Do smart teens experience college as a joyful place of growth and meaning? Or as something darker than that and different from that?
About Eric Maisel
The Five Ordeals That Smart Teens Face at School
Tests. Crushes. Team spirit. Boredom. Homework. What a life!
Tests. Crushes. Team spirit. Boredom. Homework. What a life!
Smart Teens and the Burden of Talent
Why being good at something creates harsh demands.
Why being good at something creates harsh demands.
How Circumstances Inhibit Teen Potential
Circumstances really matter; most of the circumstances of your life will not be in your control; this will produce stress and other serious consequences
circumstances really matter; most of the circumstances of your life will not be in your control; this will produce stress and other serious consequences.
Teens and Their Family Collisions
Understanding the negative effects of a rocky home life.
Understanding the negative effects of a rocky home life.
The Peer Pressure on Smart Teens
Nothing about peer relationships is straightforward.
Nothing about peer relationships is straightforward.
Teens and Their Complicated Friendships
When friendships serve and when they don't.
When friendships serve and when they don’t.
Teens and Their Productive Obsessions
There are two kinds of obsessions, productive ones and unproductive ones, and that while the second are terrible, the first are rather wonderful.
There are two kinds of obsessions, productive ones and unproductive ones, and that while the second are terrible, the first are rather wonderful.
5 Tips for Teens Labelled ADHD
What to do when it's hard to pay attention
What to do when it’s hard to pay attention
Why Alienated Teens Are Hungry for Escape
“I have to get out of here”.
“I have to get out of here”.
How Teens Can Make Meaning
Why understanding the paradigm shift from seeking meaning to making meaning is crucial.
Why understanding the paradigm shift from seeking meaning to making meaning is crucial..
Teenagers in Russia
The universality of the challenges smart teens face.
The universality of the challenges smart teens face.
The Reality of Teenage Loneliness
How our loneliness epidemic is affecting our teens.
How our loneliness epidemic is affecting our teens.
Smart Teens, High Anxiety
What smart teen isn’t highly sensitive? This high anxiety plays itself out in all sorts of ways and one poignant way is in joylessness.
What smart teen isn’t highly sensitive? This high anxiety plays itself out in all sorts of ways and one poignant way is in joylessness.
Smart Teens, Powerful Addictions
How native intelligence and risk addiction connect.
How native intelligence and risk addiction connect.
When Smart Teens Don’t Know How Smart They Are
Their brightness is hidden under a bushel, hidden from others but also hidden from themselves.
Their brightness is hidden under a bushel, hidden from others but also hidden from themselves.