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

338 - The Real Reason You Procrastinate, People-Please, and Chase Perfection (It’s Not What You Think)

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

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

You know that sinking feeling when you’re about to start something important—but instead, you scroll, organize a drawer, or suddenly need to deep-clean your entire kitchen? Or when you say yes to something you definitely don’t want to do, just to avoid disappointing someone? Or when you rewrite an email seven times before sending it, making sure there’s no room for anyone to judge you? But here’s the truth: These aren’t personality traits. They’re actually stress responses. Perfectionism, peo...

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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.

0:10.1

I know you've got a lot going on.

0:12.4

You work so hard.

0:13.7

You're raising an incredible family.

0:15.9

And sometimes it can be overwhelming.

0:18.4

I'm your host, Michelle Grocer.

0:19.8

I'm a certified master life coach, attorney,

0:23.7

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

0:28.9

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

0:34.6

organized or have better routines, but it was learning

0:38.0

how to heal and regulate my nervous system that expand in my capacity to gracefully hold more

0:44.6

of this big, beautiful life.

0:47.6

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

0:52.1

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

0:55.5

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

1:01.7

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

1:07.2

continues. So let's get at it.

1:17.3

What's up, you guys? It's Michelle Grosser here. You're listening to the Calm Mom podcast.

1:23.4

Thanks for stopping in today. You guys click to play on this episode. And I have a suspicion you could probably relate to procrastinating and people pleasing and maybe even perfectionism.

1:29.6

And I bet there's been moments where you thought like, why am I like this?

1:34.5

Right.

1:35.2

Is this just the way I am?

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