416 - 5 Things I'd Do Differently If I Had to Start Over in My Career as a Working Mom

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

4.9 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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If I were starting my career over today — with everything I now know about ambition, the nervous system, and sustainable success — I would do it very differently. Not because I regret being driven or capable. But because I misunderstood what actually creates long-term performance, clarity, and well-being. In this episode, I’m sharing the five shifts I wish I had made earlier in my career — back when I was running a law practice, raising babies, and equating success with doing more, faster, an...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Alive and Well, the podcast for the new era of high achievers.
0:07.8	You're done burning out, and you're ready to lead, work, and live in a rhythm that honors
0:14.5	both your brilliance and your body. I'm your host, Michelle Grocer. I'm a trial attorney turned nervous system strategist,
0:23.7	and I've lived the burnout story. I know what it's like to chase your goals at the expense of
0:29.1	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,
0:41.2	boundaries feel like freedom, and energy comes from within. Each week, I'll share practical
0:49.0	tools for nervous system regulation, time mastery, and somatic strategies so you can show up with clarity,
0:57.5	calm, and confidence in every part of your life. Because you, my friend, were given a spirit
1:05.1	of power, love, and a sound mind. So here's to life and living it fully. This is the path to feeling alive and
1:16.6	well. Let's dive in. Hey, you're listening to Alive and Well. Welcome back to the podcast. It's Michelle here.
1:25.5	Today we're going to do some time travel. I wanted to talk about
1:30.0	some things that I would do differently or would have done differently had I known now what I
1:36.9	didn't know then. And I'm talking about that time in my life where I transitioned from being a working, married, but childless woman,
1:50.4	really excited about her career.
1:53.3	And then having kids and not really realizing how much that would change everything.
2:03.9	And then just really having not a lot of understanding about the nervous system, right? We're talking eight, nine years ago before I really started
2:08.1	getting into this work. There were so many things with the way that I approached my work,
2:14.6	the mindsets that I held that, frankly, were not healthy and ultimately
2:19.5	led me to a really deep state of burnout. But then the work I'm doing now, right? So hindsight is
2:26.6	2020, but the truth is that I'm really grateful for all of it. But we grow wiser as we gain
2:33.4	experience, life experience. And I just wanted to share
2:36.2	some of that with you guys today because knowing what I now know about ambition and the nervous
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