5 must-read science books like Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth by Paula Prober

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Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

By: Paula Prober

4.20

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

Do you long to drive a Ferrari at top speed on the open road, but find yourself always stuck on the…

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1. Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder

By: Sarah Hendrickx

4.21

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of a person with an A… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hendrickx's Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • self help
"All the qualifications in the world dont mean a thing if you can't hold a conversation."

-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder

"I don't have the ability to process my feelings and articulate them; I just feel a whirl of emotions and physical sensations: dizziness, nausea, tight chest and overwhelming emotional pain..."

-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder

"Mental health conditions are the outcome of this refusal to admit limitations. Admission of limitations equates to failure for many women with autism. Admitting vulnerability and asking for concessio…"

-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder

"Real me only leaks out when the rote-learning system I have devised has insufficient data to maintain the facade. Real me is also allowed out in times of complete comfort and acceptance (it takes a r…"

-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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2. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

By: David Graeber

4.21

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the ac… read more

Similar categories in David Graeber's Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm) book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • nonfiction
"...státní aparát [...] skupina lidí, kteří si jako jediní osobují právo - alespoň tehdy, když jsou ve své oficiální roli - používat násilí."

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"The theory of exodus proposes that the most effective way of opposing capitalism and the liberal state is not through direct confrontation but by means of what Paolo Virno has called “engaged withdra…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting to happen. The easiest way to get our minds around it is to stop thinking ab…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"... most Amazonians don't want to give others the power to threaten them with physical injury if they don't do as they are told. Maybe we should better be asking what it says about ourselves that we …"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

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3. Why Smart People Hurt: A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative

By: Eric Maisel

3.00

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

The challenges smart and creative people encounter--from scientific researchers, genius award winne… read more

Similar categories in Eric Maisel's Why Smart People Hurt: A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
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4. Power vs. Force

By: David R. Hawkins

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

David R. Hawkins details how anyone may resolve the most crucial of all human dilemmas: how to inst… read more

Similar categories in David R. Hawkins's Power vs. Force book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • self help
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5. Trop intelligent pour être heureux ? : L'adulte surdoué

By: Jeanne Siaud-Facchin

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Broche

?Et si l'extreme intelligence creait une sensibilite exacerbee ? Et si elle pouvait aussi fragilise… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Siaud-Facchin's Trop intelligent pour être heureux ? : L'adulte surdoué book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • science
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • self help

6. The Explosive Child

By: Ross W. Greene

3.82

Format: 254 pages,

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  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • adhd
  • self help

7. The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius

By: Mary-Elaine Jacobsen

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Are you relentlessly curious and creative, always willing to rock the boat in order to get things d… read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • adhd
  • self help
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8. Living with Intensity

By: Stephanie S. Tolan , Elizabeth A. Meckstroth , Edward R. Amend , Michael M. Piechowski , None , None , None , Linda Kreger Silverman , None , Susan Daniels , None , None , None

4.13

Format: 260 pages,

Gifted children and adults are often misunderstood. Their excitement is viewed as excessive, their … read more

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  • personal development
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • adhd
  • self help
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9. The Power of Myth

By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers

4.26

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

10. The Yamas Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice

By: Deborah Adele

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

The first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga sutras--the basic text for classical yoga--are e… read more

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11. The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

By: Elaine N. Aron

3.85

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In the first twenty years we are given our curriculum. In the next twenty we study it."

-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

"Being highly sensitive does not at all rule out being, in your own way, a tenacious survivor."

-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

"But psychology is not perfect. It can only reflect the biases of the culture from which it comes."

-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

"With sensitive children, physical blows or traumas aren't required to make them afraid of the dark."

-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

12. The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One

By: Margaret Lobenstine

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

How do I decide what to do with my life when there are so many things I want to do? It is conventio… read more

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13. Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams

By: Barbara Sher

3.00

Format: None pages,

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14. Clarity & Connection

By: Yung Pueblo

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on un… read more

Similar categories in Yung Pueblo's Clarity & Connection book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"taking a moment to figure out how you really feel instead of letting old patterns decide for you is one of the most authentic things you can do"

-Yung Pueblo, Clarity & Connection

"the goal is not to heal and then begin your life the goal is to embrace healing as a life long journey and allow genuine connections to emerge organically along the way."

-Yung Pueblo, Clarity & Connection

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15. Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers r… read more

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  • science
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • self help
"Sick and weak are not useful entries in the dictionary of self-understanding."

-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

"Given their automatic tuning out, ADD children forever find themselves being told to “pay attention"

-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

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16. Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power

By: Carolyn Elliott

3.86

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A smart, sexy guide to embracing the repressed, tabooed, and often unwanted aspects of ourselves so… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Elliott's Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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17. Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

By: Maggie Smith

3.89

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Marie Claire’s The 2020 Books You Should Pre-Order Now The Washington Post’s What to Read in 2020 B… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Smith's Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Do not be ashamed of the intensity of your emotion. That's your humanity. Grief can be feral, wild, frightening. Give it a safe place to live."

-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

"Everything is temporary. You can't keep a white-knuckled hold on what you love or on what has hurt you. Loosen your grip on your grief today, if only a bit."

-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

"Stop calling your heart broken; your heart works just fine. If you are feeling--love, anger, gratitude, grief--it is because your heart is doing its work. Let it."

-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

"It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don't want you to change or grow. Grow anyway--there is no alternative."

-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

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18. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

By: Devon Price

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more

Similar categories in Devon Price's Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • science
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

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19. Still the Sun

By: Charlie N. Holmberg

4.03

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

An ancient machine holds the secrets of a distant world’s past for two intimate strangers in the la… read more

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20. Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

By: Paula Prober

4.20

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

Do you long to drive a Ferrari at top speed on the open road, but find yourself always stuck on the… read more

Similar categories in Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth book and Paula Prober's Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth

  • science
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • adhd
  • self help
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21. Manual de supervivencia para unicornios

By: Jorge Albaladejo Pomares

4.06

Format: 195 pages, None

A pesar del esfuerzo creciente por detectar las altas capacidades en las escuelas, entre la poblaci… read more

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Sarah Hendrickx

4.21

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4.21

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3.00

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4.25

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4.14

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