I can move out of my negative emotions much faster than before
40-something highly sensitive woman
I like how you showed that gifted kids can learn to accept and ride their waves of emotion. Attendee CAGT 2016
Ride the Waves
You certainly helped to make our conference successful. Attendees commented: “Best Keynote in my 23 years of conferences. A good start for the session. I liked the visuals. Great life messages. Great handouts. Loved the speaker. Very motivational. Wonderful. Her examples excellent and easy to remember.” Thank you again for being our keynote speaker for our Conference.
K.C. Harnden BA, ADC, Colorado Association of Activity Professionals
Your presentation connected to me. I want my students to hear this! SK, teacher
My students need to hear this
She comes across so knowledgeable, caring and I am so happy to have her working with my daughter! She made my daughter feel so comfortable and cared for and is happy to go back and learn all she can from Sharon.
Sharon was wonderful!
I like how you included Dabrowski’s theory of Positive Disintegration to show how negative emotions are essential for advanced development. Attendee CAGT 2016
Dabrowski's Theory
You were engaging. This is great. I like the pyramid in general. I want to learn more about it. Understanding barriers to feeling and expressing our emotions is good. I want to learn more about this too. Attendee CAGT 2016
Engaging
I like all the steps in the pyramid to help Gifted kids become social-emotional aces. We need more time to learn more about all of this! Attendee CAGT 2016
Steps
“Since using the Personal Power Pyramid almost very day, we’re recognizing our limits in time to honor them, instead or running right over them like we used to do. This helps us in so many ways.” Mom of 10 year old gifted girl.
Recognizing our limits
I like how you bring in the Hero’s Journey and how gifted students’ differences are an invitation to this inner adventure. I want to learn more in how to help GT students understand this too. Attendee CAGT 2016
Hero's journey