01/19/2026
Several decades ago, I was working as a home health physical therapist.
I was caring for an elderly woman whose adult son was present in the home. He was a very large man, visibly agitated, and increasingly intrusive. As he began asking me personal questions I didn’t feel comfortable answering, I calmly redirected the conversation.
That enraged him.
He stormed out of the room, and I watched my patient’s face shift instantly into panic.
And then something happened that changed my understanding of the nervous system forever.
Without warning, I tasted metal in my mouth.I heard a clear voice inside my head say: “Run!”There was no time to reason. I sprinted to my car.
As I pulled away, I saw him emerge from the house holding a shotgun.
That was the day I lived because my nervous system knew something before I did.
Because it was intelligently scanning my environment.
That experience became a turning point in my life and my work.
I realized that what we often label as “overreaction,” “anxiety,” or “too much sensitivity” is sometimes a nervous system operating at a higher level of perception than we’ve been taught how to trust. When we learn to work with the nervous system only through regulation and management, we often miss its deeper role as a perceptual, relational, and intuitive intelligence.
That understanding is what led me to create my summit talk:
"Your Nervous System Is Asking for More Light: Understanding Your True Superpower"
This FREE summit talk on Wednesday, 11am ET/8am PT, is not a conversation about stress management or calming techniques.
It’s an invitation to understand your nervous system as a sophisticated guidance system; one that may already be registering information your conscious mind hasn’t caught up to yet. I share the framework that helped me understand the difference between regulation and liberation, and how freeing the nervous system restores clarity, choice, and trust.
RSVP and join us for FREE! Link in comments below 👇👇
I look forward to seeing you there!
