Talent Discovery Specialist/Parent Coach
My passion is helping youth discover their true potential. I work with a wide spectrum of youth from those who have disabilities and social emotional challenges to typically developing teens. The foundation of all of my work is that every person is a unique being and has something valuable to contribute to their community and world. We work together to find what that is and how they can use their natural talents out in the real world.
I also love being a resource to parents. My parent coaching gives parents access to enjoying their children more, releasing worries and struggle and being able to appreciate their children for the amazing, unique beings who they are.
Appreciating the unique, special being who every child is.
Discovering together their natural talents,
interests, and dreams for the future.
About MeWelcome, I’m so glad you are here. I’m Emily Berheide, a talent discovery specialist and parent coach. My passion is helping youth discover their true potential. I work with a wide spectrum of youth from those who have disabilities and social emotional challenges to typically developing teens. The foundation of all of my work is that every person is a unique being and has something valuable to contribute to their community and world. We work together to find what that is and how they can use their natural talents out in the real world.
I also love being a resource to parents. My parent coaching gives parents access to enjoying their children more, releasing worries and struggle and being able to appreciate their children for the amazing, unique beings who they are.
This clarity led me to apply for the LEND fellowship program which I was accepted to in 2016. I spent my fellowship developing my vision and simple philosophy that when we look for and focus on who a person naturally is from the time they are a child and encourage them to be that, then pathways for the person to express this and contribute this to their communities will open up. From this vision, I founded Finding Futures consulting and created my life’s work. I truly believe this is my calling. When I was born, my parents chose Snowflake as my middle name because every single snowflake is unique and beautiful and no two snowflakes are the same. It makes me smile every time I think about this because my middle name expresses exactly what I believe is true about every human being and what my work is all about.
What if as parents and teachers, we invested our time in finding our children’s innate abilities and natural talents instead of detecting their problems? Every child has a place in which they are in their “element.” A place in which things come easily for them and they are in a state of flow. When we […]
How do we separate ourselves from judging our child by what shows up on their report card or what their teachers say about them? How do we see our child’s true potential, even if they’re failing tests or struggling in school? How do we see our child’s true potential even when they are doing well […]
Simply the best! Emily brings such joy and passion to the work that she does guiding others to find their joy and passion! Emily has an incredible ability to guide individuals in the process of discovering their talents and their path to a meaningful life.
Emily’s charismatic personality and her affinity for focusing on the positive swept me off my feet. I wanted in. And I wanted Joe to be able to experience the feeling of excitement and empowerment I was feeling. After all, this was about him in his transition period of his education. Emily has made all the difference in our lives, and most importantly in Joe’s.
I can vouch for Emily’s coaching skills, 100%! Talking with Emily regularly has made me a better parent AND partner, without all the efforting and struggle that society would tell us we need to do in order to "get better". I am ongoingly grateful that Emily offers this support!
Emily’s approach to transition planning, student determination and support for each student/young adult’s personal vision for the future is rooted in a “Talent Discovery” process – an organic, illuminating, hopeful collaborative and inspiring person-centered experience that takes “invisible’ gifts, strengths, talents and assets and makes them tangibly “visible” for the student’s transition into adulthood.
Emily’s Person-Centered meetings provide a protected, safe space for both students and staff to reflect, dream and plan. Emily infuses a positive strength-based perspective as she guides conversations.
Thank you, Emily! Your coaching helps me cope with the worry I experience as a parent. More and more I am able to appreciate my kids as the incredible individuals they already are! You're terrific!
My services are generally payed for through self-pay, DDS or DESE wrap-around funding or school funding.
My rates vary depending on the service I am providing. My goal is that my services are accessible to anyone who wants them. Please contact me to find out more.
Beautiful Justice TEDx – Beth Mount
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nivBPmOvviY&t=12s
Beth Mount – artist, creator, advocate – reminds us that in our very DNA, EVERYONE has a gift to offer, and a purpose – and our job is to LISTEN for that gift, discover the purpose and find a place in the community where it can be given.
Life is your talents discovered – Sir Ken Robinson – TEDx Liverpool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLbXrNGVXfE
Finding Your Element – Sir Ken Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17fbxRQgMlU&t=169s
In Finding Your Element, author and educator, Sir Ken Robinson, offers viewers a guide to finding and being in their element. He provides basic principles and tools to help guide them to do the work they enjoy with a sense of contentment and purpose.
