100 Words of Wisdom: Evelyn King Metcalf
Kahlil Gibran’s poem ‘On Children’ inspires reflection on listening to gifted children and prioritizing emotional well-being over academic potential. A child’s metaphor of a kite illustrates the need to support their present emotions and growth, reminding parents to be present and value emotional health as foundational.
Strategies for Dealing with Overexcitabilities
This post presents the BERRY Approach to help highly sensitive people harness emotional overexcitabilities. It outlines five strategies—Being With IT, Experience E-Motion, Recognize the Saboteur, Resonant Choices, and Your Compelling Purpose—and practical steps to accept, process, and channel intense emotions toward meaning, resilience, and creativity.
Director’s Corner: The Power in Sensitivity
Using classroom vignettes, the author argues that sensitivity is a strength, not a flaw, and that nurturing empathy and social-emotional development empowers gifted children. Contrasting inclusive, relationship-centered classrooms with rigid, punitive ones, she urges educators to model compassion and reshape systems so every child can thrive.