Douglas Eby
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“Creating art has always been a way to channel emotional intensity. But you don’t have to be in pain to do great work as an artist.” Psychologist Cheryl Arutt | The Creative Mind sites by Douglas Eby. thecreativemind.info/Sites
“Perfection can only be two-dimensional." Michelle Williams
“I never feel that I am getting it right.” Cher
“I am an obsessive-compulsive and a perfectionist. I don’t say it with pride.” Jennifer Connelly
“Having prepared best, we succeed most.” Elaine Aron, PhD talentdevelop.com/1981/develop...
“I never feel that I am getting it right.” Cher
“I am an obsessive-compulsive and a perfectionist. I don’t say it with pride.” Jennifer Connelly
“Having prepared best, we succeed most.” Elaine Aron, PhD talentdevelop.com/1981/develop...
Highly Sensitive People: Preparation, Performing, Perfectionism
Elaine Aron notes many highly sensitive performers 'overprepare' for the extra arousal due to an audience. "Having prepared best, we succeed most."
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November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Perfection can only be two-dimensional." Michelle Williams
“I never feel that I am getting it right.” Cher
“I am an obsessive-compulsive and a perfectionist. I don’t say it with pride.” Jennifer Connelly
“Having prepared best, we succeed most.” Elaine Aron, PhD talentdevelop.com/1981/develop...
“I never feel that I am getting it right.” Cher
“I am an obsessive-compulsive and a perfectionist. I don’t say it with pride.” Jennifer Connelly
“Having prepared best, we succeed most.” Elaine Aron, PhD talentdevelop.com/1981/develop...
"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." podcast: 'Getting out of our heads...' with Christine Fonseca thecreativemind.substack.com/p/getting-ou...
Getting out of our heads, working with emotional intensity, and more with Christine Fonseca
"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."
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November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"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." podcast: 'Getting out of our heads...' with Christine Fonseca thecreativemind.substack.com/p/getting-ou...
Also hear clip from The Sensitive and Neurodivergent Podcast in my post Dysregulation and How to Improve Emotional Resilience with Psychologist Melanie Joy thecreativemind.substack.com/p/dysregulat...
🎬 Check out this clip from my recent interview with the wonderful Chris Jeffries on the Homeless Romantic podcast. 🎙️ To hear our conversation, head to bit.ly/MJHomelessRomantic or your favorite #podcast platform! 🎧
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Also hear clip from The Sensitive and Neurodivergent Podcast in my post Dysregulation and How to Improve Emotional Resilience with Psychologist Melanie Joy thecreativemind.substack.com/p/dysregulat...
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Dr. Elizabeth Stanley: "Where we direct our attention, consciously and unconsciously, has profound ripple effects on our brain, nervous system and body. Why control our attention? www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mq6...
Why control our attention?
» Also see longer video by Dr. Elizabeth Stanley (with link to her program MMFT Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training): Thinking Brain, Survival Brain and Recovering From Stress and Trauma…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Dr. Elizabeth Stanley: "Where we direct our attention, consciously and unconsciously, has profound ripple effects on our brain, nervous system and body. Why control our attention? www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mq6...
What are some challenges of being very smart and creative?
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What are some challenges of being very smart and creative?
High ability people experience both inner and social responses that may be self-limiting or even hurtful.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What are some challenges of being very smart and creative?
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You can see intensity in many actors, musicians, and other performers. It is one reason they have such power and presence. “Intensity is not something I try to do. It’s just kind of the way that I am.” Lance Reddick Intensity and Being A Creative Person thecreativemind.substack.com/p/intensity-...
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You can see intensity in many actors, musicians, and other performers. It is one reason they have such power and presence. “Intensity is not something I try to do. It’s just kind of the way that I am.” Lance Reddick Intensity and Being A Creative Person thecreativemind.substack.com/p/intensity-...
“Many sensitive autistic women spend years feeling unseen and misunderstood — carrying a quiet kind of loneliness that no diagnosis ever quite explained.” thecreativemind.substack.com/p/how-autist...
How autistic women can feel lonely from misdiagnosis and being neurodivergent
“Many sensitive autistic women spend years feeling unseen and misunderstood — carrying a quiet kind of loneliness that no diagnosis ever quite explained.”
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November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Many sensitive autistic women spend years feeling unseen and misunderstood — carrying a quiet kind of loneliness that no diagnosis ever quite explained.” thecreativemind.substack.com/p/how-autist...
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The future of autism research is likely to integrate molecular biology, brain imaging, and cognitive science in unprecedented ways.
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Mapping the Genetic Landscape of Autism
Genetics research and cognitive theory together are revealing autism’s biological depth and cognitive richness, shaping a future of personalized understanding.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The future of autism research is likely to integrate molecular biology, brain imaging, and cognitive science in unprecedented ways.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rais...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rais...
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OMG, I'm a relativist!
It took me a long time to understand epistemology and ontology, let alone where I stood within these areas. Here is a helpful guide to what all these long words mean! #AutResearch 🌈🎓
It took me a long time to understand epistemology and ontology, let alone where I stood within these areas. Here is a helpful guide to what all these long words mean! #AutResearch 🌈🎓
Philosophical Foundations: Ontology and Epistemology Explained
The author reflects on their difficulty understanding ontology and epistemology during their undergraduate studies, ultimately identifying as a relativist-constructionist. They explain ontology as the exploration of existence and reality perception, while epistemology examines knowledge acquisition. Different epistemological perspectives include objectivism, constructionism, and subjectivism, shaping research approaches and interpretations.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
OMG, I'm a relativist!
It took me a long time to understand epistemology and ontology, let alone where I stood within these areas. Here is a helpful guide to what all these long words mean! #AutResearch 🌈🎓
It took me a long time to understand epistemology and ontology, let alone where I stood within these areas. Here is a helpful guide to what all these long words mean! #AutResearch 🌈🎓
Letting go of regrets and more helps us recover after trauma
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Letting go of regrets and more helps us recover after trauma
"Do you think that your body, mind, biology, might still be holding on to? Let me share with you some of the biggest reasons that I see for why our body holds on."
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November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Letting go of regrets and more helps us recover after trauma
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“Intensity is not something I try to do. It’s just kind of the way that I am.” Lance Reddick
Intensity and Being A Creative Person
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Intensity and Being A Creative Person
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Intensity and Being A Creative Person
Intensity may often be part of the life of creative artists and high ability people, and accompany their trait of high sensitivity.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“Intensity is not something I try to do. It’s just kind of the way that I am.” Lance Reddick
Intensity and Being A Creative Person
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Intensity and Being A Creative Person
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"Unless someone understands they had trauma, they will feel they're either crazy or broken.
Psychologist Jeffrey Rutstein continues: "It can take us a while to heal our emotional wounds, our psychological wounds. But it can take even longer to help the nervous system..."
Psychologist Jeffrey Rutstein continues: "It can take us a while to heal our emotional wounds, our psychological wounds. But it can take even longer to help the nervous system..."
Trauma and shame, and recovering our wholeness and self acceptance
“Unless someone understands they had trauma, they will feel they’re either crazy or broken."
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Unless someone understands they had trauma, they will feel they're either crazy or broken.
Psychologist Jeffrey Rutstein continues: "It can take us a while to heal our emotional wounds, our psychological wounds. But it can take even longer to help the nervous system..."
Psychologist Jeffrey Rutstein continues: "It can take us a while to heal our emotional wounds, our psychological wounds. But it can take even longer to help the nervous system..."
How mindfulness can enhance our well-being and creativity
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How mindfulness can enhance our well-being and creativity
“Imagine that your internal experience is like a river going down a mountain - without mindfulness it’s sort of like we’re caught in that river, smashing into the white water, the rocks...”
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November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
How mindfulness can enhance our well-being and creativity
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"Your nervous system heals in micro-moments of safety and connection. In these micro-moments, life becomes more manageable, the world feels full of possibility, and one breath, one moment, can shift everything."
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You don’t need hours of calm to feel better
YouTube video by Creative Mind Videos
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Your nervous system heals in micro-moments of safety and connection. In these micro-moments, life becomes more manageable, the world feels full of possibility, and one breath, one moment, can shift everything."
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG_N...
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"Therapy was re-traumatizing because I had no capacity for self-regulation." »See longer video: "Healing chronic illness & trauma in our nervous system with Dr Cathleen King" youtu.be/zXsL5IMSzEE
Self-regulation & able to benefit from therapy
YouTube video by Creative Mind Videos
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September 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"Therapy was re-traumatizing because I had no capacity for self-regulation." »See longer video: "Healing chronic illness & trauma in our nervous system with Dr Cathleen King" youtu.be/zXsL5IMSzEE
"If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity."
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Our Complex and Creative Personality
"If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity."
Creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi added that "Instead of being an individual, they are…
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September 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2t...
"This is exactly the kind of book that is so important for people to read." Aimie Apigian, MD spoke with her audio engineer for the audiobook version. Get the hardcover version + Masterclass with Gabor Maté attachment.biologyoftrauma.com/trauma-maste...
The Biology of Trauma - "So important to read."
YouTube video by Creative Mind Videos
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September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"This is exactly the kind of book that is so important for people to read." Aimie Apigian, MD spoke with her audio engineer for the audiobook version. Get the hardcover version + Masterclass with Gabor Maté attachment.biologyoftrauma.com/trauma-maste...
Learn more from Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman through his excellent books - see list at my Amazon store: Books and Products for supporting your creative life, in the Scott Barry Kaufman books section www.amazon.com/shop/creativ...
September 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Learn more from Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman through his excellent books - see list at my Amazon store: Books and Products for supporting your creative life, in the Scott Barry Kaufman books section www.amazon.com/shop/creativ...
"Symptoms of low serotonin may include mood changes, feelings of depression or anxiety, and difficulty with functions such as sleep and memory." (Medical News Today)
When I was getting depression treatment medication (many years ago), it would have been interesting to have known about these impacts.
When I was getting depression treatment medication (many years ago), it would have been interesting to have known about these impacts.
"I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression. My mom sat me down when I was probably 18 and she said there is a serotonin imbalance in our family line."
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Kristen Bell on her depression
YouTube video by Creative Mind Videos
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September 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Symptoms of low serotonin may include mood changes, feelings of depression or anxiety, and difficulty with functions such as sleep and memory." (Medical News Today)
When I was getting depression treatment medication (many years ago), it would have been interesting to have known about these impacts.
When I was getting depression treatment medication (many years ago), it would have been interesting to have known about these impacts.
"I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression. My mom sat me down when I was probably 18 and she said there is a serotonin imbalance in our family line."
youtube.com/shorts/B0QTA...
youtube.com/shorts/B0QTA...
Kristen Bell on her depression
YouTube video by Creative Mind Videos
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September 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression. My mom sat me down when I was probably 18 and she said there is a serotonin imbalance in our family line."
youtube.com/shorts/B0QTA...
youtube.com/shorts/B0QTA...
» See much more in article "Getting past feeling flawed to being authentic and connecting better with others" - Our feelings like 'too different' or 'unworthy' can be changed. thecreativemind.substack.com/p/getting-pa...
Viola Davis: "One day my therapist asked me a pivotal question: ‘What if nothing changes - your looks, your weight, your success - would you be okay?’
“For the first time, I thought, You know what? Yes, I would. I really would. This is when I realized that the past was not going to define me."
“For the first time, I thought, You know what? Yes, I would. I really would. This is when I realized that the past was not going to define me."
September 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
» See much more in article "Getting past feeling flawed to being authentic and connecting better with others" - Our feelings like 'too different' or 'unworthy' can be changed. thecreativemind.substack.com/p/getting-pa...
Viola Davis: "One day my therapist asked me a pivotal question: ‘What if nothing changes - your looks, your weight, your success - would you be okay?’
“For the first time, I thought, You know what? Yes, I would. I really would. This is when I realized that the past was not going to define me."
“For the first time, I thought, You know what? Yes, I would. I really would. This is when I realized that the past was not going to define me."
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Viola Davis: "One day my therapist asked me a pivotal question: ‘What if nothing changes - your looks, your weight, your success - would you be okay?’
“For the first time, I thought, You know what? Yes, I would. I really would. This is when I realized that the past was not going to define me."
“For the first time, I thought, You know what? Yes, I would. I really would. This is when I realized that the past was not going to define me."
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