In this short Q&A minisode, we break down the neuroscience behind why you stay stuck — even when you know exactly what you should do — and how to shift it in real time.

This isn’t about motivation or willpower.

It’s about understanding how your brain is wired for survival — and learning how to work with it instead of fighting it.

This episode explains:
✅ why momentum fades
✅ why self-sabotage feels automatic
✅ why “trying harder” doesn’t work
✅ and what actually does

Rooted in neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and applied psychology, this minisode gives you simple, science-backed tools you can use immediately to create clarity, consistency, and forward movement.

Perfect for:
• overthinkers
• high achievers in burnout
• anyone feeling stuck or off track
• moments when your mind feels louder than your momentum

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Harvard Medical School — Cortisol, Predictability &Emotional Regulation
Harvard Health Publishing research on routines reducing stress and stabilizing executive brain function.

UCLA Brain Research Institute — Amygdala Hijack +Threat Responses
Studies on cortisol activation, prefrontal cortex suppression, and decision paralysis.

National Institutes of Health — Dopamine Motivation& Prediction Error
Research on dopamine spikes, dips, and behavioral momentum.

Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett — Affect Labeling &Emotion Granularity
How naming emotions reduces amygdala activation.

Dr. Judson Brewer — Habit Loops & Anxiety
Brown University Mindfulness Center Explains overthinking and compulsive loops as safety mechanisms.

MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences —Uncertainty Tolerance
Research on why uncertainty activates the brain’s threat centers and how to desensitize it.