For and by gifted, talented and creative adults.
Posted in Autonomy, Creative, Gifted adults, Theory, money on Jul 26th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Intellectual, Theory on Feb 21st, 2010
The man had long labored under an injustice. For thirty years he’d been held responsible for an act of destruction that had actually resulted from an accidental oversight of his sister’s. Now the fault was to be remedied . . . “It was thirty years ago,” he said. “Surely you can tell Mom the truth [...]
Posted in Creative, Dynamic Living, Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Feb 2nd, 2010
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 – [...]
Posted in Gifted adults, Gifted women, Social ease, Theory on Dec 2nd, 2009
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, [...]
Posted in Creative, Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Nov 8th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Sep 17th, 2009
I have a friend, a warm and delightful person, to whom I can turn for advice, insight and a felt sense of indefinable uplift. His intuitive power and intelligence are self-evident. As he talks with me in easy conversation I feel safe and confident in his ability to take a balanced and compassionate view. Until [...]
Posted in Definitions, Dynamic Living, Essential information, Personal development, Theory on Sep 7th, 2009
I’ve added three more article ‘reprints’ to the Dynamic Living archive. One of them has already been published as a post but the other two are new. They are: Have you hugged your anger today? * Find out why recognizing and accepting your anger can be a major help in life: and how to achieve [...]
Posted in Creative, Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Sep 2nd, 2009
A true story. Sam and Dave (that’s the only untruth because they’re not their real names) went to the same English private school. They had very similar, very high IQs. They were both recognized by their teachers as having outstanding potential. Sam went on to Cambridge University, became President of the Union, a Conservative MP [...]
Posted in Dynamic Living, Gifted adults, Personal development, Social ease, Theory on Aug 29th, 2009
This is my second post to announce the addition of article ‘reprints’ from Dynamic Living. This time there are only three, but all three are pretty meaty. That means that once again these are much longer than typical posts and cover these topics: Prorexia: a cure for a jaded appetite for life. How to maintain [...]
Posted in Dynamic Living, Essential information, Theory on Aug 26th, 2009
“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.” Those words by Alexander Pope were published in 1734. They are part of a poem whose psychological and philosophical content anticipates contemporary ideas of human nature so comprehensively that in some ways it seems extraordinary that we haven’t made greater [...]
