Welcome to Alive and Well, the podcast for the new era of high achievers.

You're done burning out, and you're ready to lead, work, and live in a rhythm that honors both

your brilliance and your body. I'm your host, Michelle Grocer. I'm a trial attorney turned nervous system strategist,

and I've lived the burnout story. I know what it's like to chase your goals at the expense of

your well-being. And I also know it doesn't have to be that way. Here, we're redefining success. It's where productivity feels peaceful,

boundaries feel like freedom, and energy comes from within. Each week, I'll share practical

tools for nervous system regulation, time mastery, and somatic strategies so you can show up with clarity,

calm, and confidence in every part of your life. Because you, my friend, were given a spirit

of power, love, and a sound mind. So here's to life and living it fully. This is the path to feeling alive and

well. Let's dive in. What's up you guys? It's Michelle here. Welcome to alive and well. On today's

episode, I want to talk about some of the things that I actually stopped

doing in order to regulate my nervous system and help me create energy from the inside

out. And I think so often when we think of something that we want to experience or change

or what have you in our life or how we feel or health,

it feels like we have to add, right?

We have to start doing new things, start doing things differently.

We got to squeeze in some new routines or practices or habits into our already packed

schedule.

But what I have learned over my journey of learning how to regulate my nervous system

in the last seven or eight years is that so much of this work of regulating my nervous

system of healing all of these patterns I was running that was

getting me to a place of burnout to begin with is actually so much more about taking away,

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