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. Hey, welcome back to Alive and Well. It's Michelle here. So glad you guys are here

today because this episode is going to be a little bit different.

We've been talking lately about not just understanding what it means to be regulated or what it takes to feel regulated, but it's actually about integrating it, right?

It's actually about embodying it, experiencing it, and feeling it. Because that's the

truth. If you've been stuck in go mode, fight or flight, or maybe you're in a functional

freeze response, you've been that way for a long time, maybe you've been feeling anxious in

the mornings or at night or just chronically overwhelmed or like you're

on edge and you don't even know why exactly or maybe you feel really shut down and disconnected

and you're procrastinating. You might not actually remember what being regulated feels like

and you are not alone in that. I think so many high functioning,

high capacity women spend years in survival mode. And it really becomes their baseline, right?

We're fast-paced, overproductive, underrested, emotionally detached. And yet somehow we're still,

quote-unquote, holding it all together.

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