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Smart Sensitive Men Are In Trouble
Smart sensitive men are in trouble. You know what I’m talking about. What do you do with all that emotion? All that empathy? All that awareness? How do you handle your grief? Your love of art or poetry or pink? Your despair over the violence you see in the world? Your tears? I think it’s hard…
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Guest Post on Sensitivity– by poet and therapist Anne Allanketner
Anne Allanketner is a poet and psychotherapist from Portland, Oregon. Her books of poems, Spells of Mending and Three Springs, are beautiful, magical and healing. This poem, from Spells, is her tribute to your rainforest mind. Crystalline Structures You are made of crystalline structures, that vibrate like tuning forks. Their delicate iridescent wings unfurl and…
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Most Popular Post of 2014 — If I’m So Smart Why Am I So Dumb?
People may have told you that you were smart. But you may not feel smart. Why? Because you graduated from college with a 2.65 grade point average after changing your major 5 times. Why? Because you never finish any of the projects you start. Why? Because you can’t decide what color to paint the bedroom…
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My Overexcitable Hair
Admit it. You exude effervescence, exuberance and ebullience. Maybe it’s in the way you talk. Or the way you write. Maybe it’s in how you gush over photos from the Mars Rover. Or how you swoon over Sherlock. In my last post, I briefly explained “overexcitabilities.” (OEs) The expression comes from psychologist K. Dabrowski‘s research on giftedness. He says…
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Your Child Is Gifted–Let The Worries Begin
You’ve been told that you have a gifted child. You think you ought to be happy. A gifted child. People say parenting this kid should be a breeze. But instead of celebrating, you’re freaking out. Your What-If-Brain goes wild. What if I can’t answer all of his questions? What if she hates school? What if he gets bullied? What…
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The Most Unnecessary Blog
Why would anyone write a blog for smart people? Gifted adults, no less. Isn’t that the most unnecessary blog you can imagine? Gifted people are busy in their labs curing cancer. Or they’re writing Pulitzer prize-winning novels. Or they’re designing the next even smarter phone. They don’t need a blog. Right? Yes and no. Of course, some gifted people are doing…
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Lonely? Find Your Pips–Part Two
It’s hard to find other rainforest minds. They’re not usually hanging out at the mall. (Well, OK, maybe you hang out at the mall.) They don’t wear identifying clothing. They don’t carry slide rules. (Well, OK, maybe you wear your Star Trek tee shirt.) And people will get suspicious if you spend all day every day…
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