Community Resources
There's always more to learn, especially when it comes to giftedness, twice-exceptionality, and neurodivergence.
Whether you want to help a loved one or need support for yourself, Bright Insight Support Network can connect you to resources, communities, and professionals specially equipped to help outliers of outliers.
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Communities
Bloomers: Gifted and 2e Adults on Facebook
A safe and supportive social group linked to the Bright Insight Support Network community page, Bloomers is a space where the gifted adult community can talk openly about whole-person giftedness, twice-exceptionality, neurodiversity, cross-sectionality, and other special interests.
Podcasts
Gifted Unleashed
Do you suffer from Imposter Syndrome? Have you been called too intense, too sensitive, or just too much? ​Hosted by Nadja Cereghetti, the Gifted Unleashed podcast explores giftedness, neurodiversity, and twice-exceptionality (2e) as well as affirmative stories of those supporting the gifted community.
Hopelessly Gifted Podcast
​Hosted by Mark Talaga, The Hopelessly Gifted Podcast helps families understand how to bridge the developmental gaps gifted children face everyday. Through personal, human stories and conversations with insightful specialists, the Hopelessly Gifted Podcast, sometimes irreverently, addresses issues with the gifted that bring parents both pain and joy and offers relief and resources to help find humanness in the extremes.
inTune Pathways: The Podcast
As the host of a unique and impactful podcast, Kristy Forbes combines her professional experience as an educator with a special interest in Pathological Demand Avoidance with a personal touch. She brings an authentic voice to the dialogue on neurodivergence, drawing from her own experiences as an autistic adult, a parent to neurodivergent children, and a professional in the field.
The Insight Spotlight Video Podcast
COMING SOON! Bright Insight’s original YouTube channel will provide a platform for meaningful conversations, practical resources, and community connections for those passionate about giftedness, neurodivergence, twice-exceptionality, intensity, positive disintegration, identity development, and mental health. Join Youssef and Dr. Patty as they explore ideas that spotlight insight and transformation!
I Must Be BUG'N Podcast
Do you constantly feel like you're the only one who notices "the emperor has no clothes"? You might be BUGN (Black Underrepresented/Unidentified Gifted and otherwise Neurodivergent).
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Hosted by Sheldon Gay, this is a podcast primarily for Black gifted and otherwise neurodivergent people to learn about and discuss our unique experiences.
Giftedness and Neurodivergence Experts
Lived Experience Educator
Lived Experience Educator, Sonny Jane, draws on personal experiences with mental health, neurodiversity, and recovery to inspire understanding and promote empathy, leveraging advocacy and education to bridge the gap between lived reality and systemic change, encouraging inclusive and compassionate practices.
inTune Pathways with Kristy Forbes
Drawing on their education and lived experience as an autistic person with ADHD and a PDA profile, as well as being a school-avoidant individual who now home educates her own neurodivergent children, Kristy offers unique insight into the challenges faced by PDA individuals and their families.
Resources Related to Gifted
Personality and Identity Development
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Embracing Intensity Community Podcast & Media
a community, podcast, and other media dedicated to help you use your fire without getting burned! Combining real-world experiences and educational knowledge, Embracing Intensity helps you identify and use your neurodivergent strengths, while supporting your challenges.
Organizations That Support Gifted and Neurodivergent Children & Adults
Support for Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Change-Makers
Meghan Bonde w/ Intensity Hub and Team Neurodivergent
​Meghan empowers neurodivergent leaders and mission-driven individuals through speaking, workshops, and coaching. Grounded in Dąbrowski's intensities, her neurodiversity-affirming approach helps professionals align with their values, foster growth, build community, and create sustainable success while amplifying their impact.
Jessica w/ YPSI Career & Counseling Services
Jessica is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Career Counselor specializing in helping neurodivergent individuals and HSPs find fulfilling careers. She provides virtual, personalized guidance to align strengths, skills, and interests with satisfying career paths across the U.S.
Flow Club
​Flow Club is a virtual neurdiversity-friendly, co-working platform designed to enhance productivity by providing structured, collaborative work sessions where participants share their goals, work alongside others in a focused environment, and receive support from a host who facilitates the session and provides accountability.
Gifted, 2e, and Neurodiversity-Affirming Professionals
Visit their websites and contact information by clicking their bloom.
Self-attunement & somatic coach who also offers gifted mentoring.
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