About James M. Kiesewetter
James M. Kiesewetter writes and works at the intersection of sensitivity, resilience, and lived experience. He brings a coach's instincts and a researcher's mind to his work with highly sensitive men.
Born and raised in Connecticut, James spent most of his life being told he was too sensitive — by family, teachers, and a world that rewarded emotional armor. He learned early to wear a mask, quietly channeling his sensitivity into a more-than-decade-long career in Fortune 500 corporations, winning awards and ranking in the top 10% in pharmaceutical and surgical sales and training. He navigated pharmacies, offices, boardrooms, hospitals, and operating rooms with physicians, fellows, surgeons, and other health care practitioners. What he still lacked was the language for the trait that had shaped everything.
As a Stage 3C/4 colorectal cancer Thriver of 23 years, James found that surviving the unsurvivable stripped away the performance and left only what was real. That experience, along with his B.A. in Communication Sciences from UConn, coursework equivalent to Pre-Med and Pre-Pharmacy minors, and current M.S. in Psychology, grounds everything he brings to this work. He is also a Guinness World Records™ holder, a CCAR-Trained Recovery Coach, and a certified NLP and life coach.
James is the founder of Kies Coaching and the successor to William Allen as leader of the HSP Men's Online Group and theSensitiveMan.com. His work is driven by a simple conviction: sensitivity in men is not a liability. It is one of the most underutilized and undervalued strengths in the world. The men who possess the trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity, or what James calls High Sensory Processing, deserve a place to understand themselves, claim that strength as a gift without apology, and bring their depth of processing and empathy forward with confidence, steadiness, and a purpose to help themselves and others around them. Small actions, kindness, and empathy create small ripples that fan out beyond our comprehension. Use your gift to make yourself and others better. James welcomes you to this community and looks forward to helping you recognize your sensitivity as your greatest strength.
Living Forward — When Everything Breaks: One Man's Journey Through Cancer, Betrayal, and the Gift of Feeling Everything, Volume One, will be published soon. James has also published in multiple anthologies and has published research in neurobiology, cancer, and invisible illness.
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Born and raised in Connecticut, James spent most of his life being told he was too sensitive — by family, teachers, and a world that rewarded emotional armor. He learned early to wear a mask, quietly channeling his sensitivity into a more-than-decade-long career in Fortune 500 corporations, winning awards and ranking in the top 10% in pharmaceutical and surgical sales and training. He navigated pharmacies, offices, boardrooms, hospitals, and operating rooms with physicians, fellows, surgeons, and other health care practitioners. What he still lacked was the language for the trait that had shaped everything.
As a Stage 3C/4 colorectal cancer Thriver of 23 years, James found that surviving the unsurvivable stripped away the performance and left only what was real. That experience, along with his B.A. in Communication Sciences from UConn, coursework equivalent to Pre-Med and Pre-Pharmacy minors, and current M.S. in Psychology, grounds everything he brings to this work. He is also a Guinness World Records™ holder, a CCAR-Trained Recovery Coach, and a certified NLP and life coach.
James is the founder of Kies Coaching and the successor to William Allen as leader of the HSP Men's Online Group and theSensitiveMan.com. His work is driven by a simple conviction: sensitivity in men is not a liability. It is one of the most underutilized and undervalued strengths in the world. The men who possess the trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity, or what James calls High Sensory Processing, deserve a place to understand themselves, claim that strength as a gift without apology, and bring their depth of processing and empathy forward with confidence, steadiness, and a purpose to help themselves and others around them. Small actions, kindness, and empathy create small ripples that fan out beyond our comprehension. Use your gift to make yourself and others better. James welcomes you to this community and looks forward to helping you recognize your sensitivity as your greatest strength.
Living Forward — When Everything Breaks: One Man's Journey Through Cancer, Betrayal, and the Gift of Feeling Everything, Volume One, will be published soon. James has also published in multiple anthologies and has published research in neurobiology, cancer, and invisible illness.
James M. Kiesewetter [email protected]
Kies to Your Success™🔑
About William Allen
William Allen writes and works at the intersection of sensitivity, insight, and lived experience. He brings a writer’s heart and a researcher’s mind to his work with highly sensitive men.
Trained in psychology and originally drawn toward research, William took an unexpected turn into Information Technology, where he spent thirty years as an IT manager at Wells Fargo. There, he led teams of exceptionally bright, complex individuals, many of whom were highly sensitive, long before he had language for the trait himself. That experience gave him a grounded understanding of how sensitive men function inside demanding systems.
After retiring early, he founded BrainPilots in Bend, Oregon, offering hypno-coaching and neurofeedback brain training. In 2016, he began writing The Sensitive Man blog as a way to explore his own experience as a highly sensitive man. The blog grew into his first book, Confessions of a Sensitive Man, followed by On Being a Sensitive Man, a practical guide to living well, clearly, and authentically with the trait.
William’s work is driven by a simple conviction: highly sensitive men possess insight, intuition, and depth that the world urgently needs. His mission is to help sensitive men understand themselves, claim their strengths without exaggeration or apology, and bring their perspective forward with confidence, steadiness, and purpose.
Trained in psychology and originally drawn toward research, William took an unexpected turn into Information Technology, where he spent thirty years as an IT manager at Wells Fargo. There, he led teams of exceptionally bright, complex individuals, many of whom were highly sensitive, long before he had language for the trait himself. That experience gave him a grounded understanding of how sensitive men function inside demanding systems.
After retiring early, he founded BrainPilots in Bend, Oregon, offering hypno-coaching and neurofeedback brain training. In 2016, he began writing The Sensitive Man blog as a way to explore his own experience as a highly sensitive man. The blog grew into his first book, Confessions of a Sensitive Man, followed by On Being a Sensitive Man, a practical guide to living well, clearly, and authentically with the trait.
William’s work is driven by a simple conviction: highly sensitive men possess insight, intuition, and depth that the world urgently needs. His mission is to help sensitive men understand themselves, claim their strengths without exaggeration or apology, and bring their perspective forward with confidence, steadiness, and purpose.