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Are You Too Much Or Are You Just A Lot?
Many of my clients say they feel like too much. They are often told this by family, friends, educators, and medical professionals. Too much to handle. Too much awareness. Too high standards. Too many expectations. Too many emotions. Too many questions. Too many worries. Too many desires. Too many words. Too many careers. Too many…
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My Journal Keeps Me Sane-ish
My first ever journal entry, February 27, 1971. I was 19, a sophomore in college. I decided it might be important to record my experiences during those formative years. I haven’t stopped. It is May 2023. That is a lot of journals. My journals contain a variety of types of entries: Significant and insignificant events.…
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How Can I Be Gifted If I Did Not Excel In School? And Other Conundrums Surrounding The G Word
Not all gifted kids are high achievers in school. Not all gifted kids score well on tests. There are many reasons: So, yes, you can be gifted and do poorly in school. You can be gifted and not perform well on tests. You can be gifted but incorrectly assume you are just a lazy, indecisive,…
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COMING SOON!! “Saving Your Rainforest Mind–A Guided Journal for the Curious, Creative, Smart, & Sensitive”
It’s almost here! Book three in the Rainforest Mind trilogy! This one is a guided journal. Here is a description from the introduction: “…This guided journal is your opportunity to take a deep dive into the highly sensitive seeker that is you. You’ll be shown how to increase your understanding, acceptance, and celebration of your…
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Finding Your Authentic Voice–Song Memes For Your Rainforest Mind
I think I was about seven when I decided I wanted to be a singer when I grew up. When I was in high school, college, and in my 20’s, that morphed into community musical theatre. Not with professional aspirations, but as a creative outlet and occasionally frustrating hobby. My favorite role was the tragic…
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Gifted and Black in North America
“Anyone or anything that dampens my creative fire has got to go!” Meet Kaitlin Smith. She is a 34 year old Harvard-based scholar and former psychotherapist. She contacted me about her upcoming course for gifted/2e Black adults, called Black Brilliance Circle, (beginning June 2023) designed to help this population “thrive in the face of the…
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Therapy Is Now Popular!
I am so relieved. I am no longer the only person in the world who loves psychotherapy! OK. I was never the only person in the world who loves therapy but for as long as I can remember there has been a serious stigma against it. You were crazy if you were seeing a therapist…
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“My Brain Is Not A Brain That Does Well With Down Time”
“My brain is not a brain that does well with downtime. So if I have a lot of down time, it will start out like ‘You’ve had a really rewarding career’ and end up with ‘You’ve failed everyone that ever loved you.‘ Jon Stewart The rainforest-minded brain needs intellectual stimulation. If it doesn’t get to…
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“I Have A Love-Hate Relationship With My Own Brain”
You, too? Do you have a love-hate relationship with your brain? If you do, you are in good company here in rainforest mind world. It might be because, as one reader said, “sometimes it is really too powerful and goes too fast.” Or, you have so many interests and so much curiosity, as another reader…
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