Erin Keeley has an inspiring life story of tenacity that began with studying climate change in Antarctica for her Master’s in Engineering and then took a sudden turn when her brother, also an engineer, took his own life in 2002. Instead of going on to complete her PhD, she decided to dedicate her life to understanding how our culture contributes to individual pain and suffering. She has since dedicated her life to human services that make cultural differences and create more life satisfaction for individuals.

Erin is a certified Authentic Relationship Coach and is trained in multiple methods of Executive Coaching and Organizational Health Consulting. 

She is a public speaker for women’s leadership, yoga and interpersonal growth. Erin’s superpower is her keen ability to see blind-spots in organizations, teams and individuals. Once a blind-spot (an unconscious pattern that is sabotaging a goal) is identified, she creates the psychological safety for teams to fearlessly face their problems head-on and make powerful changes that stick. When Erin is on your team, look out! She doesn’t settle: She will make sure you meet your goals. 

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• There is a genetic component in neurodivergence
• Some gifted facebook groups are mostly affluent white Christians
• Unconscious biases and cultural stereotypes feed into who gets identified and accepted gifted and who not
• If students knew about their giftedness, they might pick harder schools and/or a different degree
• Gifted humans care about the planet and climate change issues deeply
• Gifted people like to be (unconsciously) surrounded by other gifted people
• Depressions and mental health issues are important topics in the gifted population as they are typically emotional sensitive
• As a gifted person you usually learn on the job and on the go
• Gifted people can burn out by the bureaucracy
• Gifted people usually need to do multiple things, like intellectual and embodiment
• Gifted stay at home mums need intellectual stimulation
• People stay at a job when they feel close to the people at work!  Relationships are very important and it’s importance is underestimated by companies. 
• Authentic relationships are key
• Overexcitabilities are for example expressed by not liking tags on clothes
• 2e (Twice Exceptional) children and adults need special support
• Parents learn about their own neurodivergence usually through their own kids
• There are a lot of gifted women who literally think there is something wrong with them
• People do not want to say they are gifted in public because it sounds elitist
• Women with high empathy levels project it onto narcissistic people who do not have this heightened sense of empathy. This leaves them vulnerable to psychological abuse such as gaslighting

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