What if you’ve gotten really good at protecting your energy…but somewhere along the way, you also cut out some of what makes you feel alive?
A woman I had the privilege of coaching lives with chronic illness, which means overstimulation can have very real physical consequences. She had wisely learned to build in buffers, avoid overstacking her schedule, and pay attention to what depleted her.
And then she realized:
“I’ve crafted a low-stimulation life so I wouldn’t end up physically incapacitated. But it’s also cut out joy.”
Oof.
Because honoring your capacity matters. Sometimes the wise, faithful choice really is doing less.
But what if capacity isn’t only about asking, What can I remove?
In this conversation, we explore what changes when we also start noticing what gives something back.
We talk about:
You’ll also hear what happened when this beloved created her own “dopamine menu: daily flavors of joy”—and the tiny moment with her daughter and a soon-to-be-demolished floor that still makes me smile.
You don’t need to overhaul your life.
Maybe we can simply get more curious about the woman who’s actually living it.
💭 A question to think on this week:
What have you dismissed as unnecessary because it doesn’t look productive—even though it consistently gives something meaningful back to you?
🎁 Want another set of eyes on your own patterns? I open just 3 God-Given Gifts Chats each month. We’ll start with your actual life and look together for clues about your wiring, strengths, capacity, and one life-giving next move you can experiment with.
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