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Emotions and Carried Emotions

Coaching Process, Growing Up, Inner Conflict, Power of the Mind, Psychology, Relationships, Tools for Positive Change6 Comments

Many of our emotions are self-experienced; however, sometimes our emotions are carried emotions — emotions that we do experience but that are not ours. These emotions have been given to us by others (our parents, our culture, etc.) and they make us feel like we are living someone else’s life. In this article, I explore the difference between self-experienced emotions and carried emotions, and show how gifted people can gain conscious control over their inner emotional lives.

Energy Patterns: The Cornerstone of Self-Care and Potential-Realization for Gifted People

Coaching Process, Gifted Coaching, Life-balance, Personal Effectiveness, Potential, Procrastination, Psychology, Tools for Positive Change1 Comment

 Gifted people have big agendas – they want to learn and accomplish so much in life! However, without understanding how to best manage their energy, they often find themselves burning out or otherwise not concentrating well, not accomplishing what they want, and not being satisfied with themselves. Learn about how I help my gifted clients learn to better understand and manage their energy to increase productivity, creativity, self-care and self-esteem.

Living with Intensity: Giftedness & Self-Actualization

Coaching Process, Consciousness, Creativity, Gifted Coaching, Inner Conflict, Personal Effectiveness, Potential, Psychology, Tools for Positive Change14 Comments

Intense inner disharmony can sometimes accompany the experience of giftedness. But rather than framing this disharmony as mental weakness or illness, Dabrowski looked at it as a catalyst for advanced personality development. Learn about Dabrowski’s Overexcitabilities, Theory of Positive Disintegration and the climb toward gifted self-actualization in this article.

“Tension in Your Consciousness”: The Key to Healing

Coaching Process, Consciousness, Healing, Inner Conflict, Power of the Mind, Psychology, Spiritual Growth, Tools for Positive ChangeLeave a comment

I just returned from a week-long conference with my husband in the lost mountains where Switzerland borders France and Italy. The subject of the conference: Healing.  Our instructor for the week: Martin Brofman, PhD, founder of the Brofman Foundation for the Advancement of Healing and The Body Mirror System of Healing. According to Brofman, he healed…