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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com "I didn’t like to be touched, I laughed at inappropriate times, ate the same foods every day, and was frequently overstimulated by smells, textures and sounds.” || “There are huge crossovers between non-binary, transgender, and gender and sexual non-conforming people who are autistic. Huge crossovers." Zhara...

"In my late 20s, I realized that I just couldn't work for somebody else anymore. It was becoming increasingly difficult to meet the demands of a workplace of having to go and be in a certain place every day, and having to sort of mask all the time and hide the needs that I had. “And I know this will be familiar to a lot of the people listening to this today." This Creative Mind Audio is an excerpt...

"You're not just getting by anymore. The work that you've done on your healing journey has created the possibility of transformation beyond what levels of health you've had in the past. “And this is your physical health, your mental health, emotional health. You are a better person than you've ever been before." Aimie Apigian "We now call this post traumatic growth, this possibility of transformat...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com "In this episode, I take you on a deeply personal journey through some of the most challenging phases of my life. Julie Bjelland continues, "I open up about the experience of facing an empty nest, the physical and emotional upheaval brought on by menopause, and the profound insights I gained from understandi...

"Attachment is not just one’s relationship style, it was one’s survival style for the first few years of life. “These experiences influence our attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized—and shape our ability to form healthy relationships." Dr. Aimie Apigian says "everything that we know from attachment is that you need one primary caregiver, which is why it’s the mother first. “...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com "I developed the analogy of the rainforest mind because I needed a way to explain giftedness to teachers and really anybody who wasn’t sure what does it mean. There are so many different definitions...some people think it’s achievement. Some people think it’s personality or brain." Paula Prober is a psychoth...

How does EMDR work? Can it help people recover from trauma, PTSD, addiction and other kinds of emotional health challenges? The audio in the first segment is from a video conversation between Russell Brand and actor Jameela Jamil ('The Good Place' series). Psychologist Cheryl Arutt finds EMDR is a "psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from distressing life experiences,...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com "To get out of our heads and into our bodies a little more...I think gifted humans, neurodivergent humans and humans impacted by trauma...really have a hard time doing that." In a post of hers (Understanding Emotional Intensity), Christine Fonseca summarizes that "Intensity refers to how an individual approa...

Tye Glover is an Ideation Coach, and Founder and President of Think Different Nation. This is an excerpt from his conversation with Caroline Partridge for her Perception Podcast. He comments: "We can't really recognize what else someone else is not seeing or seeing...I started recognizing that I have a particular way in which I'm experiencing that I'm looking at things, that I'm taking note of par...

"Growing up in the 1990s, I was different from other girls, but I certainly never considered I had autism." Zhara Astra continues, "Sure, I operated on a different wavelength: I gravitated towards philosophy and books that dissected the meaning of life. I was extremely literal, and had a fascination with math and numbers, as is common in autism. But, less commonly, I didn’t like to be touched, I l...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com "I was also aware that I was not really allowed to be so gifted, that I threatened their self concepts. “Which is to say that I wasn’t really encouraged or allowed to be my full self, but I was rather being asked to act as a kind of instrument or one dimensional trophy for other people. “And I found that it’...

"Have you ever frozen up in the face of what should otherwise be a nonthreatening situation?" That is one way to define the trauma response of freeze. In the first section of this podcast episode, Dr. Aimie Apigian , MD comments "when we bring in the right kinds of support, the right kinds of energy, I have seen the time needed for the freeze response to become less. "And yet every person, every b...

Britt Frank notes "the definition of trauma that I use comes from Dr Peter Levine , who founded Somatic Experiencing, that trauma is anything that's too much, too fast, too soon. "And my little addition to that is: or not enough. Trauma is anything you got that you didn't need or anything that you didn't get that you did need.” She adds that "trauma is an internal process. It's a brain indigestion...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com James C. Kaufman , PhD is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut, and teaches classes on creativity. Topics in our interview include* the use of mood-altering substances by writers and other artists* the genius myth stereotype* how the idea of a creative muse impacts creative...

Writer, actor and producer Issa Rae commented to Terry Gross, host of the NPR show Fresh Air, that she was socially uncomfortable and introverted growing up, and one day wrote the phrase "I'm awkward. And black." in her journal. Rae says it was a revelation. "I knew I was black, obviously, but the 'awkward' part really just defined me in a sense," Rae noted. "That felt like an identity that I had...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com “Creating art has always been a way to channel emotional intensity.” Psychologist Cheryl Arutt adds, “You don’t have to be in pain to do great work as an artist.” Pain and sensitivity In our conversation, Dr. Arutt notes "Creative people do tend to be highly sensitive and an exquisite sensitivity is an asset...

"A lot of times when we're working on our mental health, being that so much of it is cognitive, we think we have to speak things through and that's the only way... “But creativity is the conduit for another way of communication." This is a brief excerpt from The Mental Wellness Practice Podcast episode 027 : How Your Creativity Affects Your Mental Health with Dr. LA Stretch. In the episode, Dr. Sh...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com Dr. Diamond says the idea of possession has been around a long time, and “it used to be believed — and still is by many people — that it is caused by entities of some kind, demons, devils and so forth. “ Jung is the one who talked about it most. He said the shadow , and the unconscious in general, has the po...

Probably all of us experience challenges at times in our personal, family, business and other relationships. Psychologist Matt Zakreski points out "No one is good in ALL social situations, or in all aspects of a particular social situation." Being a highly sensitive person can add more challenges to healthy relationships, as therapist and author Julie Bjelland , LMFT explains in this excerpt from...

This excerpt is from a much longer interview podcast for Meditation Studio, about perspectives in his book Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck .The description for the full episode notes David Nichtern is "a senior Buddhist teacher who has been practicing and teaching meditation for over 40 years."He is also a highly regarded, award winning composer, producer and guitarist, as well as the...

Imi Lo is a consultant, psychotherapist, author on mental health, an art therapist, and trainer to therapists and coaches. This is an excerpt from her interview with Nicole A. Tetreault , PhD, a neuroscientist, psychologist and researcher specializing in the fields of neurodiversity, giftedness, and the brain differences associated with these conditions. See the full podcast interview on Imi Lo's...

Journalist Robert Whitaker , author of books including Mad in America, interviews Sarah Fay about her mental health experiences and her memoir. This is a brief excerpt from the much longer conversation podcast. My title comes from a comment by Sarah Fay: "I have to admit that I was so attached to my diagnosis, I had defined myself by it." Source podcast: The Impact the DSM Has Had On All of Us: An...

"Improv games cultivate openness and playfulness, relaxation and self-care." Julie Skolnick , M.A., J.D. is Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, with programs including the Let’s Talk 2e! Conference and The Haystack , a community for 2e Adults.2E or twice exceptional people are gifted as well as experiencing learning differences or neurodivergent qualities such as dyslexia, ADHD, or autism. G...

Why are we more vulnerable to anxiety as a highly sensitive person? Sensitivity expert Julie Bjelland explains, “Anxiety or high stress is actually pretty common for highly sensitive people. “Much of it has to do with an overloaded sensitive nervous system.”  “When the nervous system doesn’t get time to turn off, even away from someone’s energy in the room, this nervous system ‘engine’ gets overwh...

"When I made that choice to write the book, I wanted it on my terms as opposed to somebody else's." Author Ulcca Joshi Hansen adds, "That felt like a really important moment for me as an author because it was saying, you know, my gift, my voice, my ideas are important, and I need to trust them enough to put them out in the world in the ways that I think are right." In this excerpt from their much...