My first book, Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth, is available to order (in paper or ebook) on Amazon, wherever Amazon is in your part of the world, Barnes and Noble (Nook), and at your independent bookstore. It is an in-depth look at giftedness in adults and teens through case studies of my counseling clients.
Linda K. Silverman of the Gifted Development Center wrote: “Interwoven with rich case studies from Paula’s counseling practice, Your Rainforest Mind will be earmarked and tear-stained. Prepare to lose your first copy to your best friend.”
Tom Clynes, author of The Boy Who Played With Fusion, wrote: “The rainforest is Paula Prober’s fresh and apt metaphor for the abundant internal ecosystem of the gifted child or adult. Like tropical forests around the world, the gifted are both fragile and powerful, surrounded by threats but full of world-changing potential. Prober does not settle for shallow or simplistic answers; she explores and finds inspiration in places that other researchers and practitioners haven’t considered. Drawing on examples from her clinical practice, she presents straightforward strategies for encouraging not just accomplishment, but also the capacity for happiness and fulfillment. The result is an intensely readable and useful book that will resonate with anyone concerned with understanding and nurturing the extraordinary abundance within ourselves and the gifted people in our lives.”
I’ve written a preview of my book here on my blog. Check it out. And, here’s a review from Jen who is the founder of Intergifted, a wonderful online resource for gifted adults. And a review from Kirkus Reviews:
“…The obvious compassion that Prober feels for others—much like the empathy of those she counsels—prevents the text from feeling clinical, and her knowledge and experience provides a gravitas that many other self-help volumes lack…her honesty throughout makes her text feel earnest and convincing…an engagingly written work…”
Thank you, dear readers, for being here with me. Let us know if you buy the book and what you think. Be sure to get a copy for your therapist, teachers, teenagers, partner, ex-partners, cousins, parents, and parents-in-law!
Click here on my Amazon affiliate link to buy the book.
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My second book, Journey Into Your Rainforest Mind: A Field Guide for Gifted Adults and Teens, Book Lovers, Overthinkers, Geeks, Sensitives, Brainiacs, Intuitives, Procrastinators, and Perfectionists is now available. This book is a collection of my most popular blog posts (2014-2018) along with strategies to guide your journey back to authenticity, purpose, love, and to finally deciding what color to paint your living room. It’s light-hearted and an easier read so it makes a great gift for friends, relatives, and therapists. Click here to buy the book.
Dr. Melanie Hayes of Big Minds Unschool has this to say:
“For those of you who have had the pleasure (and profound reassurance) of reading Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth, this companion book deepens your sojourn into your mental wilderness. Paula Prober’s wisdom and experience is evident on every page. You will find no better guide to help you examine all of the complex nuances of having a mind that is teeming with inexplicable life! Each chapter looks at ways in which gifted persons are uniquely sensitive, creative, and expressive; and gives them multiple signposts and pathways to find appropriate support. Reading this book will leave you feeling validated, accommodated, and celebrated; ready to fully explore what is waiting for you in your own rainforest mind.”
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NEW RELEASE!!! My third book is now available. Saving Your Rainforest Mind: A Guided Journal for the Curious, Creative, Smart, & Sensitive.
Are you looking for a way to learn more about your rainforest mind through your own writing, drawing, deep personal explorations? Have you been a journal writer for years or have you been yearning for a place to express your creative wonderings and dive into your curiosities about who you are and where you are headed? Then, this one’s for you. From the introduction: “…This guided journal is your opportunity to take a deep dive into the highly sensitive seeker that is you. You’ll be shown how to increase your understanding, acceptance, and celebration of your multiple complexities through writing prompts, questions, structured exercises, and examples from my own journals. You’ll create, analyze, draw, design, visualize, laugh, and cry as you take the journey to find your authentic voice and paths to your uniquely passionate, powerful, and purposeful life.“
From Susan Cain, author of Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole: “I love the rainforest mind metaphor as a way of embracing ourselves in all our bittersweet complexity! Visit Paula’s popular blog, www.rainforestmind.com, to learn more about Paula and her three books, including her most recent, Saving Your Rainforest Mind: A Guided Journal for the Curious, Creative, Smart, & Sensitive.”
From Dr. Jade Ann Rivera: “Prober’s approach shines particularly bright for curious, creative, smart, and sensitive individuals. Her understanding of the challenges and triumphs that come with these traits is evident on every page. Through a skillful blend of reflective prompts, relatable anecdotes, and expert insights, she gently guides readers toward greater self-understanding, self-acceptance, and self-celebration. What sets this journal apart is its ability to embrace complexity without overwhelming the reader. Instead of offering quick fixes or one-size-fits-all solutions, it encourages a genuine exploration of one’s inner landscape. It acknowledges the heartbreaks, struggles, and pieces of ancestral baggage that many carry while providing a roadmap to rebuild strength, authenticity, and radiance.”
From Dr. Gail Post: “This extraordinary workbook gently guides readers toward a deeper exploration of themselves. Powerful, touching, and relatable, the exercises and examples in the book offer exceptional guidance not found in most mainstream workbooks. Paula writes like a poet and provides supportive, soothing, and at times, quite funny examples that ease the reader into greater self-reflection – like a cozy blanket and warm cup of tea for the soul. You will feel enriched, comforted, entertained, and energized as you delve into this workbook. As a psychologist and writer, I am very “choosy” about what I recommend and what I am willing to read. This is the real deal! Read it for your own benefit; give another copy to those you love or work with.”
From Dr. Linda Silverman: “…When I first received my copy of Saving Your Rainforest Mind: A Guided Journal, I was immediately impressed with the sheer beauty of the book. I’m a beauty junky and this is the most beautifully crafted of Paula’s books. Chapter sections begin with delicious quotes, such as this one: ‘You may feel like a wierdo because no one you know adores gathering new words, understands string theory, or groks the many layers of your intricate mind palace.’ …Pour your heart out in this interactive journal and you may surprise yourself with feelings you didn’t even know you had…You will thoroughly enjoy Paula’s wit, therapeutic brilliance, and profound insights. As our Counseling Group for Gifted Adults attests, Paula’s books are life-changing.”
Click on this link to order from Amazon or order a copy from your favorite independent bookstore.
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Thank you a million times for your book, it is one of the best books I have read up until now! Thank you for helping me understand what was actually going on. Finally, I am feeling relieved, as I have understood that I am not the problem – I am actually a solution to a lot of problems. I was quite difficult, I was constantly wondering what was wrong with me or with the people around me and why is this world slowly drifting ..I cannot but appreciate your accurate highlights of the “issues” that people with enhanced abilities can feel in terms of extraordinary sensory senses… I mean, can’t everybody hear all those sounds produced by the electrical circuits of working phone chargers or computers? With Love…
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I appreciate your letting me know how my book has helped you! Thank you.
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Hi Paula,
I have just finished reading your first book and it resonated with me on a deep level. Thank you so much for putting so much care and time into discovering the RFM. It has given me the courage to fully explore my childhood from an RFM perspective so thank you. Also, will your second book be coming out on Kindle as well? Thanks, Shara
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Yes, Shara. It is now available on Kindle! For some reason, it takes more time to create the Kindle version. Thank you so much!
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Oh my apologies – when I searched for it on my Kindle it didn’t show up but I can see it available on Kindle when I jump on my computer! Thank you so much. Look forward to reading this one!
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Hello, is it correct that this book isn’t translated yet in another language? What a pity…
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Yes, only in English so far. It’s a small press so they can’t afford translations. But that may change at some point. Thank you!
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Dear Paula, thank you so much for this supporting website! I am 43 and I live in France and we have very few meaningful or encouraging literature about the gifted which we can read in French. I diagnosed myself less than 10 years ago thanks to a non scientific test created by Mary Elaine Jacobsen and which I found in her book. Good thing I can speak English, otherwise I would still not know by now. Reading your website is so exciting to me, I cannot stand reading too much of it and need to come back to it. It feels like I belong to the world, it feels like I am part of a group which is such a joy to me. It’s also a bit scary to say the truth. After all these years of despair, is it real that I actually fit in this world?
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I wish you could translate your book to French, so all the French speaking gifted people who still feel lost could finally find their way.
all the best!
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It makes sense, Cecile, that it would be both relieving and scary at the same time to find yourself described here. Welcome to your rainforest mind!
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Hi, I do love your book and have to read it again, it’s currently with my husband – a bit of a ‘you need to read this’ moment 🙂
I’m currently grappling with home educating a voracious rain forest mind – instead of multiple simultaneous passions they occur one at a time for varying lengths of time. It’s challenging to work with sometimes as we support the passion and then it is dropped. If you know of any resources or expert in home education of gifted teens I’d be really interested.-
There’s a great resource for home education. http://www.giftedhomeschoolers.org. They have books, classes and bloggers who are experienced homeschooling parents of gifted kids. You can find them on Facebook, too, and ask your questions there as well. Jen Torbeck Merrill is a mom of gifted teen sons. Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley has a great blog and multiple resources. Her kids are younger but she might be another place to start. OK?
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Dear Paula,
I’m so grateful to you for having written such an interesting, helpful and inspiring book.
My daughter was assessed as gifted a couple of months ago which was both a shock and relief at having her uniqueness explained.
When the woman who did her assessment suggested that I too might be gifted it was also a shock and relief to have an explanation for why I felt different.
I sampled several books on Kindle to read up more on this topic and yours resonated the most.
Despite my relief I’ve had many moments of doubting if I really fit the bill, even while reading and identifying with your chapters. Yes, I easily learned several languages and have wide ranging interests and talents, have a deep concern for the environment and am a quick thinker, but on the other hand I was never good at physics, chemistry, etc and there is so much foundational knowledge I lack. Some of my family members and acquaintances are also very intelligent, so I can’t help wondering which of them might be RMFs and what it really takes to qualify. Is it reallly just 1-2% of the population as I have read? It just seems like there are more really smart people out there.
And finally, I keep asking myself if the label matters? Since it has already brought so much clarity and relief to me (along with some regrets), it must matter…but I feel I shouldn’t dwell on it too much.
I just wanted to share my experiences so far as I come to terms with these realizations and think about how to move forward, and again express my gratitude for your book and the platform for like-minded people to find common ground. Thank you!-
It’s great to hear from you, Maria. I think it is important to understand the characteristics of your giftedness. I was talking with someone today and we were saying that there are gifted folks who are not rainforest types. Perhaps the scientists who are cognitively advanced and very focused. Maybe who are more logical-linear types. High achievers in a certain field. They’re more often the ones seen as gifted. The rainforest type is more creative and nonlinear with multiple interests. Possibly more intuitive. So it’s important to recognize this as giftedness also. Because there’s also a high level of intellect, deep thinking. I’ve heard the statistic as 3-5% of the population. Some people say as many as 10%. Thank you for letting me know how the book has impacted you. It’s so rewarding for me to hear from readers!
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Dear Paula: Thank you so much for creating this book. Reading it has been a significant turning point for me. The way that you describe the compilations of real life stories helped me to fit in the missing puzzle pieces on my journey to more self-acceptance. I now feel like I am on the path to being able to show up more as myself instead of thinking that I need to hide too many aspects of who I am in order to fit in. Words cannot express the gratitude that I have for such information and your compassionate level of understanding. With a warm smile of appreciation, Dorothy
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Thank you Dorothy. These words were quite fine. I can feel your appreciation. Good to have you here!
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