This week’s video was made and uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday morning and I was planning on sending it out Thursday morning. But then...

Wednesday afternoon I was driving to a Women in AI program about AI in Minnesota schools. It was in St. Paul, so about a 45-minute drive each way from my house in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. I hadn’t heard what had happened.

I also hadn’t checked my email. And so when I got to the place early and opened up my phone to check my email, I saw that the event had been canceled because of what had happened in Minneapolis earlier that day.

Being here and being in groups where I’m hearing a lot of first-hand accounts of what’s going on has been...well, I’m still not finding words for it.

The feeling of being “lazy” (this week’s topic) and noticing that my nervous system needs to calibrate to what it’s receiving has skyrocketed, or shall I say plummeted into despair and collapse.

It’s the same sensory shutdown cycle I describe in this video, so the framework applies for what you may be feeling in these times as well. I hope this content is especially useful for you right now.

In addition to feeling deeply distraught, there’s also a little shame and regret in the mix because a friend asked me if I wanted to join her today for the protests where the incident occurred. My response? No way! Whistles, tear gas, and elevated aggression. I absolutely can’t handle it, and I know it.

I was living in Chicago in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president. Chicagoans flooded into Grant Park, and I sat home. I do regret it because I’m sure it was an absolutely amazing experience. But I don’t think I would have been able to handle the packed train car rides and sea of people. I was also concerned based on how people had acted in the streets after sports teams had won major events! Turned out to be an incredibly inspiring and peaceful event.

I’m sharing this with you to help you reflect on what’s true for you. Where in your life have you made a compromise or a choice to protect your nervous system that left you with mixed results? It’s a process of awareness and self-acceptance.

There’s much work we can do on the subtle/energetic level, and I believe that this is where someone with a highly sensitive nervous system has enormous capacity, and that’s the focus of my work.

I very much appreciate you being here and receiving this note. Now on to this week’s topic.

I’ve been feeling lazy lately.

And with that feeling comes an old, familiar voice: “What’s wrong with me?”

But I’ve come to understand that this is the way I operate in the world and it’s is functional for who I am.

It’s not “typical”, but it’s true for me.

If you’ve been wondering why it takes you hours to recover from a simple activity, or why socializing wipes you out for an entire week, this week’s video is for you.

Watch: HSP Energy: You’re Not Lazy, You’re Highly Sensitive

In it, I introduce what I call the Sensory Shutdown Cycle — a framework that’s helped me stop criticizing myself and start honoring my body’s intelligence.

You’ll understand:

• Why 20% of the population processes the world more deeply (and why that’s an asset, not a flaw)

• How changing hormones affect your nervous system’s capacity

• Why “laziness” is actually adaptive rest your body requires

• How to build a business model that matches your actual capacity — not society’s expectations

Instead of feeling like we have to fix ourselves, it’s about finally understanding how we’re designed to function.

If you long for an online sanctuary where we hold these deep and sacred conversations, you belong in The Crone’s Nest.

👉 Enroll HERE.