Intuition and geekery
Over the years, I've met many geeks. Engineer geeks. Software geeks. Science geeks. Maths geeks. Artist geeks. Most of them are intuitive - whether they know it or not, whether…
The magic of craftspeople
I'm excited as I write this: tomorrow I'm off to the hairdressers! Now having avoided the hairdressers for up to 3 years (and ended up with a 3 foot long…
Gifted…and suicidal
May is a time of exams, of heavy pressure, of huge change. All of these can trigger suicidal thoughts, especially for gifted people. I first developed depression after sitting my…
The rational logic of emotions
Emotions get a bad rap for being illogical, irrational and unpredictable. They get ignored, suppressed and rejected. And they will still drive you to do things - or get in…
Finding your One Thing
Everywhere's talking about it. At least, everywhere that I've been hanging out lately is. Focus. Do what's essential. Simplify. Finding the One Thing is finding where your purpose, passion, talent…
Intelligence and love
For a long time, I saw my mind as an obstacle. An obstacle that got between me and friends. It hurt. Maybe it began when, in efforts to console and…
Genius mind… hellish emotions
We all know someone - it might even be us - who's super-bright, knows all sorts of stuff, is fast to process information and create new solutions - in short,…
Making resolutions that stick
It's New Year resolutions time again... time to put on the thinking cap and figure out how you want to approach the 2015. But you know how most resolutions fall…
Four kinds of stuck – and how to get out of them
You know what you want to be doing, but you're not doing it. You focus for a brief moment, then it's gone and you're away, floating around in a cloud…
8 ways to integrate your intelligences
You're familiar with the idea of integrating all your different aspects, whether you call them body, mind, and soul, or head, heart and intuition, or any other combination. But do…