Full Description
Guided Journal for the Smart and SensitiveWhy do intelligent and sensitive people feel so much more than others? Why do smart people suffer from overthinking and anxiety and struggle to find meaningful success in life?
A guided journal for mental health improvement. Working alongside Dr. Eric Maisel's bestselling Why Smart People Hurt, this new guided journal helps you work through the difficult challenges bright, emotional people face on a daily basis. From navigating difficult family situations to understanding the connection between intelligence and depression, this journal will help you understand yourself on a whole new level. A sensitive people book made for those looking to create meaning in their lives.
Personal growth guidance. Working through your thoughts and emotions using the Why Smart People Hurt Journal will kickstart a personal growth journey you never saw coming. Using Dr. Eric Maisel's revolutionary principles, you will better understand who you are as a person and why you may have difficulty finding success and maintaining relationships.
Inside, you'll find:
Reflective writing prompts to guide you through difficult emotions.
Ways to find work that utilizes your intelligence while providing meaning.
Support through your groundbreaking journey to self-improvement.
If you liked Sensitive Is the New Strong, the 52-Week Mental Health Journal, or Why Smart People Hurt, you'll love Why Smart People Hurt Journal.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
Entry 1. Your Unfriendly Family
Entry 2. Society and Religion
Entry 3. Workplace Unfriendliness
Entry 4. The Role of Mass Culture
Entry 5. The Bigger Picture
Entry 6. Feeling Different
Entry 7. Feeling Misunderstood
Entry 8. Feeling Underutilized
Entry 9. Feeling Alienated
Entry 10. Feeling Special ... And Small
Entry 11. Stuck on the Dull Track
Entry 12. Aimed in the Direction of "Safety"
Entry 13. The Family Business
Entry 14. How Social Pigeonholing Works
Entry 15. Hiding Your Light Under a Bushel
Entry 16. The Day Job Problem
Entry 17. The Right Day Job
Entry 18. Your Remaining Neurons
Entry 19. Too Long at the Day Job
Entry 20. When the Day Job Plan Fails
Entry 21. The Second Career Problem
Entry 22. Your Brain After Dinner
Entry 23. Surprising Shortfalls
Entry 24. Second Career = Chaos?
Entry 25. Sheer Overwhelm
Entry 26. Trapped in Smallness
Entry 27. The Uninteresting Day-To-Day
Entry 28. Standard Thinking
Entry 29. A Name for Yourself
Entry 30. Stick to That, Please!
Entry 31. Nothing of Interest
Entry 32. Interest ... But No Passion
Entry 33. Passion ... But No Passion Project
Entry 34. Passion Project Resistance
Entry 35. The Stalled Passion Project
Entry 36. Inner Noise and Monkey Mind
Entry 37. Underestimating Your Smarts
Entry 38. Being Too Vigilant
Entry 39. Feeling Unsafe
Entry 40. When Anxiety Strikes
Entry 41. Your Tangled Thinking
Entry 42. Unwanted Obsessions
Entry 43. A Rain of Thoughts
Entry 44. Repetitive Thoughts
Entry 45. Lost Thoughts
Entry 46. Thought Investigation
Entry 47. Defensive Not Knowing
Entry 48. Having Language
Entry 49. No Comment
Entry 50. Getting a Grip
Entry 51. Tolerating Process
Entry 52. The Reality of Circumstances
Entry 53. Tolerating Solitude
Entry 54. The Dangers of Solitude
Entry 55. Insatiability
Entry 56. Competition
Entry 57. Mismatched Intelligence
Entry 58. The Smart Gap
Entry 59. Inevitable Sadness
Entry 60. Inevitable Anxiety
Entry 61. Addiction Risks
Entry 62. Distractibility
Entry 63. The Story of Energy
Entry 64. In Short Supply
Entry 65. Energy Suppression
Entry 66. Racing Down the Tracks
Entry 67. Rollercoaster Energy
Entry 68. Sitting on a High Horse
Entry 69. Alienating Coworkers
Entry 70. I Am So Special!
Entry 71. A Sense of Entitlement
Entry 72. Ruptures
Entry 73. Torn Apart
Entry 74. Defend Yourself!
Entry 75. The Bullying Debater
Entry 76. I Am Right!
Entry 77. The Heck with Good Will!
Entry 78. Cognitive Decline
Entry 79. Loss of Pride
Entry 80. Loss of Identity
Entry 81. Loss of Motivation
Entry 82. Loss of Purpose
Entry 83. Rationality Plus
Entry 84. Emotions?
Entry 85. Meaning and Mystery
Entry 86. Smart and Creative
Entry 87. Smartness Made Real
Entry 88. Smart and Well
Entry 89. Smart and Wise
Entry 90. All the Rest of Life
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
