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The traditional roles of women continue to impact all aspects of a woman's life, even in our "more liberated and open" society. Gifted women struggle with their roles as women as well as their desire to achieve their intellectual goals. What struggles have you had, or have you observed in those who are close to you?See More
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Sciencemama replied to Rita Goodman's discussion My Journey Through the Classics in the group Bibliophiles"And too bad we live too far apart. I think we might get along. :)"
Sciencemama replied to Rita Goodman's discussion My Journey Through the Classics in the group Bibliophiles"Oh, yeah...and I've been thinking of adding a list of my favorite books and movies that have been very inspirational. I have a fairly off-beat taste in books. Some books have been banned in history...so those are of course the ones…"
Sciencemama replied to Rita Goodman's discussion My Journey Through the Classics in the group Bibliophiles"A blogroll is a list of your favorite blogs you can add to your own blog when you design your layout. This way you can find your favorite blogs without having to type them into a new window on your web browser.
You can see a list of mine on my…"
Sciencemama commented on Sciencemama's blog post Seeking fellowship in all the wrong places."Rita -
It seems like we are having some similar experiences with this. I am thoroughly exhausted right now. I stayed up to 3 am corresponding with an internet friend. A young adventurer/philosopher/poet who is trying really hard to…"
"I'm not sure what a blogroll is, but I'll take that as a complement :-)
Since reading is often my escape from loneliness, it's nice to not only post my comments online somewhere, but also to get comments and feedback. It's…"
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I'm tired of being unemployed
Posted by Sciencemama on April 22, 2012 at 1:30 2 Comments 0 Likes
ContinueThe practice of philosophy is a way of life that results from falling in love with questions—the great mythic questions that can never be given definitive answers.Human life is a journey whose end is not in sight. Searching, longing and questioning is in our DNA. Who we are and what we will become is determined by the questions that animate us, and by those we…
Tests Suck
Posted by Ashley on March 26, 2012 at 5:02 5 Comments 0 Likes
Man, I really hate tests. They ask things that weren't even in the book and ask questions in ways that make zero sense. Especially those definitions that state exactly what the word means so you select true and it was false... how does that happen? These tests were created by idiots.
I'm taking intro to business at the moment. They asked a question about Gap's form of competition of casual clothing in the marketplace. I thought about it and there are an endless amount of makers in…
Continue Excerpt from Carl Roger's: On Becoming A Fully Functioning Person.
Posted by Sciencemama on March 23, 2012 at 21:11 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Good Life and the Fully Functioning Person.
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These passages are from On Becoming a Person, a collection of essays by Carl Rogers published in 1961.
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I have gradually come to one negative conclusion about the good life. It seems to me that the good life is not any fixed state. It is not, in my estimation, a state of virtue, or contentment, or nirvana, or happiness. It is not a condition in which the individual is adjusted or fulfilled or actualized. To use…
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Clock Stomping...
Posted by K.C. Stephens on March 14, 2012 at 21:15 5 Comments 1 Like
I've come to the realization that I'm plagued heavily by the concept of time. Point blank I operate from a timeless place in my mind but when little nuances of time ticking away show up or rear it's ugly head in my life, it throws me off a little. I get to the point of wanting to smash the clock off the wall, knowingly perfectly well how irrational and pointless that is. I don't like the 8 hour workday, the 8 hours of sleep we should try to average, and the fact of feeling like there…
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OK, so I'm gifted. What do I do now? Just a thought on how to approach it.
Started by Dan F in Basic Gifted Information. Last reply by Daffodil K on Friday. 5 Replies 0 Likes
OK, you might have decided you're gifted, your brain is a high-performance sportscar rather than a lumbering SUV, and you'll be more confident shouting out the answers to the television on the next gameshow. But what does it all mean?Since this is…Continue
Tags: where to start, existential, gifted
How to overcome underachievement?
Started by Paul William Rogers in Basic Gifted Information. Last reply by Alex (up-late) Apr 27. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Hello,I am a 32 year old male. When I was in school I was classified as a GT student. The last IQ test I took I scored 141. My whole life I feel like I have underachieved. When I was in school everything was very easy for me and I developed an…Continue
Welcome to the new site
Started by Dan F in Site News and Announcements. Last reply by Alex (up-late) Apr 18. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Due to constant attacks from online criminals, the previous host and software were no longer safe for MyGiftedLife. We had to move.Rather than allow the site to be used by criminals to phish the details of banking customers from wherever, I decided…Continue
Introduction - new to the forums and groups.
Started by Elmar van Dijk in Uncategorized. Last reply by Dan F Mar 25. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hello, I am new to the forum, am not sure what to expect. Maybe by means of an intro it’s good to give a bit of a backgrounder. I’ll skip over details and try to cut to the chase. We have four sons (9, 5, 3, 1). We raise our children bilingually.…Continue
Plese guide my design efforts
Started by Dan F in Site News and Announcements. Last reply by Ana Feb 21. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Please add a very short description of how you would improve the apearance of the site, so that I can get some guidance on my design decisions.Examples: Blue, larger print. Or, make it bolder and put a photo at the top.Just a brief hint on what…Continue
Overexcitabilities -- What are they?
Started by Dan F in Basic Gifted Information. Last reply by Frank de Mink Dec 15, 2011. 9 Replies 0 Likes
In order to discuss overexcitabilities (OEs), we should first introduce where the term came from. For this first post I will be drawing from a number of different types of sources to provide a mixed view that concisely addresses OEs as an aspect of…Continue
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MGL is for gifted persons and those involved in their lives, including parents, families and friends. Educators, psychologists and other professionals are welcome, as are others who may simply want information about giftedness.
Mygiftedlife is a safe haven. It's a place where anyone who experiences life from a gifted perspective can share their unique selves and weave a common thread going beyond the tapestry of any usual forum to one based upon expanding awareness of experiences, self, others and the world we live in. Mygiftedlife is a place for delving deeper. I've come here and been understood when that seemed impossible. Gifted people and those advocating for gifted children navigate societal structures that present a great challenge. Support can be hard to find, but here it is.
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