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Artist Dianne Albin on Meaning-Making
{Excerpted from book: The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path Through Depression, by Eric Maisel, PhD.} For an artist, it is a driven pursuit, whether we acknowledge this or not, that endless...
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Gifted, talented and still hiding out
To avoid being seen as too weird or different, and to fit in better with others, gifted people often learn to stifle or cover up their unusual cognitive and other abilities, which can lead to an...
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Brainpower and The Smart Gap
It may be natural to feel frustrated at not being able to solve a math problem or some other challenge when we are growing up and still learning, but how do you feel about your abilities and your self,...
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Finding the Gems in the Rough: the mission to identify and serve the...
By Sara Yamtich Over the decades, education and resources for gifted youth have made significant contributions to the education and mental health fields. Many thinkers have shed light on not just the...
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Guilty about being exceptional
Being highly talented and exceptional can engender a complex mix of feelings about your self and how you relate to your advanced abilities, and to the world. Mary-Elaine Jacobsen writes about clients...
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Smarter Than Others
What happens if you realize you are smarter and more capable than most people? Do you celebrate being exceptional, or try to hide? Being different can be painful, but those who honestly acknowledge...
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Highly Sensitive, Gifted, Not Disordered
Being highly sensitive is a common experience for many, if not most, gifted people. It is related to intensity and excitabilities such as emotional, intellectual and imaginational and sensory....
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Gifted, Talented, Creative, Anxious
“I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I’m not sure I’d want to give them up; a lot of these insecurities fuel the movies I make.” Steven Spielberg There can be many flavors of...
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Living Up to the “Gifted” Label – Or Not
“I don’t think I’m even close to fulfilling my potential.” Actor Kerry Washington goes on to say, “And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly...
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Challenged By Being So Smart
“My first negative experience of being too smart was in fifth grade.” Jeanette Being exceptionally intelligent and creative has many pleasures and benefits – for individuals and society – but there are...
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