461 - Life Feels Overwhelming Because You've Outgrown Your Nervous System. Here's What to Do About It

About this episode

This episode discusses how feeling overwhelmed may stem from outgrowing one's nervous system and offers insights on personal growth and emotional capacity.

You might be burned out. Maybe everything is irritating lately. You might have tried all the hacks to regulate your nervous system and still feel the same. What if the missing piece isn't another strategy, but it's that your life has outgrown the nervous system you built it on? This episode explains why the patterns that got you here are now the ones keeping you stuck, what peace actually is (and why the version most women are chasing will never arrive), and how capacity - not cir...

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Grosser

Topics covered

• nervous system regulation
• burnout recovery
• stress management
• personal growth
• emotional capacity

Keywords

• nervous system
• burnout
• stress
• emotional capacity
• personal growth
• regulation strategies

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