14 episodes
Classified Gifted Allie Carlson
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3.6 • 9 Ratings
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Were you identified as "gifted" in school? As an adult, are you frustrated with others' inability to perform at your intellectual level? Do you struggle with basic levels of functionality, but wildly outperform others on complex tasks? This is the podcast for you. Join host Allie Carlson for a non-edited, thought-provoking conversation about giftedness in adulthood, coping with the results of a broken education system, and embracing your humanness.
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Episode 14 — High Confidence, Low Self-Esteem
Gifted people often have trouble building self-esteem because they are rarely challenged. In this episode, host Allie discusses the difference between arrogance and confidence and provides tips on building self-esteem in adulthood.
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Episode 13 — How to Cope With Being A Highly Sensitive Person
My gifted people are also highly sensitive. In this no-nonsense episode, Allie discusses the habits she developed that helped her manage high sensitivity and improve her quality of life. Make sure download the Highly Sensitive Person Checklist and take the quiz below!
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Episode 12 - Guest Speaker Jim (Part 2)
Guest Speaker Jim tells his story of growing up gifted with undiagnosed ADHD, finding structure in the U.S. Navy, and finding a career he loves.
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Episode 11 - Guest Speaker Jim (Part 1)
Guest Speaker Jim tells his story of growing up gifted with undiagnosed ADHD, finding structure in the U.S. Navy, and finding a career he loves.
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Episode 10 – Fear, Anxiety, and Giftedness
Do you suffer from anxiety? Are you finding yourself having mental blocks due to shame around your intelligence? Host Allie discusses her experience with anxiety around her giftedness, and some strategies to overcome it.
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Episode 9 — The Importance of Role Models
Do you have gifted role models in your life, or are you coming up short? Are you comparing yourself with non-gifted people? Do you feel like you're better off without role models? This is the episode for you. Host Allie discusses the importance of finding gifted mentors and role models, and the concept of building your "board of directors".
Customer Reviews
Very un-edited
I agree with much of what she says, but her delivery is scattered and comes across like she has put zero effort into polishing up the presentation. Which feels disrespectful to the listener.
Doesn’t really confront giftedness
Having studied giftedness for a while, I was disappointed by the low emotional effort expended by the host of this podcast. I don’t expect someone to match my knowledge or even my views on giftedness, but I do want them to look at the topic with courage and sincerity.
One of the first things she says in Ep. 1 is that “IQ tests are bullsh**.” That’s a very broad statement to make when one has been identified as gifted, mostly likely by an IQ test, and in Ep. 2 she says that highly intelligent people don’t know what they don’t know.
If Ms. Carlson wants to be taken seriously, she frankly needs to investigate these very IQ tests, and not just from a historical perspective. “Railroad track widths are based on horse sizes, so therefore railroads are bullsh**!” is not a convincing argument to anyone. The psychometric qualities of IQ tests and their predictive power is both broad and robust across studies. Why? She acknowledges in Ep. 1 again that they are better now than they used to be. Why is that? Are they “less bullsh**” than she thought? Why doesn’t she acknowledge what she doesn’t know?
Worst is listening to this and hearing her state that her mother is an expert in gifted education. Why don’t we hear straight away from her mom on this topic, because to work in gifted education for so long and yourself believe that IQ tests are bullsh**, then you must have quite a story to tell. Conversely, if Ms. Carlson’s mom thinks IQ tests are fine, it actually would make for an interesting conversation between two people from opposing points of view.
Listen if you want to hear someone not fully confront their giftedness or to talk about generally about giftedness, but not if you want to be edified and know that you’re further along in your understanding than you were before (or would be if you did your own web search). Three stars for a smart person recording a series of high-vocabulary, well-constructed, mediocrely researched and poorly explored B- audio papers.
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