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 guys are listening to Alive and Well. Welcome back. It's Michelle here. Today we're going to get into something that I think, well, I guess I just

genuinely wish someone had taught me this years ago because I spent a really long time not doing

this, doing it wrong, I guess. And I don't mean wrong like, oh, that's a little inefficient.

I mean wrong like standing in my kitchen at 10 p.m. exhausted trying to

calm myself down, wondering when my brain just won't stop running its little highlight reel of

everything that I couldn't get to or forgot to do that day or had to do tomorrow, well, have you.

And if that's ever been you, if you've ever been tired, like bone tired,

but your body feels like there's just still so much going on. You're still at the office.

Your brain still has 12 different tabs open. You're trying to breathe through it. Maybe you're

trying to sit down. You're trying to meditate and nothing, right? You just can't

turn it off. And then maybe, maybe you're like me and maybe then you start getting frustrated with

yourself for not being able to relax. And that makes everything worse. And what I know from that

place now that I didn't know then is that the problem

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