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

239 - 5 Subtle Signs You're Stuck in Survival Mode

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

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Do you feel like you’re always rushing? Wondering where your creativity has gone? If so, you might be stuck in “survival mode”. The everyday and chronic stress we experience causes a physiological response in our body. We release hormones like adrenaline and cortisol and are prompted into survival mode - fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. When our body doesn’t feel safe enough to return to baseline stress level, we can get stuck in a survival mode. In today’s episode, I’ve got...

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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.

0:10.0

I know you've got a lot going on.

0:12.2

You work so hard.

0:13.5

You're raising an incredible family.

0:15.8

And sometimes it can be overwhelming.

0:18.3

I'm your host, Michelle Grocer.

0:19.7

I'm a certified master life coach,

0:22.5

attorney, wife, and mom. And years ago, I was right where you are. I was running a busy law

0:28.3

practice while raising a family, and I was on the fast track to burnout. I thought I just needed to be

0:34.2

more organized or have better routines, but it was learning how to heal

0:38.8

and regulate my nervous system that expand in my capacity to gracefully hold more of this big, beautiful

0:45.9

life. You too are worthy of an extraordinary life in and beyond motherhood. Learning to be a calm,

0:52.8

anchoring presence in your home and at work

0:55.3

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

1:01.3

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

1:06.5

your growth continues. So let's get at it.

1:12.7

Hey, hey, you guys, it is Michelle Grocer here. Thanks for being with us on the Calm

1:17.6

podcast. Today we're going to talk about some subtle signs that you might be stuck.

1:23.0

Your nervous system and your body might be stuck in survival mode. Before we start, if you're new here,

1:29.5

I want to tell you a little bit about Restore. Restore is my small group coaching program for women.

1:35.5

It's a seven-week program, so every week we focus on one step of my framework to help you learn

1:40.8

how to regulate your nervous system and recover from burnout. And then once a week, we meet on Zoom for an hour of live coaching.

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