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Christopher
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Gifted
and talented individuals: the role of life coaching
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This page offers a brief summary of some of the factors relating to the gifted and talented that are enlarged on elsewhere in this web site. It also takes a quick look at Dynamic LIfe Coaching as an approach to personal fulfillment. First, a look at giftedness: Many gifted and talented people:
Many more gifted and talented people:
Life does not have to be this way. It is possible for gifted individuals to find their own unique path to an emotionally rewarding and happy life. They can accept and enjoy their own giftedness. Being gifted is not restricted to intellectual powers. It also applies to physical attributes such as exceptional athletic talent or attractiveness; to social attributes such as being born into wealth or position; to creative talents such as art, musicianship, writing or performing skills. These are all attributes that will have tended to isolate you from the largely unconsidered experimentation and social feedback that constitutes 'normal' development. As a result, many gifted people do not feel shaped by their own experiences. They therefore do not really know who they are or what they really want for themselves. Dynamic Life Coaching After twenty years of practice as a registered psychotherapist, I have developed an approach to working with gifted individuals which has proved very successful. I call it 'Dynamic Life Coaching' because it combines the profound insights of psychotherapy with the positive reality of life coaching. Why coaching rather than psychotherapy or counseling? Because my own experience as a 'recovering' gifted person and my many years of practice have shown me that the medical model of working with distressed or dissatisfied gifted people is simply not relevant to most. Our distress has nothing to do with sickness but with the difficulties of living in a world whose 'norm' appears distant and even threatening to our own. And where our efforts to be 'normal' fail to bring us the acceptance and peace we seek. This sense of alienation creates an unique alertness that gives rise to the first rule of coaching gifted people: no bull! Our antennae have been developed and sharpened for many years under extreme circumstances. We don't need more people placating us, flattering us, grovelling to us or rejecting us because they are jealous or fearful of our gifts. Nor do we need more well-meaning but inadequate 'helpers' who are simply out of their depth with us. Dynamic Life Coaching helps you discover who you truly are in a positive and collaborative environment that emphasizes success in your own terms. As your life coach, I can help you uncover and
enjoy who you are by discovering and balancing all those things
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