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. Welcome to Alive and Well. It's Michelle here on the show today. We're going to talk

about patterns that we all run, patterns that we run subconsciously, nervous system patterns that we picked

up, guys, we picked these up when we were really young. Like we've been running these things

since childhood. So much so that a lot of these patterns, which are really nervous system

adaptations, are things that we've been doing for so long

that we just think it's part of our personality.

Or we just think like, oh, that's just how I am, right?

I'm just type A or I'm just a perfectionist or I'm just a people pleaser or I'm, whatever

it is.

And when we get curious about it and start to unravel some of this stuff and realize, oh, where does this actually come from?

Like, where did this start? Why did I start doing this? Maybe I'm not just stubborn. Maybe I'm not just emotional. This is like actually something that I have taken on over time.

And we're still running these patterns today.

So this is actually something that I love going on a deep dive about like I can nerd out about these types of patterns because it's fascinating.

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