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Your Rainforest Mind — The Book — Released!!
My book, Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth, is available NOW! (June 20, 2016) Here are some highlights: A few questions from the highly unscientific quiz determining if you, in fact, have a rainforest mind: From the introduction: In the following pages, you will meet excessively curious, idealistic,…
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Gifted or Impostor — Living With Asynchrony In Your Kids and Yourself
If you’re gifted, does that mean that you’re always smart? And everything comes easily? All of the time? Naaah. But, that can be the expectation. Yours. Your parents. Friends. Teachers. Your dog, Earl. Well, OK. Earl just loves you. No pressure. Does it mean that you’re a genius and if you’re not, then you’re not gifted? Instead,…
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Smart, Sensitive, Intense And In Love
Do you occasionally overwhelm your partner with your intensity? Does the depth of emotion that comes so naturally to you, scare your sweetie? Is your enthusiasm over your fascinating study of ant behavior not matched by your spouse? Do you find that the love of your life just can’t keep up? Or is it the reverse? You’re the one…
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You’re Not Crazy. You’re Gifted.
You obsess over commas. You freak out at the mall. You rage at the sound of a leaf blower. It’s been four years and you still haven’t found the right color for your bedroom walls. You remember violent movie images for weeks. You know what emotions strangers are feeling. You have a gazillion ideas in your…
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Pressure, Paralysis And Your Great Potential
Have people repeatedly accused you of not living up to your potential? Were you called an underachiever when your grades in school were not A’s? Are people shocked and disappointed that you didn’t become a Nobel prize winning neurosurgeon? Are you convinced that all of the talk of giftedness was not meant for you and your real IQ…
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Afflicted With Too Much Talent
When you were a teen, did you hear this? “You’re so lucky. You can do anything you want, when you grow up. You could be a doctor, lawyer, musician, engineer, professor, IT professional, journalist, artist, anthropologist–anything. Aren’t you lucky!” You didn’t feel lucky. You felt confused and overwhelmed. Guilty and ungrateful. Paralyzed and like a…
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Single? Lonely? Gifted? Listen Up.
If you’re single and feeling lonely, listen up. Because I know what you’re thinking. You’ve tried. Tinder. Plenty of Fish. Match. E-Harmony. The Church Barbecue. Nothing works. You must be too much. Too much for love. After all, you overwhelm your friends with your intensity. You’re too sensitive to shoot-’em-up-movies, to screeching leaf blowers, to wafting…
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Fear of Success? — Time To Let It Go
These times require that all of us with rainforest minds step up. These times require that our fears of success and anxieties over failure be damned. These times require that we do whatever it takes to heal the wounding that has kept us from being our True Selves. Normally, my message is gentle and respectful. I believe…
YOUR RAINFOREST MIND
SUPPORT FOR THE EXCESSIVELY CURIOUS, CREATIVE, SMART & SENSITIVE
