Every October I watch capable women say yes to the whole calendar. By November, their bodies start saying no.

I recorded this episode the week a historic flood came through our town in Southern Colorado, the night before I left on a college visit with my daughter. So I'm talking about capacity while rearranging my own week around it in real time.

In this solo episode, I walk through why the end of the year lands in your body, the difference between time and capacity, three early signs you're running past your limit, and a two-minute capacity check you can use before your next yes.

In This Episode, You'll Discover:

• Why Q4 stacks three loads at once: year-end work, the holidays, and less light
• Flood week: what I said yes to when the river crested, and what I let wait
• Time vs. capacity: why a better calendar system rarely changes the crash
• The adrenaline loan: why the week after a big launch can feel like losing your edge
• Three early signs you're over capacity: sleep goes first, a short fuse or shutdown, and every decision feels heavy
• A two-minute capacity check: the buffer line, one slow breath, rating your tank, and offering the smaller yes

Find out where you're standing today:

Take the free Autonomic Assessment. It gives you a quick read on your nervous system state and a few practices you can start today:

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Book a free Capacity Consultation. We'll look at where your energy is going this season and what could shift before November sends the bill.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Last week's episode, What You Call Discipline, Your Body Calls Danger, on matching your movement to your nervous system state.

Research mentioned:

American Psychological Association (2006). Holiday Stress survey: 44 percent of women and 31 percent of men reported more stress during the holidays.

De Couck, M., Caers, R., Musch, L., Fliegauf, J., Giangreco, A., and Gidron, Y. (2019). How breathing can help you make better decisions: Two studies on the effects of breathing patterns on heart rate variability and decision-making in business cases. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

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With you,

Michele