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Time to cut down on shopping in the physical world? by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness If you are among the twenty percent or so of us who are highly sensitive, you may find holiday shopping scenes less and less appealing, and more stressful.Thanks to Google ale ... Read on »

Attitude and personal growth – “Choose to see what is viable for yourself” by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness From article: Stuck? You May Have Eyes Wide Shut Syndrome, By Valery Satterwhite“I’ve been told that I’m incompetent, socially retarded, maladjusted. I still ... Read on »

Relieving the effects of SAD (seasonal affective disorder) by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness From article: Help Anxiety, No SAD Times this Winter!, by Jen Crippen.Now that the clocks have been turned back the days feel very short.Darkness will fall earlier everyday un ... Read on »

video: The Passage – Intro by Deepak Chopra by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Deepak Chopra is author of Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul.Video from Wilddivine.com.“The exercises in Healing Rhythms affect not only the longevity of your ... Read on »

Ian McKellen on being authentic by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Our personal identity – and how confident we are with it – can have a huge impact on our esteem and how fully we express our talents.Ian McKellen recently commente ... Read on »

Caroline Myss on healing by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Author Caroline Myss says that healing is not only physical – “it is also a mystical phenomenon that transcends reason.”She “instructs readers to move ... Read on »

High ability people and career choices by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness From article There are choices! Making choices: a gifted case report, By Noks Nauta Kitty did well in school, until seventh grade, when she began to experience academic and so ... Read on »

Gifted in the workplace by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness From article Giftedness in the work environment, By Noks Nauta, Sieuwke Ronner.“Gifted individuals possess many more creative possibilities than the averagely gifted per ... Read on »

Hilary Swank and Emotional Excitability by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Most people experience strong feelings occasionally, unless they are depressed. But for some, their emotional reactions are especially intense.Psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski ... Read on »

You’re intense, complex, and driven because you’re gifted by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Excerpt from The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius, by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen.To feel like an outsider, to constantly pressure yourself to hold ... Read on »

Dacher Keltner on positive emotion and living a good life by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Dacher Keltner (PhD in Social Psychology, Stanford University) has worked with Paul Ekman, and is now a professor in U.C. Berkeley’s Psychology Department.Here are the Y ... Read on »

Excitabilities – Our Teeming Brains by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness What are Excitabilities?One of the key concepts of Polish psychiatrist and psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski, MD, PhD (1902 – 1980) is that individuals with strong &ldquo ... Read on »

Brian Tracy on Cultivating Self-Esteem by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Personal growth and achievement leader Brian Tracy writes about the importance of positive self-regard :“Your self-esteem is probably the most important part of your per ... Read on »

Our potential for evil and creativity by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Psychologist Rollo May explains the classic Greek conception of the “daimonic” or darker side of our being (unlike the demonic, which is merely destructive) is &ld ... Read on »

Peter D. Kramer on normality and mental health by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness B eing exceptional is by definition to be out of the ordinary, not normal in some notable ways, and according to some common standards of behavior or values.Processing informa ... Read on »

Developing our talents: the Growth Mindset by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness The growth mindset In her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck explains how important attitude can be in developing our talen ... Read on »

Where do ideas come from? Malcolm Gladwell reads from his book by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness This is an excerpt from the audio book What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell, including some of his experiences and anecdotes on finding creative inspirat ... Read on »

Personal development: Tama J. Kieves on doing more with joy by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Tama J. Kieves, an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, left her law practice with a large corporate law firm to write and lead workshops as a life/work and creativity coach ... Read on »

Relieving anxiety: Slow down, you do too much by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Trying to keep too many projects going at once – doing too much multitasking – is not only likely to decrease our real productivity, but also increase stress and a ... Read on »

Developing creativity – SARK on living a juicy creative life by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, better known as SARK to millions of fans worldwide, is a writer and visual artist who “encourages and inspires women of all ages to become & ... Read on »

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