November 4, 2025
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November 4, 2025
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If You Are Human, You Are Authentic

The confusion with AI ends here Authentic is what you are all of the time. It’s not a noun or a choice. It is what you are, even when questioning or searching for your authenticity. Every living human is authentic, and this story explores why it matters more to adults who become […]
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September 24, 2025
60 Writers
September 24, 2025
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What to Expect Past 60

Thanks to AI The Boomers Are Taking a Victory Lap Boomers. That’s everyone alive between 60 and 78. How come I’m seeing so many articles this month about people going past 60? Is it me, or is it the algorithm? Is it the last of the boomers, bringing up the rear to […]
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September 2, 2025
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September 2, 2025
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Back in the Saddle Again

Out where a friend is a friend Hello friends, If you are new, the About page on Substack will tell you more about Gifted Professionals and Communicators and how to connect with not just anyone but the people actively looking for your story and your current projects. If you’ve been around for […]
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August 16, 2025
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August 16, 2025
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The Gifted Mind’s Compass: Navigating Purpose and Peace Through Chaos

What’s it like to be you?  You seem to experience great joy and laughter at the same time you express deep exhaustion.  This profound dualism, this constant tension between deep understanding and overwhelming fatigue, is something many of us know intimately. The Weight of Awareness Let’s call this inherent experience what it […]
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July 31, 2025
Peter O'Neil
July 31, 2025
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Peter J. O’Neil, CAE, FASAE

Gifted Communicator and Transformer of People and Associations I met Peter in 1999—for lunch. My association executive peers said, “You gotta meet Peter O’Neil.” I was past 50 and well established. Peter was a young man, not yet 30 years old, and already an interim executive director of an association I had […]
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July 23, 2025
Lily Jedynak, Ph.D.
July 23, 2025
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Gifted Belonging at 60: Bigger Adventures Still Ahead

Lily Jedynak, Ph.D., Author, Musician, Business Owner, Creative Dreamer   “I’m uncomfortable if I’m not aiming for the mastery. I become dissatisfied very quickly with myself if I’m not heading for the mastery.” Where do you belong and where is your community when you are an extraordinarily talented adult, professional, and communicator? […]
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