Lisa Rivero M.A.

Unlocking the Power of Creative Blues

Few of us want to feel sad, but if we value creativity, we might not want to be too quick to turn on a happy song when we are feeling the blues.

Few of us want to feel sad, but if we value creativity, we might not want to be too quick to turn on a happy song when we are feeling the blues.

When Not To Be Nice

Some of the most intense pressure I feel is not from my work or my personal goals or even society. The pressure I have the hardest time managing and resisting is the pressure to please. Everyone. All the time. I know I'm not alone.

Some of the most intense pressure I feel is not from my work or my personal goals or even society. The pressure I have the hardest time managing and resisting is the pressure to please. Everyone. All the time. I know I'm not alone.

Life With ADHD

Picture your mind as a Ferrari on a crowded highway. The car’s brakes, though, are broken, and the accelerator is welded to the floor, permanently at full speed. You are trapped in a warp speed machine, never being able to focus on one car around you for too long, for there are always more. Personally, I view it as a superpower. But it was not always this way.

Picture your mind as a Ferrari on a crowded highway. The car’s brakes, though, are broken, and the accelerator is welded to the floor, permanently at full speed. You are trapped in a warp speed machine, never being able to focus on one car around you for too long, for there are always more. Personally, I view it as a superpower. But it was not always this way.

The Creative College Student

College students have a valuable opportunity to develop their creativity in ways that will benefit them long after graduation. Here are three assignments to add to your usual schedule of classes.

College students have a valuable opportunity to develop their creativity in ways that will benefit them long after graduation. Here are three assignments to add to your usual schedule of classes.

When Life Poses Big Questions

Do you run from or embrace uncomfortable, existential questions? It's never too late or too early to create a more meaningful life.

Do you run from or embrace uncomfortable, existential questions? It's never too late or too early to create a more meaningful life.

Nerds, Love and the Meaning of Life

Nerds' unabashed love of learning goes beyond aptitude tests or college majors. It's an engagement with things and ideas that can give life meaning.

Nerds' unabashed love of learning goes beyond aptitude tests or college majors. It's an engagement with things and ideas that can give life meaning.

Aging, Acceptance and Affect

Acceptance does not mean resignation, avoidance of painful feelings, or optimism. It does mean an active, non-judgmental engagement with all emotions, both negative and positive.

Acceptance does not mean resignation, avoidance of painful feelings, or optimism. It does mean an active, non-judgmental engagement with all emotions, both negative and positive.

When Teased Children Grow Up

I decided to study the other children and learn how to fit in better. I began to dress like them, talk like them, like what they liked, not like what they didn't like. I was very, very good at it.

I decided to study the other children and learn how to fit in better. I began to dress like them, talk like them, like what they liked, not like what they didn't like. I was very, very good at it.

Face Your Imposter

The question may not be whether we always deserve what we achieve, of even if we achieve what we deserve, but rather if we can learn to live with the discomfort inherent in the questions.

The question may not be whether we always deserve what we achieve, of even if we achieve what we deserve, but rather if we can learn to live with the discomfort inherent in the questions.

Actually, It Goes Both Ways

The gifted community is all abuzz about a recent post by Seth Godin titled “Actually, it goes the other way,” wherein the best-selling author and marketing guru implies that being gifted is a choice. I’m disappointed but not outraged, and here’s why.

The gifted community is all abuzz about a recent post by Seth Godin titled “Actually, it goes the other way,” wherein the best-selling author and marketing guru implies that being gifted is a choice. I’m disappointed but not outraged, and here’s why.