Category Archives: gifted adults

This other me…this other life

Posted on July 31, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

A metamorphic process is underway in me.   It’s something that began 6 years ago…when I stepped out of the treadmill of conventional service-for-pay employment. I’ve been engaged in some online conversation about finding meaningful work when you have many gifts/talents … Continue reading →

Posted in butterfly, career, combining science and motherhood, creative space, gifted adults, gifted support, intellectual stuff, Intensity, introspection, On friendship, personal growth, personal issues, selective mutism | 5 Comments

Marriage, motherhood and the philosophical mind…

Posted on July 15, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I am hoping I could generate some input regarding a person’s intense need for philosophical inquiry and making room for a personal life. What I’m referring to is the endless struggle between feeding the intellectual needs and, being a social … Continue reading →

Posted in gifted adults, gifted support, intellectual stuff, Intensity, introspection, mindfulness, personal growth, personal issues | 6 Comments

The journey continues.

Posted on July 6, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I’ve been stuck in awareness but no growth, hung suspended in time, grappling with the past and the impact on my present. I have had MANY revelations as to why I’m stuck. Stumbling on the concept that I probably have … Continue reading →

Posted in existentialism, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, incompleteness, intellectual stuff, Intensity, On friendship, overexcitabilities, personal growth, personal issues, Writing, Yalom | Leave a comment

Following new leads.

Posted on July 6, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

What if the puzzle pieces are falling into place…the cloud of despair is lifting…and I could almost deal with life again knowing there are steps to take (non-medicated ones)? What if I can build on my strengths and work around … Continue reading →

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Safe Trauma Recovery

Posted on June 12, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I took this picture yesterday, at the local Border’s bookstore. I think I need a reminder that I have good mommy moments as well as horrible ones. There’s many times I blow it with my kids (well, come to think … Continue reading →

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The Divided Self

Posted on May 4, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I found a fascinating quote today while reading The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness by psychologist R.D. Laing. Our civilization represses not only ‘the instincts’, not only sexuality, but any form of transcendence. Among one dimensional … Continue reading →

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Be Greeted Psychoneurotics

Posted on April 26, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

Be Greeted Psychoneurotics.* Suffering, aloneness, self-doubt, sadness, inner conflict; these are our feelings that we have not learned to live with, that we have failed to appreciate, that we reject as destructive and completely negative, but in fact they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Dabrowski, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, overexcitabilities | 8 Comments

Dealing with sensitivities publically – navel gazing or not?

Posted on April 24, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I want my wonderful readers to know that I do what I do in the hopes that our story helps someone else. I don’t always know what happens when people visit my blog, though I do get warm and wonderful … Continue reading →

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Stuck.

Posted on March 19, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I’ve often wondered lately if I am on a bit of a self-destructive path of late and not entirely sure I haven’t gone off the deep end but haven’t yet acknowledged it to myself. Something is keeping me stuck and … Continue reading →

Posted in gifted adults, gifted support, health, introspection | 16 Comments

On the creatively gifted

Posted on March 12, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

Oh, wow. Sometimes I forget all the cool things I find in my research and blog about.  I recently re-read my post on Raising Bill Gates, and I forgot about this wonderful gem: I also found another list of gifted … Continue reading →

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