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Building Your Best Brain

Using science, practical tools, cutting-edge research and human experience to empower you to have the healthiest and happiest brain. Tune in to learn the what, why and how to empower yourself to build to your best brain.

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Ep 36 - The Inside-Out Brain: How Your Inner World...

Building Your Best Brain ·

2026/03/24

Welcome back to the Build Your Best Brain podcast — the place where we explore neuroscience and how to apply it to everyday life so you can build a healthier, happier, and more resilient brain. This month, we're diving into a concept that genuinely changed my life once I understood the science behind it and learned how to practice it daily. It's the idea of the inside-out world — the notion that your external life often reflects what's happening in your internal landscape: your thoughts, emotions,

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Ep 35 - The Hidden Filter in Your Brain That Shapes...

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2026/03/17

Welcome back to the Building Your Best Brain podcast — and to a special episode where we have the lovely Lisa Riegel who comes to use with tons of knowledge and experience when it comes to perceptions in our brain! Lisa has a PhD in Education Policy and Leadership and has worked with kids all the way to CEOs. She brings the brain science behind why our perceptions impact our stress response and our quality of life. We are getting deep into the science why; How do perceptions impact the brain? How

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Ep 34 - Fear Isn't the Problem — Your Brain's...

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2026/03/10

Welcome back to the Build Your Best Brain podcast — and to our final chapter (for now) on a very timely topic: fear and your brain. We are getting deep into the science why; How you interpret your fear sends different signals to your brain How this impacts the brain and our stress longterm What is looks like when we change our interpretation As always, I'd love to hear from you — message me with reflections, questions, or breakthroughs. Don't miss the enroll form to get on my e-mail list

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Ep 33 - How Your Brain Turns Avoided Fear Into a...

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2026/03/01

Welcome back to the Build Your Best Brain podcast — and to a new chapter of the show, where we're diving into a timely and powerful topic: fear and your brain. This episode isn't here to scare you — it's here to empower you. We are getting deep into why avoiding your fears actually causes them to take up MORE space in your brain. In this episode we talk about; The neuroscience behind avoiding and when it doesn't work How shifting the fear internally changes your outside world How to start

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Ep 32 - Sneaky Ways Fear Is Running Your Brain

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2026/02/17

Welcome back to the Build Your Best Brain podcast — and to a new chapter of the show, where we're diving into a timely and powerful topic: fear and your brain. This episode isn't here to scare you — it's here to empower you. For a long time, I struggled to shift some of my most stubborn fear circuits. Not because I didn't understand them. Not because I lacked the tools. But because I didn't realize how many subtle, sneaky ways my fears were being activated every single day — without my awareness

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Ep 31 - How Fear Hijacks Your Attention (and How to...

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2026/02/10

Ep 31 - How Fear Hijacks Your Attention (and How to Take It Back) Welcome to the Build Your Best Brain podcast — and to a new chapter of the show where we're diving into a very timely topic: fear. Before you worry — this episode is not here to scare you. It's here to inform, educate, and ultimately empower you. We'll explore fear on multiple levels, starting with how fear impacts — and often hijacks — our attention. Understanding this process is a powerful first step toward working with your brain

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Ep 30 - Rewiring Reward: The Neuroscience of...

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2026/02/01

Welcome to the Building Your Best Brain podcast — and the very first episode of 2026. Recently, I shared that 2026 is the year I'm intentionally rewarding my brain to build the circuits that support my dreams. And while that might make logical (even scientific) sense… how do you actually begin doing that? The good news: it's probably not as complicated as you think. You've likely experienced versions of this already. But when we try to apply these principles to our goals, something tends to go

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Ep 29 - The Hidden Brain Mistakes That Make Goals...

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2025/12/31

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain 🧠✨ As we close out the final days of 2025, today's episode dives into the neuroscience behind how to actually enjoy the journey toward your goals—not just push through it. So many of us struggle to stay motivated and consistent. Not because we lack discipline or desire, but because of how our goals are set up and because no one ever taught us how the brain really works in the process. These struggles often show up as familiar pain points—and in this episode,

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Ep 28 - Your Brain Doesn't Like Your Goals

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2025/12/18

Welcome to the Building Your Best Brain podcast! I'm so happy you're here—learning how to rewire your brain for resilience and feel empowered by your own biology. As someone who loves a good goal (finishing my PhD and building a business over here 🙋‍♀️), I realized something was missing from traditional goal setting. Most approaches don't actually help your brain build the circuits needed to support goals from a productive, sustainable, and regulated place. In this episode, I share a new way of

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Ep 27 – The Stress Circuit You've Never Heard Of (But...

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2025/11/20

Welcome to the Building Your Best Brain podcast! I'm so happy you're here — learning how to rewire your brain for resilience and feel empowered by your own biology. In this episode, we dive into the missing piece of stress regulation — the piece that helps your brain build positive momentum, instead of feeling like you're stuck in a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. (You know… addressing one stress symptom only to have another pop up a few moments later.) We explore: · What core circuit is

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Ep 26 – Why Rewiring Your Brain Can Feel Worse Before...

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2025/10/31

Welcome to Building Your Best Brain podcast! Today's episode we dive into the science behind why when we try to make a change in our brain (example – regulate your stress, rewiring a limiting belief) that you may start to feel WORSE. If I knew this information 5 years ago it would have saved me so much time and energy! The stage that most people give up and think the tools aren't working is usually when you brain is making massive change and you don't even know it. In this episode we discuss;

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Ep 25 — The 6 Levels of Stress Regulation: A...

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2025/10/17

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! In this episode, I’m sharing something brand new — a 6-level framework I developed to measure and improve stress regulation, based on neuroscience, behavior, and emotional awareness. 🧠 As a neuroscientist, yoga and meditation teacher, and someone who has personally navigated mental health challenges, I’ve spent years studying what it really means to regulate your stress. This scale bridges the science of the nervous system with the lived experience of

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Ep 24 - From Thought Spiral to Stillness: The...

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2025/10/09

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re diving into the neuroscience of thoughts — what actually happens in the brain when you get caught in a spiral, why your emotions can take over so quickly, and how to bring your brain back to balance. 🧠 Here’s what we cover in this episode: What happens in the brain during a thought spiral. How emotions create feedback loops that keep you stuck. The science (and magic) of bringing neutrality to your triggers and desires. A guided

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Ep 23 - Words can be Your Wand or Your Sword - What...

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2025/09/16

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting the science behind our WORDS when it comes to building circuits in our brain. A topic that has A LOT of nuance that is often not explained or overlooked. Once you get these subtle differences, you’ll see rather quickly how your brain shifts and changes in the direction you desire 🧠✨. Here’s what we cover in this episode: What happens to the brain when we say things out loud? Why affirmations don’t work. The dangers of venting.

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Ep 22 - How to Become a Mental Ninja - Mental Rest...

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2025/09/10

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting into a poorly understood and explained topic “Mental Rest”. Where I take both my knowledge in neuroscience, meditation and neuroplasticity to unpack what is truly is and why it is the key to happy and healthy brain 🧠✨. Here’s what we cover in this episode: What it means to be well-rested mentally? What it looks like to not be mentally rested? How this impracts your brain and body long term? Three tools that help you integrate

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Ep 21 - Why Your Stress Tools Aren’t Working (And...

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2025/08/22

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain podcast! So excited to dive into something that I know a lot of us have experienced before, despite our best efforts … the stress relief tools EVERYONE raves about fail us. This short episode will help solve that problem, and lucky for you doesn’t require you to add any more tools or buy anything! In this episode we dive into 5 reasons why your brain may not be finding relief you hoped for and how to rewire for good. My recommendation after this episode is

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Ep 20 - Chronic Stress & Your Brain - What I Wish...

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2025/07/11

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting cut through all of the lies and fluff and get down to business when it comes to what happens to your body and brain when it comes to chronic stress. 🧠✨ Here’s what we cover in this episode: What is a stressor and how does your brain and body respond? How does noradrenaline and cortisol act on the body? Why there really is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to stress? A few tools to begin to heal your brain and body from

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Ep 18 – The Brain’s Secrets for Changing Old Memories

Building Your Best Brain ·

2025/06/19

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting REAL about the power that lies within your skull—specifically, how you can literally change your memories using neuroscience. 🧠✨ Here’s what we cover in this episode: What it actually means when your brain brings up a memory How to tap into neuroplasticity to rewire your brain’s circuits Signs your memory is stuck in the amygdala—and how to release it How to access deep subconscious memories and change them from within

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Ep17: Brain FUNdamentals - What I Wish Everyone Knew

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2025/05/06

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! This might just be my geekiest episode yet—and honestly, it’s long overdue. In this foundational episode, we’re diving into the basics of neuroscience—the tools I believe everyone should have in their mental toolbox to better understand what’s going on in their brain and body. Whether you’re learning something new, fact-checking brain claims you see online, or just want a quick refresher—this episode is your go-to guide. Think of it as your neuroscience

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Ep 16 - Communication, Confidence & the Art of...

Building Your Best Brain ·

2025/03/18

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! This episode features the incredible Dr. Claudia Belliveau—a neuroscientist, science communicator, and entrepreneur who’s passionate about making science accessible to everyone. Claudia earned her PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University and founded a scientific consulting company during her studies to bridge the gap between research and the public. Today, she’s a freelance science consultant, content creator, and small business owner, running an Instagram

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