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If gifted people want to fit in, they obviously need sufficient Gifted Space. How much do you need? Read on . . . Take a seat in the sky and look down at people on the move. See how they respond when they get physically closer to each other. In Japan they’ll touch. In Texas […]

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Luxury and the gifted do not always sit comfortably together. We are intense. We are obsessive. Our work ethic can make us dismissive of others. Especially others whose casual ease with luxury can seem a moral insult. Yet by denying ourselves the same ease we also deny ourselves some access to love and perhaps to […]

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I like marriage. It can be a painfully distorted condition. But at its best it’s the most powerful statement a couple can make as to their mutual faith in the power of love over fear. I’m happy for William and Katherine, royal bride and groom. I hope they’re able to build something of sense in […]

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It is easy to write. You simply arrange words in an acceptable form and walk away. It is much harder to write authentically. Before you start you have to feel yourself inside your authenticity. You must feel an undeviating connection with universal law and know that you are presenting your unique vision of truth as […]

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[Sorry if this is a bit rough. I accidentally published it before I’d finished editing it. Still, I guess that’s what the universe intended. cjc] “Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton The truth of Mrs Stanton’s words is self-evident. And […]

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I admit it. I was channel flipping. Suddenly, there was Suze Orman, finger pointing toward me and head thrust forward like Uncle Sam or Lord Kitchener in one of those “Your Country Needs YOU” recruitment posters. “. . . and remember,” Suze was concluding, “People first! Then money! Then things!” That brief glimpse is all […]

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The treadmill’s a bore. The gym – sorry, fitness center – is ugly. The challenge of solving a complex creative problem is much more satisfying than spending time jogging. For these and other reasons, gifted, talented and creative people often find it hard to raise enthusiasm for exercise. Yet we are precisely the group that […]

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I’m not a Christian but I do have a fondness for some of the parables I heard as a child. They nudge us out of complacency with their simple statements of natural truth. The parable of the sower has particular relevance for gifted adults because it highlights the vital – as in genuinely life-maintaining – […]

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When I suggest to female friends or clients that they might be gifted they squirm, they get angry, they laugh it away. “Gifted? Moi? I don’t think so!” In itself this is not too much of a surprise. Many clients react to the realization of their giftedness in the same way I did: initial relief, […]

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Who was I? This is a recurring question for gifted adults because the intensity of our childhood experiencing has a direct bearing on our adult gifted success. It also offers valuable clues to understanding those things that don’t work so well for us. In particular, the question: “What fascinated me when I was three years […]

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