Sensitive.

In this enlightening discussion, guest Michelle Dowker, a naturopathic doctor, reveals groundbreaking insights for sensitive and neurodivergent leaders. She introduces the concept of differential susceptibility, explaining how it can either hinder or enhance success. Topics include the neuroscience of survival mode, the inadequacy of merely supportive environments, and the unique flow state of sensitive brains. Michelle emphasizes the importance of recalibrating the nervous system for true thriving, paving the way for personal mastery and effective leadership.

What if your business gave you energy instead of draining it? In this episode, I sit down with Sara Francis, a Flow State Trainer and Peak Performance Coach, who has guided over 300 intuitive entrepreneurs and creatives toward building life-first businesses grounded in energy management, deep focus, and sustainable productivity. Sara’s approach is radically different — no nonstop online presence, no hustle, and no chasing algorithms. Instead, she offers an invitation into a slower, more relational, and deeply fulfilling way of working. We talk about: Sara’s journey to becoming a Flow State & Peak Performance Coach How she’s built a thriving business while minimizing screen time Why social media detoxes aren’t enough — and what actually helps Loving the process in business (not just the outcome) What it means to build a business relationally — with a “small audience” How PLAY, creativity, and structure all intertwine with flow A fresh perspective on working hard without burnout Action as self-care, and balancing flow with structure   If you’re craving a more nourishing way to grow your work in the world — this one is for you.   Sara is a Peak Performance Coach and Flow State Trainer. Over the last 5 years, she’s guided over 300 intuitive entrepreneurs and creatives to create their life-first business by building skills for energy management, deep focus, leadership confidence and sustainable productivity.   Connect with Sara, explore her current offerings and find her free Working Without Rushing training class using the links below.    Instagram   LinkedIn   Working Without Rushing Free Training   If you found this podcast helpful, please give it a 5 star review and share it with others who might benefit so we can help more HSP and neurodivergent business owners! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an update!   Get Involved: The Gentle Momentum Method Mini-Course   Your energy matters. Learn how to honor it while still making real, meaningful progress in your business — one gentle step at a time. Enroll now for $30.   1:1 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: a personalized container for sensitive entrepreneurs ready to grow with clarity, calm, and nervous system support. Learn more and apply.   Craving community and deep support? The Sustainable Growth Sanctuary is a slow, intimate mastermind for sensitive entrepreneurs who want to grow without overriding themselves. Next cohort enrolls in Sept. 2025   Feeling burnt out?  Burnout to Balance, a self-paced course, will help you recover your energy and rebuild your business in a way that honors your nervous system and your life.   Join My Newsletter: Read gently honest reflections on body-led business, sustainable growth for sensitive entrepreneurs, and the real inner work of showing up as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent leader — rooted in my own lived experience.    Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app.

In this heartfelt and vulnerable episode, I sit down with the radiant Madison Morrigan — a coach, mystic, and deeply expressive voice in the world of somatic healing and self-liberation. Madison and I reconnect after our shared experience in her Rising Sovereign mastermind — a space where neither of us yet knew we were autistic. What follows is a rich, nuanced conversation about late-diagnosis autism, the power of shame alchemy, and what it means to reclaim joy and expression in a world that so often demands we shrink ourselves. In this episode, we explore: Madison’s journey of realizing they are autistic, and how that has shaped their life and work Why understanding shame through a neuroscience lens is key for neurocomplex folks The nuance of somatic healing and what’s often misunderstood in the online space Embodying healing through daily rituals, aesthetic expression, and home design Shifting from “fixing ourselves” to orienting toward goodness and beauty The hidden connection between neurodivergence and high-control religion Allowing joy, bubbliness, and full expression — even when it draws criticism A few favorite moments include: Madison’s reframing of shame as a somatic process, not a moral flaw The soulful simplicity of making tea as a healing practice Their honest reflection on being groomed by high-control religious systems Madison's Links: Website The Fortress Shame Alchemy Workshop Instagram   If you found this video helpful, please give it a 5 star review and share it with others who might benefit so we can help more HSP and neurodivergent business owners! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an update!   Get Involved:   The Gentle Momentum Method Mini-Course Your energy matters. Learn how to honor it while still making real, meaningful progress in your business — one gentle step at a time. Enroll now for $30   1:1 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: a personalized container for sensitive entrepreneurs ready to grow with clarity, calm, and nervous system support. Learn more and apply here   Craving community and deep support? The Sustainable Growth Sanctuary is a slow, intimate mastermind for sensitive entrepreneurs who want to grow without overriding themselves. Next cohort enrolls in Sept. 2025   Feeling burnt out?  Burnout to Balance, a self-paced course, will help you recover your energy and rebuild your business in a way that honors your nervous system and your life.   Join My Newsletter: Read gently honest reflections on body-led business, sustainable growth for sensitive entrepreneurs, and the real inner work of showing up as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent leader — rooted in my own lived experience.   Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app:

In this episode of Sensitive., I sit down with introvert confidence coach Amber Hansel for a heart-centered conversation about how confidence isn't something you're born with — it's something you build. Amber shares her journey into coaching, her unique Harmony Method, and how introverted entrepreneurs can lead powerfully without pretending to be extroverted. We also explore how understanding your introvert type, setting boundaries based on your true energetic needs, and moving from surface-level networking to authentic engagement can be a game-changer in your business. What We Talk About: Amber’s path to becoming an introvert confidence coach Why confidence is a skill (not a trait) and how to build it The 4 introvert types and how they differ Why traditional business formulas don’t work for introverts, HSPs, or neurodivergents Amber’s “Harmony Method” for aligned growth Common mindset blocks introverted business owners face — and how to reframe them How to create meaningful, authentic connections as an introvert The overlooked power of being an introverted leader Meet Amber Hansel, your introverted BFF and confidence coach helping business owners align with their authentic selves, expand visibility, and connect deeply with their audience. With a background in lead generation and a gentle, empowering approach, Amber proves you don’t have to be loud to make waves. Her mission is to help you grow your business with clarity and confidence by turning intentional, authentic connections into real results—all while staying true to who you are.   Connect with Amber: Website Instagram   If you found this episode helpful, please give it a 5 star review and share it with others who might benefit so we can help more HSP and neurodivergent business owners! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss a new episode!   Get Involved:   The Gentle Momentum Method Mini-Course   Your energy matters. Learn how to honor it while still making real, meaningful progress in your business — one gentle step at a time. Enroll now for $30.   1:1 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: a personalized container for sensitive entrepreneurs ready to grow with clarity, calm, and nervous system support. Learn more and apply.   Craving community and deep support? The Sustainable Growth Sanctuary is a slow, intimate mastermind for sensitive entrepreneurs who want to grow without overriding themselves. Next cohort enrolls in Sept. 2025   Feeling burnt out?  Burnout to Balance, a self-paced course, will help you recover your energy and rebuild your business in a way that honors your nervous system and your life.   Join My Newsletter: Read gently honest reflections on body-led business, sustainable growth for sensitive entrepreneurs, and the real inner work of showing up as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent leader — rooted in my own lived experience.    Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app.

In this beautiful conversation, I sit down with therapist, author, and mother Lisa Olivera to explore the deep themes of acceptance, creativity, and self-trust. I’ve been a long time admirer of Lisa and her work, which has greatly impacted my own. I hope you are as deeply nourished by listening to this conversation as I was having it. We talk about: Lisa’s personal journey with radical self-acceptance The heart behind her new book When the Ache Remains How she finds beauty amidst the unfixable realities of life Navigating the evolution of your voice after publishing your work Finding creative pockets amidst the demands of motherhood The courage it takes to share authentically online — and to keep parts of your life sacred How photography weaves into her life as an act of presence and artistry What “right-sized ambition” means — and how it shifts from proving to serving Letting go of the need to prove yourself and moving into deeper service This conversation is tender, rich, and full of permission to meet yourself exactly where you are.   Lisa Olivera is a writer, therapist, and creative who shares work centered around radical acceptance, cultivating compassion, and integrating our stories and full humanity. She holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University, where she received the Dr. Robert Schukraft award for Inspirational Leadership. She has worked in schools, community-based mental health, and private practice, all of which inform her lens of the world. Her work has been featured in many publications including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Good Morning America, The Guardian, and The Huffington Post. Lisa writes the popular weekly newsletter, Human Stuff, on Substack, teaches writing workshops, and is working on her second book. Her first book, Already Enough, was published by Simon and Schuster in early 2022. She lives with her husband, daughter, and two cats in Northern California.   Lisa's Website   If you found this podcast helpful, please give it a thumbs up and share it with others who might benefit so we can help more HSP and neurodivergent business owners! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an update.   Get Involved:   The Gentle Momentum Method Mini-Course   Your energy matters. Learn how to honor it while still making real, meaningful progress in your business — one gentle step at a time. Enroll now for $30.   1:1 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: a personalized container for sensitive entrepreneurs ready to grow with clarity, calm, and nervous system support. Learn more and apply.   Craving community and deep support? The Sustainable Growth Sanctuary is a slow, intimate mastermind for sensitive entrepreneurs who want to grow without overriding themselves. Next cohort enrolls in Sept. 2025   Feeling burnt out?  Burnout to Balance, a self-paced course, will help you recover your energy and rebuild your business in a way that honors your nervous system and your life.   Join My Newsletter: Read gently honest reflections on body-led business, sustainable growth for sensitive entrepreneurs, and the real inner work of showing up as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent leader — rooted in my own lived experience. Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app.

In this episode of Sensitive., I sit down with someone I deeply admire and have quietly followed for years: Alexandra Covucci, a leadership coach who not only teaches transformation, but embodies it. Whether she’s taking a sabbatical from social media to re-root in inner stillness, or leaning gently into the work of intimacy and self-trust, Alex lives what she teaches. Her leadership is not performative — it’s devotional. And in this conversation, we explore what it really means to lead ourselves first. We talk about: How Alex defines leadership (and why it starts within) The most pivotal moments in her own growth as a business owner What high-capacity, highly sensitive leaders struggle with most The truth about self-partnering as the foundation of self-leadership Why strategy alone won’t save you — and how to come home to yourself instead The quiet patterns that hold so many brilliant leaders back How to redefine success so it actually feels like success This one is for the big-hearted leaders, the deep feelers, the sensitive visionaries. The ones walking their talk — even when no one’s watching. 🌿 Learn more about Alex and her work:  Alexandra is a leadership and embodiment coach who helps ambitious, high-capacity individuals succeed without self-abandonment. With over a decade of experience in leadership coaching and nervous system work, she supports leaders in building unshakable self-trust, communicating with clarity, turning emotional and energetic obstacles into fuel for their fullest potential, and creating sustainable success from the inside out. Alexandra's Links: -Website -Alexandra is generously offering 5 listeners a sit-down with her to work through a block they have. That can be found here. -Free Safe to Be Seen Masterclass   If you found this video helpful, please give it a thumbs up and share it with others who might benefit so we can help more HSP and neurodivergent business owners! Don't forget to subscribe to our channel and hit the notification bell so you never miss an update! Get Involved: The Gentle Momentum Method mini-course If you’re ready to know exactly which business activity to do in accordance with your energy levels and time constraints daily, my new mini-course, The Gentle Momentum Method is for you. This self-paced course helps you make real progress in your business, even on low-capacity days. You’ll learn my signature Energy Mapping method that has allowed me to make meaningful progress in my business while being a highly sensitive, neurodivergent, toddler mom. It’s specifically designed to be tiny, digestible, and immediately actionable. Learn more and enroll here for only $30 1:1 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: a personalized container for sensitive entrepreneurs ready to grow with clarity, calm, and nervous system support. Learn more and apply here. Craving community and deep support? The Sustainable Growth Sanctuary is a slow, intimate mastermind for sensitive entrepreneurs who want to grow without overriding themselves. Next cohort enrolls in Sept. 2025  Feeling burnt out? Burnout to Balance, a self-paced course, will help you recover your energy and rebuild your business in a way that honors your nervous system and your life.  Join My Newsletter: Read gently honest reflections on body-led business, sustainable growth for sensitive entrepreneurs, and the real inner work of showing up as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent leader — rooted in my own lived experience. Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app.  

In today’s episode, I’m joined by the brilliant Sara Lobkovich for a conversation about setting goals that actually support your capacity, not override it. Sara is a coach and strategist who speaks candidly about being twice exceptional, having a trauma-impacted brain, and building a business as a deeply introverted human. Together, we explore: What “non-toxic” goal-setting really means How intrinsic, “selfish” goals lead to deeper alignment Why this approach is especially supportive for neurodivergent business owners How to shift from achievement obsession to growth and progress The power of coherence over consistency A step-by-step way to set shame-free goals rooted in who you are The connection between non-toxic productivity and nervous system-informed work This conversation is full of practical insights and gentle reframes for anyone who’s ever felt like traditional goal-setting just... doesn’t fit.   Sara is a strategist, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) Master Coach, and Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) who works with purpose-led organizations and people whose identity, cognitive style, or values put them at odds with mainstream business culture. I help people and teams shift strategy from overwhelming to achievable so they can learn their way to achieving their big, bold goals.   Sara's Links: -Buy her Book:https://youarestrategist.com -Join her next live intensive: Strategy During Chaos: https://findrc.co/3RkYOHK -Connect via LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/saralobkovich -She is @saralobkovich on most social media platforms.   If you found this podcast helpful, please give it a 5 star reveiw and share it with others who might benefit so we can help more HSP and neurodivergent business owners thrive! Don't forget to subscribe to our channel and hit the notification bell so you never miss an update.   Get Involved:   The Gentle Momentum Method mini-course If you’re ready to know exactly which business activity to do in accordance with your energy levels and time constraints daily, my new mini-course, The Gentle Momentum Method is for you. This self-paced course helps you make real progress in your business, even on low-capacity days. You’ll learn my signature Energy Mapping method that has allowed me to make meaningful progress in my business while being a highly sensitive, neurodivergent, toddler mom. It’s specifically designed to be tiny, digestible, and immediately actionable. Learn more and enroll here for only $30   1:1 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: a personalized container for sensitive entrepreneurs ready to grow with clarity, calm, and nervous system support. Learn more and apply here   Feeling burnt out? Burnout to Balance, a self-paced course, will help you recover your energy and rebuild your business in a way that honors your nervous system and your life.   Join My Newsletter to receive the best of what I know about running a business that honors your sensitive nervous system.   Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app.          

In today's episode of the Sensitive. podcast, I interview Lauren Van Mullem, ethical copywriter, and we discuss: -how she got into copywriting -the biggest mistakes she see coaches, healers, and service based entrepreneurs make in their copywriting -the elements that need to be present to make a newsletter something that people actually want to read -her thoughts on whether or not to use pain points in your copy -immediately actionable tips on how you can find your own authentic voice in your copy -how you can find your authentic voice in your business This was such a rich, immediately actionable, and fun conversation! Lauren Van Mullem is an ethical copywriter for life coaches, spiritual coaches, health & wellness coaches and service-based entrepreneurs. Her specialty is supporting coaches to write their own website copy to connect with their ideal clients without being "salesy" or using manipulative tactics. She offers affordable workbooks, workshops, and feedback, and (higher priced) done-for-you copywriting, as well as a monthly Free Craft n’ Copy Hour. LAUREN'S LINKS: Website Instagram Craft n' Copy Hour DIY Template for a One-Page Website   If you found this podcast helpful, please give it a 5 star review and share it with others who might benefit so that more HSP and neurodivergent business owners can get the support they deserve! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an update! Get Involved: The Gentle Momentum Method mini-course If you’re ready to know exactly which business activity to do in accordance with your energy levels and time constraints daily, my new mini-course, The Gentle Momentum Method is for you. This self-paced course helps you make real progress in your business, even on low-capacity days. You’ll learn my signature Energy Mapping method that has allowed me to make meaningful progress in my business while being a highly sensitive, neurodivergent, toddler mom. It’s specifically designed to be tiny, digestible, and immediately actionable. Learn more and enroll here for only $30 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: Grow your business in a sustainable, body-led way — without burning out, overriding your needs, or sacrificing your health. Learn more and apply. Join My Newsletter to receive the best of what I know about running a business that honors your sensitive nervous system. Get off the roller coaster. Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app.

Many entrepreneurs yearn for sustainable businesses that respect their unique needs, especially those who are highly sensitive or neurodivergent. The conversation dives into the hidden barriers that make this goal feel elusive, emphasizing the importance of honoring personal capacity and well-being. Listeners hear a personal story that showcases a transformative shift towards a more nurturing business model. The discussion also highlights how traditional business norms can marginalize sensitive individuals, offering hope for a successful, tailored approach to entrepreneurship.

This is a fun and unique episode of the Sensitive Podcast where the tables are flipped and Kim is interviewed by one of her past clients, Celeste Ruberti! If you have ever been curious to know more about Kim, her business, and her personal life, this is your chance. In this episode we discuss: -What historical experiences and parts of you who I am led me to coaching -My prior experience as a Doctor of Physical Therapy -What exactly somatic coaching is, and the outcomes I help clients achieve -How I view the selling aspect of having a business when I'm also helping people -What energizes me about my work, and what drains me about my work -What outcomes and successes clients have seen from working with me -My biggest turnoffs -What I think is "different" about me than others -About my IVF journey -My son and his personality, and my experience as a mother -What ways I feel I'm continuing to learn and grow right now This was such a fun episode! I hope it feels like we are sitting down to tea and having a deep conversation, as I wish I could with so many of you. If you found this podcast helpful, please give it a 5 star review and share it with others who might benefit. Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast so you never miss a new episode!   Get Involved:   The Gentle Momentum Method mini-course   If you’re ready to know exactly which business activity to do in accordance with your energy levels and time constraints daily, my new mini-course, The Gentle Momentum Method is for you. This self-paced course helps you make real progress in your business, even on low-capacity days.   You’ll learn my signature Energy Mapping method that has allowed me to make meaningful progress in my business while being a highly sensitive, neurodivergent, toddler mom.   It’s specifically designed to be tiny, digestible, and immediately actionable.   Learn more and enroll here for only $30   1:1 Sustainable Growth Private Coaching: a personalized container for sensitive entrepreneurs ready to grow with clarity, calm, and nervous system support. Learn more and apply.   Feeling burnt out? Burnout to Balance, a self-paced course, will help you recover your energy and rebuild your business in a way that honors your nervous system and your life.   Join My Newsletter to receive the best of what I know about running a business that honors your sensitive nervous system.   Free Somatic Coaching Starter Session: Experience a free session using asynchronous voice memo coaching via Signal app.