Author Archives: Jennifer Harvey Sallin

This 6-week immersive program starting in late October has been carefully crafted over several years to weave together eastern wisdom, modern science, and gifted experience in ways that are relevant to the gifted journey. Each week, together with Kelly Pryde and a group of 10 gifted peers, you’ll explore the neuroscience, practical tools, relevance and individual applications of mindfulness practices for your gifted mind and body. Join us!
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Coming September 28th – A Meditation Primer Workshop for Gifted Adults Many gifted and twice-/multi-exceptional people are using meditation as a way of managing their overexcitabilities, getting to know their unique minds, and finding more wisdom, authenticity, and joy in the gifted experience. For beginners, however, the field of meditation and mindfulness can be quite confusing ― mindfulness has become a buzz-word used in a variety of ways; there’s a myriad of meditation … Read More

Our new ebook is now available for purchase! It takes the reader on a journey through the stories and worlds of some of InterGifted’s members who live at the intersection of giftedness and disability. Through their words and their artworks, they share with us a moving, honest and hopeful view of what it’s like and how they navigate the complex challenges of life at this intersection.… Read More

I Heart Earth is a new global initiative that emerged out of the current climate crisis and our leadership’s and community’s commitment to lending our voices and resources to the restoration of the Earth. Join us for discussions, literature, events, meditations and a collective cultivation of compassion, gratitude, healing, solidarity, and commitment in the face of this emergency. … Read More

Gifted people all over the world are struggling to feel a sense of optimism and hope regarding the state of the world, specifically the climate emergency. Many of us are finding that, before we can commit to action and contribute our intelligence and gifts to the collective task at hand, we must diligently work through our own ecological grief and trauma. In this article, InterGifted’s founding director Jennifer Harvey Sallin shares her personal journey to healing and provides insight for our own.… Read More

Gifted multipotentialites have so many interests, so many passions and so many questions about how to manage it all. In this article, inspired by an InterGifted Community Q+A, our InterGifted multipotentiality expert Marion Kee shares her wisdom on making choices, setting priorities, dealing with grief, reigniting suppressed multipotentiality, finding community, and getting support as a gifted multipotentialite. … Read More

  From Monday, May 20th till Friday, May 24th, InterGifted coach & mentor Marion Kee is volunteering her time and expertise for us in a week-long Q+A, in our InterGifted peer community. Any and all questions we may want to ask an expert on the subject of being and thriving as a gifted multipotentialite (AKA polymath, scanner or generalist) are welcome. They can be general about life as a multipotentialite … Read More

This 6-month group course with Marion Kee addresses the challenges and opportunities that come with being a gifted multipotentialite. Having a fast mind, extreme curiosity, and lots of areas of skill and passion can be challenging in careers, school, relationships and even for self-image. This course explores these issues and tackles them one by one.… Read More

This workshop in early May 2019 with InterGifted coach Karin Eglinton is all about taking inventory of and legitimizing your gifted needs. Since gifted people are often told that their standards are too high and unrealistic by others who don’t understand that gifted people have uncommon needs, this may lead them to deny or judge their own needs and try to live without getting them met. In addition to the material presented, there’s an emphasis on interaction and learning through each other’s experiences. … Read More

Toxic stress, trauma, unsupported intensities, and challenging upbringings can overwhelm our sensitive nervous systems as gifted people, leaving us feeling anxious, overly protective, and/or disconnected from our bodies. Supporting our intensities and being able to hold the fullness of our gifted selves requires (re)integrating and (re)sourcing both the gifted mind + body. This course, coming in June 2019, provides you with gifted-specific insights and practical tools for reconnecting your mind-body, dealing with toxic stress + trauma, and feeling more grounded, regulated, and confident to channel your gifted intensities in authentic ways. ​… Read More