Details:
⬩Hosted by: Dr. Michael and Julie Postma
⬩Date: Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024
⬩Time: 5:30 pm PT (8:30 pm ET)
⬩Cost: FREE!
⬩Location: Online via Zoom
Description:
Life as an Empath can be extremely difficult. Tackling the challenges and worries of those around us all the while bearing our own can be exhausting, stressful, and affect our health. As the world continues to become more uncertain, the existential stress can become overwhelming especially for highly intelligent individuals with high sensory processing. Given the increased density of sensory data, the empathetic response can be activated time and time again leaving one struggling to get through the daily regiments of life. Does this remind you of anyone? Maybe it's you; maybe one of your children, or a family member. In this webinar, Dr, Michael Postma and Julie Postma (an empath) investigate and discuss the vulnerabilities of being an empath and offer strategies for living a balanced life as a highly empathic person.
Goals:
1. Understand what it means to be an empath
2. Learn the neurology of empathy in intelligent persons
3. Discuss examples of empathetic living
4. Learn and discuss strategies to embrace empathy while balancing the effects on oneself.
5. Learn how to live and support those around us that are highly empathetic
Meet Dr. Mike Postma:
Hello! I'm Dr. Mike Postma, an educator, speaker, author, consultant and coach residing in beautiful Bellingham, WA. Together with my wife, Julie, we have raised our own 4 gifted/2e children and know how difficult this journey can be. That is one reason I have dedicated my life work to the holistic development of the gifted/2e community. In my 25+ year career, I've served as a Gifted Teacher in the classroom, as an Administrator of gifted schools, as a professional developer of gifted programming and curriculum and as Executive Director of the SENG organization (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted), and now leading our company Gifted & Thriving, LLC. I look forward to spending time together with you to learn how we can best teach and support this exceptional community so we can all move from a place of just surviving to THRIVING! I look forward to the journey with you!
Meet Julie Postma:
Julie Postma is an advocate, speaker, writer and co-founder and Chief Marketing and Operating Officer at Gifted and Thriving, LLC, an organization that provides education, consulting and services to the gifted and twice exceptional (2e) communities. Together with her husband, Dr. Michael Postma, an educator and leader in the gifted and 2e education community for over two decades, they have raised four gifted children, three of whom are twice exceptional. They know first-hand the daily challenges and complexities of navigating and advocating for four unique and complex children within an education system that has little knowledge and/or training around the social, emotional and academic needs of the gifted population. It is because of this lack of knowledge, support and understanding that Julie joins Michael to serve, advocate and educate within this community, in order to help others in the battle for their children’s success in the classroom, at home and in life so that can realize their full potential. Julie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Marketing from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota), is a certified SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Model Parent Group (SMPG) facilitator, and also holds a current real estate broker license.