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, you're listening to Alive and Well. Michelle Grosser here. So excited for today's

episode. This is something I've been wanting to record for you for months

because I think collectively we're just living at a pace that our bodies were never designed

to sustain, right? Not only are we more accessible than ever, but information is coming at us

in greater quantities, at greater speed than ever.

There are demands on our time for the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep

and then some. And I think for so many of us, so many of us high capacity, high achieving,

high producing women, I don't think the real issue is that we're doing too much. I don't think

the real issue is the amount of tasks on our list necessarily or the things that we hold. I think

the real problem, if we're going to dig a layer deeper, is that we're actually in denial.

Maybe we're pretending that we have more capacity than we actually do.

So we're going to talk about it today, the cost of ignoring our capacity. And I think there are

physical costs. There's emotional cost, relational costs, and spiritual costs. But I think more

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