it me: “#Gifted students are not necessarily the best students… Sometimes #GiftedStudents fail because they don’t know how to ask for help, having always been told they were ‘smart,’ so they never learned how to work hard.”

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-tell-if-your-child-is-gifted-and-what-to-do-if-1849598912#h49442:~:text=Gifted%20students%20are%20not,how%20to%20work%20hard.

#GiftedEducation #education #GiftedAdults #SpecialEducation #SpecialEd

How mental health symptoms can be reframed as positive - Chris Wells on Overexcitability https://highability.org/7791/

#giftedadults #intenseminds #highability #2eadult #twiceexceptional #neurodivergent

Do You Have To Be “Gifted and Talented” To Be Creative? | Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@DouglasEby/-do-you-have-to-be-gifted-and-talented-t/a-XV3sOJ4yQcaLjulGkMMgxg%3Aa%3A2540200435-7e542818ce%2Fthecreativemind.net

#giftedadults #creativity

"You are multipotentialites. You have many interests and abilities. What have you been hiding from us? What has felt weird and freaky that really needs to be expressed? What parts of you have been waiting for their rock star moment?

There is no better time. "

Are You Ready To Show More Of Who You Are? There is No Better Time to Be Your Gifted Self. - YOUR RAINFOREST MIND

https://socx.in/3cdk6i#https://rainforestmind.com/2023/02/20/show-more-of-who-you-are-be-your-gifted-self/

#giftedadults

"Because they they’ll look at you and say, Well, you can do this thing that’s so complicated, but you can’t do this basic thing. And they think that it’s a contradiction, but it really isn’t because there are two different parts of the brain."

post with audio:
The complex life of being 2e gifted, neurodivergent, ADHD with Aurora Remember [includes podcast episode.] https://thecreativemind.net/8441/the-complex-life-of-being-2e-gifted-neurodivergent-adhd-with-aurora-remember/

#giftedadults #2eadults

Expert Guidance For Navigating Relationships as a 2e Person

Host of the Let’s Talk 2e Adult Conference Julie Skolnick writes:

Do you ever feel completely lost when it comes to your relationships – romantic, platonic, or otherwise?

You’re not alone. So many of the 2e adults I work with are frustrated and confused by…

how hard it can be to find others who appreciate their passions for anything other than quirks or oddities...

https://highability.org/7681/

#2eadults #giftedadults #relationships

Living better the complex life of being 2e gifted, neurodivergent, with ADHD
https://thecreativemind.net/8410/

* "You might be twice-exceptional if… Folks rave about your accomplishments, but you know you could do so much more." - Aurora Remember
* "Attention deficit disorder is completely misnamed. It actually is attention to everything." - Linda Roggli
* "Research Shows Neurodivergent Individuals Excel Creatively" - Psychology Today

#adhd #neurodivergent #giftedadults

Calling in others...

#kindness #gentleness #compassion #clouds #nature #trees #poetry #dreams #dreamwork #forestbathing #stargazing #beautyintheworld #wilderness #rewilding #ecotherapy #ecopsychology #processwork #depthpsychology #decolonization #carfree #slowfood #slowliving #giftedadults #forests #embodiment #ecology #oceans #wandering #zen #interbeing #voluntarysimplicity #meditation #minimalism #mindfulness #shunyata #satori #softness #listening #presence #peace #ease

The complex experience of being a 2e adult [podcast]

Julie Skolnick summarizes: "Twice exceptional or 2E is a person identified as gifted with a learning difference or learning disability.

"We don't outgrow our giftedness or our 2E-ness. It's something that's with us throughout our life..."

Find link to the podcast episode (and transcript) in The Creative Mind Magazine ▸ https://paper.li/TheCreativeMind?edition_id=fc2908d0-7047-11ed-9d70-fa163ed80008

#giftedadults #neurodivergent #ADHD #ASD #highability

2E Adult, Gifted, Neurodivergence - Do labels help?

https://youtu.be/qCJQtfGNwY4

“A lot of labels are useful... But at the same time, if we’re too reliant on labels, then they can become a sole focus of our identity...or can also separate us from other people and create an ‘us and them’ situation.”

See her related video in article: 2E Adult, Gifted, Neurodivergence - Do labels help? With Aurora Remember

https://highability.org/7733/

#giftedadults #neurodivergent #ADHD #ASD #highability

“A lot of labels are useful in that they help us find the help that we need and help connect with other people who have those experiences." - Aurora Remember

https://highability.org/7733/2e-adult-gifted-neurodivergence-do-labels-help-with-aurora-remember/

#giftedadults #Neurodiversity #neurodivergent

Unusually intelligent and creative people can enjoy many pleasures and benefits of those advantages, but there may also be emotional challenges.

#LadyGaga, for example, “felt like freak” in high school. She was identified as a gifted adolescent, and at age 17 achieved early admission to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

See more in article Challenged By Being So Smart https://highability.org/6331/challenged-smart/
#creativemind #giftedadults #highability

The complex experience of 2E adults with ADHD

"Owning an ADHD brain has its challenges: time blindness, trouble with initiation and completion...But attention deficit disorder is completely misnamed. It actually is attention to everything." - Linda Roggli, from podcast episode

Find link in The Creative Mind Magazine ▸ https://paper.li/TheCreativeMind?edition_id=aad73f70-6547-11ed-9d70-fa163ed80008

#giftedadults #2Eadults #ADHD