Why Gifted Adults Block Support

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Have you ever wanted support, only to minimize it the moment it’s offered?

In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen unpacks why gifted adults often block when support is given to them. She explains how an overprotective nervous system can interfere with our ability to receive, and how this pattern is often rooted in the experience of being a guardian child and the overwhelm many gifted adults carry.

You are worthy of support. You are worthy of connection, of kind words, and of nervous system regulation. Learning to receive is part of coming home to yourself.

Watch the Someone Gets Me Podcast – Why Gifted Adults Block Support

Key Points:
00:00 Introduction
01:31 Our nervous system is protecting us
02:14 What happens if somebody compliments you?
02:49 The proper response to “I love you.”
04:10 Overwhelm leads to survival mode
05:42 Growing up as a guardian child
07:58 When the protector saboteur is running your system
10:20 Making friends with who we are
12:08 Breathing and practicing how to receive
13:16 Overwhelm in gifted adults
16:20 Practice by receiving compliments
18:14 Strategies to keep the nervous system safe
20:37 Rest your nervous system
23:14 Let someone help you regulate
24:13 Get a call with Dianne!

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Dianne A. Allen, MA is an intuitive mentor, speaker, author, ambassador, hope agent, life catalyst, and the CEO and Founder of Visions Applied. She has been involved in personal and professional development and mental health and addiction counseling. She inspires people in personal transformation through thought provoking services from speaking and podcasting to individual intuitive mentoring and more. She uses her years of experience coupled with years of formal education to blend powerful, practical, and effective strategies and tools for success and satisfaction. She has authored several books, which include How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps - Break the Chains that Bind You, The Loneliness Cure, A Guide to Contentment, 7 Simple Steps to Get Back on track and Live the Life You Envision, Daily Meditations for Visionary Leaders, Hope Realized, and Where Do You Fit In?

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