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July 22, 2025
Answers To Questions Gifted Kids Ask
If you know a gifted child, or if you were a gifted child, you know they ask lots of questions. So many questions. They are deep thinkers and passionate observers and they are thirsty for knowledge. It can be hard to know how to respond when they are demanding answers and expecting you to know! […]
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July 15, 2025
Let’s Give ‘Em Something To Talk About*– The G Word
How do you talk about your giftedness without sounding elitist, arrogant, or unjust? How do you explain that you know you are not a better human because you have these gifted traits but you know you have some unusual life experiences and capacities that make you different from the norm. (assuming there is a norm, […]
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July 8, 2025
Time to Do the Important Thing You are Afraid to Do
Is there something you know in your heart you are being called to do but you ignore it? You pretend it’s not there? You bury it under the rug? You hide it in the closet behind the winter coats? It scares you. It makes you feel too vulnerable. It reminds you of the time in […]
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June 30, 2025
Jon Stewart’s Rainforest Mind “Vibrates Too Hot”
It’s obvious that the comedian, with The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, has a rainforest mind. Recently, I heard an inspiring conversation between Stewart and Trevor Noah on Noah’s podcast. Stewart said, “…My normal state of being vibrates too hot. I don’t know how to stop it…” He talked about a couple of hobbies that slow […]
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June 19, 2025
Do You Need Some Love Right About Now?
I do. I need some love. Life on planet earth, particularly in the United States, is getting very disturbing. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. And if you have had any childhood trauma, this upheaval and possible threat to your well-being and safety could be triggering memories of those traumtic events and intensifying […]
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June 11, 2025
Expectations When You Are Gifted–Unfair, Unreasonable, Ridiculous!
The pressure of expectations when you are gifted can be overwhelming, maddening, frustrating, and frightening. Here is how one reader described it: “…No matter how much stuff smart people are doing, no matter how many subjects they’ve mastered, they’re not magic elves. There’s always something they aren’t instantly great at or even can’t do at […]
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June 4, 2025
Why Do Smart People Have So Much Self-Doubt?
In my experience, many folks who are intellectually gifted carry quite a bit of self-doubt. Maybe it’s just that those doubters are the ones who seek therapy, so I’m seeing a skewed sample. It’s possible there are hordes of self-confident smart people out there I just haven’t met, even though I have to tell you […]
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May 28, 2025
How Is Being Gifted (Having a Rainforest Mind) A Good Thing?
Have you asked yourself this question? How does having a rainforest mind actually help me? If you have struggled with loneliness in relationships, inadequate schooling, misunderstandings and frustrations, relentless self-doubt, perfectionism, and the pressure of expectations, you may wonder what’s so great about having a “great potential.” Perhaps you started questioning yourself once you started […]
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May 21, 2025
Power, Politics, and Your Gifted Soul
What is power? What does it mean to be powerful and gifted? If someone is in a position of leadership, say, in politics or in a large corporation, are they powerful? What is the difference between being a leader in a position of power versus being a powerful person? How does a gifted, rainforest-minded sensitive […]
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May 14, 2025
Ten Things Gifted (Rainforest-Minded) Kids Need To Know
If you are extremely curious, (put “extremely” before each of the following) sensitive, smart, observant, insightful, emotional, empathetic, idealistic, perfectionistic, socially responsible, intuitive, creative, and passionate about learning, you may be gifted, and/or you may have what I call a rainforest mind (RFM). If you have all or many of these traits, you may experience […]
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