4. There is an oasis for gifted adults! Meet Jennifer Harvey Sallin, Founding Director of InterGifted
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:
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)