High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm
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 life
New 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
High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm
Latest Episodes
449 - Hi-Cap Friday: 5 Low-Stimulation Practices for an Overstimulated Nervous System
Touched out. Noise-sensitive. Irritable for no clear reason you can point to.By the time most working moms hit 6pm, our nervous system has been processing input since the moment we woke up. There's a name for that specific en...
448 - Rest That Restores: 7 Types of Rest Working Moms Actually Need
Ever melted into the couch after a long day, scrolled for thirty minutes, and somehow felt even worse when you got up?It's not that rest isn't working. It's that there are actually seven different types of rest, and most of u...
447 - Hi-Cap Friday: The Self-Compassion Reset
Does being hard on yourself make you perform better? The inner critic feels like accountability. But it's actually doing the opposite.Research shows that self-criticism keeps your nervous system in threat mode, which makes yo...
446 - The Two Types of Mom Guilt (And Why One of Them Is Actually Good for You)
Mom guilt is productive. Not all of it, but more than you think — and knowing which kind of guilt you’re experiencing changes everything about how you respond to it.Some guilt is a real signal worth following. Som...
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