Must-Know Tips from a Nervous System Expert: Protect Your Mental Wellness | Michelle Grosser (EP367)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Joining me today is fellow podcaster and nervous system and semantics coach Michelle Grosser.Michelle is here today to talk about the importance of nervous system regulation and offers practical tips to manage stress and anxiety through body-based tools.This episode is a great reminder to slow down, avoid burnout, and to bring fulfillment and playfulness back into your life.
Episode Chapters |
00:38 Personal Journey Through Burnout
01:49 Managing Life Changes and Stress
03:34 Recognizing Symptoms of Nervous System Dysregulation
06:10 Initial Steps to Regulate the Nervous System
06:29 The Importance of Slowing Down
08:00 Shifting from Productivity to Fulfillment
09:16 Practical Steps for Daily Regulation
10:34 Understanding Somatic Practices
11:10 Communicating with the Body
15:09 Mindset vs. Somatic Work
17:47 Understanding Brain Fog
19:24 The Impact of Gut Health on Brain Function
20:08 Daily Habits to Reduce Anxiety
24:16 The Importance of Play and Lightheartedness
26:16 Personality Patterns and Stress Responses
28:54 Decluttering for Mental Clarity
About Michelle |
Michelle is a trial attorney, pastor, nervous system fitness expert, certified master life coach, and host of the top 20 parenting podcast, The Calm Mom. Through somatic and neuroscience-based modalities, she coaches women to reconnect with the wisdom of their body to discover what’s beneath their triggers and emotions, so they can heal & find peace in the present. She deeply believes that the most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing. She and her husband have two daughters and live in Miami, Florida.
Links Discussed in This Episode |
- Order a Copy of Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity
- Diane's Resource: Restoration Home Podcast Episode: A Minimalist Christmas with Diane Boden
- Previous Episode: Jennifer Pepito on the Foundation(s) of a Sacred Home
- Book: The Power of Fun by Catherine Price
- Previous Episode: The Power of Fun with Catherine Price (EP204)
- Katie's Resource: 10X is Better Than 2X by Dan Sullivan
- Connect with Michelle:
- Website
- Podcast
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| 1:10.1 | feeling fulfilled. And those are two really different |
| 1:13.1 | things. I love going to bed at the end of the day and being like, wow, this was such a full day. |
| 1:17.1 | We need stillness. That's where our brain will like reorganize and prioritize the things that are |
| 1:22.7 | important. You cannot outthink anxiety. You cannot out think burnout. You cannot outthink burnout. You |
| 1:27.4 | cannot out think overwhelm. You |
| 1:29.5 | have to experience that somatically to release it. Awareness always proceeds twice. Now we can do something |
| 1:36.2 | about it. Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. Joining me today is fellow podcaster |
| 1:42.0 | and nervous system and semantics coach Michelle Gro groser michel is here today to talk about |
| 1:47.7 | the importance of nervous system regulation and offers practical tips to manage stress and anxiety through |
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