Alive & Well – Nervous System, Productivity, Time Management, Somatic Tools, Work-Life Balance, Burnout, Anxiety

How often do you find yourself worrying about things that you know you don’t need to be worried about?  Like strange things your rational mind knows are not likely to happen?    It can be easy to get caught up in the spiral of rumination, intrusive thoughts, and the doom of WebMD. But why?   In today’s episode, Michelle coaches on neuroception and how our life experiences deeply impact how our brain and body scan our environments for relevant signals of danger and threats.   As we grow in our awareness of why we find ourselves worrying, we can communicate to our bodies that we’re safe and help ease the hypervigilance.  As a result, we’ll find we’re better able to regulate our nervous systems and approach life from a place of calm and presence.   TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ!   FB COMMUNITY: The Calm Mom Collective   JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach   “I love The Calm Mom Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sur-- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

We've all experienced some sort of childhood trauma – yes, even you.    In today’s episode, we explore how so many childhood experiences we dismiss as “normal” can actually be quite traumatic to our nervous system.   Trauma isn’t just what happened to us or around us.  Trauma is what happened within us, because of what happened around us.    This awareness is huge because our unprocessed childhood trauma has a huge impact on our adult lives.   The signs of dysregulation we experience – emotional volatility, edginess, snapping, difficulty focusing, gut issues, etc. – are all predictable, expected, and normal responses to our life experiences.    This is encouraging, friends.  It means that we’re not broken and we don’t need fixing.  It simply means that we’re holding unprocessed trauma and stress that we need to learn how to release and heal – which is exactly what I coach on in this episode.  Don’t miss it!     TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ!   FB COMMUNITY: The Calm Mom Collective   -- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

Ever thought to yourself, “I gotta to stop losing it on my kids and learn how to be more patient?”  If you sometimes feel a lack of self-control and witness the mom-rage takeover, you’re not alone.   Today’s guest, Elizabeth Andreyevskiy, is a mom of 4 who’s built her business helping stressed-out moms manage their emotions so they can respond with patience and calmness towards their kids.   Listen in as Elizabeth and I discuss proactive ways we can all prioritize our needs without guilt, be less stressed, and better regulate our emotions when triggered.   Three things you’ll learn in this episode:   1.    The importance of healthy self-talk and how to handle the voice of our inner critic 2.    How to regulate our nervous system to navigate difficult or triggering situations 3.    How to cult-- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

Ever know what you need to do and just can’t seem to get your body on board?  Or ever realize things are going well and feel this deep need to cause some dysfunction?!   We all want to see growth in our lives.  Yet despite our best intentions, sometimes we just can’t follow through. It can feel like an out-of-body experience when our mind wants something, but our body seems to do the opposite.  So, what gives?   When trauma remains unresolved, it often shows up as self-sabotaging patterns.   In today’s episode, we discuss why we tend to self-sabotage.  We explore how deeply held patterns from our childhood thwart our efforts and hold us back, and how our nervous system’s preference for the familiar can sabotage growth, change, progress, health, and responsible adulting.   I also coach on how procrastination can be rooted in perfectionism and what to do when we become aware of our self-sabotaging patterns.   TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ!   FB COMMUNITY: The Calm Mom Collective   JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach   “I love The Calm Mom Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  -- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

Are you energetic by nature? Maybe you tend to feel anxious, tightly wound, or can let your frustration get the best of you?   Or maybe you often feel stuck, burned out, or dissociated from your body?    Here’s the thing – our ability to regulate our nervous systems depends on what we’re most attuned to.   In today’s episode, we discuss the three main energy types (high, low, and balanced), and I share specific nervous system balancing exercises that are most effective for each energy type.   TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ!   FB COMMUNITY: The Calm Mom Collective   JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach   “I love The Calm Mom Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!  -- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

If you are exhausted from over-giving, overdoing, and even over-feeling, it's time to transform your life.   In today’s episode, Terri Cole, psychotherapist, global relationship and empowerment expert, and the author of Boundary Boss -The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen and (Finally) Live Free, will show you how to authentically express your preferences, needs, and limits so you can live the happy, healthy life you deserve. Listen in as Terri and I discuss tips, scripts, and strategies to set healthy boundaries and bring more balance into your life and relationships. Three things you’ll learn in this episode: The interplay between boundaries and codependency How to respond when our boundaries are crossed How to tell if you’re in in a high-functioning codependent relationship   To connect with Terri, head to:   ·       Instagram: @terricole -- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

If you’re being honest, how often do you find yourself taking on the responsibilities of others?    Maybe you’ve gotten into the habit of doing most of the household and parenting tasks because you fear they won’t get done otherwise. Or maybe you’re the one who always offers to pick up extra projects at work.  You’re always busy doing things for others and heaven forbid you ask for help *gasp*!   We can try to convince ourselves that we do so out of love and service, but overfunctioning is often a coping mechanism for our anxiety and insecurities.   In today’s episode, we discuss why overfunctioning is actually a disservice to ourselves and those we love.    I also coach you through 5 telltale signs that you’re stuck in a pattern of overfunctioning so you can consciously make a decision to show up in a way that better serves you and your family in the long run.   TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ!   FB COMMUNITY: The Calm Mom Collective   JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach   “I love The Calm Mom Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!-- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

Do you find yourself trying to bring “good vibes only?”  So often we can feel the need to be strong, positive, or muster up a smile when what we really want to do is scream or have a good cry.  How often do we expect the same of our kids?   The more we suppress our emotions instead of feeling and releasing them in a healthy way, the more our body stores emotional energy which leads to dysregulation and a narrow window of tolerance.   In today’s episode, we explore how we can hold space for the full range of our children’s emotions – whether “good vibes” or not, and how we can learn to connect and listen to the messages our emotions are sending us.   FREE MOM BRAIN MASTERCLASS – Powerful Strategies for Anxiety, Overwhelm, & Burnout   THE CALM MOM ACADEMY – The A-Z Roadmap to Skyrocket Your Peace, Presence, & Productivity   TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ! FB COMMUNITY: The Calm Mom Collective JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach “I love The Calm Mom Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the-- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

How often are you getting in your own way?  If you're being honest with yourself, how often are you the one who's holding you back?   Today’s guest, Kamini Wood, helps people take the courageous steps to identify their limiting beliefs, the reasons for their stagnation or feelings of inadequacy, so they can have what they want professionally and personally to live a fulfilled life. She’s on a mission to help high performers and overachievers who have seen success through old-rooted, traditional metrics, reestablish relational self-awareness.   In this episode, she’ll help you understand how you think, what beliefs might be holding you back so you can really come home to joy, fulfillment and a newly defined definition of success driven internally rather than from external validation.   Three things you’ll learn in this episode: How self-limiting beliefs are influencing your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors How to shift your mindset and break free of self-limiting belief Techniques for setting and holding strong, loving boundaries   To connect with Kamini, head to: ·       Instagram: -- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint

Are you experiencing symptoms of a dysregulated nervous system even though you don’t necessarily feel stressed out?   Chronic stress – stress we’ve experienced in our past - changes the nervous system on a physiological level.  While you might not feel like you’re currently living in a “stressful” season, your nervous system is still impacted by decades of stress and trauma that hasn’t been fully released from the body.   In today’s episode, you’ll learn how chronic stress shifts our nervous system into a higher gear, leading to the release of stress hormones that prepare our body for the "fight or flight" response, which over time leads to nervous system dysregulation.   You’ll also learn how we can facilitate the release of stress, emotions, and trauma from our body so that it doesn’t stay stuck and cause nervous system dysregulation.   REGISTER FOR THE FREE MOM BRAIN MASTERCLASS – Powerful Strategies for Anxiety, Overwhelm, & Burnout TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ! FB COMMUNITY: The Calm Mom Collective JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach “I love The Calm Mom Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the -- → Learn more and join Burnout Recovery Blueprint