potential clients and position this asset as something that your

clients should “invest” in.

You tend to compensate for your sensitivity by either protecting yourself through being

alone too much, (the HSE Coping Mechanism of “Hiding”), or by trying to be ‘normal’ or

sociable, which then over-stimulates you into stress (the HSE Coping Mechanism of

“Pushing”). This creates a gas-brake effect, which can feel crazy-making as well as

work against creating a steady stream of self-employed income, leaving you

feeling scared and a nervous wreck.

You’re extremely introspective, intuitive and creative. It’s these skills that have

called you to be a coach, healer or creative entrepreneur. However, the marketing and

selling needed in order to be successfully self-employed can feel daunting and become

overwhelming quite quickly, leaving you feeling muddled, confused and hopeless.

You’re naturally deeply spiritual, more than you may even admit to your very best friend.

In truth, this is one of your greatest blessings and one of the greatest assets to your clients.

The question is, how much of this should you share and is it safe to share? Most

likely, you’ve received past criticism, in some way, for this incredibly valuable trait.



What’s resonating for you so far?

I’ve personally created this entire HSE Success Guide based on my own experience of being

a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur as well as my experience of successfully mentoring

thousands of other HSEs, just like you, to create high levels of self-employed

financial success.

I’m just so thrilled you’re here! Everything is about to change for you and your business for

the better.

XO.



What’s the difference between an HSP and an HSE?

A Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur is a person with highly sensitive abilities who has chosen to utilize these

special traits within the world of self-employment. Being highly sensitive does not necessarily mean that

you’re introverted or shy and it for sure doesn’t mean that you’re “less than”. However, most likely, if you

are highly sensitive, you have been given the message over time that your traits are not assets

but hindrances. Perhaps you heard things, growing up, like:

Stop being so sensitive. Cry baby! What’s wrong with you?But in truth, you’re coded to be extremely successful within the world of self-employment

in what Dr. Elaine N. Aron, one of the primary researchers of the highly sensitivity personality trait and

author of the book Highly Sensitive Persons, refers to as the “advisor role” within society. She states, “For

aggressive societies to survive they always need that priest – judge – advisor class. Highly sensitive

persons tend to fill that advisor role. We are the writers, historians, philosophers, judges, artists,

researchers, theologians, therapists, [coaches], teachers, parents, and plain conscientious citizens.

What we bring to any of these roles is a tendency to think about all the possible effects of an idea.”

However, as Dr. Aron states, “to perform our role well,

we have to feel very good about ourselves. We have

to ignore all the messages from the ‘Warriors’ that

we are not as good as they are. The Warriors have

their bold style, which has its value. But we, too,

have our style and our own important contribution to

make.”

The key is, how do we do that? How do you use

your highly sensitive abilities as HSE Strengths

to support you in being purposeful, profitable,

and empowered, rather than HSE Shadows

working against you so you are overwhelmed

and undervalued? The answer to this question is

exactly what this guide is designed to teach you.



Just a few years ago, I experienced a very dark period in my business. I was working with a marketing

mentor who really was not a match for me. There was a lot of pushing to do more, more, more. Being

pushed to do more triggered my HSE Coping Mechanism of Pushing (although I didn’t know that’s

what it was at the time), and I brought my business across the million-dollar mark that year, but at a

high cost to myself: I was exhausted and barely had anything to show for it. I was miserable.

It was an absolute dark night of the soul. I was disillusioned with the coaching industry. I looked around and thought, what is happening here? I

said to myself, I’ve got to figure this thing out, because if this is what it means to be successful, I

don’t want it.

Through my in-depth study of Dr. Elaine Aron and her work, I began to understand that being highly

sensitive did not mean that I was weak, incapable or even shy. What it did mean was that I was deeply

intuitive, empathic, and creative; I began to piece together how all of this made an impact on my

business.

According to Dr. Aron, 20% of the entire world population is uniquely genetically coded

to be a “royal advisor.” For those of us attracted to being a service-based business owner, we are

literally aligned for success. If this is the case then that means we are meant to be in our businesses,

selling and marketing as highly sensitive people in a way that is also different than the other 80% of

the world.

Also, For the past 30 years, I’ve been a student of the spiritual and psychological curriculum of A

Course In Miracles, and this teaching defines a miracle as a “shift in perception.” I began to

clearly understand that this is exactly what is required for a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur

to be successfully self-employed. We must begin to shift our perception of ourselves. Our

difference does not mean we must hide in the shadows of our highly sensitive traits; it means we must

claim the abilities we’ve been coded with as strengths, as gifts. We must use our Highly Sensitive

Strengths to create our business success, to create Business Miracles.

Now I’ve taken everything I’ve discovered and learned to create Training Retreats, Classes, Courses and

Business Mentoring Programs to support fellow HSEs in generating more income than they’ve

ever imagined within their royal advisor role, just like I do now. :)

And now I want to share what I’ve learned with you, too! Let’s start with the top Core Characteristics of

a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur…



1. You feel what others are feeling:You’ve noticed how sensitive you are to the emotions of others. Even before they tell you how they are feeling, you

already know. You can enter a room, a conversation, or a situation where you’re coming into contact

with another person or group of people, and you have a sense of the general mood of the environment.

Perhaps you can feel what type of mood or conversation was taking, place just before you arrived, even if the people

who were there are no longer present.

In the past, this may have sent you into the HSE Shadows of overwhelm and over-protection; however, as you learn

to utilize this highly sensitive trait as an HSE Strength, you’ll find that this supports you in being highly

effective at networking (yes, it’s true! You can enjoy, and receive business from, networking!) and even more effective,

when it comes to having a selling conversation.

The reason why is, you naturally listen consciously and know the right questions and comments to draw people out

and make them feel heard. When you’re able to really own this HSE Strength you find that people around you seem

to gravitate toward you and unload all of their pain and problems onto you. However, it’s when you slip into the

HSE Shadow of feeling compelled to help - even to your own detriment, because others take so much

from you - that you often feel drained of energy and extremely tired. This might push you so far as to even

develop chronic fatigue syndrome or other health ailments.

This is why you must learn, as I teach in my Foundational Course to manage your energy. Having energy

management as a Core Practice and engaging in it consistently allows you to utilize your ability to feel deeply both for

the benefit of yourself and others, rather than feeling like you’re at the mercy of the energies around you and therefore

constantly needing to stay in recuperation mode.

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2. You are very intuitive:You seem to know things without being told. You sense what needs to be done or what’s about to happen.

Your gut feelings nearly always prove to be right. You’re aware of what’s happening for people below the

surface, in between the lines, and without a reason that necessarily makes logical sense. All you need to do is look

at their faces or listen to their tone of voice, and you know instantly whether or not they are telling the truth.

When you don’t know how to powerfully utilize this highly sensitive trait, you’ll find yourself personally

affected by negative and stressful situations and people. The “taking on” of these feelings most likely

shows up as physical symptoms; this is especially true if the person you’re relating to is sick or depressed, as you

could actually develop the same symptoms! This is often what would happen to me in my previous career as a

high school drama teacher. I loved my students with all of my heart, but, because I didn’t understand that I was

highly sensitive, I would spend most of the weekend recovering and so the rest of my life was a mess as a result (I

couldn’t maintain a romantic relationship to save my life.)

According to A Course In Miracles, “You create what you defend against. The only way you can really be safe is in

your defenselessness.” When things are dangerous or critical, we come back to our right mind. This is why your

intuition is not only available to support you when working with clients, this is an HSE Strength you want

to be utilizing as a Core Practice in all aspects of your business: marketing, selling, offerings and

operations.

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3. You are highly creative, imaginative, and loving:As a Highly Sensitive Person, you need to focus on work and activities that stimulate your creativity and

passion – which is probably one of the reasons why you’re attracted to being self-employed in the

first place! I know when I worked in the public school system I would want to crawl out of my skin during faculty

meetings, because I could see all of the more creative and effective ways we could be using our time. Meanwhile,

my fellow teachers were happy to get paid to sit there listening to an administrator drone on about nothing

useful at all!

When you get bored, you resort to daydreaming, doodling, etc. However, when you’re allowed to access your

creativity and your imagination, the sky is the limit! Your business is the ideal outlet for this energy! Yet, I

watch so many HSEs join coaching and business training programs that are not a match and slip right back into

the trap of believing their own business needs to be built a certain way (a way that works for the other

80%) and then, once again, feeling like there is something wrong with them (I get it, because I made this mistake,

too!)

Also, you’re very conscientious and try hard to avoid making mistakes. Partnering these traits with your

creativity and passion creates a formula for off-the-charts financial success, but when you use this

highly sensitive trait to match how the other 80% teaches marketing and selling, it’s a self-esteem and financial

disaster waiting to happen. Yikes. This is an energy that can be easily shifted, and it’s a concept I teach about in my

introductory Business Miracles Class: Financial Flow.

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4. You can easily get distracted:Loud noises or sudden dramatic movements startle you. You feel overwhelmed by things like bright lights,

rough fabrics, and strong smells. (You also happily notice very delicate smells, textures, and sounds :)).

So, if you have to multi-task or have too much coming at you at once, you feel rattled and

overwhelmed.

Therefore, in order to be a profitable HSE you must learn how to arrange your priorities and your

tasks to match what you need in order to best focus (bite sized and baby-step actions work

best for you) and to learn an imperative HSE Core Practice – boundaries. This can go against

everything you’ve been taught culturally (if you haven’t noticed, the rest of the world seems to be thriving

on doing as many things as possible all at once) yet this is an absolute must. This is why an imperative,

foundational tool in the A Course In Business Miracles Mentoring Programs is having a plan that is

both energetical and practical, aligned with who you are, and something that you re-new and re-commit to

every 30 days.

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5. You don’t like narcissists:You’re particularly bothered by people who put themselves first all the time and aren’t sensitive to

the feelings of others. You may have thought (until now) that there was something wrong with you. Why isn’t

everyone aware of others to the degree that I am?

As a highly sensitive, you are so aware of the feelings of others that you’re able to move to the other

side of the sidewalk so someone can pass. You’re more than willing to make room for a group of people

coming onto the bus, or you find yourself making eye contact with a by-passer … all in the name of making it

easier for everyone — yourself and others.

Where this can get you into trouble is when you tend to attract narcissists as your clients. Most

of us learned somewhere along the way to be the person who listened to everyone else’s problems, at our own

expense. And, yes, it’s nice to finally get paid for it, but you must get very clear for yourself: is this truly who

your ideal client is? I am going to go out on a limb and say, NO. The reason I can say is that one of the

Foundational Trainings I share is that your ideal client is a version of you. This doesn’t mean that every

highly sensitive is only here to work with highly sensitive people. Again, we are the Royal Advisors. The Warrior

Kings/Queens need us, and not all Warrior Kings/Queens are narcissists.

Another place to keep an eye out for yourself is regarding whom you choose as a mentor. Many

HSEs will tend to choose business and marketing mentors who are Warrior Kings/Queens or narcissists or both,

because there is this little secret part of us that wants to believe “if I just hang around enough Warrior Kings/

Queens, maybe I’ll become one and no longer feel left out.” And, of course, this is not true. You will always be you.

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6. You invest fully in your work (when you’re passionate about it):Due to your ability to pick up on how people are feeling, you’re able to respond to the needs of others

and help them work in the most optimal way. Also, because you tend to be a deep thinker and perhaps a

little bit of a perfectionist, you tend to put everything - and even a little more than is needed - into tasks. This

is such a benefit to your clients and makes you stand out from so many other coaches, healers,

and creative entrepreneurs. The key becomes learning how to use your excellent story-telling skills to

share this exceptional trait in your marketing, and doing so consistently.

Now, I want you to imagine what it would be like to be in a Community of HSEs, just like you,

where every member brings the same level of passion and conscientiousness that you do to the

community… Truly, as HSEs, we thrive in aligned communities because we feel rewarded when we can support

others, and even more so when this support can be reciprocated. Unfortunately, for most of us, that hasn’t

been our previous experience, because when we are in misaligned communities we tend to be the everyone’s

“listener,” or “absorber.” This is why aligned community is such a key element in the Business Miracles

Mentoring Programs. The acceleration that occurs when HSEs are brought together in aligned community is

extraordinary.

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7. You experience the extraordinary:You’re able to experience, feel, and see what is beyond the ordinary…a sound, a sense, a color not

yet created, a tool that hasn’t been developed, but is needed by many … highly sensitives have the

ability to sense when someone is going to call them, send them a text message, or stop over for a visit, and can

even pick up on personal messages offered from others while engaging in other conversations.

This trait is your top HSE Strength when you learn how to harness it for the benefit of your business. Most

likely, you’ve suppressed this ability in the past and, as a result, slipped into the HSE Shadow of perfectionism.

However, when you bring this ability to the forefront it is your top moneymaker, because it’s a

wealth of intuitive knowledge waiting to be tapped into so you can unleash all of the wisdom you’re

meant to share through your business.

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HSEs are at a Pivotal Place to Intuitively Influence the World:

Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs are literally poised to have a huge ripple effect on our economy.

According to the Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute, women entrepreneurs will create

up to 7.5 million new jobs in the U.S. by 2020, literally transforming the workplace for millions of

Americans1. So, even though experts repeatedly confirm that our economy is the weakest it has

been in years, there is a huge economic shift occurring in the way entrepreneurs, women

entrepreneurs specifically, are stepping up to impact the world.

This economic shift is connected to a larger paradigm shift (a time of change from one way

of thinking to another, brought about by an agent of change2) that is transforming the way we think

about, do, and are in business. Innovative entrepreneurs are now doing business from their hearts.

They’re activating and choosing to rely on their natural intuitive gifts, be in their passion and be

profitable. This way of being in business was simply not practiced as little as 10 years ago. This way of

being in business is the way of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur!

1 Special Report: Women Small Business Owners Will Create 5+ Million New Jobs by 2018, Transforming the Workplace for Millions of Americans (December 2009). The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute. 2 For example, agriculture changed early primitive society from hunting and gathering to settling and growing food. Thanks to personal computers and the internet, we are right now shifting from a manufacturing-based, industrial society to an organic, service-based, information-centered society, and advances in technology will only continue to have a dramatic global impact!



So, now let’s be super clear about your best next immediate steps:1. You’ll be receiving FREE periodic emails from me filled with ideas, insights and inspirations about how to best thrive in your HSE Strengths and experience Business Miracles® on a daily basis. Read these. :)

2. Click Here or go to www.ACIBMCall.com to apply for a spot in the A Course In Business Miracles Mentoring Programs. You’ll be connected directly with a trained-by-me Business Miracles Enrollment Coach for a private, one-on-one Clarity Call where you’ll get clear if Business Miracles Mentoring is the best next step for you. We have no attachment to the outcome and look forward to providing a space for you to be heard and supported with clarity about your best next steps.


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“I have increased my dental practice by 50%!”

Before mentoring with Heather I had a shrinking dental practice and while I also wanted to be a Health Coach I had 0 clients. Now, I have increased dental office production by 50% and have led 6 workshops and 3 speaking engagements for my coaching practice.

As a direct result of Heather’s private mentoring, I have received 3 new referral patients in one month.

Running a business as a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur requires different skills that were not taught by other business courses that I have taken. As an HSE herself, Heather understood exactly what steps I needed to take to start me on the path to success.

Heather’s teachings have transformed the way I approach my business. I am more confident in asking for referrals, I LOVE speaking to groups and I can even write and follow a 30-Day business plan to progress forward each month.

The Community support and private coaching calls keep me accountable while feeling safe and visible.

~ Karen Wallet, Eminence Mentoring Program Member - HSE Dentist - Marlton, NJ

Here’s just a sample of the HSEs I’ve mentored who are now creating and living the balanced business life they have always desired.



“My new coaching clients pay me over double what I was receiving from my therapy clients. And I am working less, yet serving more!”

When I started with A Course In Business Miracles, I was

overwhelmed and barely making ends meet. I was

working very hard in my therapy practice with very little to

show for it. I was exhausted all the time and had no energy

to put towards marketing. I had some faint dreams of what

I wanted to create in my business; one of them being to

offer coaching services, but I had no idea how to make this

happen. I was stuck in a place of confusion, hiding, and over

responsibility.

A Course In Business Miracles Foundation Trainings

helped me first get clarity about what I truly wanted for my business. I learned that

I can create a business that can support and utilize my HSE Strengths. I was able to identify

the unique way that I serve my clients. Through this program, I have been able to create

attractive coaching packages and get paid more than I have ever before. My new

coaching clients pay me over double what I was receiving from my therapy clients.

And I am working less, yet serving more!

The most amazing thing of all is that I created this while I was going through an extremely

difficult time personally. Soon after I started mentoring with Heather, my father passed away.

Just five months later, my step-father passed away. On top of these losses, I experienced several

other life-changing events during this time. Before this program, I would have barely been able

to serve my existing clients. With the support of Heather, her teachings, and the Community

she has created, not only did I get through these difficult times, I was able to grow and

create more in my business. This has taught me what is possible.

Heather and Business Miracles have been what I have always wished for in a business mentoring

program. Heather knows what it is like to be a struggling HSE because she has been there.

So often when listening to Heather’s teachings, I breathe a sigh of relief that

finally, someone gets it! There is no other program out there like this. She helps take the

overwhelm and confusion out of the picture so that you can take steps forward

in your business. Her teachings are grounded and rooted. Heather’s teachings provide a

foundation and a place of safety from which us HSEs can take action.

~ Nova Bickers, Elite Mentoring Program Member - HSE Transformational Coach - Fulshear, TX



“On track to hit the 6-figure mark by first quarter of 2020 — where I had $0 in my bank account on January 2019 and had to borrow money to cover my Business Miracles Program tuition!”

Stay. With. It. NMW (No Matter What). Were the first two phrases I learned in my Business Miracles Mentoring Program, which I joined after being an avid listener to the Business Miracles Podcast. My reaction to these phrases was appreciation, as all my past successes were achieved by pushing against my limits.

I was continuously showing up in the world fully with intense discomfort of time off. Every time I had an achievement, I felt depleted and wondered why I didn’t feel joy that I was hoping for. I was torn between my family’s business, the idea of my own business, and hunger for a stable income. This left me feeling overwhelmed and never ever like I was good enough. Soothing

was the only thing I had time for aside from work, with so much of my income spent on aromatherapy candles, yoga sessions, massages, junky snacks, numbing activities, and self-improvement classes that gave me a glimmer of what a joyous life could be. It was exhausting to be mindful on how I introduce myself to each acquaintance, as I wore so many hats and couldn’t package my whole self to everyone.

It wasn’t until after my first #businessmiraclesretreat that I learned the reality of “Stay. With. It. NMW”. It wasn’t about pushing myself to match up with go-getters that don’t sleep. It wasn’t the certificates hanging on my wall. It was continuous self check-ins and continuous loving course-corrections. It was faith that I have been enough from day 1, and life was made for growth. From the Business Miracles Foundation Trainings, I have been able to manage my energy and avoid my quarterly flu. Knock on wood, I haven’t been sick since I started the course, whereas before I would have to dig into my annual leave because of how often I would collapse suddenly (I never thought that was weird!). I also learned how to make friends with time, allowing me to have a full-time job, my own business, and consult with my family’s business, and take a full day off every week with clarity. I am attracting money like I have never experienced, allowing me to get a virtual personal assistant, begin my savings efforts, and I am excited to be investing my money starting next year. At this rate with my several (easy-going) income streams, I may hit the 6-figure mark by first quarter of next year — where I had $0 in my bank account on January 2019 and had to borrow money to cover my Business Miracles tuition.

I no longer operate from “either/or” or feel torn between living different lives. Instead, if I have separate priorities that are just as important, I will find a way to “both-and” using my HSE Strength of Creativity and the concept of Energy Management. I will Stay. With. It. NMW.

~ Khayra Bundakji, Core Mentoring Program Member - HSE Personal Branding Consultant - Saudi Arabia



Heather Dominick: Official Biography

Can you be highly successful in business and highly

sensitive at the same time. Let’s take this question a

step further. Is there a direct relationship between your

sensitivity and great success?

Heather Dominick is a woman who is impressively

successful, and highly spiritual. A former high school

drama teacher who collaborated with none other than

Bette Midler. A graduate of NYU where she received her

first coach training. Heather is the winner of the 2015

Best of Manhattan Coaching Award and creator of the

2014 Stevie Award winning virtual event A Course

In Business Miracles: 21-Day Discovery Series

that attracted close to 6,000 official registrants from all around the world including: Iceland, Nigeria,

Russia, Asia, South America, Australia, Europe and the U.S.

She has appeared on Lifetime Television and has been published in numerous books including

Stepping Stones to Success alongside Deepak Chopra.

An exceptional facilitator and teacher Heather is known for creating a safe, sacred community for

true transformation whether she is teaching a Business Miracles® Class, delivering training online or

in-person or mentoring members of her Business Miracles Community in her various Mentoring

Programs. She has helped thousands of HSEs release life-long limiting beliefs,

overcome fears and learn how to build their business in a way that actually feels so

good that they can’t help but create solid, sustainable, high level financial success.

Heather is also the founder and leader of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur movement

since 2010.




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