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. I'm really pumped

to talk to you today in this episode because we're going to talk

about habits and we're going to talk about how they impact our nervous system, but we're not

going to talk about the big obvious things that stress us out, right? Like we all know those when we're,

I don't know, not getting along with our partner or when our kids are not listening or they're fighting with each other or maybe

it's financial stress or it's a huge work deadline or a difficult client or a health

matter like those things of course matter obviously and they have massive impact on the state

of our nervous system.

But those aren't the typical day to day, right?

So oftentimes it's the little everyday things, the things that we do by default that we might not even be aware of that we may have been doing forever, the lifestyle things that often keep our nervous system running in the state of

dysregulation. And I know firsthand because for years, like a lot of you, I would assume,

I prided myself on just being the one who could do a ton, right? Like I could handle it all.

I didn't really slow down.

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