Calendar of Events!
BloomCon26 Call for Proposals *Open Until March 31, 2026*
Theme: Bridging the Gap
Bright Insight is seeking proposals for catalyst sessions (keynote speakers), presentations, panels, workshops, roundtables, games, and creative sessions focused on connecting across lived experience, research, practice, and community. Interested individuals may fill out as many proposals as they would like for different sessions. (Please start a new form for each proposal.)
Location:📍 J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, TX & Online
Date: 📅 October 1–4, 2026 (in person)
Along with professional presentations, we welcome interdisciplinary and lived-experience-based work. Priority selection is given to presenters who are BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, economically disadvantaged, and otherwise underrepresented within gifted and neurodivergent communities, reflecting and attending to their historical exclusion from research leadership, professional conferences, and community meaning-making.
Presenters who pre-record for the online speaker series will receive free registration as an honorarium.
Dąbrowskians! Positive Disintegration Book & Study Group
The Bright Insight Community is launching an open, ongoing book and study group devoted to Kazimierz Dąbrowski’s original writings on the Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD).
This is not a typical book club and not a theory lecture series. We will rotate through Dąbrowski’s primary texts, engaging short, conceptually dense excerpts to allow for careful, unhurried study.
Objectives include:
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Deepening understanding through direct engagement with Dąbrowski’s original texts
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Exploring overexcitability, multilevel development, value hierarchies, dynamisms, and inner conflict
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Applying the framework thoughtfully to lived experience without reducing it to labels
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Building shared understanding through text-centered dialogue
This group is not about being taught the theory. While Dr. Patty Gently and Youssef Sleiman are well-read in TPD, the space centers shared inquiry, collective reflection, and serious engagement with the material.
Expertise is not assigned here. All who are drawn to developmental depth and careful discussion are welcome.
The group will begin once filled, likely April 2026, and will meet twice monthly, alternating between:
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Fridays, 7:00pm Central (Saturday mornings AU)
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Saturdays, 11:00am Central (Saturday evenings EU)
Participants may attend one or both sessions as schedules allow.
A suggested yearly donation of $120–$240 supports facilitation and infrastructure. Contributions may be more or less according to individual needs and means. No explanation required.
Interested participants are invited to complete the application form at the linked button below!
Gifted Curious Workshop
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You've might've listened to hours of content about giftedness, how it's different from high IQ, or how it can affect the whole body.
Wanna talk about it?
Whether you're late identified as gifted, rediscovering your own giftedness or just plain curious, this may be a good workshop for you.
Instead of lectures and even more content to absorb, this is a guided conversation workshop that poses 30+ questions in a small-group setting about participants' lived experiences.
The Gifted Curious Workshop offer participants a place to explore gifted stereotypes, gifted needs, social constructs of intelligence, and more.
First Cohort Signing Up Now
Register for the next opportunity! This group will start again when filled!
Check out the application form to join a 10-week psychoeducation and support group led by Dr. Patty Gently through Bright Insight Support Network. Designed for 2e and other gifted neurodivergent adults, the group focuses on exploring and refining one’s sense of identity. The framework will follow Dr. Gently's Identity Development (GEAR) Theory.
Participants will engage with topics such as the intersection of trauma and giftedness, creativity, career transitions, Dąbrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration, Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Systems Theory, Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development, and more.
Each 90-minute session will feature:
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A weekly psychoeducational presentation (with slides)
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An engaging activity to apply the concepts
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A roundtable discussion to deepen understanding and connection.
If you’re interested in participating, please complete the form. All responses will be kept confidential.
Outlier of Outliers Authentic Heart Space
Endorced By
A Trauma-Informed Mutual Support Group
for Deep Connection and Relational Healing
Outlier of Outliers: Authentic Heart Space is a small-group experience designed for those seeking genuine connection, mutual support, and space to be fully seen in their authentic, imperfect wholeness. Facilitated by Brittany Brdecka, this offering provides a trauma-informed, nonhierarchical container grounded in mutual aid and relational healing.
Participants will be introduced to relational tools that support deeper connection and emotional attunement—both within and between.
Why This Group Exists: Loneliness is a growing epidemic—especially among neurodivergent and marginalized individuals. And yet, within the experience of loneliness lies the possibility for authentic connection and true healing when we gather in intentional space. This group responds to that need.
Group Structure & Values:
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Mutual aid support group
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Trauma-informed foundation
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Emphasis on relational mindfulness and co-created connection
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No advice given without explicit consent
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All topics welcome—grief, trauma, identity, emotion, daily life
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Grounded in lived experiences of giftedness, twice-exceptionality, and relational complexity
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Deep listening and shared presence prioritized; all voices matter
Format & Duration:
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8-week series beginning once there is sufficient interest
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Group 5 participants + 1 facilitator
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Session length @ 2 hours (with a short break halfway)
Cost: $35 per session via Zelle, Apple Pay, PayPal friends & family, and other options available if needed. Needs-based scholarships are available.
Available Time Slots (Pacific Time):
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Sundays: 6–8 PM
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Mondays: 6–8 PM
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Tuesdays: 1–3 PM or 6–8 PM
If interested, please email brittany@brighterwayforward.com to express interest and indicate your preferred day/time. Every effort will be made to accommodate scheduling needs within current capacity and questions are welcome!
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What Are Bright Insight Table Talks?
Bright Insight Table Talks, or BITTs, are FREE monthly virtual meetings where we explore topics that impact gifted, neurodivergent, and twice-exceptional persons, such as identity development, mental health, and relationships. BITTs usually occur on the first Saturday of the month.
Check for the next BITT on the Events page or on Facebook.
