Hey, it's Michelle here. Before we jump into today's episode, quick question for you, have you ever been

physically in a room or in a conversation with someone and you're there physically, but mentally

you are gone? You're so checked out. Or maybe it feels like you get overwhelmed by things more than

other people. Like you kind of look around and you're

like, why does it seem like everyone can handle all the stuff that they're doing? But I feel so

overwhelmed by the routine stress in my life. Or maybe you feel like you just feel things more intensely

than other people. Maybe you're quicker to get overstimulated or you just feel

your emotions more intensely than others. Maybe sometimes you just want to tap out. Like you really

just want to disconnect. You'd rather be out in nature or just with your animals. Maybe anxiety is a

recurring emotion for you. And if any of this lands, you've probably thought to

yourself, well, you know, this is just how I am. But here's what's actually going on.

When you were a young child and something overwhelmed your nervous system, your body adapted and

your nervous system built a defense against that overwhelm.

Over time, that defense became a habit, and then that habit became a pattern.

And what we think of as our personality is so often just that pattern running the show.

There are five different capacity patterns.

And these aren't personality types like the Enneagram or the Myers-Briggs. They actually describe the specific strategy that your nervous

system defaults to anytime you're feeling stressed or overwhelmed or maxed out when you're at

capacity. So they don't describe who you are, but they kind of describe

what's blocking who you are. And once you know your pattern, you can actually do something about it.

So if you're curious, go take my free What's Your Capacity Pattern Quiz. The link is in the show

notes. It takes just a couple minutes. You'll figure out your capacity pattern quiz? The link is in the show notes. It takes just a couple minutes.

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