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Managing Expectations and Pressure to Be a Super Achiever When You Are Gifted
“…So often, expectations of worldly success are hung like a dead albatross around the neck of the cognitively gifted, when what we really need is permission to become ourselves in unencumbered weirdness. My favourite humans — the ones I’ve learned most from — are gloriously, heroically, and unapologetically weird…” dw Permission granted. I am not…
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How to Handle the Holidays When You Are a Smart, Sensitive, Charmingly Quirky Outlier
Every year, in December, I write a holiday letter to friends and family. It has become a tradition for the past 36 years and has turned into a collection of somewhat-humorous summaries of my life in 500 words. Of course, I try to make the letter entertaining and unique. And because I don’t have what…
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A Short Guide to Love and Relationships When You are Sensitive and Smart — Part Three
Welcome back to our three part dive into love and relationships! Part One, looked at self-love and the many kinds of love. Part Two, ventured into partnerships. Part Three continues with partnerships, and then provides resources to expand your explorations. Quotes are from you, dear readers. Much gratitude! Relationships between Two RFMs Version One: “I…
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I’m Writing A Book On Love — For Sensitive, Deep Thinking, Creative, Curious, Smart, Persnickety Humans
A big thank you to all of you who have written to me so far with your thoughts, experiences, and questions. This is exciting! I want to encourage more of you to write and I am going to provide a few more guidelines for those of you who need some prompts. (If you have already…
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The Loneliness Of Not Being Seen In All Of Your Multitudes
There is a deep satisfaction in being understood. Being truly seen. Receiving an authentic response from someone who has heard, grasped, and appreciated your particular, unique voice. Your multidimensional, nuanced, unusual thinking, feeling, and knowing. It can bring me to tears when I experience being met in this way. Surely, we all need this. But…
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Help Me Write the Book on Partnership Love and Rainforest Minds
I have looked all over the planet for a book specifically for rainforest minds on how to find partnership love and how, once you find it, how to nourish, grow, expand, and deepen it. Sure, there are many books on manifesting the love of your life and on mastering relationship skills. They are helpful. But…
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Letters to My Future Boyfriend – A Journaling Technique
(To my bloggEEs: I want to share another personal musing along with a journaling technique you can use. As you may know, I have been single for a while. I am living a beautifully full life in my childfree singlehood. That said, I believe it is time for me to explore deep, meaningful, loving partnership…
YOUR RAINFOREST MIND
SUPPORT FOR THE EXCESSIVELY CURIOUS, CREATIVE, SMART & SENSITIVE
