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High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm

181 - Q&A: How Do I Tell if I’m Actually Calm & Regulated or Just Numb & Dissociated?

High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm

Michelle Grosser – Inspired by Mel Robbins, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Dr. Becky Kennedy

Education, Time Management, Anxiety, Productivity, Nervous System, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Emotional Regulation, Parenting, Somatic Tools, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Overwhelm, Work-life Balance, Burnout, Mindset

4.9538 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

We often talk about mapping the state of our nervous system so we can recognize when we’re feeling dysregulated and use our tools to bring safety back into our body and ease out of a stress response. But do you ever question whether you’re actually feeling calm and regulated, or you’re numb and not feeling much of anything at all? There is overlap between the ventral vagal (regulated) and the dorsal vagal (shut down) states and sometimes it can be tricky to distinguish the t...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Calm Mom podcast, the show for ambitious women ready to get off the Hot Mess Express.

0:10.8

I know you've got a lot going on.

0:13.0

You work so hard.

0:14.3

You're raising an incredible family.

0:16.5

And sometimes it can be overwhelming.

0:19.1

I'm your host, Michelle Grocer.

0:20.4

I'm a certified master life coach your host, Michelle Grocer.

0:25.1

I'm a certified master life coach, attorney, wife, and mom.

0:27.7

And years ago, I was right where you are.

0:30.6

I was running a busy law practice while raising a family,

0:33.1

and I was on the fast track to burnout.

0:37.1

I thought I just needed to be more organized or have better routines, but it was learning how to heal and regulate my nervous system that expand in my capacity to gracefully hold more of this big, beautiful life.

0:48.0

You too are worthy of an extraordinary life in and beyond motherhood.

0:52.4

Learning to be a calm, anchoring presence in your home and at work

0:56.1

is going to be your superpower. If you're here to do the inner work that brings a sense of

1:02.0

calm amidst the chaos, I'm here to join you on that journey. Each time you press play,

1:07.0

your growth continues, so let's get at it.

1:17.9

Hey, hey, you're listening to the Calm Mom podcast. Michelle Grosser here coming at you with a bonus episode today. You guys have been submitting questions to me via the link in the show notes.

1:24.6

And today I've got a bonus episode for you, a Q&A in response to one of

1:29.9

your questions. So if you have a question, you'd like me to answer if there's something you've

1:35.2

been curious about, wondering about if there's something that you're noticing in your body or

1:40.3

just your daily routine or in your nervous system, any of the stuff we talk about here on the show,

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