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You’re tired… but sleep isn’t fixing it.

You finally sit down to rest, but your mind keeps racing.
You tell yourself to slow down, but your body still feels “on.”
You’re exhausted, overstimulated, emotionally drained… yet somehow still functioning.

And that’s the problem.
Somewhere along the way, survival became normal.
You learned how to:

  • keep going while overwhelmed,
  • carry everyone else while silently drowning,
  • push through exhaustion,
  • and call it “being strong.”

But high-functioning does not mean well.
And many Black women have spent so long surviving that rest no longer feels safe.

In this live conversation, Therapist + Executive Rest Strategist Elizabeth McCoy is pulling back the curtain on what a fried nervous system actually looks like in real life.

Not the Instagram version.
Not the aesthetic version.
The real version.
We’re talking about:

  • why you can’t fully relax,
  • why rest feels uncomfortable,
  • why you feel guilty slowing down,
  • why your body crashes after holding everything together,
  • why you’re emotionally exhausted but still performing,
  • and why “self-care” hasn’t touched the deeper issue.

This is not another motivational wellness talk.

This is a real conversation about survival mode, emotional overload, burnout, and the hidden ways high-functioning women disconnect from themselves while appearing “fine” to everyone else.

You are not lazy.
You are not failing.

But your body may no longer feel safe enough to truly rest.
And once you understand that… you can’t unsee it.

⚡️ If you’ve been functioning exhausted for longer than you want to admit, this conversation is for you.

**Live is inside Me. Alpha Me, linked below. Register here to attend.

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