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Holidays, Books, Poofy Hair, and Other Important Matters
You may know I have been making my debut on Instagram with clever memes and shocking hilarious revealing occasional videos. I imagine I am the oldest video meme-ographer in Instagram history. Below is my most recent 4 minute video. I wanted to share it with you, my dearest bloggEEs, so you can see the face,…
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My Book is Getting a New Look — Coming Soon!
My book cover is getting an upgrade. The content will be the same but my book will now have a fabulous cover, too. (designed by Claire Flint Last of Luminare Press here in Eugene, Oregon) When it’s available for purchase, I’ll announce it on Facebook and Twitter. And here. If you haven’t decided if you…
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Dumb Down No More
You may have been told that you ought to keep quiet about your intelligence and your achievements. You may have been told that others will feel bad if you express enthusiasm for something that you know. You may have been called a show-off or a know-it-all. Well, it’s time to stop dumbing yourself down. You…
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Blogs On Gifted Kids That You Will Love
Below are links to some of my favorite blogs. I have to admit, my dear readers, that I have a not-so-hidden agenda. All of these fabulous bloggers have reviewed my book. You get a two for one deal: Recommendations for great blogs on giftedness plus sensitive thoughtful reviews of my book. Thus, if you’re still wondering if my book…
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Your Rainforest Mind — The Webinar
I was the guest speaker at a webinar held recently through Intergifted.com, a new-ish sensitively-designed website founded by Jennifer Harvey Sallin to provide services and support for all of you rainforest-y grownups! In the webinar, I tell some of my story of how I became a psychotherapist-consultant-speaker-blogger-author-tango dancer. (Well, actually, I leave off the part about the tango…
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“…Complicated, Confounded, and Chaoticized…” — Living With Gifted Minds
“Since the first moment of his existence, Taylor has complicated, confounded, and chaoticized nearly every detail of his family’s lives.” This is one of my favorite sentences from Tom Clynes’ book, The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star. My favorite paragraph from Clynes’ book is: “Waiting…
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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,…
YOUR RAINFOREST MIND
SUPPORT FOR THE EXCESSIVELY CURIOUS, CREATIVE, SMART & SENSITIVE
