Are You Highly Sensitive

05/25/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF8iuv9GmgA
Sometimes life just feels like it wears us down. Sometimes we start to feel burned out with all the stress and decision fatigue. Sometimes, the ground feels shaky beneath our feet. Maybe you have been hustling to make ends meet, or working hard to support others who are struggling or depending on you. And possibly, you have been more isolated or suffered great losses. Whatever is true of you, I know what is also true is that you need retreat. We all do need that escape. That time to get away from everything. But, why?

Why is it imperative for every single one of us? And how do we make it a priority? And, above all, HOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN? For me, retreat is about finding my optimal level of arousal again. Sometimes I advance. If we think about the military, that’s where the word retreat is most commonly defined or used. So, I am often advancing my army on the world or out into the world. And it feels as though the world is advancing toward me. Retreat means to back away; to withdraw in order to replenish resources. And that is what it takes for me to return to my optimal level of arousal after being out in the world.

Healthcare & healing professionals, I invite you to join us this Saturday, May 30th in Novato, CA for Horses & Healers 🐴

Horses & Healers: Equine Experiential Methods for Strengthening Clinical Presence offers experiential learning with horses to support presence, connection, resilience, and professional growth. Learn more here: https://heart-mind-equine.mykajabi.com/horses-and-healers

🗓 May 30 | 9:30 am–3:30 pm PT
📍 Novato, California

Sometimes life just feels like it wears us down. Sometimes we start to feel burned out with all the stress and decision fatigue. Sometimes, the ground feels ...

05/19/2026

Change begins with me/us:

The thoughts we have about girls and women (including ourselves)
The way women talk and think about themselves
The comments we make about female identified people we see
Not helping girls by helping them (in the wrong situations)
Paradoxical and contradictory expectations we have of girls
An example of contradictory expectations? They look like: “Be strong, successful, rich, powerful, outspoken... BUT also, be soft, pretty, thin, weak, respectful, deferential (especially to the cute boy sitting next to you on the couch at a party, the adult in charge of you, or in front of your friends when they might be feeling insecure).

We have had cultural waves of raising up girls and women over the decades, but the insidious messages are still sneaking into childhood resulting in the same ole mental health challenges.

I’m eager for a conversation about expressing unconditional positive regard in our families and culture, and along the way, we might just offer some gentle healing of the wounds of our own childhoods.

Here’s to breaking the rules and creating NEW ones,
Alane

Come and join us this Thursday, we are creating that list at Rulz 4 Girlz, May 21st, 1pm PDT on Zoom: https://areyouhighlysensitive.thrivecart.com/rulz-4-girlz/

05/14/2026

https://exciting-artisan-9880.kit.com/posts/maybe-the-most-important-rule-for-girls

In Alane Freund's upcoming workshop, explore rules girls learn and rules for parents and teachers who raise girls. Discussion of 1 rule in this email

05/08/2026

Mothering doesn’t come with a manual—and it certainly wasn’t meant to be done alone. This community conversation is a chance to gather with others, share honestly, and explore the challenges and beauty of mothering and maybe recover from the losses you navigate from childhood with your mother

Come and join us tomorrow, May 9th for a Community Conversation on Mothering. https://areyouhighlysensitive.thrivecart.com/community-conversation-mothering/?coupon=MAY50

05/07/2026

Did you have a mom or are you mothering? Come for support and celebration at Mother's Day Office Hours.

Saturday, May 9th at 8am Pacific | 11am Eastern

Enjoy 50% off as a Mother’s Day gift: https://areyouhighlysensitive.thrivecart.com/community-conversation-mothering/?coupon=MAY50

05/03/2026

https://youtu.be/i7iVx69n1hA

Bag of Tools for Resilience – I Act As If

05/02/2026

https://exciting-artisan-9880.kit.com/posts/mom-you-re-invited-mothering-may-begins?

Mothering May! Three great topics for moms and those who know them. Raising Resilient Kids: Mother's Day: Rules for Girls, with parent expert Alane F.

04/23/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lWgJ_hBWnM

Why I’m reading Elaine Aron’s new book (and all of her books)

04/21/2026

https://youtu.be/HYiSh41qA9U
A discussion of Chapters 7 and 8 of Elaine Aron’s new book on Spirituality.

Check out our Spirituality and Sensitivity Offerings. The universe has set us up to focus on spirituality (along with many world religions) in the springtime. Why not you? Why not now?

Come and join us for our last HSP Spirituality Tools and Topics on April 26th.
I’m offering a half off coupon in the spirit of HSP Spirituality Month (see what I did there?)
https://areyouhighlysensitive.thrivecart.com/one-meeting-ayhs-office-hours-april/?coupon=GIFTSPIRITUAL50

Enlightenment, Awakening, or Whatever