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. This is alive and well. I'm Michelle. So glad you're here today. So quick recap,

if you guys have missed the last few episodes, we're talking about

capacity patterns. And when we talk about capacity patterns, what I mean is basically a nervous

system strategy that your body has learned really early on, probably when you were a little

kid, to help you deal with things that felt overwhelming

or stressful or too intense.

And when it worked, your little nervous system was like a library and it filed that away

and was like, all right, the next time we feel stressed out, we're going to use that again.

And it did.

And it used it over and over and over until that strategy became automatic, right? It became

like a habit. And then over time, it became a pattern. And what I have seen in the framework

I'm creating is that there are five different capacity patterns, five different ways that we kind

of drop into pattern when we are experiencing anything

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