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Explore unique challenges faced by bright and gifted adults throughout their life stages, beginning with age 18. These individuals often do not see themselves for the complex adults they are. This book addresses their needs to belong, to remain authentic to their identities, to contribute to the world, and to find challenge and meaning in life when faced with issues of multipotentiality, idealism, and feelings of isolation. From decisions about college and graduate school to first jobs and career paths, from marriage and parenthood to aging and death, Fiedler provides thought-provoking insights and advice on the lives of bright and gifted adults.

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Many gifted people will recognize this sailing tour Ellen Fiedler describes. It is both exhilarating and challenging: sunshine and bad weather; hard work and relaxation; going solo or choosing others in your boat. This book is a welcome addition to the scarce literature for gifted adults. Noks Nauta, M.D., Ph.D., Gifted Adults Foundation, The Netherlands Expertly researched and masterfully written, Bright Adults offers valuable insights and guidance into the complex worlds of gifted grown-ups. Ellen Fiedler takes the reader through stages of growing up gifted, from young adult voyagers to middle-age navigators to elder cruisers, and at each step, she offers numerous practical ideas to enhance one's lifelong journey. No matter your age or stage, you will identify with the wisdom in this sailing adventure through gifted adulthood. James R. Delisle, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Education (Retired), Kent State University This brilliantly written book is a compass for intelligent people as they approach all stages of development. Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D., Psychologist and Director, Gifted Development Center and Institute for the Study of Advanced Development

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Ellen D. Fiedler, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Gifted Education from Chicago's Northeastern Illinois University, is the author of Bright Adults: Uniqueness and Belonging Across the Lifespan. She has published chapters on gifted adults in Off the Charts: Asynchrony and the Gifted Child and in Living with Intensity, as well as numerous articles in professional journals. She has regularly presented at state, national, and international conferences and keynoted the first international symposium on adult giftedness. Her Ph.D. is in Counseling and Guidance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She taught for nearly 20 years as a professor in the Master of Arts in Gifted Education program at Northeastern Illinois University. She has been a Gifted Program Coordinator and a State Consultant for Gifted and provides consultation services for educators and presentations for parents of gifted children via her own company, Wings for Education, Inc. She first became involved in gifted education as the mother of two highly gifted sons and recently has focused her efforts primarily on developing awareness and understanding of gifted adults along with sharing strategies and resources that can be useful for them and those who are concerned with them.

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