By the American Psychological Association As talk of the banking crisis, falling housing prices, rising consumer debt and declining retail sales bring up worries about the nation’s economic health, more Americans feel additional stress and anxiety about their financial future. Money and the state of the economy are two of the top sources of stress [...]
One of the many things that can fuel our sense of failure is comparing what we do and attempt to do with what others have accomplished. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, is, of course, a prime example of success and accomplishment. But in this video, her Commencement Address st Harvard University, June [...]
“Thomas Leonard was legendary for being able to produce a seemingly endless torrent of writing, recordings, programs and more. He was prolific. But he seemed even more prolific than he actually was because he was a very sharp user of technology. “Sure, his natural genius at writing relevant and useful material was key. But lucky [...]
“I don’t like the word nice; it means No Inner Core Evident.” That is a quote from one of creativity coach Eric Maisel’s podcasts titled “On Being Too Nice” in which the focus [as the description says] is on “the problem of self-censorship and how too many people, wanting to be ‘nice,’ fail to find [...]
This is a poster from the movie “Closer” with Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen. Owen has been a powerful image and personality to me in all his films I’ve seen – a mensch, someone of strong character and admirable self-assurance, someone to admire and emulate – somehow even when his character [...]
It may be a cliche, but the idea of the “sensitive artist” is still basically true. Sometimes high sensitivity may be based on difficult or hurtful situations. Ashley Judd, for example, says she was a “hypervigilant child.” Continued on Highly Sensitive. developing creativity, highly sensitive people, emotional intensity, overexcitability, gifted and talented, hypervigilance, Ashley Judd
How do you respond to sensory input? According to research, some of us are more likely to be augmenters, or have nervous systems that amplify or increase sensory stimulation (which may help explain the trait of high sensitivity), and other people are reducers, who dampen or decrease sensory input, and find a need to pursue [...]
When something happens to us or we do something that can be called a failure, there are often ideas and feelings we attach to that experience, such as thinking we are lacking or insufficient, or have lost personal power or strength, or we call ourselves a person who does not succeed. So we may think [...]
Many seemingly helpful and encouraging aphorisms and wise sayings passed along in centuries of literature may not be so wise after all, as Yee-Ming Tan of Positive Psychology News Daily notes. She writes that she “just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book Outliers: The Story of Success. “Much of what Gladwell has to say about [...]
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Site author: Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology, is a writer and researcher on the psychology of creative expression and personal growth, especially for high ability adults. He is publisher of the Talent Development Resources series of sites.
