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High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm

by Michelle Grosser – Inspired by Mel Robbins, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Dr. Becky Kennedy
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About the show

You've built a full life. The career, the family, the responsibilities, the goals — all of it. And the fuller it gets, the more stretched thin you feel.Not because you lack the discipline or drive to figure it out.But because your nervous system was never upgraded to match the life you've built. High Capacity is the podcast for ambitious women who are done just managing their stress and are ready to actually expand what they can hold. Hosted by trial attorney turned nervous system strategist Michelle Grosser, each episode unpacks the nervous system science behind why you feel maxed out, reactive, and depleted — and gives you real tools to expand your capacity across every area of your life.This isn't just about doing less. It's about becoming someone whose nervous system can hold more — more joy, more presence, more of the life you've worked hard to build, and more of the demands that come with it — without the low-grade stress that's become your new normal.Here’s what you’ll learn:- How to expand your emotional, stress, physical, relational, and joy capacity- Nervous system-based tools that work in real life, in real time- How to identify your Capacity Pattern — the specific strategy your nervous system defaults to when you're overwhelmed — and what it means for your stress, your relationships, and your daily lifeNew episodes every Tuesday and Friday.Tuesdays bring the nervous system science and tools.Hi-Cap Fridays give you one practical move to expand your capacity in the week ahead.Take the free "What's Your Capacity Pattern?" quiz: michellegrosser.com/quiz

Latest episodes

  • 491 - Sticky Habits: Building Routines That Actually Hold with Monica Packer

    October 6, 2026 · 46 min

    You bought the planner. Printed the meal plan. Started the new morning routine strong, and by week two it had quietly fallen apart. And somewhere in there you decided the problem was you. Not disciplined enough, not consistent enough, not…

  • 490 - 5 Ways to Calm Your Nervous System in the Next 90 Seconds

    September 29, 2026 · 21 min

    You're feeling overwhelmed or edgy. Or maybe just depleted and exhausted. You know you're supposed to "regulate your nervous system" but you only have a few minutes. Here's what you do. So this week is five ways to calm an overactive…

  • 489 - 8 Oddly Specific Signs Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated

    September 22, 2026 · 37 min

    The jaw that's clenched. The 3pm brain-fog crash. Exhausted all day, then wide awake the second your head hits the pillow. The stomach stuff no elimination diet ever explained. Snapping at your kids over something small and hating yourself…

  • 488 - What It Actually Takes to Rewire a Pattern: Inside Patterned to Present

    September 15, 2026 · 36 min

    You've done the work. The books, the therapy, the podcasts, the late-night journaling. You're more self-aware than anyone else you know. And yet you still come undone trying to put the kids to bed. You still haven't been consistent with…

  • 487 - Too Old, Too Busy, Tried Everything: Is Changing Your Patterns Possible?

    September 11, 2026 · 32 min

    So if you've been considering joining Patterned to Present (we start Sept. 16!) and are wondering whether it's really for you, this episode is the one you need to listen to. Because you've probably recognized yourself in Pattern. And right…

  • 486 - You Know What to Do. Here's Why You Don't, and the 3 Things That Change It.

    September 8, 2026 · 31 min

    You know exactly what you should do. You know what a boundary sounds like. You know you need 8 hours of sleep. You know how you want to respond when your kid asks the same thing for the fourth time. And then the moment comes, and you do…

  • 485 - How to Reclaim the Fun, Lighthearted Version of Yourself

    September 4, 2026 · 26 min

    There's a version of you that laughs easily. That's light, playful, present, not managing anything. You remember her. Maybe she still shows up on day three of a vacation, once your body finally believed nothing was on fire. And you…

  • 484 - Why You Overreact to Small Things (and Stay Calm for Big Ones)

    September 1, 2026 · 27 min

    Think about the last time you lost it over something relatively minor. The spilled drink. The shoes left in the hallway. The question you'd been asked one too many times. Some part of you knew, even in the moment, that it wasn't that big…