Gifted Unleashed

Craig is an amazing person! He spent most of his life in the navy and travelled the world. But only when he retired from the military and worked in corporate America, he realised he was different. It turns out Craig is on the Autism spectrum with Aspergers and this is the reason why reading facial expressions and other communication cues do not come naturally to him. But he realised that communication and interactions between people is so important that he started learning and applying the science of human interactions and communication. Today he is in the process of launching his own business of helping young people and people with Aspergers to learn how to communicate better. In today’s time this is even more important as we start loosing the in person connection due the increasing use of social media and social distancing. We can all learn from Craig and his message of having a face to face conversation with people around you and start to truly listen and engaging.  

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Everyone can learn to communicate better. It is a skill and like any other, can be taught and learned.
• Every person deserves to be able to communicate well.
• Be kind to everyone, especially to the people who are not your favourites!
• When you improve your communication skills, your relationships and hence your quality of life will improve, too.
• Society wants to conform us to a system. If you don’t conform, you are ostracised.
• You can be friends with someone without agreeing on everything.
• The most important thing when communicating is to be able to read the other person’s emotion and being empathic. It is important to understand the meaning and the context something was said in, not just the words.
• Knowledge isn’t the same as understanding.
• The more connected we become, the less personal our interactions become.
• Put your phones down and have a conversation with the people you are with.
• Our mind is set up to keep you safe not to make you happy. We often make decisions based on fear.
• Journaling helps you to communicate with yourself. Listening to yourself is confronting.
• Discovering and overcoming your own limiting believes is key. You are the only one standing in your own way.
• Be careful how you speak to yourself! Speak to yourself only like you speak with other people.
• Everyone wants to be seen, it is our human need.
• Be aware of what you say and how you say it. Make it fun! Smile when you pick up the phone!
• There is only one race: the human race!
• Your ability to do good is greater than you realise. Together we can make a real big impact!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Contact Craig via email at [email protected]

Cathy Heller and her Podcast Don't keep your day job

The Science of People

Zig Ziglar

Seth Godin

Mel Robbins

Book: The third door

Book: The big leap

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I had the pleasure to speak to Jennifer Harvey Sallin. She is the founding director of InterGifted, an oasis for gifted adults in the neuronorm desert. She shares her incredible story of being an identified gifted child who grew up in an enriched classroom environment but who was never told that giftedness and all its attributes will be part of her identity for the rest of her life. Only once she suffered through gifted related struggles in her mid-twenties, she started exploring what it means to be a gifted adult. She founded InterGifted out of necessity to provide attuned service and support for people like her. She shares with us how InterGifted started out and what it has become over the last five years. This month marks the 5 years anniversary of her amazing platform and community and I am wishing her and her team all the best for what is yet to come!

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• If there are gifted children, there are also gifted adults.
• There are 6 basic areas of intelligence: intellectual, emotional, creative, sensual, physical and existential. (www.intergifted.com/what-is-giftedness)
• Giftedness is a spectrum from mildly to profoundly gifted: (intergifted.com/high-exceptional-profound)
• You don’t need to do an IQ test to know if you are gifted. The evaluation is done in a verbal assessment based on your experiences. No need to be scared of the “test”!
• If you find out you are gifted, please learn and understand what this means for you. Otherwise you bring gifted baggage into your relationships with friends and family but also with co-workers and other social interactions. 
• We live in a complex world and we need all hands on deck! Do your research about giftedness now so that you can show up as your authentic self and with all your potential!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

www.InterGifted.com

Jennifer’s Gifted Trauma Podcast: www.intergifted.com/conversations-gifted-trauma

Jennifer on the Embracing Intensity Podcast: https://www.auroraremember.com/episode-00/10-the-experience-of-giftedness-with-jennifer-harvey-sallin

Jennifer shares her story why she started InterGifted: www.intergifted.com/growing-gifted-community 

www.rediscovering-yourself.com

Dabrowski's overexcitabilities: www.intergifted.com/living-with-intensity

Difference between overexcitabilites and giftedness (also linked in the above article): (drdevon.com/giftedness-and-overexcitabilities-part-8-of-myth-busters-alternative-therapies-for-2e-learners)

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In this episode I had the pleasure to talk to Dr. Marie-Lise Schläppy. She is a Marine Biologist and also an expert in gifted education. She shares with us her story and her hypothesis that we better not call it what it is: gifted! A lot of unidentified gifted adults are put off by the term “gifted” due to stigma. In order to capture their attention and to start a conversation it might be better we use synonyms to describe giftedness such as “intensity” “complexity” and “sensitivity”. We also talked about the need for gifted adults to be identified as this information is important for increase in well-being. Giftedness affects all aspects of someone’s life. Knowing you are gifted helps manage expectations and will help you see yourself in a more positive light.

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• If there are gifted children, there are also gifted adults.
• A lot of gifted adults did not get identified in childhood. 
• The older you are when you find out you are gifted, the harder it is to accept it.
• Finding out one is gifted can be a very emotional process.
• Being identified as gifted has the potential to change someone’s life! 
• Knowing one is gifted helps heal the past and increases well-being.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Dr Marie-Lise Schläppy on LinkedIn

Dr Marie-Lise Schläppy on Youtube - Theory of positive disintegration

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

Être Adulte À Haut Potentiel: Paroles Et Témoignages by Stéphanie Bénard    

Enjoying the Gift of Being Uncommon: Extra Intelligent, Intense, and Effective by Willem Kuipers

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After talking to my friend Nicole in the last episode, I went on a quest to find out more about the topic of unidentified gifted adults and about myself. I share my personal story on how I learned that I was indeed gifted, too. This was an unexpected and emotional discovery. Realizing that this is a “thing” and that 2 % of the population fall into this category made me rethink the content of my podcast. I would like to deticate this show to the topic of gifted adults. But would love to include related topics and topics of interest to gifted adults. So let’s call it a “lifestyle podcast for gifted adults”. This is a biweekly (hopefully soon weekly) show dedicated to embrace giftedness and all it’s complexity! The show will air on Mondays to give you a boost into the week, to lift you up and to motivate you to keep working on yourself, your career, your relationships and your happiness. 

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• If I can be gifted, you might be, too! Don’t write it off so quickly. 
• Dyslexia and not being able to learn things by heart might be a sign of giftedness!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Website Unleash Monday

Instagram: @unleash.monday

Book (in German): Kluge Köpfe, krumme Wege?: Wie Hochbegabte den passenden Berufsweg finden by Andrea Schwiebert

Book (in German): Kassandras Schleier: Das Drama der hochbegabten Frau by Wolfgang Schmidbauer

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If there are gifted children, there are by default gifted adults. But a lot of them do not know. They are the so called “unidentified gifted adults”. Nicole shares her story how she, by pure chance, learned at age 36 that she is intellectually gifted. Her IQ is over 130 points and this brings it’s own sets of challenges. You might think of gifted adults as geniuses and math whizz but most gifted adults are none of those! Instead of having it easy at school, at work and in relationships, they face distinct road blocks. Nicole gives us a glimpse into what it was like growing up not knowing about her giftedness. She also shares her unique, but common, challenges and how her “diagnosis” changed her life. 

This episode was supposed to be the first of a series of empowered young women. But the conversation took an unexpected turn and it is now the first episode of a podcast targeted for (unidentified) gifted adults.

Unleash Monday on Instagram: @unleash.monday 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Book: Adultes Surdoués: Cadeau ou Fardeau? by Valérie Foussier  

www.mensa.org

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Do you suffer from imposter syndrome? Have you been called „too much“, „too intense“ „too sensitive“? Do you just hate inequality? Do you have difficulties finding your career path because you are a multi potential person who has a 1000 ideas and 500 projects... all at the same time? Do you have a weird evolved sense of humour? Do you suffer from dyslexia but are fast at grasping new concepts? Do you have a hard time fitting in and sometime feel like a minority of one? 

Well you are not alone! This is why I am here. I felt the urge and need to have a place to collect all the interesting stories, concepts and ideas which inspired me over the last couple of years. But more importantly, I stumbled across a very interesting and surprising finding! It’s not a secret. But I can‘t name it, because THAT word might scare you off! 

If you relate remotely to anything I just mentioned then this show is for you! I would love for you to give it a listen. It might help you realise that what you‘ve always thought what is „wrong“ with you, is actually what is right with you! 

So together we will make your Mondays awesome and help you tackle the week, the month, the year and your life!

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Would you like to work with me 1:1 as your gifted and 2e coach? Please send me an email at [email protected] or find more information about my coaching offer on my website giftedunleashed.com/coaching

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