Five years of Gifted Challenges

It's 2018, and I realize that I have been writing this blog for five years now! So, I guess it's time to celebrate this anniversary.

I started this blog to continue my advocacy for gifted children and adults when my youngest child was finishing high school. At that time, I was co-chair of a parents gifted advocacy group in my children's school district, and also worked with gifted teens and adults in my Clinical Psychology practice. But since my child was approaching graduation, I would be leaving my advocacy role within the schools.

So I decided to write about the needs of gifted children. The more I wrote, the more I read and continued to learn about giftedness, education, and policy. What started as advocacy has become part creative outlet and part mission to inform about the social/emotional and educational barriers gifted people experience. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I never seem to run out of topics.

Since starting the blog, I have continued to write for other publications about giftedness (including a book chapter about gifted underachievement), but also on topics related to psychotherapy, parenting, and college admissions. I have expanded beyond my psychotherapy practice to provide coaching for gifted adults and parents of gifted children. I also offer workshops and presentations about giftedness at conferences and to schools and parenting groups.

So, I want to say THANK YOU!

First, thanks to all of you who have continued to read my blog, as well as the articles I post on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. I have learned a lot about blogging and hope that my writing has improved over the years! I am so grateful that I get to write about something so meaningful, have a blast doing it, and perhaps, can have an impact.

I also want to express appreciation to the gifted community - fellow bloggers, writers, advocates, educators, psychotherapists, parents, and gifted adults who provide support to one another, and who tirelessly advocate for the needs of the gifted.

Finally, I welcome any comments, feedback, ideas, interests, and direction as I go forward. Please let me know!