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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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Being Gifted May Not Be Such A Gift
I have been working with gifted kids and adults since the late 1970’s (were any of you even alive then?), and I am STILL stunned by your beauty. By your big-hearted compassion. By your vast, deep, bold intelligence. By your unparalleled curiosity. By your striving, your questing, your seeking. By your passionate drive to know.…
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Why Do You Need To Know You Have A Rainforest Mind?
You are a big thinker. A deep thinker. A constant thinker. An analytical and creative thinker. Some might call you an overthinker. You are a big feeler. A deep feeler. A constant feeler. (Unless you have learned your emotions are a sign of weakness. Or you have learned to repress them because of disturbing childhood…
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Why You Still Don’t Believe That You’re Gifted
People tell you that you’re super smart. They’re baffled by how much you know and how you know it. You can ace a test without studying. You can talk with just about anyone about just about anything. You’re always thinking, analyzing, imagining and empathizing. But you’re sure that you’re not gifted. How is that possible?…
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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…