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Neurodiverse Africa
By Maureen Seaberg — 2020
The first NGO for synesthetes on the African continent has just been registered.
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- Fellowship and Community (79)
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- ADD/ADHD (53)
- Identity (43)
- BIPOC Well-Being (41)
- Community Healing (38)
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- Self-Discovery (32)
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- Connection (28)
- Child’s Autism (27)
- Racial Justice (27)
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- Parenting (26)
- Black Well-Being (24)
- Child’s ADD/ADHD (21)
- Environmental Justice (21)
- Learning Styles (21)
- Young Adult Well-Being (21)
- Youth Activism (21)
- Women’s Well-Being (20)
- Self-Development (19)
- Synesthesia (19)
- Children’s Well-Being (18)
- Climate Change (18)
- Inner Life (18)
- Self-Care (18)
- Building Culture (17)
- Family Dynamics (17)
- Gender Justice (17)
- Imagination and Creativity (17)
- Offering Support to Others (17)
- Leadership (16)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (16)
- Love (16)
- Racism (16)
- Highly Sensitive People (15)
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- Racial Healing (15)
- Speaking Your Truth (15)
- Spiritual Growth (15)
- Nonviolence (14)
- Anxiety (13)
- Emotional and Mental Health (13)
- Self-Healing (13)
- Spiritual Development (13)
- Authenticity (12)
- Creative Well-Being (12)
- Divorce and Breakup (12)
- Empowerment (12)
- Feminism (12)
- God (12)
- Growth Mindset (12)
- Spiritual Awakening (12)
- Spirituality and Politics (12)
- Compassion (11)
- Connection with Nature (11)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (11)
- Economic Justice (11)
- Finding Meaning (11)
- Loneliness (11)
- Racial Discrimination (11)
- Religious Experience (11)
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- Self-Acceptance (11)
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- Trust (11)
- Work Relationships (11)
- Access to Education (10)
- Cognitive Psychology (10)
- Collaboration (10)
- Consciousness (10)
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- Poverty/Economic Inequality (10)
- Racial Identity (10)
- Relationship with Time (10)
- Search for Purpose (10)
- Self-Actualization (10)
- Self-Esteem (10)
- Self-Love (10)
- Self-Reliance (10)
- Social Presence (10)
- Trauma Healing (10)
- Women’s Rights (10)
- Mysticism (9)
- Self-Reflection Practices (9)
- Spiritual Practices (9)
- Burnout (8)
- Christian Mysticism (8)
- Disabled Well-Being (8)
- Global Challenges (8)
- Identity Shifts (8)
- LGBTQIA Sexuality (8)
- Memoir (8)
- Mindfulness (8)
- Self-Worth (8)
- Unity (8)
- Veteran Well-Being (8)
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- Cancer (7)
- Christianity (7)
- Decision Making (7)
- Depression (7)
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- Ecospirituality (7)
- Faith (7)
- Female Empowerment (7)
- Forgiveness (7)
- Gender Discrimination (7)
- Higher Calling (7)
- Human Potential (7)
- Masculine/Feminine Dynamics (7)
- Self-Realization (7)
- Spiritual Direction (7)
- Toxic Relationships (7)
- Withholding (7)
- Acceptance (6)
- Awareness (6)
- Buddhism (6)
- Empathy (6)
- Hope (6)
- Immigration and Assimilation (6)
- Indigenous Well-Being (6)
- Intention (6)
- Latinx Well-Being (6)
- Letting Go (6)
- Meditation (6)
- Mind-Body Connection (6)
- Oneness (6)
- Passive-Aggressive Behavior (6)
- Prayer (6)
- Problem Solving (6)
- Psychology (6)
- Race and Gender (6)
- Self-Expression (6)
- Self-Mastery (6)
- Self-Reckoning (6)
- Social Anxiety (6)
- Spiritual Healing (6)
- Sustainability (6)
- Caregiver Well-Being (5)
- Child’s Challenging Behavior (5)
- Confidence (5)
- Courage (5)
- Freedom (5)
- Gender Challenges (5)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (5)
- Interdependence (5)
- Kindness (5)
- Living as an Empath (5)
- Moral Philosophy (5)
- Neuropsychology (5)
- New Relationships (5)
- Perception (5)
- Personal Development (5)
- Philosophical Approaches (5)
- Science and Spirituality (5)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (5)
- Stress Management (5)
- Vulnerability (5)
- AAPI Well-Being (4)
- Adaptability (4)
- Addiction (4)
- Anger (4)
- Challenges with Teens (4)
- Chronic Health Conditions (4)
- Criticism and Rejection (4)
- Death and Dying (4)
- Discrimination (4)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (4)
- Entrepreneurship (4)
- Environmental Exploitation (4)
- Grit (4)
- Habits of Mind (4)
- Homophobia (4)
- Inspiration (4)
- Integrative Medicine (4)
- Living with Illness (4)
- Memory (4)
- Military to Civilian Re-entry (4)
- Mindfulness Practices (4)
- Othering (4)
- Presence (4)
- Productivity (4)
- Sex (4)
- Shame (4)
- Soul Mission (4)
- Suffering (4)
- Tibetan Buddhism (4)
- Transgender Well-Being (4)
- War (4)
- Well-Being (4)
- Accepting Love (3)
- AIDS (3)
- Animal Connection (3)
- Animal Welfare (3)
- Athlete Well-Being (3)
- Attachment Theory (3)
- Body Image (3)
- Building Character (3)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (3)
- Collective Trauma (3)
- Compassion Fatigue (3)
- Conflict Resolution (3)
- Dharma (3)
- Dysfunctional Childhood (3)
- Fiction (3)
- Focus (3)
- Gender Identity (3)
- Grief (3)
- Happiness (3)
- Holism (3)
- Humanitarian Aid/Relief Work (3)
- Indigenous Rights (3)
- Inner Strengths (3)
- Integrity (3)
- Islam (3)
- LGBTQIA Relationships (3)
- Life Challenges (3)
- Mental Health Challenges (3)
- Motherhood (3)
- Narcissism (3)
- Nutritional Medicine (3)
- Psychology and Spirituality (3)
- PTSD (3)
- Sacred Feminine (3)
- Self-Compassion (3)
- Shadow (3)
- Social Psychology (3)
- The Divine (3)
- Transitions (3)
- Values (3)
- Work Ethic (3)
- Work-Life Balance (3)
- Aging (2)
- Animal Communication (2)
- Ayurveda (2)
- Body Positivity (2)
- Conscious Evolution (2)
- Digital Life (2)
- Ego (2)
- Energy Healing (2)
- Facing Own Death (2)
- Failure (2)
- Faith and Identity (2)
- Family Acceptance (2)
- Fear (2)
- Female Friendship (2)
- Following Bliss (2)
- Gender and Spirituality (2)
- Generational Healing (2)
- Generosity (2)
- Goal Setting (2)
- Gratitude (2)
- Guilt (2)
- Handling a Child’s Illness (2)
- Honoring Emotion (2)
- Illness and Injury (2)
- Incarceration (2)
- Inner Peace (2)
- Jewish Renewal (2)
- Jungian Analysis (2)
- Lovingkindness (2)
- Manifestation (2)
- Men’s Well-Being (2)
- Midlife Crisis (2)
- Motivation (2)
- Naturopathy (2)
- Near-Death Experience (2)
- Negative Self-Talk (2)
- Non-Duality (2)
- OCD (2)
- Optimism (2)
- Passion (2)
- Physical Health (2)
- Plant Spirit Medicine (2)
- Positive Thinking (2)
- Ritual (2)
- Self-Control (2)
- Self-Pressure (2)
- Sexuality (2)
- Spiritual Quest (2)
- Storytelling (2)
- Talk Therapy (2)
- Trauma (2)
- Unconscious Bias (2)
- Unfulfilled Career (2)
- Visualization (2)
- Wake-Up Calls (2)
- Yoga (2)
- Abandonment (1)
- Academic Struggles (1)
- Addiction Recovery (1)
- Adoption (1)
- Affirmations (1)
- Afterlife (1)
- Alcohol Addiction (1)
- Anger Management (1)
- Archetypes (1)
- Ayahuasca (1)
- Betrayal (1)
- Brain Health (1)
- Breathwork (1)
- Buddha Nature (1)
- Child’s Anxiety (1)
- Child’s Trauma (1)
- Chronic Pain (1)
- Codependency (1)
- Cognition (1)
- Coming Out (1)
- Competition (1)
- Despair (1)
- Diamond Approach (1)
- Domestic Abuse (1)
- Dream Analysis (1)
- Ego Dissolution (1)
- Ego Transcendence (1)
- Embodiment (1)
- Emotional Labor (1)
- Endurance (1)
- Enneagram (1)
- Epigenetics (1)
- Fate (1)
- Fatherhood (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- Foster Parenting (1)
- Functional Medicine (1)
- Gaming Addiction (1)
- Genetics (1)
- Goddess (1)
- Habit Formation (1)
- Handling a Loved One’s Illness (1)
- Herbal Supplementation (1)
- Hero’s Journey (1)
- Hinduism (1)
- Homeopathy (1)
- Hospice (1)
- Household Labor (1)
- Humility (1)
- Infidelity (1)
- Intergenerational Trauma (1)
- Intuition (1)
- Karma (1)
- LGBTQIA Parents (1)
- Lifestyle Medicine (1)
- Love Languages (1)
- Mediums (1)
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- Panic Attacks (1)
- Patience (1)
- Performance Pressure (1)
- Positive Psychology (1)
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- Psilocybin (1)
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- Quitting Your Job (1)
- Raising Daughters (1)
- Raising Nonbinary Children (1)
- Regret (1)
- Reiki (1)
- Reproductive Health (1)
- Rest (1)
- Retirement (1)
- Self-Discipline (1)
- Self-Harm (1)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (1)
- Sexual Assault or Abuse (1)
- Sexual Health (1)
- Shared-Death Experience (1)
- Sleep Disorders (1)
- Social Media Addiction (1)
- Somatic Practices (1)
- Spirituality and Health (1)
- Sutras (1)
- The Feldenkrais Method (1)
- Time Management (1)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (1)
- Traumatic Grief (1)
- Visions and Hallucinations (1)
- Whiteness (1)
- Wholeness (1)
- Zen Buddhism (1)
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- Edward Hallowell (8)
- Evelyn Underhill (8)
- David J. Wolpe (7)
- Howard Thurman (6)
- Dorothy Day (5)
- Esther Perel (5)
- Greta Thunberg (5)
- Jeff Foster (5)
- Alan Watts (4)
- Gary Chapman (4)
- Julie Schwartz Gottman (4)
- Queen Afua (4)
- Andrew Solomon (3)
- bell hooks (3)
- Bernie S. Siegel (3)
- Brendon Burchard (3)
- Elizabeth Lesser (3)
- Jan Willis (3)
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (3)
- John Bradshaw (3)
- John Perry (3)
- Louise Hay (3)
- Melanie Joy (3)
- Oprah Winfrey (3)
- Ramani Durvasula (3)
- William Barber (3)
- adrienne maree brown (2)
- Alice Walker (2)
- Andrew Harvey (2)
- Arundhati Roy (2)
- Audre Lorde (2)
- Caroline Myss (2)
- Daniel Amen (2)
- Danya Ruttenberg (2)
- Elaine Aron (2)
- Gay Hendricks (2)
- Harville Hendrix (2)
- Helen LaKelly Hunt (2)
- Jacqui Lewis (2)
- Joan Chittister (2)
- John Gottman (2)
- John O’Donohue (2)
- Lama Surya Das (2)
- Lori Gottlieb (2)
- Marie Forleo (2)
- Mark Nepo (2)
- Maya Angelou (2)
- Ram Dass (2)
- Satish Kumar (2)
- Sharon Strand Ellison (2)
- Terri Cole (2)
- Thich Nhat Hanh (2)
- Zainab Salbi (2)
- A. H. Almaas (1)
- Abraham Joshua Heschel (1)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (1)
- Amit Goswami (1)
- Andrew Weil (1)
- Anne Lamott (1)
- Brené Brown (1)
- Camille Helminski (1)
- Carl Jung (1)
- Chan Khong (1)
- Cornel West (1)
- Dacher Keltner (1)
- Daisaku Ikeda (1)
- David R. Hawkins (1)
- David Steindl-Rast (1)
- Debbie Ford (1)
- Deepak Chopra (1)
- Diane Stein (1)
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- Dorothy Firman (1)
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- Elaine Pagels (1)
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- Gangaji (1)
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- Iyanla Vanzant (1)
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- James H. Cone (1)
- Jay Shetty (1)
- Jean Shinoda Bolen (1)
- Jeffrey Mishlove (1)
- Jeremy Narby (1)
- Jerry M. Ruhl (1)
- john a. powell (1)
- John Welwood (1)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1)
- Karen Casey (1)
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- Kenny Ausubel (1)
- Kim Eng (1)
- LaRayia Gaston (1)
- Larry Dossey (1)
- Larry Harvey (1)
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- Lindo Bacon (1)
- Liz Theoharis (1)
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- Malala Yousafzai (1)
- Malcolm X (1)
- Marc Ian Barasch (1)
- Martha Beck (1)
- Martin Seligman (1)
- Megan Rapinoe (1)
- Michelle Obama (1)
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- Mitch Albom (1)
- Mona Polacca (1)
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- Mother Meera (1)
- Muhammad Ali (1)
- Neem Karoli Baba (1)
- Nina Simons (1)
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- Patanjali (1)
- Peter Russell (1)
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- Rachel Carson (1)
- Rachel Naomi Remen (1)
- Rebecca Solnit (1)
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- Robert A. Johnson (1)
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- Zinovia Dushkova (1)
People’s sense of self-worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they’ve caused. The more solid one’s sense of self regard, the more likely that that person can feel empathy and compassion for the hurt party, and apologize from an authentic center.4