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ABOUT ANGIE <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Angie Dixon is a profoundly creative troublemaker in the best possible way\u2014an author, artist, lifelong multipassionate, and the original human behind The Leonardo Trait<\/strong>, a concept she coined nearly twenty years ago to describe people whose minds refuse to sit quietly in one box. (Her brain didn\u2019t just refuse; it climbed out the window, scaled the gutters, and started planting a rooftop garden.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After decades of believing she was \u201ctoo much\u201d\u2014too curious, too scattered, too intense\u2014Angie eventually discovered that everything she\u2019d been told to tone down was actually the engine of her genius. A later-in-life autism diagnosis finally connected the dots: the way she thinks isn\u2019t a flaw. It\u2019s a creative superpower with a mischievous twinkle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That revelation sparked the brand-new, fully reimagined 4th edition of The Leonardo Trait: Profound Creativity in a Chaotic World<\/em><\/strong>\u2014a fiercely honest, funny, and liberating guide for every neurodivergent soul who\u2019s ever been told to “focus,” “finish,” or otherwise behave like a beige file folder. Angie brings all of herself to this edition: the disability journey that changed her life, the workaholism recovery that saved it, the decades of creative detours, and the stubborn hope that people like her aren\u2019t broken\u2014they\u2019re brilliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And because Angie never does just<\/em> one thing, the book now has a companion event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNMASKED: AN EMAIL SUMMIT FOR THE PROFOUNDLY CREATIVE <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Launching on Angie\u2019s birthday\u2014January 27\u2014this four-day summit explores creativity and neurodivergence through the voices of authors, coaches, artists, and thinkers who actually get it.<\/em> It\u2019s not a Zoom marathon. It\u2019s not a conference dressed like homework. It\u2019s an email-based sanctuary where attendees get to unmask at their own pace and feel unreasonably seen. Think of it as a cozy, asynchronous hug from the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she\u2019s not writing or painting tiny works of abstract art, Angie is probably in bed with earbuds, plotting her next project, redesigning half her website, or lovingly harassing Ziggy, her AI assistant, into becoming a more civilized creature. She lives in Arkansas with her husband of 33 years, her grown kids who still make her laugh, and an assortment of cats who absolutely do not respect personal boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her mission\u2014whether in books, art, summits, or stray bursts of unexpected wisdom\u2014is simple:
Help profoundly creative people finally feel at home in their own minds.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because once you stop trying to \u201cfix\u201d yourself, you can finally start creating the life you were meant to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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