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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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Your Kids Are Gifted. Should You Tell Them?
What do you do when your little darlings think fast, feel deeply, and ask questions you can’t answer. What do you do when they correct your mistakes, ruminate about the meaning of infinity, and prefer Beethoven to baseball? Do you tell them that they’re gifted? Do they need to know why the other four year olds ignore their lectures on the life cycle of the…
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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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Most Popular Posts of 2015
Here are the top six posts of 2015. Thank you so much for reading, commenting, sharing and living your sensitive, intelligent, emotional, curious, compassionate rainforest-y life! Join me, dear bloggEEs, for more treks into the depths in 2016. Let us know, in the comments, how you’re doing and what you’d like to see next year. Imagine…
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If I’m So Smart, Why Do I Feel So Much Guilt?
It started early. The other kindergartners were struggling to learn their ABCs. You were reading chapter books. The other second graders didn’t care about the photos from the Hubble Telescope. You obsessed over them. The other teens enjoyed stories about vampires. You adored Jane Austen. At first, you may have felt confused, weird and lonely. As you got…
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Loneliness — Guest Post — by Anne Allanketner
Because your rainforest mind is vast and deep and because it moves quickly through its awarenesses and insights, it can be hard to find humans who “get you.” My dear colleague, Anne Allanketner, describes that loneliness here, as only she can. The Lost Circle Loneliness, full of dry sticks and howling dogs can be…
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The Pressure to be Super Smart at all Times
Whether you’re a rainforest-minded child, teen or adult, if you’ve been told that you’re gifted or that you’re super smart, then you probably feel pressure. Pressure to: live up to the label, always get the best grades, know everything before you learn it, be the winner, always do your best, find all learning to be easy, not disappoint…
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When You Want to Send the Gift(edness) Back
I’m not complaining. You. A super-smart person. Have a lot going for you. A lot. You were born with a brain that is wired for extra-intelligence. It was a gift. You didn’t earn it. But there it is. I’m grateful. You’re grateful. And you’re not complaining when you explain that there are times when you…
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Back to School Tips for Teachers and Parents of Gifted Kids
My niece, Alicia, is a middle school English teacher. She loves, I mean LOVES, her job. I can imagine her in a classroom finding creative and sensitive ways to meet the needs of all of her little darlings. She’s the teacher we all want. The teacher who will change us in unexpected ways. I’m guessing that…
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