January 16, 2026
Lori Cangilla

Do You Need a Break or a Certified Forest Therapy Guide?

Probably both. If you are a highly sensitive idealist, activist, and creative with ambitious goals Warning: Content may cause sudden clarity and extreme joy, awe, and belief in humanity. Meet Lori L. Cangilla, Ph.D., psychologist and founder of the Singularly Sensitive approach to therapy for gifted adults and the Highly Sensitive Person […]
September 24, 2025
60 Writers

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 […]
September 2, 2025
Cowgirl mounting a horse

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 […]
August 16, 2025
Fatigue face

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 […]
July 31, 2025
Peter O'Neil

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 […]
July 23, 2025
Lily Jedynak, Ph.D.

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? […]
June 24, 2024

Is Your Genius Hidden or Not Yet Communicated?

It’s high time to turn a simple story into a powerful narrative It seems like yesterday we were writing and chatting about the hidden genius in you. Polina Pompliano’s book Hidden Genius: The Secret Ways of Thinking that Power the World’s Most Successful People celebrated its first anniversary this week. In our […]