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
450 - Why Certain People Drain Your Energy - The Science (And What To Do About It)
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You know the person.
The one whose name on your phone makes your whole body tighten before you even pick up.
The one who can walk into a room and somehow take all the air out of it.
That's not you being too sensitive.
That's your nervous system doing exactly what it was designed to do - and once you understand why, you stop trying to think your way out of it and start actually changing how it affects you.
This episode is the science behind why certain people drain your capacity and others restore it - and two specific moves that change how you show up in even your most difficult relationships.
What You'll Learn
- Why certain people drain your energy and others restore it.
- What's actually happening in your nervous system when you're around a difficult person.
- How to use this understanding to protect your capacity in relationships you can't opt out of.
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