When definitions of giftedness seemed too narrow and insufficient to describe the rich array of experiences, abilities, and sensitivities of her students and clients, educator and therapist Paula Prober created her own definition based on a beautiful extended metaphor: rain forests.   

This inclusive, poetic, subjective way of defining the gifted experience is still going strong, two books and many blog posts later. In this conversation we chat about the origins of the metaphor, the observations and experiences that inspired it, and do even more exploration via metaphor!  

Here are some questions you can begin to ask yourself to see if YOU are a rain forest mind:  

Take the full rain forest mind "quiz" here:  https://rainforestmind.wordpress.com/... 

See Paula's recent blog post that addresses questions of equity and justice in the context of gifted education:  https://rainforestmind.wordpress.com/...