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Who Were You Before You Learned That You Are Supposed To Be Normal?
“I have been trying to run myself on the do-your-best-to-fit-in-with-normal-people operating system. It’s not my original operating system. It’s the one I adopted when I was abused in various ways for being myself. I perfected it in school and at work, forcing myself to do all the boring and pointless things and to make myself…
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Gifted Boys To Men — How To Thrive In A World That Misunderstands Your Sensitivities
What happens to super smart, sensitive, curious, empathetic, talkative, emotional little boys when they become men? Where does all of that emotion go? All of that empathy? All of that energetic curiosity? How do gifted men thrive in a world that doesn’t understand or appreciate their sensitive natures? I wrote about this in a post…
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Meet Your Muse
Muse: an elusive divine-inspired spirit guiding a human to produce great work. Painters, poets, musicians, writers, film makers, scientists, stay-at-home moms. Creatives. So, I’m wondering. Do I have a Muse? Do psychotherapists have Muses? Do bloggers? Well, why not? Maybe we all have Muses. After all, everyone needs inspiration. No matter what we’re doing. An…
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To Achieve Or Not To Achieve — That Is The Question
What does it mean to achieve or to be successful? You’re smart, so you’re a high achiever, right? Maybe. Not necessarily. And what is a high achiever anyway? And then. More questions: What is a reasonable expectation for your particular abilities and interests? Where can you find adequate feedback? If you’re proud of something you achieve does…
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Advice for your Sensitive Soul
You will never be normal. And this is good. You have too much compassion. Too much awareness. Too much curiosity. Too much emotion. Too much thinking. Too much intelligence. You have an uncontrollable thirst to know. You live with ethical standards that seem excessive to others. You strive for a perfection that only Nature understands. Your heart breaks when you…
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SUPPORT FOR THE EXCESSIVELY CURIOUS, CREATIVE, SMART & SENSITIVE
