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When Your Heart Is Breaking…Open
“Sometimes the nearly unbearable beauty of the world overwhelms me, and I tremble with a felt-sense that the magnificence that saturates the cosmos surely reflects the possibility, even now, of human magnificence. And then, as if I’ve crossed an invisible bridge to a waypoint of despair, I wonder how the mysterious, self-organizing wild Earth can peacefully […]
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When Crying Is The Right Answer — High Sensitivity, Despair, Overwhelm, And Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Some days it is just too much. Some days it is all too sad. Some days your optimism gets crushed and left to rot under the sofa. Some days you wonder about human nature and if greed, rage, hatred, and fear are written somewhere in the genetic code. Some days you realize you came to […]
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Understanding Your Rainforest Mind or I’m Not Gifted, I’m Just An Overthinker — The YouTube Video!
I spoke to a group of 100 gifted folks in the Netherlands last week. On Zoom, of course. Thanks to Femke Hovinga-Tiller for sponsoring the event and recording the 60 minute talk. (See below.) Issues and Resources in the talk include: ~ Anxiety, Intensity, Existential depression Living with Intensity by Daniels, Piechowski. The HeartMath Solution […]
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A Quick Guide To Living With Uncertainty For Super Smart Overthinkers, Perfectionists, And HSPs
Maybe you think that since you are gifted, you are not supposed to freak out about this global pandemic. You may also think some of the following: You are not allowed to be anxious, confused, or unproductive. You ought to be using all of your time at home creatively while organizing your kitchen utensils, cleaning […]
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The Less Obvious Traits of Giftedness — Intense Emotions, Intuition, and Empathy
“…And it also surprises me how people can’t see the interactions between things, and the affects they have on other things. The ecology of the everything, the intertwining of the systems. It is so natural to me that I’ve only realized in the past few years that other people either don’t have this ability at […]
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Let Bossy Girls and Sensitive Boys Change The World
Admit it. You were either a bossy girl or a sensitive boy.* And, of course, you were more than that. Much more. But, girls. You had opinions. You knew how the games were played and expected everyone to follow your lead. To do it right. You read all the books voraciously. The library was your […]
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How Can You Tell If You Or Someone You Know Is A Gifted Adult?
Gifted kids can be hard to identify. There is a lot of controversy around what giftedness looks like in children. It is even harder to identify giftedness in adults. I’ve worked with gifted adults in my therapy practice for 20+ years. I’ve noticed some common traits. So. If you’d like to know if you or […]
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Advice for Gifted Adults Living in a Not-So-Gifted World
Let’s say that you understand that you are gifted. That you are super smart, highly sensitive, emotional, and empathetic. That you have a rainforest mind. That you think deeply, analyze everything, love learning, and seek justice. You are even starting to accept your compassionately quirky ways. But what you don’t understand is how to communicate […]
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The Lonely World of the Gifted Adult — Too Smart, Too Sensitive, Too Emotional, Too Curious
It is part of the mythology of giftedness that super smart people have it made. That they are successful, rich, and appreciated for their cleverness. That they don’t really need much companionship because they are totally content in their labs studying fruit flies or in the library immersed in piles of books on obscure philosophical […]
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