The Gifted Creative Podcast
This podcast explores creative intelligence, the integration of cognitive and somatic awareness that represents our return to full human capacity. As a creative intelligence researcher, I'm investigating what we once had but lost, and what some of us still carry despite every effort by our systems to break our creative intelligence.
Many people who've been labeled as having disabilities, learning differences, or who simply don't fit into current systems are actually carrying intact creative intelligence. What looked like a liability in rigid systems becomes essential capacity when those systems collapse.
We had this integrated intelligence before, the ability to think somatically, to see whole systems, to think top down and bottom up, to connect rather than separate, to integrate past wisdom with future possibilities.
Our institutions trained us to fragment our intelligence, to privilege only cognitive processing, to fit into narrow definitions of how minds should work.
Now that those systems are failing, those of us who maintained or recovered our full intelligence are having to figure out how to survive and thrive without the structures that never really worked for us anyway. And we're discovering that what we carry is exactly what everyone needs now.
Through deep exploration of ancient wisdom, mythology, and philosophy, each episode recovers practical knowledge about how creative intelligence actually works.
Together we can remember how to reconnect the connection that we lost and build a sustainable world that reclaims our full human capacity. An essential skill for navigating for the change we are about to face.
Episodes
16 episodes
Creative Intelligence is Whole Picture Intelligence
What is Creative Intelligence?Creative Intelligence is the ability to understand the whole picture—enabling you to create, navigate, or adapt what is needed. It is the integrated intelligence of mind and body, a concept that was e...
Building 2e Micro Schools Online
Traditional education systems suppress the natural gifts of twice-exceptional (2e) children - their holistic intelligence, pattern recognition, and heightened sensitivity. As we enter the AI era, these very qualities are becoming more crucial t...
Your Child Is Perfect!
In this episode I encourage parents to think about their child's neurodivergence in a different way. That perhaps what is broken is everything but their child. I ask them to recognize that we live in a culture set up to work against recognizing...
Understanding 2e Identity Fluidity
In this episode of the Gifted Neurodivergent Child Podcast, I dive into the swirling world of identity—gender identity, to be precise—mixing it up with neurodivergence. I’ll take you through a rather lame roller coaster ride unders...
Being the Class Clown is Demonstrating Gifted Overexcitabilities.
Do you have a class clown? My oldest child is one, my husband still is one, and I was once one.Research is finally getting around to proving what I have always known: the Class Clown is the smartest kid in the class. The class clown is n...
When Tutoring Isn't Working, Do This!
In this episode, I delve into the concept of creative intelligence and its impact on our perspective-taking. Using tutoring as an illustrative example, I demonstrate how the variance in learning experiences often boils down to differing perspec...
Growing The Sensitive Child's Comfort Zone
Our children are entering an uncertain future, necessitating a shift in parenting approaches from previous generations. It is crucial to prepare them for a world where many variables are currently unknown.When confronted with the unknown...
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
In this episode of the Gifted Creative Podcast, we delve into the timeless relevance of Plato's allegory of the Cave and analyze its implications on modern education, power, and media, arguing that the story illustrates how societal systems fra...
Infracognition Will Change How We See and Value Intelligence
This episode of the Gifted Neurodivergent Child Podcast introduces the concept of infracognition, a form of cognition that involves understanding and using emotions alongside traditional thought processes. It is contrasted with metacognition, o...
Cultivating Sensitivity is Cultivating Giftedness
In this episode of the Gifted Neurodivergent Child Podcast, I delve into the significance of sensitivity and its impact on giftedness and neurodivergence. Through personal anecdotes and thought-provoking insights, I cover how sensitivity in...
Dyspraxia's Gifts
Welcome to The Gifted Neurodivergent Podcast, where we explore the extraordinary minds of those who see the world differently. Host Lillian Skinner talks with independent researcher Allan, a fascinating individual who has carved his own path in...
A Tea Master's Lesson On Perfectionism
In this episode of the Gifted Creative Podcast we explore the destructive nature of perfectionism in society and its negative impact on creativity, human intelligence, and holistic growth. The episode delves into historical examples, such as 16...
Where Should Creatives Live?
This episode of the Gifted Creative Podcast delves deeply into Aesop's fable of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse. It unpacks the metaphorical significance of the story, interpreting the city mouse as individuals who live in perpetual ...
The Little Prince - A Hero's Journey
In this episode of the Gifted Neurodivergent Child Podcast, the host provides a deep analysis and personal perspective on 'The Little Prince.' The discussion covers themes of holistic versus fragmented intelligence, and how children's stories e...
Narcissus Was Not A Narcissist
In this episode of The Gifted Neurodivergent Child Podcast, we reinterpret the story of Narcissus, not as a tale of vanity, but as one of deep introspection and the persecution of those who practice it. We explore how fragmented intelligence fo...
Interview with a Creative - A Young Multipotential Polyglot
We rarely get a glimpse into what it looks like to be a healthy creative. But here is such an opportunity. Allow me to introduce Abby, a young polyglot.Abby is a Korean interpreter who decided she wanted to learn Korean. She achieved thi...