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February 2012
- 24: Marketing Yourself And Your Creative Work
- 23: More Intelligence, More Creative?
- 10: Dee Rees On Filming A Universal Story Of Identity
- 09: Connecting with our tribe
- 09: Do you have expertise to share?
- 08: Ginny Ruffner: “That bad time made me more creative.”
- 08: Eric Maisel on Your Life in the Arts
- 07: Change Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult
- 05: Maggie Taylor on creating ambiguous and even disturbing images
- 03: Your Creative Mind with Learning Differences
- 29: Creating money: The inner and outer work of financial goals
- 28: Developing Creativity: Excitabilities – Our Teeming Brains
- 28: Envy and Your Creative Life
- 27: When You Fall Out of Love With Your Work
- 27: Getting Past Fear of Failure
- 27: Transitions: Quitting Your Job To Start A Business
- 26: Stop being run by your feelings
- 26: Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein on Teaching the Creative Process
- 22: Books for the Creative Mind
- 21: Rooney Mara on the Extra Intelligent and Intense Lisbeth Salander
- 20: You are weird
- 19: Developing Creativity With Patience
- 17: Developing Creativity: Creative Pros and Creative Entrepreneurs
- 15: Perfectionism and Brene Brown on The Gifts of Imperfection
- 15: Developing Creativity: Resource Links
- 14: Steve Jobs book: Intensities and Overexcitabilities
- 14: Book suggestions: Creativity and Personal Development
- 13: Video Gaming for Mental Health
- 13: Better Thinking: Brain Games For Cognitive Training
- 12: What’s wrong with goal-setting?
- 09: Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard on the inspiration of still photography
- 08: Joseph Gordon-Levitt on hitRECord and collective creation
- 06: Ways to Turn Your Passion into Profits
- 05: Diablo Cody On Writing As Catharsis
- 02: Molly Gordon on inner and outer transformation
- 01: Neil Gaiman On Writing
- 30: Why We Don’t Create
- 30: The Renaissance Business system for the Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur
- 29: Take A Creative Leap
- 28: Creative Development: Actively Caress Wonder. Play.
- 27: Creative collaboration
- 24: Alan Rickman on Being a Storyteller and Artist
- 24: Developing Creativity: Visual Thinking
- 23: Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe
- 22: It Can’t Be Done
- 22: Multitasking is really task-switching. Some people are good at it.
- 21: Developing Creativity In The Zone
- 20: Kenneth W. Christian, PhD on Adult Underachievement
- 19: Creative Visionary Philip K. Dick
- 18: Art Every Day Month
- 17: Perspectives on Developing Creativity: Max Ehrman; Elizabeth Olsen; Julia Cameron
- 16: Some Ideas on How To Develop Creativity 11.16.11
- 14: Do We Really Want Passionate and Creative People? Can You Follow Your Passion?
- 10: Creative Paths and Influences
- 07: Developing Creativity: the Julia Cameron Live online program
- 07: Develop Your Creativity by Staring Out the Window
- 03: Caffeine, anxiety, productivity – Steve Pavlina on using Paraliminals
- 03: Smoking and Creativity
- 31: Kirsten Dunst and Dealing With Depression
- 31: Thinking Like Leonardo Da Vinci
- 24: How to Stop Creative Thinking
- 19: Achievement and/or Procrastination
- 19: The Self-Employment Telesummit
- 19: The Creative Adult is the Child Who Survived
- 15: Director Joe Wright on His Dyslexia
- 12: Mental Health Day: Self-Injury
- 11: Anxiety and the Amygdala
- 07: Steve Jobs and Thinking Differently
- 06: Diablo Cody on Developing Creativity
- 02: Matt Cardin on the Daimon and the Genius
- 02: Should You Combine Your Many Passions or Choose One?
- 01: Developing multiple talents – the pleasures of creative polymathy
- 29: Those Dream Jobs Don’t Just Happen, They’re Created
- 29: Why Self-Help Often Doesn’t Work
- 22: Your Life in the Arts – Part 2
- 16: Diversifying in a Challenging Economy
- 13: Lady Gaga on identity and creative expression
- 13: Marie Forleo on Living in the Moment
- 11: Dilbert: “I Like to Think I’m Creative”
- 08: Constraints and Creativity
- 05: Psychic Ability, Sensitivity, Creativity
- 29: Music Lives in a Different Part of the Brain
- 28: Creative Artist Issues: Podcast Interview with Dr. Cheryl Arutt
- 26: Creating and Fear
- 15: Creative talent: genetics, a muse, or hard work?
- 10: Madness and creativity: do we need to be crazy?
- 03: Daily writing practice
- 31: Realizing multiple passions
- 27: The Artist’s Unconscious
- 26: Creative Expression and Healing
- 21: Working With Your Intensity Through Creative Expression
- 18: Incubating Innovation and Creativity
- 16: How to Control Your Anger
- 14: The Creative Personality: Ambition and Envy
- 11: Stop Whining And Get Back To Work
- 07: The Link Between Depression And Anxiety
- 07: Questions to Jumpstart Your Dream Career
- 02: Drew Barrymore and Gretchen Rubin on authentic happiness as a choice
- 28: Fear and being creative
- 27: On The Couch for More Creativity
- 25: Overcoming creative anxiety: Eric Maisel on fear of success
- 21: Affect Regulation and the Creative Artist
- 16: Is uncommon intelligence or intensity a gift?
- 16: Business Creativity and Innovation – Always Positive?
- 14: Katie Freiling: Unleash Your Creative Genius
- 13: Building self-confidence: changing limiting beliefs and helping others
- 13: Link With Love – respect intellectual property
- 02: Successful People Who’ve Struggled with Psychiatric Disorders
- 01: Brainsets and Creativity
- 31: Creative People Shouldn’t ‘Tone It Down’
- 31: Taking the leap to become an expert
- 28: Personal growth as an entrepreneur: Katie Freiling
- 26: Brain Differences and Creativity
- 23: The Creative Personality of Terrence Malick
- 19: Publish your expertise to help people
- 19: Paulina Porizkova and her “love affair” with Lexapro
- 19: Artists and Mental Health
- 19: Coaching Business Secrets
- 16: Myths Of Creativity in Business
- 16: Too much pursuit of happiness, too little creativity?
- 09: Dyslexia and Creativity
- 04: Martin Seligman on positive psychology and flourishing
- 01: Our potential for evil and malevolent creativity
- 29: Gifted, Talented, Creative, Anxious
- 27: Guided Imagery and Emotional Health
- 27: The Key to Changing Course is to Start
- 26: The Mental Toughness Summit
- 25: The Lizard Brain and the Resistance
- 23: Finding The Beliefs Underlying Our Problems
- 22: Being a Right-Brainer in Business
- 14: Emotions both enhance and impair higher cognition
- 12: Vanessa Hudgens on personal development
- 11: Commerce and Creativity
- 07: Crazy Artists; Mothers Can’t Be Artists, and Other Myths
- 05: The psychology of creativity: limiting ourselves with myths and attitudes
- 03: Developing Creativity: Dream Boogie with SARK
- 02: Developing Creativity and Business Success Using Our Intuition
- 28: Depressed Creativity
- 25: Higher IQ but still with challenges
- 19: Are you too intense?
- 18: The Seduction of Cognitive Enhancement
- 17: Rich Schefren on Strategic Profits
- 13: Pursuing your passions toward a fulfilled life
- 11: Creative Anxiety – Are You Procrastinating?
- 09: Imagination and Grounded Reality
- 07: Personal development – Ignoring critics and failure
- 05: Happy If We Think We Are
- 02: Cognitive Filtering, Meditation, Creativity
- 26: What we know for sure that just ain’t so
- 22: Dealing with self sabotage: Getting beyond impostor feelings
- 21: A Time and Place to be Bipolar?
- 16: The Creative Personality: Both Smart and Naive
- 13: Spirituality and Creative Expression
- 11: Performing without too much perfection – or anxiety
- 10: Beyond the Chaos
- 08: Jonathan Budd on self worth
- 03: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the creative personality
- 29: The King’s Speech, identity and personal growth
- 27: Using a job as a “business loan” for your own venture
- 27: Developing Creativity: Our Stuff is the Raw Material
- 25: Extra Intelligent or Extra Intense
- 23: Nicole Kidman on being highly sensitive
- 23: Painter Rebecca Alzofon on Developing Creativity
- 21: Joe Vitale and Morty Lefkoe on intention versus inspiration
- 20: Achievement, Anxiety, Amygdala
- 19: Our Shadow and Developing Creativity
- 17: Winona Ryder on staying sane
- 16: Too Much Perfectionism
- 13: Passion Fuels Creative Expression
- 12: The Edge of Madness: Black Swan and Artistic Expression
- 11: More mindfulness, less anxiety
- 09: Confabulation and Creating
- 07: Developing creativity: Fear is not a disease
- 05: Getting Over Stage Fright
- 05: Toxic Criticism and Developing Creativity
- 05: Creativity for Smart People
- 03: Stephen Dorff on working in “Somewhere”
- 30: Pop Culture Stereotypes of Gifted People
- 29: Creativity Is Sexual
- 27: Grit and perseverance mean more than talent and high aptitude
- 22: School and your creative growth
- 18: Go ahead – watch funny videos
- 10: Shelley Carson on developing creativity
- 09: How Can a Jack of All Trades Be Master of Most?
- 08: Develop your creativity by dealing with ‘negative’ realities
- 08: Hypnosis and enhancing creativity
- 02: ‘Condition’ or ‘character’? How language impacts our understanding of the high sensitivity personality
- 29: Personal Growth: Getting Beyond Too Deferential
- 25: Sofia Coppola on being a “dilettante” and enhancing creativity
- 15: Underutilized talents, too many aptitudes
- 13: Psychology Degrees: What’s Available?
- 12: Taylor Swift: precocious talent, homeschooling, gutsy self-determination
- 11: Emma Watson on the personal growth value of college
- 11: Amber Tamblyn on her gifted character on TV series “House”
- 31: Being "scattered" and proud of it
- 29: Are self-help books worth it?
- 26: Judith Orloff and Bryce Dallas Howard on psychic ability
- 18: Divided attention spans and creativity
- 17: Steve Pavlina on self-limiting beliefs and benefiting from The Lefkoe Method
- 16: Mothers with a rage to achieve
- 15: Two 2010 Davidson Fellows
- 08: Gifted students and competition: coping with fraud feelings and stress
- 08: Raising gifted kids: helping kids cope with intensity and giftedness
- 30: Jesse Eisenberg on exactitude and too much attention
- 27: Geek Respect or Backlash? Is There an Airhead Supremacy?
- 25: Alex Lambert on stage fright
- 21: Hostile environments for creativity – corporatism & fundamentalism
- 16: Shyness, the amygdala and anxiety
- 14: How an Online Education Motivates and Improves Your Psyche
- 10: Dealing with stage fright or a fear of public speaking
- 03: Carol Dweck on developing creative talent
- 03: Mental illness and creativity: singer songwriter Meg Hutchinson on bipolar disorder and medications
- 03: Giftedness, sensitivity and psychiatric drugs: why do we take them and why do we quit?
- 03: Woman interrupted: misdiagnosis and medication of sensitivity and giftedness
- 02: Why Is Change So Difficult?
- 02: How President Obama can help you become a great singer
- 01: Highly sensitive: Embracing our uniquely weird sensitivities
- 30: Can anxiety be positive?
- 27: The psychology of creativity: performers and excitabilities
- 27: Get creative: Functioning at your creative best
- 23: Creativity and Motivational Orientation: The Psychology of Achieving Creative Potential
- 19: Do Creative Work Activities Create Stress?
- 16: Coping With Anxiety at Work
- 13: Multipotentiality: multiple talents, multiple challenges
- 13: Hilda Huang on Bach and video games; Gina Trapani on multitasking
- 07: Every society needs highly sensitive people
- 06: Sensitive and authentic: Can Authenticity Be Selective?
- 05: Negative emotions – How do we create them?
- 31: Gifted relationships: On Being “Too Much” to the Right of the Curve
- 31: Enhancing the creative experience: how to deal with your inner critic
- 31: Harry Potter characters – Who’s the gifted one: Harry, Ron or Hermione?
- 28: Personal growth development – Are goals good?
- 19: Challenging stereotypes of giftedness: What Makes You Gifted?
- 17: Self-limiting beliefs and developing your talents
- 14: What makes gifted relationships so tough? Solutions for the Problems of Giftedness
- 08: Work creativity strategies: How to get creative on the job
- 08: Gifted, talented, misunderstood: 10 Misconceptions About Gifted Adults
- 08: Driven by giftedness to know more and express more
- 06: Sensitive and stressed: sensitivity and the power to endure
- 05: Gifted adults in the workplace: Nerds or heroes or misfits
- 01: High Ability, High Sensitivity, High Anxiety
- 30: Solitude is not pathology for the high sensitivity personality
- 30: Performance anxiety: Biofeedback relieves stage fright
- 30: Dealing with self-sabotage: Getting past I’m not good enough
- 25: Getting high doesn’t make you creative
- 24: Fretting about mediocrity
- 24: Janet Attwood on making a living doing what you love
- 23: Feeling like an impostor
- 22: What is being gifted? What gets in the way?
- 20: Too Much to Contain – Intensity and Creativity
- 18: Feeling Crazy as a Highly Sensitive Person?
- 17: Kristen Stewart and shyness and sensitivity
- 17: Creative meaning: Eric Maisel on Self-actualization
- 13: How To Stop Being So Hard On Yourself – Jenna Avery on the high sensitivity personality
- 12: Eric Maisel on Banishing Perfectionism
- 11: Tony Hsieh: Be smart and talented, not egotistical
- 11: Anxiety relief: Morty Lefkoe on how our strong feelings get conditioned
- 08: Don’t you have to be an artist to be creative?
- 08: Dealing with our critical inner voice
- 04: You’re smart enough for a PhD. Where’s your career? Or even a job?
- 02: Self-motivation and personal growth development
- 31: Are we cry-babies?
- 28: Achievement pressure and the word salad breakdown
- 27: Getting it right: Stifling our innate desire to experiment
- 27: Developing creativity: Orna Ross on meditation
- 25: Can stress and bad moods spur creativity?
- 21: Creative expression: lead into gold
- 19: Highly creative people have brains similar to those with schizophrenia
- 17: Highly sensitive boys and men
- 16: Intensity of the imagination: Precious and Phoebe in Wonderland
- 15: Ready for Self-Employment?
- 14: Seth Godin, Daniel Pink, Ayn Rand on why creating is its own reward
- 07: Resistance to change: Change is Hard, Except When It’s Not!
- 05: Kids and creativity in the classroom
- 05: Childlike creativity: Nurturing Your Creative Mindset
- 04: Ten Tips For Relieving Anxiety
- 03: Shyness, Introversion, Sensitivity – What’s the Difference?
- 01: Emma Thompson, depression, and Mental Health Awareness Month
- 01: Athletes can also struggle with mental health challenges
- 29: Developing Creativity: Reclaiming Creative Courage
- 28: Creativity and madness: The Abnormal Psychology of Creativity
- 27: The very thought of writing a song defeats her.
- 24: Intuition – real/unreal, helpful/risky?
- 23: Author’s glow: David Sheppard on creative inspiration and objectivity
- 23: Adora Svitak on developing creativity: We need ‘childish’ thinking
- 23: The Science Of Emotional Intelligence
- 19: Gifted and Talented, Drugs and Alcohol
- 15: The creative experience: intensity or madness
- 14: Sensory processing sensitivity: reading vinyl record grooves and smelling books
- 13: Painter Amadea Bailey: making order out of chaos
- 13: Your business as artist entrepreneur – the smARTist program
- 12: Kendall SummerHawk on success for the woman entrepreneur
- 12: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
- 11: Developing creativity and being better at noticing subtle details
- 09: Coptic Cantors and neurotypical savants
- 08: Dakota Fanning and the Eudaimonic view of happiness
- 07: Motivational Quotes Ahead – Proceed With Caution
- 06: Self-Esteem Declines Sharply Among Older Adults
- 03: Developing Creativity: Courage and Creating
- 02: Mel Schwartz on perfectionism: Is doing the best you can always a good thing?
- 02: Take Me to Pandora, or The Positive Psychology of Avatar
- 02: Impostor phenomenon: Gerard Butler – “Have I ever thought I was a fraud? Maybe 18 hours a day.”
- 01: Fools and whackjobs and angels
- 30: Posit Science Brain Fitness Programs
- 29: Identity and creating – aren’t we all freaks or outsiders?
- 28: Janis Joplin: “Don’t compromise yourself.”
- 28: Eliminate negative beliefs: Morty Lefkoe on self-esteem beliefs
- 28: Timothy T.C. So on the Positivity of Sadness
- 27: Many talented people use or abuse drugs
- 27: The powerful biology of stress
- 27: Creative passion: Robert Fritz on believing vs. creating
- 27: Close to madness or unstoppable? Do gifted children become gifted adults?
- 27: Are You Highly Sensitive?
- 25: Do we all have genius? Does it get drummed out of us?
- 24: David Shenk on the clichés about “giftedness”
- 24: Didn’t you used to be gifted?
- 24: High sensitivity and social anxiety and relief using The Linden Method
- 21: Being a perfectionist – is it a vice or asset?
- 20: Robert Pattinson, Salvador Dalí, introversion, shyness and sensitive people
- 19: Surprised to be gifted: the inner world of unrecognized giftedness
- 19: Elaine Aron: Is high sensitivity the same as giftedness?
- 18: Elaine Aron on High Sensitivity and the Undervalued Self
- 17: Eric Maisel on grandeur – creative inspiration from our heart
- 16: Creativity researcher James C. Kaufman on the “ten year rule”
- 14: Morty Lefkoe on personal growth without needing positive beliefs
- 14: Sylvia Rimm on Perfectionism in the Gifted
- 13: Coaching for entrepreneurs: Kendall SummerHawk on letting go to grow
- 13: Pain and suffering and developing creativity
- 11: Admit your gifts: Willem Kuipers on unrecognized giftedness and identity
- 10: Kathryn Bigelow: Not a female filmmaker, but a filmmaker, period.
- 10: Advanced development: Daniel Tammet on labels and intelligence
- 10: Brainwave entrainment: Rest for the gifted brain
- 10: What’s a meaningful life? Eric Maisel and tips for making meaning
- 09: Creativity and the Highly Sensitive Personality
- 08: Mindfulness training to enhance mood and memory
- 06: Are Introverts More Creative?
- 06: Rehabilitating the muse
- 05: Gifted and talented but insecure
- 03: The DSM and pathologizing human experiences and giftedness
- 02: Developing creativity: still seeking out beauty
- 01: Relationships and highly sensitive people
- 27: It takes more than talent to find your true potential
- 27: Leonardo DiCaprio: a “crazy kid”- and maybe overexcitabilities
- 24: Acting, emotion and personal growth
- 24: Allan Snyder on savant syndrome and creativity
- 23: Stephanie Tolan on the Gifted Ex-Child
- 22: Srikumar Rao on our mental chatter
- 19: Alexander McQueen: genius, drugs, suicide
- 18: Mia Wasikowska on teen anxiety and energy
- 17: Conformity and creativity
- 15: Happy Pills In America
- 15: Anxiety disorder includes unhealthy brain response to negative emotion
- 13: Eating disorders, body image and perfectionism
- 12: Too ‘depressing’ a topic for Valentine’s Day?
- 08: 27 Tips For Navigating College As a Highly Sensitive Person
- 08: Elaine Aron on emotional challenges
- 05: Why worry? Does it help us at all?
- 05: Claire Danes and Temple Grandin on Autism and thinking differently
- 04: New Year’s resolutions and HSPs: change and intuition
- 03: Excessive Internet Use Is Linked to Depression [or not]
- 03: Jennifer Louden’s 2010 Virtual Retreat
- 02: Sidewalk Psychiatry: personal growth for pedestrians
- 01: Patti Smith and her ongoing journey as an artist: ‘I have a million ideas’
- 31: You want to be an artist? Are you crazy?
- 29: Beliefs and self-deception and the cold water study
- 28: Mind candy versus real psychological change and personal development
- 27: Maybe your idea of fun isn’t mine
- 27: Psychotherapist Sarah Chana Radcliffe on EFT and Holosync
- 26: Charlotte Gainsbourg: MRI scans and vulnerability
- 23: You’re Not Mad, You’re Creative: Orna Ross on the creative personality type
- 23: Novelist Clare Allen on “Poppy Shakespeare,” mental illness and creativity
- 23: Pablo Casals and pursuing perfectionism
- 22: What do you do with your intensity?
- 18: Creative and rejected: Stephen King and others
- 18: Seth Godin on Quieting the Lizard Brain
- 16: Visualization, protective dragons and higher achievement
- 15: Therese J. Borchard on her journey in treating depression
- 14: Big c and little c creativity: everyday creative experience
- 13: You’re crazy. Or maybe not.
- 12: Ethan Hawke – multiple talents, and striving for best
- 11: Daniel Day-Lewis: staying in character, being in flow
- 09: Elizabeth Gilbert on fear and creativity and mental health
- 08: Eccentrics and wild cars take to the road in “Automorphosis”
- 08: Journaling and other strategies: Eleven Ways to Be Your Own Therapist
- 08: Letting go to grow in business, creativity and personal development
- 07: Perfectionism and Depression: What to Do When Being a Perfectionist Drags You Down
- 06: Bryce Dallas Howard on learning more fearlessness
- 05: Dysrationalia: defects in real-world intelligence
- 03: When Personal Development Equates to Progress
- 02: Maximise Your Time in 2010
- 01: Tim Burton on nurturing his unique creative vision
- 30: Vera Farmiga on getting spiritually tipsy from Annie Dillard
- 30: Alanis Morissette on using pot for creativity
- 29: When positive thinking is not so helpful
- 23: Mystical Brain: Exploring our potential for physical & spiritual healing
- 23: Avoid holiday stress with “9 Holiday Depression Busters”
- 22: Creative excellence, censorship and frontal lobes
- 18: Healing anxiety – Dr. Mercola on “Dark Chocolate: The New Antianxiety Drug”
- 16: Elaine Aron on holiday stress relief for sensitive people
- 15: Lady Gaga on being like nobody else
- 08: Shy and sensitive and drinking at parties
- 04: Sensitive and stressed? Jenna Forrest on calming holiday stress
- 03: “Glee” actor Amber Riley on rejection and body image
- 03: On androgyny and identity and creativity
- 02: Self-limiting beliefs and business success
- 01: Anxiety and food allergies and body odor
- 30: Positive Psychology Also Includes Negative Emotions
- 28: High aptitude achievement: Is entertainment a worthy endeavor?
- 26: Fergie on choosing music over Harvard and her drug use
- 24: ‘Twilight’ as a positive psychology film: Edward and self-control
- 23: Norah Jones on sensitivity and criticism
- 23: Can being grumpy improve our thinking?
- 23: Developing creativity: Preparation, Performing, Perfectionism
- 20: Challenges of auditioning
- 20: Time to cut down on shopping in the physical world?
- 18: Attitude and personal growth – “Choose to see what is viable for yourself”
- 18: Relieving the effects of SAD (seasonal affective disorder)
- 17: video: The Passage – Intro by Deepak Chopra
- 16: Ian McKellen on being authentic
- 14: Caroline Myss on healing
- 13: High ability people and career choices
- 13: Gifted in the workplace
- 12: Hilary Swank and Emotional Excitability
- 10: You’re intense, complex, and driven because you’re gifted
- 09: Dacher Keltner on positive emotion and living a good life
- 07: Michael Jackson and Dabrowski Excitabilities
- 06: Brian Tracy on Cultivating Self-Esteem
- 05: Peter D. Kramer on normality and mental health
- 04: On Being Sensitive
- 03: Developing our talents: the Growth Mindset
- 02: Do you love your job?
- 30: Where do ideas come from? Malcolm Gladwell reads from his book
- 29: Personal development: Tama J. Kieves on doing more with joy
- 27: Relieving anxiety: Slow down, you do too much
- 26: Developing creativity – SARK on living a juicy creative life
- 25: Any more chocolate than my limit is an anxiety cause. Jen Crippen
- 23: Audrey Hepburn: a highly sensitive person?
- 23: Unconscious decisions and intuition: Tim Burton and neuroscience
- 22: Developing creativity – some quotes on fear
- 15: Felicia Day on developing multiple talents: “I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality.”
- 14: If it’s hard to do that proves I’m stupid. Beliefs and personal development
- 14: Dee Wallace on changing our limiting beliefs
- 12: Polanski: Should artists get a morality hall pass?
- 12: James Ellroy: “Crazy suppressed s— came out and blew up in my face.”
- 08: Photographer Irving Penn
- 07: The creative personality – “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner
- 06: The gifted adult personality – too much for others?
- 06: Personal growth development – can we get out of our ruts and change?
- 03: Developing creativity – love and sex and our creative mind
- 02: And Now for Something Completely Different: The Ig Nobel Winners
- 01: Creative inspiration – Matt Weiner, Lili Taylor, Carl Jung on using our subconscious
- 30: Beliefs and self growth and dealing with the fear of public speaking
- 29: Not like the others?
- 29: Over-Thinking and No-Thinking
- 26: Terri Levine on how to lessen anxiety
- 24: Alice Howell on meaningfulness in our daily lives
- 24: Can Tetris or other games enhance your brain?
- 22: Highly sensitive personality: normalcy and wholeness
- 22: Elyn Saks will use MacArthur Grant for more advocacy for those suffering from mental illness
- 19: Georgia O’Keeffe: “I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me…”
- 19: Video training for coaches by Terri Levine
- 18: Developing creativity with less thinking, more being
- 16: Morty Lefkoe on dealing with self-limiting beliefs
- 16: Judith Orloff, MD on intuition versus fear
- 15: Brad Swift and Dee Wallace on purpose, ego and creating
- 14: Scarlett Johansson and Eric Maisel on stage fright
- 11: video on The smARTist Telesummit
- 10: We do not fear being called meticulous
- 10: Mad To Live – the attitude and the foundation
- 09: Freeing yourself from pressure – Brad Swift on purpose and simplicity
- 06: Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs – video interviews
- 05: To develop talents and even a new vocation, keep exploring your interests
- 04: Talented women underestimating or stifling their abilities
- 04: Developing multiple talents: 5 year old singer, actor Kaitlyn Maher
- 03: Mental health and personal growth – depression as an adaptation
- 03: SelfGrowth video: Change Your Life in 5 Minutes or Less
- 03: Can we be too perfectionistic?
- 02: Barriers to personal growth and development: Barbara Sher on resistance
- 02: Nerds. Is it OK to have a beautiful mind?
- 02: Relaxed about the audition
- 01: Developing multiple talents – Late Bloomers
- 31: Is it creative obsession or a disorder?
- 28: Anxiety relief – overcoming social phobia
- 28: Gina Trapani on work and life meaning and old tech
- 28: Leadership personal development: Confidence counts more than competence
- 26: Otana Jakpor – researcher and activist at 15
- 24: Awakening the Inner Sense – Some Methods and Meditation Objects
- 21: How to Take Criticism from Hurtful to Helpful
- 21: Natalie Goldberg on accessing our energy in writing
- 19: Anxiety and body reactions
- 19: Our developed minds can be dismissive
- 18: Anxiety can strike anyone
- 15: Video: Our High Sensitivity Personality
- 13: Fun is okay – it’s even good for our personal growth
- 11: Creative obsessions: Adam Savage and Stanley Kubrick
- 04: video: Healing Rhythms – technology to enhance relaxation
- 03: article: Relax – It’s Important in Eliminating Anxiety
- 31: Emotion Regulation – By Laura L.C. Johnson
- 31: Podcast: James C. Kaufman, PhD on creativity research
- 26: Psychologist Michael Britt on The Incredibles, American Idol and self-esteem
- 25: Selected content from site sections
- 18: J.K. Rowling on creative imagination
- 13: Brian Tracy on building self confidence
- 11: Morty Lefkoe on creating new possibilities with new beliefs
- 10: Tips To Improve Your Self Esteem and Reduce Your Fears
- 08: Jim Rohn on bashing our inner enemies
- 05: Panic Attacks: Nature Out Of Context
- 03: Vampires without and within
- 03: Video: Causes Of Anxiety Attacks
- 02: Dean Radin video on Intentional Chocolate
- 02: Being an unabashed nonconformist, rocking the boat
- 30: Using personal interests to relieve daily stress
- 27: Fireflies and a positive side to the Lucifer effect
- 26: Anxiety Erodes Attention and Academic Performance
- 24: Brief quote: Alfre Woodard
- 19: Leo Laporte and Jason Calacanis on personal growth development
- 17: Wayne Dyer on changing self-defeating thinking habits
- 15: High Ability, Gifted/Talented and Suicidal
- 13: Nancy Andreasen on the importance of both arts and sciences for developing creativity
- 11: Deal with your negative thinking, but be careful with affirmations
- 09: You Can Heal Your Life – the Louise Hay video
- 08: Enhancing creativity – a video interview with Sark
- 05: Hypnotherapy for anxiety and personal development
- 03: Entertainment psychology – the stress of fame
- 02: Unsociable, bored at parties, inner-directed, creative personality type
- 01: Uncertainty fuels our distress
- 30: Reduce how you compromise yourself by dealing with anxious thoughts
- 29: Amy Lyndon about actor training and achievement
- 29: Cheryl Richardson on sensitivity and self-care
- 22: Building identity: Kelly McGillis and others on being out and celebrating our authentic selves
- 20: Authentic marketing for entrepreneurs by Kendall SummerHawk
- 19: Our continuing fascination with creativity and madness
- 19: Building self confidence – reducing our need for approval
- 19: Michelle Obama on supporting the arts
- 18: Documentary: “Who Does She Think She Is?”
- 15: Business self improvement for entrepreneurs by Laura West
- 13: Positive emotion: “Science of the Heart” video with Rollin McCraty
- 12: Pamela Slim explains Excuses People Use To Stay at a Job
- 11: Stephen C. Layne on creative expression
- 10: Video: Ronald D. Siegel on mindfulness and positive psychology
- 10: Gail McMeekin on real success and to how find your true potential
- 09: Laura Berman Fortgang on our quest for a meaningful life
- 08: Developing creativity – Hugh MacLeod says Ignore Everybody
- 05: Brief quote: Abigail Breslin
- 04: Terence Mckenna on personal growth development
- 02: Marge Piercy on myth and reality
- 30: Ali Brown on business success
- 30: Brian Tracy on using negative optimism
- 30: Pathways to Greatness, the book: Find your true potential
- 29: Unlocking Your Creativity – By Brian Tracy
- 29: Gods and prodigies, freaks and geeks: building identity
- 28: James Ray on stress and personal growth: distress vs eustress
- 25: New article: Visualization for Ending Anxious Thinking
- 25: Developing creativity by nurturing divergent thinking
- 23: Creative risks and developing creativity: Jill Badonsky on audacity
- 22: Article: On Meaning: The Silver Lining of The Recession
- 20: Da Vinci on finding your life purpose
- 18: Morty Lefkoe on recognizing self-limiting beliefs
- 17: Brian Vaszily on authentic happiness
- 17: Susan Boyle – a triumph of talent
- 16: Developing creativity – using our bad thoughts and dark side
- 13: Curiosity may help you find your true potential
- 12: New article: Managing Your Stress in Tough Economic Times
- 11: J.K. Rowling on the benefits of failure for personal growth development
- 11: Program for entrepreneurs: the Thomas Leonard Success Strategies Course
- 09: People-pleasing may not be good for developing multiple talents
- 07: Tal Ben-Shahar on letting go of perfectionism
- 04: Hypervigilance, high sensitivity and developing creativity
- 04: Sensation-seeking and ADHD and developing creativity
- 03: Failure and personal growth development
- 01: Yee-Ming Tan on positive psychology, Chinese culture, wise sayings
- 30: Highly sensitive: singer Joss Stone on being a ‘little empath’
- 28: Eliminating the Fear of Public Speaking with The Lefkoe Method
- 28: Outstanding gifted adults: Geoff Colvin on why Talent is Overrated
- 27: To enhance your personal growth development, look at your beliefs
- 25: Developing multiple talents: what about savant abilities?
- 23: Developing creativity and letting in more stimuli
- 21: Failure can limit or empower
- 20: Dealing with perfectionism: how about being disappointing?
- 17: Gifted and talented adults still hiding out
- 13: What are some challenges of being a highly sensitive person?
- 12: Intuition: powers and perils
- 10: Mastering emotional overload but still being highly sensitive
- 08: Career development program – the Online Success Blueprint
- 07: Barbara Winter on being a successful self-bosser
- 07: Creativity and madness – Rollo May and Emily Dickinson on mental health and creative people
- 05: Eric Maisel on anxiety and developing creativity
- 03: Developing creativity: What’s the point?
- 28: Characteristics of entrepreneurs: passion, drive, but maybe despair
- 27: Video: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D. on happiness & positive psychology
- 25: Developing multiple talents is an adventure – but not a sure thing
- 21: The gifted adult: a lot going on inside
- 19: Multitalented but stressed – Slow down, you move too fast
- 09: Positive psychology can enhance emotional stability and access to our intelligence
- 08: Anxiety relief: Energy Psychiatrist Judith Orloff on Emotional Freedom
- 06: Positive Psychology Books Say Happiness is a Key to Thriving
- 03: Margaret Lobenstine on Mozart types and the Renaissance Soul
- 02: Peak performance requires stress relief
- 31: Gifted adults are different from an early age
- 31: Jack Canfield on the subconscious mind
- 28: Can school be good for raising gifted kids?
- 24: Energy vampires can suck our life energy
- 21: Flourishing with age – creative expression later in life
- 16: Building self esteem and identity – what we tell ourselves about ourselves
- 13: It’s the economy, stupid – maybe time for a new job and anxiety relief
- 10: A positive mindset, not a doomsday mentality, supports being exceptional
- 08: Jamie Lee Curtis on the power of self-acceptance to build identity
- 02: Believing and Hoping and Changing – positive psychology hits the revolutionary road
- 31: Mindfulness for stress and anxiety, and for advanced living
- 30: Find Your Calling by Helping Others Realize Theirs & Change Careers
- 23: Video: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on Positive Psychology
- 20: Happiness research gives hope in a dispiriting zeitgeist
- 12: Building identity – Why bother being authentic?
- 12: Working with scary thrills or irrational dread – getting anxiety relief
- 05: Are you a scanner personality? Maybe all you need is a good enough job.
- 04: Disarming the brain’s fear response
- 02: Real success: One improved person, yourself
- 28: Developing creativity takes time, risk – not magical inspiration
- 26: Mariel Hemingway – Healthy living to access our energy and talents
- 22: Linda Silverman & Malcolm Gladwell on the high aptitude personality
- 12: Real success – Jack Canfield on making a living doing what you love to do
- 11: Self esteem and actors – low self confidence
- 07: Do you need a job to make a living? Finding your vocation
- 06: Adult underachievement – Upgrading to positive habits
- 04: Personal improvement – Working very hard and always learning
- 01: Shift Happens – Did You Know? – Changes in global populations and technology – video
- 27: Living an extraordinary life – Robert White on audacious self-declaration
- 26: Personal improvement – Steve Pavlina on The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
- 20: Finding courage: Fear and panic and going positive, not going under
- 12: Shamed and unashamed – overcoming low self esteem
- 11: Ruts and Change – barriers to personal growth
- 02: Being brutally honest with ourselves – the basis for self growth
- 26: Positive psychology puts the focus on using our strengths
- 21: Hale Dwoskin on why “Positive Thinking” fails to build lasting personal growth
- 18: Entertainment psychology – Dennis Palumbo on creative people in Hollywood and narcissism
- 15: The Islanders – A Fable by Idries Shah
- 13: Learned helplessness, mojo and serenity – passivity and authentic happiness
- 06: The art of developing creativity: are we all creative?
- 03: Mind enhancement devices and drugs for personal growth
- 01: Abraham Maslow and Humanism – how to be self actualized
- 31: Exceptional and out of bounds – eccentrics and society
- 31: Multiple talents – Melora Hardin on acting, directing, singing
- 28: Barack Obama and building identity
- 27: Learning to be happy – The Happiness Hypothesis
- 24: Entertainment psychology – A Jungian perspective on the feminine in film
- 24: Healing and art – Jenna Forrest on transcending sensitivity
- 16: George Vaillant on Meaning – find your purpose with your heart & mind
- 16: Creative potential – Anger and creativity
- 09: Dealing with self-criticism
- 06: The airhead mask and self-limiting – dealing with self sabotage
- 03: The mind’s potential – Josh Waitzkin: The Art of Learning
- 30: Fear and trembling and an audience – heal anxiety
- 26: Cinematherapy – use movies for personal growth
- 26: The truth about creative inspiration – R. Keith Sawyer on myths of creativity
- 19: Seeking our calling – the hero’s journey to be self actualized
- 19: Real success – Greed is good and other subversive memes of wealth
- 16: Robert Anthony on The Disease of Self-Improvement – when self growth runs amok
- 15: Getting into trouble to find new virtues – gifted adults pushing the boundaries
- 15: Paul Pearsall on Beethoven and thriving – finding courage and resilience
- 12: Christina Baldwin on the Power of Story
- 03: Abraham Maslow on self-actualization – find your true potential
- 28: Jim White on talent and purpose
- 27: Authentic happiness doesn’t necessarily mean “pleased”
- 14: Living our music – find your purpose
- 11: Ken Wilber on Eckhart Tolle and liberation
- 07: Teleseminars to promote expertise and business success
- 31: Jill Bolte Taylor: brain stroke and euphoria
- 31: Bill Harris on consciousness technology & holosync
- 31: Developing creativity – Anne Paris on relationships and being creative
- 28: Robert Genn on Melancholy, Art and Happiness
- 24: What about intuition?
- 23: Brad Swift: from near suicide to a life of purpose
- 20: James Arthur Ray on ego and spirituality
- 17: Michael Chabon: Entertainment has a bad name
- 17: Laura Silva Quesada on transformation
- 15: Video: Elaine Aron on high sensitivity
- 14: Memory training for increasing brainpower
- 14: Does school encourage or limit us?
- 12: Living with extreme mental states
- 10: Novelist Heather Thomas on trophy wives
- 10: Resetting our happiness set point
- 10: Is it a disorder, or just shyness?
- 06: Maggie Gyllenhaal on the emotional challenges of acting
- 03: Valerie Young on the Expert Trap
- 03: Our fascination with teen sexuality
- 29: Eckhart Tolle on the dimension within
- 29: Solitude or connection to create?
- 25: Jamie Lee Curtis on Getting Older
- 21: Promoting awareness about childhood sensitivity
- 20: Helen Mirren on miserable self obsession
- 19: More aware of our inner entities
- 15: Eric Maisel on meaning and criticism
- 11: Jim Rohn on emotion and change
- 29: Eckhart Tolle on Self-esteem and Ego
- 20: Eckhart Tolle on seeking and purpose
- 08: Jack Canfield on how thinking can sabotage us
- 01: Embracing our positive abnormality
- 25: Keeping positive about our darker edges
- 16: Genius: inborn or mostly hard work?
- 13: Eric Maisel on investing meaning in our art to manage depression
- 08: Where do we get inspiration and what do we do with it?
- 02: Interview with Eric Maisel on meaning and depression, by Janet Riehl
- 31: Dealing with fears using The Sedona Method
- 26: Living authentically takes guts
- 22: Jim Rohn on Doing the Remarkable
- 18: Bill Harris on formal operational thinking
- 14: Sopan Greene on inner growth beyond personality
- 05: Sonia Choquette on the wisdom of our intuition
- 03: Self-esteem: what’s so good about it?
- 26: Oliver Sacks on music and the brain
- 22: Bill Harris on cognitive development
- 20: Protect Yourself at Dysfunctional Family Gatherings
- 11: Feeding our spirituality with fantasy films
- 30: Punishing and sabotaging ourselves
- 28: Susan Smalley: ADHD is beneficial to humanity
- 25: Living more fully without so much inner static
- 24: Stammering as an opportunity
- 21: The upside of our dysfunctions
- 10: Eric Maisel on emotional mastery
- 09: The power of subconscious thinking
- 06: Hiding Behind a Mask
- 31: Don’t mess with my brain
- 30: Being too nice for our own good
- 28: Slow down, you move too fast
- 26: PJ Harvey: Keep moving into unknown territory
- 20: Adult ADD – chaos and creativity
- 16: Making meaning with the help of therapy and self exploration
- 11: Tripping ourselves up with blind spots
- 08: Creative expression and identity
- 07: Being creative non-conformists
- 06: Creating without angst
- 06: The Montessori philosophy can help us adults
- 01: James Ray on motivation
- 29: Iris Marie Bloom on personal growth ideas in Positive Psychology
- 29: Carol Dweck on the growth mindset
- 29: Alan Alda on a life of meaning
- 22: Artists need to be outsiders
- 20: Creativity to fend off madness
- 18: Robert Maurer on the basics of positive psychology
- 16: Terrence Howard on growing as an artist and a person
- 13: Adventure and challenge and seeking
- 11: Jack Canfield on staying real and being successful
- 08: Restlessness and Jagged Edges
- 07: Dyslexia can be an asset
- 01: Knowing ourselves – what is that about?
- 31: Forgiving ourselves
- 29: Lisa Nichols on authoring the new pages of your life
- 25: National Heritage Award recipient Sidiki Conde
- 25: Hale Dwoskin on getting more by letting go
- 24: Finding our deep reservoirs of ability
- 22: Living a more balanced life
- 20: Masi Oka on intelligence and expectations and stereotyping
- 18: Sinead O’Connor renews her creativity by dealing with depression
- 18: Alan Alda on being a nervous wreck – and liking it
- 16: Eric Maisel on distraction addiction
- 14: Keeping the turmoil in your art – not your spirit
- 13: Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler on success & intelligence
- 13: Joan Chittister: our souls grow in increments and insights
- 11: Jennifer Capriati on treating her depression
- 10: Dancing with our unconscious
- 08: Can we do self-improvement too much?
- 06: Conforming sucks
- 04: Are you using TV to grow – or as a sedative?
- 03: All of our life story is our gift, the positive and not so positive
- 31: Ingmar Bergman on mastering anxiety, depicting joy
- 30: Jim Rohn on the great challenge: to become more than you are
- 29: Creating accesses our emotions – both light and dark
- 28: A great artist can come from any background
- 28: Thoughts are just thoughts
- 27: Celebrity and narcissism
- 24: Being an outsider can be a building block of excellence
- 23: Deepak Chopra on healthy longevity
- 22: Our inner map of reality
- 18: Harry Potter and positive psychology
- 16: Brad Swift on happiness and living with purpose
- 15: Artists and activists in a time of war
- 14: What is being happy?
- 12: Depression and creative people – managing depression releases more creativity
- 11: The inspiration of Einstein
- 07: Collaborating with our shadow side
- 07: Musician Becky Stark on making a difference
- 04: Does life have to be Boot Camp?
- 30: Can being unrealistic about ourselves be good?
- 30: Too much pursuit of happiness?
- 30: The A.P.E. Method to Get Out of a Bad Mood
- 26: Ready to be extraordinary
- 23: Emotional intelligence and/or high IQ
- 18: Some saw me as a person with rare insight, others thought I was crazy.
- 17: Where are the teen role models?
- 15: Anxious thinking about our abilities
- 15: Eric Maisel on art career burnout
- 13: Hoon Lee: One form of creative expression informs the other
- 12: On changing your thinking for the better
- 11: Playing stupid isn’t cute
- 09: Multitasking – or optimal performance
- 06: Planning to change
- 05: Louise Bourgeois: a balance between extremes
- 04: Nurturing creativity in solitude
- 02: Judith Orloff on attracting positive people, situations
- 02: Do we have to keep declining?
- 01: Kevin Spacey on believing in your talent
- 31: Women In Art video
- 30: Limiting ourselves with self-judgment
- 28: Filling your time with meaning
- 28: The ‘model minority’ push to achieve tied to depression
- 28: Elisabeth Shue on doing the work to pursue excellence
- 27: Harvard research: We can think ourselves younger and healthier
- 26: Queen Latifah on being authentic
- 26: Creative thinking without thinking
- 25: How we talk about ourselves may keep us afraid to be ourselves
- 24: Samantha Larson: Climbing Everest was one big challenge
- 23: Ashley Judd and working in creative flow
- 23: A “Beginner’s Mind” Approach to Prosperity
- 23: Anna Paquin and others on realizing multiple talents
- 21: Can relationships limit us?
- 18: Jim Rohn and others on attitude
- 16: Miranda July on creating versus the urge for fame
- 15: Margaret Lobenstine on Renaissance Souls
- 15: Robert Epstein on the teen brain
- 14: I fought the medication because I liked my creativity – Psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison
- 14: Freedom from Self-Improvement Day
- 14: Art can induce a calm state of mind
- 12: Positive Psychology News May 11
- 10: Jody Williams on Making it better
- 08: Who Do You Think You Are?
- 05: Two child screwups: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling
- 05: What is power and being empowered?
- 03: Telling ourselves stories – true and not so true
- 01: Can self-doubt be a good thing?
- 27: It’s okay to look inside
- 24: What is our rush?
- 19: Janet Fitch on using the deep parts in writing
- 17: Einstein and other non-conformists
- 15: Paul Pearsall, Ph.D. on The Beethoven Factor
- 14: Jim Rohn on self-direction
- 14: Kurt Vonnegut: This guesser or that one
- 12: The Secret and spirituality
- 11: Hypnosis and achievement
- 11: Growing from painful times into creative ventures
- 09: John Eliot, PhD on exceptional performance
- 07: Being a fool
- 06: Warren Buffett as artist
- 05: James Arthur Ray on the science of success
- 04: Arianna Huffington on taking control of our negative self-talk
- 03: On being restless with jagged edges
- 30: Michael Angier on The Secret: It’s not some hocus pocus..
- 21: Joss Stone on making a mark
- 17: The science of feeling good
- 15: More than conscious thinking in The Secret
- 14: Growing a false self
- 14: Virginia Madsen on intention, health and longevity
- 12: Keeping the inner critic on our side
- 05: Is your path taking you where you want?
- 03: Does feeling like a failure mean we are failures?
- 01: Can self-esteem distort our personal development?
- 27: Self-esteem and expressing our talents
- 26: Alan Arkin: Stop looking outside yourself for validation
- 25: Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Mostly.
- 23: Marketing the metaphysics of personal development
- 21: America Ferrera: It all starts with a dream.
- 18: Self-esteem and self-limiting
- 13: Isaac Asimov: What is intelligence, anyway?
- 09: Mary J. Blige on being more happy
- 09: Molly Ivins: "We are the deciders."
- 04: Crafting lives of accomplishment
- 28: Change is good – and messy and challenging
- 23: Stifling ourselves with the need to be right
- 21: Guillermo del Toro on the power of fairytales
- 17: The pluses and not so pluses of hypomania
- 08: Making your life a creative endeavor
- 02: George Lucas: "You have to find something that you love enough."
- 28: Albert Einstein on the numinous and the creative individual
- 26: Being different and "too sensitive"
- 20: "We need a more creative brain in this era."
- 16: Indomitable perseverance and intention
- 12: Joyful entrepreneuring
- 10: Giving ourselves our own credentials
- 10: Taking care of ourselves to be more creative
- 02: Chris Howard on limiting belief systems
- 30: Change comes from awareness – not willpower
- 30: Leonard Bernstein: We must encourage thought, free and creative.
- 24: Robert Altman: playing by his own rules
- 22: A script doesn’t have to take a long time
- 16: Becoming what we think about
- 13: Solitude to grow an extraordinary life
- 10: Thinking of important stuff like money – and underpants
- 05: Rachel Weisz: We all do everything sometimes.
- 03: Suzanne Falter-Barns: "I chose to be a writer. Really chose it."
- 28: Artists and censorship
- 24: Addicted doctors
- 22: Video: Bill Moyers interviews writers Margaret Atwood and Martin Amis
- 21: Carrie Fisher: “Mental illness is not all bad.”
- 06: Steve Wozniak on being shy
- 05: Choosing to work with love
- 05: Releasing our ‘imprisoned splendor’
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