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Why do intelligent, self-aware people still feel stuck - even when they’re motivated, capable, and trying hard to change?

In this episode, Dr Amen Kaur explores the science -  why “starting over” often backfires - and why real change isn’t a motivation or planning problem, but a nervous system and safety problem.

Using neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience, we break down how the brain responds to uncertainty. When the future feels unclear, the brain doesn’t default to wisdom or creativity - it defaults to prediction and threat reduction. This is why overthinking, overplanning, and constant problem-solving can actually increase stuckness instead of resolving it.

We unpack key scientific concepts including:

• Intolerance of uncertainty and how it drives anxiety, hesitation, and avoidance
• Threat perception (amygdala activation) and why change can feel dangerous even when it’s logical
• Rumination loops and why repetitive thinking narrows perception and options
• Reward prediction and why the brain can underestimate the benefits of change
• Why familiar stress can feel safer than unfamiliar peace

This episode explains why you can’t outthink a conditioned system - and why clarity doesn’t come from analysing more, but from restoring safety and regulation.

As the system settles, perception widens.
 When perception widens, new options become visible.
 And when the body feels safe enough, action stops feeling forced - and starts feeling obvious.

This is not a motivational reset or a “new year, new you” conversation.
 It’s a grounded, science-backed explanation of why you were never broken - and how embodiment, not effort, is what brings you back online.

If you’ve been trying to force clarity, restart your life, or plan your way into change - this episode offers a different path: one that meets the mind with logic, and the body with safety.

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You’ll learn how to release survival stress, regulate your nervous system, and grow from safety, not struggle.

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