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Advice for Gifted Adults Living in a Not-So-Gifted World
Let’s say that you understand that you are gifted. That you are super smart, highly sensitive, emotional, and empathetic. That you have a rainforest mind. That you think deeply, analyze everything, love learning, and seek justice. You are even starting to accept your compassionately quirky ways. But what you don’t understand is how to communicate…
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The Lonely World of the Gifted Adult — Too Smart, Too Sensitive, Too Emotional, Too Curious
It is part of the mythology of giftedness that super smart people have it made. That they are successful, rich, and appreciated for their cleverness. That they don’t really need much companionship because they are totally content in their labs studying fruit flies or in the library immersed in piles of books on obscure philosophical…
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“Beam Me Up, Scotty.” Social Responsibility and Your Super Smart, Sensitive Soul
Remember this from Star Trek? “Beam me up, Scotty.” Sometimes don’t you just want to be beamed up? Me, too. Why? Super Sensitivity. Extreme Empathy. Pressure. Expectations. Overthinking. Perfectionism. Intuition. Loneliness. Social responsibility. Bad Hair Days. Not to mention childhood trauma. Anxiety. Depression. Despair. Climate change. Ignorance. Racism. anti-Semitism. Sexism. Poverty. Narcissistic politicians. And more. It can…
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Resources for Building a Better World and Finding Your Purpose(s)
“…It was so humbling to acknowledge that as humans, we all seem to share the wound of not having felt loved just as we are! …Our deepest wounds call out to be faced, felt, made peace with, tenderly held and integrated so that we can allow our essence to fully penetrate our lives. We are…
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What Might Exceptional Giftedness Look Like in Kids and Adults?
When Carol was three years old, she taught herself to read. At age six, she gave her Barbie a lobotomy. At seven, she picked Rembrandt as the person she respected most, because of his use of light. When she was eight, she refused to say the pledge of allegiance in school because she didn’t agree that…
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Inspiration, Beauty, Your Dysfunctional Family, and Human Evolution
“…Then consider what it means to be broken. What if you could proclaim yourself sick and hurt and sad and broken and malfunctioning, every single day, and still believe that you deserved love? What if you could sit in the rubble of your shattered castle, and still feel compassion for yourself? Because compassion for the…
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Do You Have a Rainforest Mind? Why Does it Matter?
What is a rainforest mind? Do you have one? Do you want one? Might it be better to have a meadow mind or a corn field mind? Simpler. Quieter. Predictable. Organized. Productive, but not overwhelmingly so. Beautiful, but not a sensory overload extravaganza. Think about it. The rainforest. Your jungle mind. Overflowing with intense, lush,…
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If You Still Don’t Believe That You’re Gifted
What will it take to convince you? You’ve been reading my blog for how long and you still think that I’m writing about someone else? Here are your arguments: I’m not a rocket scientist. I don’t remember what I read. I lose trivia contests all the time (or I win trivia contests but it’s, um,…
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Even Though You’ve Been Told You’re Too Bright, Now is the Time to Shine Your Light
“When you dim your light, the whole world gets darker.” * How do you shine your Light if you’ve been told repeatedly that you shine too bright. That your Light will blind others. That your Light isn’t really Light but is actually bipolar disorder and you are arrogant to think otherwise. That it’s only fair…
YOUR RAINFOREST MIND
SUPPORT FOR THE EXCESSIVELY CURIOUS, CREATIVE, SMART & SENSITIVE
