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

336 - The Productivity Trap: This Is Why Being Busy Isn’t Moving You Forward

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

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever feel like you’re constantly busy but never truly productive? Your to-do list is endless, you’re always running from one task to the next, and yet, at the end of the day, it feels like you haven’t really moved the needle on what actually matters. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. In today’s episode, we’re breaking down why busyness isn’t the same as productivity—and why understanding this is crucial to creating a stress-free, fulfilling life. The truth is...

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0:00.0

What up you guys? It's Michelle here. Welcome to the Calm Mom podcast. On the show today, we're going to talk about something I kind of feel like it's on the mind of every woman who likes to get stuff done.

0:11.6

Every high achiever, every ambitious woman, every mom who's running things and just feels like she's juggling a million things at once. And it's this. I want to talk about

0:22.4

why being busy isn't the same thing as being productive. And I think I really want to touch on

0:28.6

why this distinction is crucial if we're going to try to create a mostly stress free,

0:35.9

fulfilling life, right? Because I know a lot of you probably feel like I feel

0:40.6

sometimes and how I used to feel all the time that I'm constantly busy, right? I was just had like

0:47.0

endless to do-list. I was checking off, jumping from task to task. You know, I was like going from

0:53.3

the minute my floor hit the, my feet hit the floor in the

0:55.9

morning, getting through the day without ever feeling like I was doing work that was moving the

1:02.0

needle, right? It was, I was busy, sure. I'm not so sure I was always productive. And if that

1:09.0

sounds familiar, this is for you. It's as if like the harder we work,

1:14.6

the less we actually accomplish and the more stressed we feel. And then at the end of the day,

1:18.9

we're like, whoa, I didn't stop today. Where in the heck did that time go? Like, what did I do today?

1:25.2

But what's going to happen with you today listening to this episode

1:29.5

is that we're going to dig into why this happens. And then we're going to talk about how to

1:33.6

start shifting from the cycle of quote unquote doing to real productivity that leaves you

1:41.1

feeling fulfilled at the end of the day.

1:45.0

Now, I also want to tell you guys about a free workshop I'm hosting on April 9th.

1:49.7

I'm calling it the Calm and Collected Workshop.

1:52.4

I want you to register with a link in the show notes and join me live or doing it on Zoom

1:57.4

because what I'm going to do in that workshop is I'm going to teach you

2:01.0

real-time tools to manage your stress and help you regain control of your productivity,

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