Managing the Smart Mind

By Else Kramer

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Episodes: 97

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In this podcast, master certified coach, speaker and trainer Else Kramer shares strategies from her coaching practice for people with smart minds. This podcast is geared towards gifted adults - and the people who work with them. She discusses how to avoid bore-out and burnout, how to love your fast brain whilst accepting some of the challenges it may bring, and how to design a life that perfectly supports your smart mind. She also advocates for wider understanding and acceptance of giftedness, and neurodiversity in general. Else a.k.a. Coach Kramer works with people and companies from all over the world and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She has a degree in Philosophy from King's College London, built a successful business from scratch, loves LEGO, Japan and many more things. In addition to being gifted she's autistic, with a sprinkling of ADHD, and she loves to speak about neurodiversity and giftedness in the workplace. You can find her on Linkedin, or via her website, coachkramer.org.

Episode Date
Episode 96 - How to Manage Multiple Interests Successfully with Joel Bouchard
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 95 - Superconnecting through Lego with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie
Oct 13, 2023
Episode 94 - The Overconsumption of Knowledge: When Learning Becomes a Liability
Oct 06, 2023
Episode 93 - Boundaries - the Building Blocks for Solid Relationships
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 92 - The Power and Joy of Compromise
Sep 15, 2023
Episode 91 - The Myths of Attraction with Laerke Nielsen
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 90 - Building a Culture of Inclusivity with Katherine McCord
Sep 01, 2023
Episode 89 - Don't ask yourself 'Who' but 'How' you want to be
Aug 25, 2023
Episode 88 - Chasing Dreams Across Borders with Ashley Duque Kienzle
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 87 - Business as an Art Form with Adrian Knight
Aug 10, 2023
Episode 86 - On being funny and ethically persuasive with Dan French
Aug 06, 2023
Episode 85 - Jay Aigner on Doing it All
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 84 - Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin's Journey to Finding his Voice
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 83 - From Law to Mosaic Art: A Journey of Passion and Purpose with Francesca Busca
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 82 - Joy as a Guiding Principle with Swami Nityananda
Jul 16, 2023
Episode 81 - How Science Batman Leah Elson Keeps Things Interesting
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 80 - Why Productivity is Overrated (if not Downright Destructive)
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 79 - Doctor Octopus on the Power of Nonlinear Thinking
Jun 16, 2023
Episode 78 - The Rebel Syndrome: How to reconcile your desire for freedom and variety with scheduling and constraint
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 77 - Time Poverty, FOMO and Fake Einstein Quotes
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 76 - From Time Loser to Time Lord
May 31, 2023
Episode 75 - No, you're not 'too much' - stop making yourself small so other people can feel OK
May 24, 2023
Episode 74 - Bridging the Gap between Knowing and Doing
May 16, 2023
Episode 73 - The Case of the Mistaken Identity of Your Future Self
May 11, 2023
Episode 72 - The Missing Piece in Getting Things Done
May 07, 2023
Episode 71 - Why it's so hard to start new things
May 06, 2023
Episode 70 - How your brain's bias towards easy kills your follow-through
May 05, 2023
Episode 69 - All about Impact Projects
May 04, 2023
Episode 68 - How to change your life in the smartest possible way
May 03, 2023
Episode 67 - How to be a brilliant autistic CEO with Maisie Hill - Part 2
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 66 - How to be a brilliant, autistic CEO with Maisie Hill - Part 1
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 65 - The Beautiful Vision of Judith Gaton - Part 2
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 64 - The Beautiful Vision of Judith Gaton - Part 1
Apr 19, 2023
Episode 63 - Ruling the Internet with Naomi Dunford - Part 2
Apr 16, 2023
Episode 62 - Ruling the Internet with Naomi Dunford - Part 1
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 61 - From 'Compare & Despair' to 'Compare and Care'
Apr 05, 2023
Episode 60 - 'Dreaming Big' vs. Opening Up to Endless Possibilities
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 59 - A week in the life of your smart, neurodivergent coach and podcast host
Mar 22, 2023
Episode 58 - Getting Unbored with Claus Grand Bang Part 2
Mar 19, 2023
Episode 57 - Getting Unbored with Claus Grand Bang Part 1
Mar 15, 2023
Episode 56 - Accessing your Internal ChatGPT through your Future Self
Mar 09, 2023
Episode 55 - What you need to do to heal your impatience, perfectionism, fear of failure, and lack of self-worth
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 54 - Reconsidering Your Decisions - Is it a Good Idea or Are You Just Being Flaky?
Feb 22, 2023
Episode 53 - Finding Smart Friends
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 52 - Using Neuroplasticity to Change your Self-Concept
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 51 - How to stop feeling guilty all the time
Feb 01, 2023
Episode 50 - How to practice gratitude in a way that works with your smart mind
Jan 25, 2023
Episode 49 - Stop asking 'what's wrong with me?' and ask this powerful question instead
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 48 - Troubleshooting Visualisation - Internalised Oppression, Social/Cultural pressure, other Programming and Bridging the Gap
Jan 11, 2023
Episode 47 - How to use visualisation to improve your life and make much better use of your smart mind
Jan 04, 2023
Episode 46 - Taking Stock - The Smart Wheel of Life Workshop
Dec 27, 2022
Episode 45 - Why Lasting Change is Hard - and How to Achieve it Anyway
Dec 21, 2022
Episode 44 - A Mini Course in Emotional Agility Part 5 - Managing your Emotions In Real Day-to-Day Life
Dec 14, 2022
Episode 43 - A Mini Course in Emotional Agility Part 4 - Solidified Stories
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 42 - How to Change the Way You Feel about Pretty Much Anything - A Mini Course in Emotional Agility Part 3
Nov 30, 2022
Episode 41- How to Change the Way You Feel about Pretty Much Anything - A Mini Course in Emotional Agility Part 2
Nov 23, 2022
Episode 40 - How to change the way you feel about pretty much anything - A Mini Course in Emotional Agility Part 1
Nov 16, 2022
Episode 39 - How to stop confirmation bias from secretly sabotaging your life
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 38 - Smart People Problems - Asking for Help
Nov 01, 2022
Episode 37 - Smart People Problems - Being Underchallenged
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 36 - Smart People Problems - The Chameleon Complex
Oct 18, 2022
Episode 35 - Smart People Problems - Optimising for the Wrong Things
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 34 - Smart People Problems - Perfectionism
Oct 05, 2022
Episode 33 - Smart People Problems - Picking and Sticking to One Thing
Sep 28, 2022
Episode 32 - Smart People Problems - Boreout
Sep 21, 2022
Episode 31 - Smart People Problems - Smart Shaming
Sep 14, 2022
Episode 30 - Mind Your Language Part 3 - The One Word You Want to Eliminate from Your Vocabulary
Sep 06, 2022
Episode 29 - Mind your Language 2 - Negative Self-Talk
Aug 31, 2022
Episode 28 - Mind your Language Part 1 - How to Ask the Right Questions
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 27 - How to Get Started and how to Keep Going
Aug 24, 2022
Episode 26 - Perfect Student Syndrome
Aug 17, 2022
Episode 25 - A Short Self-Interview
Aug 09, 2022
Episode 24 - The Dark Side of Self-Improvement
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 23 - How to have more fun
Jul 26, 2022
Episode 22 - Procrastination - Part 3
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 21 - Procrastination - Part 2
Jul 12, 2022
Episode 20 - Procrastination - Part 1
Jul 06, 2022
Episode 19 - Honouring the Need to be Alone
Jun 29, 2022
Episode 18 - Three Secrets of Successful Goal Setting
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 17 - How to set goals in a way that actually works
Jun 14, 2022
Episode 16 - What you can do to feel better
Jun 07, 2022
Bonus Episode - My favourite productivity hacks
Jun 01, 2022
Episode 15 - What to do when it's not fair
Jun 01, 2022
Episode 14 - Why you aren't taking action on your decisions
May 24, 2022
Episode 12 - Black and White Thinking - Part 1
May 18, 2022
Episode 13 - Black and White Thinking - Part 2
May 18, 2022
Episode 11 - Clearing the Clutter in your Brain
May 11, 2022
Episode 10 - Frustration as Fuel
May 04, 2022
Episode 9 - Why Celebrating Is Essential For Your Mental Health
Apr 27, 2022
Episode 8 - Decision Making Part 2
Apr 20, 2022
Episode 7 - Decision Making - Part 1
Apr 20, 2022
Episode 6 - Gifted Guilt
Apr 13, 2022
Episode 5 - Doing Hard Things
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 4 - Getting Bored Quickly
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 3 - People Pleasing
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 2 - If you're so smart, why is life still hard?
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 1 - What does 'smart' even mean?
Mar 22, 2022