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

342 - 5 Signs You’re Parenting in Fight-or-Flight—and How to Shift Out of 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

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

You love your kids. But lately? You feel irritated, overstimulated, and straight-up overwhelmed. This isn’t just “normal mom stress.” You’re likely parenting from survival mode—with a nervous system stuck in overdrive. In today’s episode, I’m breaking down the 5 signs that you're parenting in fight-or-flight—and what to do when the chaos feels constant and your patience is MIA. We’re talking about: The nervous system patterns behind overstimulation, urgency, and disconnectionWhy y...

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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.

0:20.2

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.

1:12.8

Hey, hey, guys, It's Michelle Grocer here. You are listening to the Calm Mom podcast.

1:18.5

Today's episode is for any of you who's ever ended the day wondering maybe why you feel so tense or so exhausted or so on edge, even when nothing huge

1:32.6

is going wrong.

1:34.3

Maybe you've been feeling like you're just snapping more than usual lately or you're feeling

1:38.9

kind of disconnected, maybe from your kids or just life in general, like it's really

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