Bio: Emma Nicholson is a business analyst by day, and content creator by night (kind of like Batman, without the crime). She is the Vice President of the Dabrowski Center, cohost of the Positive Disintegration podcast, and creates content on overexcitabilities and the theory of positive disintegration for her website Tragic Gift and YouTube channel *Adults With Overexcitabilities.*
Exploring problems and finding solutions is her daily bread and butter, and she has a knack for simplifying technical information so it can be easily shared with others. She is also a creative soul, with zero cares about sharing skeletons in the closet, if it will help someone else. Most importantly, she has an un-killable passion for promoting the theory of positive disintegration to help people feel supported and understood.
Keynote: Light at the End of the Disintegration Tunnel
In this session, Emma will take a light-hearted look at the light at the end of the tunnel of positive disintegration. Learning about the work of Kazimierz Dąbrowski provided Emma with a great tool for development, but every tool needs a user manual! By sharing her post-Dąbrowski tips, musings, and hacks, she will take a look at what life is like after a period of working on herself and applying the theory of positive disintegration to her life. Explore with Emma some of the things which might help keep you focussed on the light during your own disintegrative journey!
Emma is a business analyst by day, and content creator by night (kind of like Batman, without the crime). She is the Vice President of the Dabrowski Center, cohost of the Positive Disintegration podcast, and creates content on overexcitabilities and the theory of positive disintegration for her website Tragic Gift and YouTube channel Adults With Overexcitabilities.
Exploring problems and finding solutions is her daily bread and butter, and she has a knack for simplifying technical information so it can be easily shared with others. She is also a creative soul, with zero cares about sharing skeletons in the closet, if it will help someone else. Most importantly, she has an un-killable passion for promoting the theory of positive disintegration to help people feel supported and understood.
Workshop: Walking Your Talk: Defining Your Personal Values (with Chris Wells)
Our workshop, which is virtual only, aims to assist participants in aligning their actions with their values—a crucial step toward achieving authenticity.
Understanding and defining personal values is an important component in navigating periods of disintegration and personal growth. It helps us develop an autopsychotherapy plan, and enact changes in our lives to walk our talk, and live more authentically.
In the workshop, we will learn what values are and how they operate, informing our identity and guiding our behaviours and decisions. We will also explore how values can change through disintegration.
Attendees will then participate in some practical exercises to help them articulate their values and develop a personal action plan to embody these values in their daily lives. This includes:
Discovering our drivers and what is important to us
The workshop is designed to be interactive, allowing for personal reflection and group discussion.