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How to Ride Out Life’s Tough Times: Hang Loose in the Washing Machine!

Adversity is something everyone faces at some time in their life. Adversity often has a greater impact on CASIGYs™ (Creative, Acutely Aware, Super-Sensitive, Intense and/or Gifted You-s) than it does on neurotypical people. So, for the CASIGYs™ in your life, here’s How to Ride Out Life’s Tough Times: Hang Loose in the Washing Machine! Several years ago, I was helping one of my counseling clients learn how to cope with overwhelming emotions connected to the adversity he

Sharon Barnes June 27, 2018

What Can a Creative Sensitive or Gifted Person Do When You Don’t Feel Grateful

What can a Creative Sensitive or Gifted Person do when you don’t feel grateful, especially on the annual day set aside for giving thanks? If you’re like most CASIGYs™, you probably feel guilty about it. Beyond that, the short answer is that you can feel what you feel! And then you have the opportunity to deal with how you feel.The long answer is, well, the rest of this post. What do I mean, “you feel

Sharon Barnes November 19, 2017

Transformation

Waht is death to the caterpillar is birth to the butterfly.

Sharon Barnes February 3, 2017

Ode to Mothers…Umm….I Hate Mother’s Day…Or Do I?

Reflections on How to Heal our Lives, Feed our Souls, and Fund our Dreams Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom, Maurine J. Sackett, picture on the right, last June in the Cusco region of Peru. We were on our way to visit Macchu Picchu before going to Juliaca, where she had lived as a young child. Her parents were missionaries there, and started a medical clinic that is now Clinica Americana. We helped them celebrate their

Sharon Barnes May 12, 2013

Valentine’s Day can be painful for CASIGYs with Broken, Hurting Hearts

Many CASIGYs feel lost in the Sea of Despair on Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day can be painful for CASIGYs (Creative, Alert-Aware, Super-Sensitive, Intense, and/or Gifted You-s) with broken, hurting hearts. When we have lost a loved one, when our marriage or love relationship is in trouble or has broken up, when we despair of ever finding someone to love and truly love us back, our deep pain can be magnified even more than usual during

Sharon Barnes February 13, 2013

CASIGYs Could Remake the World

If [CASIGYs] understood and exercised their power they could remake the world. –Emily Taft Douglas.

Sharon Barnes October 9, 2012

There’s Magic in Being a CASIGY MisFit

For CASIGY’s (Creative, Acutely Aware, Super-sensitive, Intense, Gifted You), our differences and vulnerabilities can be big obstacles to finding our passion(s) and fulfill our mission(s) in life. Gifted adults, teens and kids can often feel like Rudolph in the Christmas legend. Surely you know the story? According to the legend, young reindeer at the North Pole drill and compete to get the chance to pull Santa’s sleigh on Christmas. But Rudolph was different from all the

Sharon Barnes August 31, 2012

Encouraging CASIGYs

Encouraging CASIGYs (Creative, Aware, Super-sensitive, Intense, Gifted You-s!) often starts with helping them cope with discouragement, sensitivity, depression or anxiety. proceeds with helping them heal from the hurts left behind by whatever caused the distress, and wraps up with helping them discover a sense of positive purpose, develop a vision and finally, fulfill their mission in life. ScrapLady Sharon Barnes Photo: courtesy of Glenn Sackett Photography

Sharon Barnes August 24, 2012

Find The Magic in Being a CASIGY™ Misfit

Do you have a deep ‘defect’ in your life that makes you feel like a misfit? Dig deeply enough inside that ‘defect’ to discover the gift camouflaged within. Then hone and use that Gift to heal and serve others in the world. By this, you’ll find the magic in being a CASIGY™ MisFit. ScrapLady Sharon Barnes

Sharon Barnes July 13, 2012