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

• 410 - 3 Energy Leaks Every High-Achieving Woman Has During the Holidays (And How to Stop Them)

  There are three things silently draining your energy this week — and they have nothing to do with your schedule.They’re happening inside your nervous system.And once you learn to spot them, you can interrupt them in seconds.Holiday overwhelm isn’t random.It’s patterned.In today’s episode, we’re breaking down the exact mechanisms behind each pattern, why they intensify during the holidays, and how to use simple, science-backed somatic interrupters to reclaim your capacity in real time.✨ Quick reminder before we dive in:Honor Your Energy — my 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset — is officially open for enrollment this week only.If you’re tired of feeling maxed out or living at the edge of burnout, this reset will help you regulate your system quickly and stop leaking energy in your everyday life. 👉 Click here for Honor Your Energy: A 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset!🌟 Click here for Honor Your Energy + VIP Capacity Alignment AuditInside this episode, you’ll learn:✔️ The neuroscience behind invisible laborHow hypervigilance, predictive modeling, and mirror neurons pull you into cognitive overload long before you feel overwhelmed — and why shaking + heel drops instantly discharge sympathetic activation.✔️ Why emotional caretaking feels automaticHow empathy circuitry, emotional fusion, and the fawn response activate during family gatherings… and the 30-second somatic reset that restores your emotional boundaries on the spot.✔️ What causes boundary collapse under pressureWhy your brain predicts “no” as a threat, how stress hijacks executive function, and how to use the micro-pause + physiological sigh to access choice instead of reflex.✔️ How holiday stress reduces your window of toleranceA deeper look at allostatic load, anticipatory stress, and why your bandwidth shrinks even when you’re technically “off.”✔️ Three practical somatic interrupters you can use anywhereEach tool is fast, discreet, and physiology-backed — perfect for crowded kitchens, emotional conversations, and overstimulated evenings.⭐ Enrollment for Honor Your Energy is open now.If this episode lands in your body — if you feel stretched thin, reactive, or overloaded — this is the week to reset your capacity.Honor Your Energy is a 7-day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset designed to help you:✨ regulate your system quickly✨ stop leaking energy through invisible labor and people-pleasing✨ interrupt your stress response in real time✨ rebuild your bandwidth in a way that fits your real life✨ protect your energy with boundaries your body actually feels safe holdingYou’ll receive:✔️ Daily somatic resets ✔️ The Boundary Alignment Tracker (your clarity tool for overgiving) ✔️ The Energy-Honoring Script Library (no-guilt boundaries made easy) ✔️ Your Stress Response Profile — a live workshop with Michelle ✔️ Optional upgrade: The Capacity Alignment Audit™ …a personalized analysis of your real-life energy leaks + a VIP coaching call to walk through itEnrollment closes soon — grab your spot while it’s Honor Your Energy — my 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset — is officially open for enrollment! 👉 Click here for Honor Your Energy: A 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset! 🌟 Click here for Honor Your Energy + VIP Capacity Alignment Audit

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• 409 - The Five Core Beliefs That Keep High-Achieving Women Stuck (And the Nervous System Shifts That Set You Free)

  Ever notice how you can know what you need… yet still feel unable to follow through?That gap — between what you know and what you do — is almost never a mindset problem.It’s a nervous system pattern.And as we head into the holidays — a time that amplifies emotional labor, invisible load, family dynamics, and patterned responsibility — your body’s old beliefs tend to get louder, not quieter.Today’s episode uncovers five core beliefs that keep high-achieving women stuck, not because you’re doing anything wrong, but because your nervous system learned these beliefs as a way to keep you safe.Inside this episode, we explore:✔️ Why you say yes when you’re already at capacity✔️ The neuroscience behind “I know better… but I still do it”✔️ The five survival beliefs your nervous system holds onto (and the unmet safety needs underneath each one)✔️ Somatically aligned reframes your body can genuinely believe, integrate, and trust✔️ Tiny nervous-system practices to shift these patterns in real time — especially during holiday stress, family pressure, or emotional overwhelmThis episode isn’t about forcing confidence, using willpower, or repeating affirmations your body doesn’t believe.It’s about understanding your physiology — so your choices finally feel possible.Because when your nervous system feels safe?✨ Boundaries become easier.✨ Your “yes” becomes honest.✨ Your “no” becomes grounded.✨ The pressure to perform, please, and overfunction softens.✨ You move through the holidays with more clarity, calm, and capacity.If you’ve spent years being the dependable one… the capable one… the woman who “can handle anything”… this episode will feel like relief, recognition, and an exhale your body has been waiting for. Honor Your Energy — my 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset — is officially open for enrollment! 👉 Click here for Honor Your Energy: A 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset! 🌟 Click here for Honor Your Energy + VIP Capacity Alignment Audit

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• 408 - 5 Signs You’re Operating Beyond Capacity — And the Everyday Patterns Draining Your Energy

  Most high-achieving women don’t burn out because they’re incapable…they burn out because they’ve been conditioned to ignore their human capacity.Today’s episode is a look at what happens when you live beyond your limits for too long — the subtle, everyday ways your nervous system tries to warn you, and the  clarity that emerges when you finally start honoring the margins built into your design.Inside this conversation, we explore: ✔️ The neuroscience of capacity — how allostatic load affects your capacity and executive function ✔️ Five quiet signs you’re already beyond your limits, including irritability, rushing, emotional reactivity, feeling touched-out, and end-of-day procrastination ✔️ How your body communicates depletion, long before burnout becomes visible ✔️ How to begin honoring your actual limits so you stop burning energy you don’t realistically haveThis isn’t about dimming your drive or lowering your standards.It’s about aligning your ambition with your biology — so you can show up with more clarity, presence, patience, creativity, and peace.If you’ve been operating on grit, overriding your cues, or believing that “being strong” means pretending you’re limitless, this episode will feel like honesty, relief, and a grounded path back to yourself. Honor Your Energy — my 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset — is officially open for enrollment! 👉 Click here for Honor Your Energy: A 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset! 🌟 Click here for Honor Your Energy + VIP Capacity Alignment Audit

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• 407 - Energy Drains Aren’t a Time Problem — They’re a Boundary Problem

  If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, constantly “on,” or quietly resentful even while doing everything “right”… this episode is going to land.Because here’s the truth most high-capacity women were never taught:You can’t honor your energy without boundaries — and every time you override your limits, your nervous system pays the price.We’re dismantling the modern myth that energy is a mindset problem… and revealing the real reason you feel depleted, overwhelmed, or numb:nervous-system-based boundary collapse.Whether it shows up as people-pleasing, chronic overfunctioning, emotional caretaking, guilt when resting, or simply the inability to say no… your body keeps the score long before you mentally “notice” you’re burned out.Inside this conversation, you’ll learn:✔️ The neuroscience of energy leaksHow fawning, over-giving, and constant striving keep your body in chronic fight-or-flight — and why shutdown, numbness, and exhaustion often follow.✔️ What boundary collapse really looks like in high-achieving womenThe subtle signs you’ve normalized (resentment, irritability, over-responsibility, low bandwidth, self-abandonment) — and how your body interprets them as danger cues.✔️ Why your limits aren’t flaws — they’re design featuresHow honoring your God-given capacity actually expands your ability to show up with clarity, purpose, and peace.✔️ Why honoring your energy is impossible without nervous-system alignmentAnd why no planner, routine, or productivity hack will give you the bandwidth your body doesn’t have. Honor Your Energy — my 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset — is officially open for enrollment! 👉 Click here for Honor Your Energy: A 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset! 🌟 Click here for Honor Your Energy + VIP Capacity Alignment Audit

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• 406 - 3 Reasons Why Play Might Be the Most Productive Thing You’ll Do This Week

  What if the thing you’re missing isn’t more discipline — it’s more play?Not structured play.Not “fun time” on your calendar.Not something productive or Pinterest-worthy.Real play.Pointless, joyful, silly, inefficient play.In this episode, we unpack:✔️ Why a lack of play quietly fuels anxiety, irritability, and burnout✔️ The neuroscience of how play expands creativity, resilience, and emotional regulation✔️ How play restores executive function — the part of your brain responsible for decision-making and focus✔️ Simple ways to bring play back into your life (even if you feel disconnected from it)This isn’t about adding another task to your day.It’s about remembering what your nervous system already knows:Play is medicine.Play is regulation.Play brings you back to yourself.If you’ve been efficient, responsible, and exhausted, this episode will feel like an exhale — and an invitation to feel alive again. Honor Your Energy — my 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset — is officially open for enrollment! 👉 Click here for Honor Your Energy: A 7-Day Nervous System + Boundaries Reset! 🌟 Click here for Honor Your Energy + VIP Capacity Alignment Audit

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