Gail Showalter
Gail Showalter is a heartwarming, moving, and genuine speaker. As founder of Seeing U Through, her passion is to assist others in becoming the person God imagined them to be when He first created them.
Gail was a single mother of three for 16 years before she married Sam in 1996. During her years as a single mom she learned to depend on the Lord for guidance. Her article on returning to college as a single parent was published in Single-Parent Family magazine October 2000. She says, "Through life's lessons, training and speaking experiences around the country, I have learned that God gives His grace and the guidance needed to meet the needs of those hurting in our community and churches."
During those years she struggled to find herself as she found her way out of the forest. It was then she learned to depend on the Lord for guidance and found that He was truly dependable, her taproot.
Gail holds degrees in speech, art, special education and a master's in education. She is a CLASServices, Inc. graduate and a Personality Specialist.
Now that she is remarried and her children are grown she has the opportunity to do the things she enjoys most. She writes, speaks about how personality types affect our relationships, presents workshops on art for the visually impaired, and presents messages to groups of Christians on overcoming the obstacles in their lives.
Build Better Bridges
We all know what it means to "burn a bridge." How can we "build a bridge?" This presentation gives practical illustrations for better communication in any area of your life. Gail gives you the tools to build bridges. Bridges that will help you maintain relationships and make connections with others in your life. You will discover the secrets that make your friends, colleagues, children and families tick. You will be surprised with the results you experience.
Gail will customize this unique presentation for your group or organization.
~ Personalities ~
Tots and Temperaments
Gail will customize this unique presentation for your group or organization. It is completely original with a Power Point for enhancement.
Understanding personalities and how they affect our temperaments, can be key in working with young children.
This workshop demonstrates an effective approach to guidance techniques and interactions with children. If offers practical ways to work with children based on an understanding of the unique nature and personality of each child, as well as, how your own personality affects the way you interact with the child. It shows ways to relate to all different children for better communication that leads to effective discipline and resolution of conflicts.
Participants will discover how to:
- Develop awareness of their potential effect on the self-esteem of the child and how important it can be.
- Interact with different children.
- Better understand their own way of being and how to better relate to each child.
Personalities in the Classroom
Create a smooth functioning classroom by learning how to operate with the students’ personalities. You will meet their needs while they are learning and performing from their strengths.
Knowledge of the personalities can be extremely helpful in understanding the makeup of the students in a classroom.
It can help the teacher know how to assign responsibilities and what needs each student has as part of his/her natural make up.
In this workshop participants will:
- Receive and complete a personality profile
- Document specific ways to communicate with students of each personality type
Personalities for Parents
All children may be created equal, but they are definitely not created the same.
Just as all children are different, so are their parents. Gail’s experience as a single mother provided many examples of how each child is unique. Once the parent accepts and applies personality knowledge of their own personality, they can better parent their children.
This presentation includes stories, illustrations, and practical information that can be applied as soon as you walk in the door.
Personalities for Single Parents
~ Single Moms~
Encouraging Single Moms to Grow Their Strengths
During Gail’s years as a single mom she struggled to find herself as she found her way out of the forest. It was then she learned to depend on the Lord for guidance and found that He was truly dependable, her taproot.
In this presentation she shares her priceless personal testimony as she tells her “Christmas Elf” story, which has been published in two different publications including the book, But Lord I Was Happy Shallow by Marita Littauer.
It is an inspiration any time of year.
Personality Predicaments
All children may be created equal, but they are definitely not created the same.
Just as all children are different, so are their parents. Gail’s experience as a single mother provided many examples of how each child is unique. Once the parent accepts and applies personality knowledge of their own personality, they can better parent their children.
This presentation includes stories, illustrations, and practical information that can be applied as soon as you walk in the door.
~ Women ~
In the Growing Places
God never put anyone in a place too small to grow. –Henrietta Mears
Do you ever feel that God isn’t listening? Do you wonder if God hears your heart felt prayers? Gail shares her personal stories that encourage and inspire women whatever their situation in life. In this presentation she tells how the Lord demonstrated that her prayer was heard. She guides her listeners to the realization that whatever their situation they do not have to force growth just be willing to be pruned.
Not This Baby, Lord
Do your daughters listen to you? Do they follow your advice? Or should they listen to the all knowing parent instead? This presentation goes to the heart of every mother’s desire for her children. Though about adoption, this is definitely not your mother’s adoption story. Gail exposes her heart and her doubts in a way that moves every audience. She follows the voice of the Holy Spirit even when her fears discourage her.
This is a fabulous message for Sanctity of Life week or any other time for mothers and grandmothers.
