Latest Giftedness Podcast Episodes
Overcoming the Curse of Competence and Embracing Failure! Meet Dr. Matt Zakreski
Gifted Unleashed - June 23, 2024 22:00 - 46 minutesUnlock the secrets to navigating the maze of giftedness with our guest, Matthew Zakreski, affectionately known as Dr. Matt. As a clinical psychologist and professional speaker, Dr. Matt sheds light on his personal journey from being identified as gifted in second grade to becoming an advocate fo...
Shaping the Future of Neurodivergent Coaching Practices
Gifted Unleashed - March 29, 2024 19:00 - 48 minutesEver felt like your mind runs on a different operating system than everyone else's? Discover the powerful connection between neurodiversity and their specific coaching needs with my guests, Kate Arms and Tracy Winter, the dynamic duo behind the Neurodiversity Coaching Academy. As we unpack their...
Our Wild Minds: Creating Sanctuaries for gifted and BIPOC adults - Meet Kaitlin Smith
Gifted Unleashed - February 07, 2024 17:00 - 48 minutesWhen Kaitlin Smith and I sat down to unravel the complex world of giftedness and twice-exceptionality (2e), our conversation ventured deep into the heart of what it means to be labeled 'gifted,' particularly for those navigating the dual challenges of exceptional intellect and being part of a mi...
Gifted and Distractible: Understanding, Supporting & Advocating for your Twice Exceptional (inner ) Child! Meet Julie Skolnick
Gifted Unleashed - December 17, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutesFeeling misunderstood or out of place can be a common experience for twice-exceptional (2e) individuals. This episode of Gifted Unleashed welcomes Julie Skolnick, author of "Gifted and Distractible," to shed light on the unique challenges faced by this remarkable group. Driven by self-love and u...
Gifted Unleashed: We went through a "Positive Disintegration"
Gifted Unleashed - December 10, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutesEver felt like a square peg in a round hole? Maybe it's not you, maybe it's your giftedness. I, Nadja, once wrestled with this notion, but through my journey of self-discovery, I've come to embrace my giftedness and ADHD, viewing them as unique strengths rather than limitations. Join me on this ...
Gifted Unleashed: we went through a "positive disintegration"
Gifted Unleashed - December 10, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutesEver felt like a square peg in a round hole? Maybe it's not you, maybe it's your giftedness. I, Nadja, once wrestled with this notion, but through my journey of self-discovery, I've come to embrace my giftedness and ADHD, viewing them as unique strengths rather than limitations. Join me on this ...
Reframing Overexcitabilites as a Super Power! Meet Eshwari
Gifted Unleashed - March 13, 2022 23:00 - 49 minutesEshwari is a young woman who grew up in India, feeling out of place and intense. She learned about giftedness and Overexcitabilities through the Unleash Monday podcast and got inspired to learn more about the topic and is on her journey of finding her way in the space and field of neurodiversity...
Making Neurodiversity Work at Work! Meet Organizational Psychologist Ludmila Praslova
Gifted Unleashed - February 13, 2022 23:00 - 44 minutesLudmila N. Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP uses her extensive experience with global, cultural, demographic, and ability diversity to help create inclusive and equitable workplaces. She is a Professor of Psychology and the founding Director of Graduate Programs in Industrial-Organizational Psychology ...
What is your Hybrid Professional Identity? Meet Sarabeth Berk
Gifted Unleashed - January 30, 2022 23:00 - 46 minutesDr. Sarabeth Berk is the leading expert on hybrid professional identity, and a hybrid professional herself. She was featured in Forbes, and is a TEDx speaker, author of More Than My Title, and recipient of a Colorado Inno on Fire award for her innovative work. Her hybrid title is Creative Disrup...
How teaching critical thinking can improve equity. Meet ThinkLaw Founder Colin Seale
Gifted Unleashed - January 16, 2022 23:00 - 56 minutesColin Seale was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, where struggles in his upbringing gave birth to his passion for educational equity. Tracked early into gifted and talented programs, Colin was afforded opportunities his neighborhood peers were not. Using lessons from his experience as a math teac...
40. How teaching critical thinking can improve equity. Meet ThinkLaw Founder Colin Seale
Gifted Unleashed - January 16, 2022 23:00 - 55 minutesColin Seale was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, where struggles in his upbringing gave birth to his passion for educational equity. Tracked early into gifted and talented programs, Colin was afforded opportunities his neighborhood peers were not. Using lessons from his experience as a math teac...
How tidying your space helps you organise your thoughts! Meet Alice Bauer
Gifted Unleashed - January 02, 2022 23:00 - 1 hourAlice Bauer was born under the zodiac sign of Virgo and she is an orderly and organized type of person by nature. She is curious, inquisitive and likes to develop herself in all areas of life. Her interests are wide-ranging, including yoga, travel, art and music, but she is particularly fond of ...
Connecting the Body & Mind. Meet Self-Attunement and Somatic Coach Ilana Grostern
Gifted Unleashed - December 19, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutesIlana Grostern is a Montreal-based Self-Attunement and Somatic Coach. Her early career took her from graphic design to the launch of a sustainable business venture – a cloth diaper company that she ran for fifteen years. Her sensorial over-excitability attuned her to the needs of the body, leadi...
Connecting the Body & Mind. Meet Self-Attaunement and Somatic Coach Ilana Grostern
Gifted Unleashed - December 19, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutesIlana Grostern is a Montreal-based Self-Attunement and Somatic Coach. Her early career took her from graphic design to the launch of a sustainable business venture – a cloth diaper company that she ran for fifteen years. Her sensorial over-excitability attuned her to the needs of the body, leadi...
Purpose Driven Self-Awareness! Meet Bayo Moses
Gifted Unleashed - December 05, 2021 23:00 - 48 minutesBayo Moses has 8+ years as a Book Coach and Developmental Editor. When he's not looking into manuscripts, you can find him on Google Meet catching fun as a personal development coach. He shares his story growing up neurodivergent in rural Northern Nigeria and how he learned about autism in adult...
Live Life Authentically! Meet John Syc
Gifted Unleashed - November 21, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutesJohn Syc’s background includes his own 2eAm (twice-exceptional autism male) discovery leading to his own call to action for integration and a life commitment to the path of higher levels of consciousness in tandem with psychological wholeness. His lifelong personal journey, a psychological and s...
The difference between an IQ test and a qualitative gifted/2e assessment! With Jennifer Harvey Sallin
Gifted Unleashed - November 07, 2021 23:00 - 1 hourAs a psychologist, trainer, assessor, writer and advocate, Jennifer Harvey Sallin is dedicated to raising awareness about adult giftedness and twice-/multi-exceptionality (2e/me) and meaningfully supporting gifted/2e/me people in their personal and social development. She has specialized in supp...
EP 31- Natural strategies to help our child with ADHD enhance executive functioning
Champion Your Gifted Child - October 29, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsLet's talk about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. (ADHD) The three main signs of ADHD are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity which can show up in different ways. Children with ADHD often feel misunderstood by the people around them. Verbal communication (Talking th...
Autisms Alright: Disability is not a Dirty Word - Discrimination is! Meet Lucy Knight
Gifted Unleashed - October 24, 2021 22:00 - 1 hourLucy Knight always knew she was different and was finally diagnosed autistic at 31. A lot in her life has changed for the better since she got diagnosed and now she advocates for myself and other autistic people. She has a blog called Autisms Alright where she shares her own story and important ...
When learning about Overexcitabilities changes your life! Meet Chris Wells
Gifted Unleashed - October 10, 2021 22:00 - 56 minutesChristiane Wells, PhD, LSW, is the Director of Qualitative Research at the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development. She studies the lived experience of giftedness and emotional development through the lens of Dąbrowski’s theory of positive disintegration and critical psychology. She has ...
EP30- The body Keeps the score
Champion Your Gifted Child - October 01, 2021 22:24 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, we review findings from an extraordinary book: What can we do to ease our chronic stress, anxiety, and traumas? Let us review how trauma or intense stress can have physical manifestations, as the body keeps the score. We discuss: -Definition of Trauma, ramifications, impa...
The 1st Ever 2e Adults' Conference! Meet Julie Skolnick
Gifted Unleashed - September 26, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutesJulie Skolnick is the Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC, through which she passionately guides parents of gifted and distractible children, mentors 2e adults, trains teachers on how to understand and address 2e strengths and struggles. Julie serves as Secretary to the Maryland Super...
A lot of Complexity! Meet Lotte van Lith
Gifted Unleashed - September 12, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutesLotte van Lith is a lecturer, instructor and senior trainer on the psychology, practice and art of personal and creative development (amongst others at the School of Thinking at Free University of Brussels and the Buckminster College). In her own company, A Lot of Complexity, she guides intense ...
EP29- A Jungian Approach to Parenting
Champion Your Gifted Child - September 10, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to one of my favorite topics, Shadow Work. *In this episode, we analyze what our subconscious shadow is, how it forms early on in our childhood, as well as our persona, our ego. *We can gently bring it to light with self-compassion to understand our unseen patterns, stories, and trig...
Find Hope and Joy with Aileen Kelleher! The gifted and 2e therapist for families based in Chicago
Gifted Unleashed - August 29, 2021 22:00 - 48 minutesAileen Kelleher is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist in Chicago. She specializes in working with gifted and twice exceptional children, adults and families. TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: Being able to have some distance from your thoughts, being able to not over identify yourself,...
EP28- Breath work and Visualization( as parenting tools!)
Champion Your Gifted Child - August 27, 2021 16:32 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe will start with 5 mins of Square breathing. Breathing can be the difference between anxiety and calm! We will take this time for ourselves. We will take time to breathe.✨ By controlling our breath, we can control our mood. We can regulate our nervous systems, inhale positivity and exhale ...
EP27-Feeling blessed not stressed during back to school. ✨
Champion Your Gifted Child - August 20, 2021 12:44 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAnyone feeling stressed about back-to-school? It is normal to feel a bit anxious at the beginning of the year, and with last year’s changes, even more...No worries, we have you covered! In this week's brand new podcast episode, we will talk about how to have a seamless back to school, embracin...
Happy birthday Unleash Monday! How it started and where it’s going…
Gifted Unleashed - August 15, 2021 22:00 - 32 minutesHappy Birthday Unleash Monday! Exactly a year ago I launched this podcast on the topic of gifted adults. In this episode I am sharing on how it all started, what I experienced in my own personal gifted journey over the last year and where Unleash Monday is going in year two! I would like to us...
EP26: Thriving with ADHD: The Michael Phelps Story
Champion Your Gifted Child - August 13, 2021 04:24 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsHow can a child thrive with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? No doubt about it, it takes a village determined to support the child. Successful ADHD families report being supported by teachers, coaches, and extended family members. It takes most of all the determination, unwav...
EP25- Lessons from Olympians on high performance
Champion Your Gifted Child - August 06, 2021 19:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis summer there will be broken records, broken hearts, massive success, and devastating defeats as the world’s greatest athletes compete... There is something about watching human beings compete at such an elevated level... What can we learn from the high-performance US Olympics Team a...
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