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The Creative Mind

Information and inspiration for creative, highly sensitive, high ability/gifted, perhaps neurodivergent, people: posts and podcast episodes with artists, psychologists, program authors, and more.

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Online therapy can be as helpful. What are the advantages?

Listen now (3 mins) | We can benefit from working with a therapist in person. But for many, this may not be available or desirable. Online therapy has many advantages.

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"Your job is to tell a story." - David Mamet Teaches Dramatic Writing

"We're given a great gift and a great responsibility, which is to tell stories as honestly as we can."

How we can resist despair and keep creating even in turbulent times

Listen now (22 mins) | “This is precisely the time when artists go to work...We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."

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Managing Our Anxiety To Live Better and Be More Creative

We can experience many flavors of insecurity, worry and anxiety from just being human and managing our complex lives, especially as creative or highly sensitive people.

Highly sensitive and autistic women - Often a hidden world.

Listen now | Therapist Julie Bjelland says "the reason we call it hidden is because many of the things that we experience as autistic women are in fact things that are internal, that are not actually seen by other people."

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Resource collections: How to develop creative talents, health, business success

These collections provide information, inspiration, and programs on a wide range of topics that can impact our lives, health, and how well we access our talents and abilities for creative expression, business success, and more.

Being Both Highly Sensitive and Autistic: The Sensitive Autistic Neurotype

Neurotype refers to classes of nervous systems, such as the neurodivergent “differently wired brains” many of us have, with ADHD, autism, and other differences.

Our Complex and Creative Personality

"If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity."

How CBT can help Neurodivergent people and others with emotional health challenges.

Listen now | Therapist Tara Geraghty-Ellis, MSW notes "There are a few mental health conditions that often co-occur with autism, including anxiety, depression..."

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How to Improve Your Communication on Valentine’s Day & Anytime

“Personal connection creates mental and emotional stimulation...People with close connections are happier, healthier, live longer.”