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Emonthebrain
Hosted by Emily McDonald · EN
Planet Em is where science meets spirit. Hosted by neuroscientist-turned-mindset coach Emily McDonald (Em on the Brain), each episode explores how your brain, body, and beliefs shape the reality you live in. Through simple, research-backed tools, Emily helps you understand your mind, regulate your emotions, and rewire the subconscious patterns that keep you stuck—so you can manifest from awareness, not autopilot.
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10 ways to build extreme confidence using neuroscience
2w ago00:24:44Tap to summarizeResearch shows belief in yourself gets you closer to your goals. This is how to build it. Interested in coaching or learning more about my program, MindCraft?? Sign up for my free masterclass! https://learn.emonthebrain.com/masterclass Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emonthebrain?igsh=aG1wNDY0OXZ1c3pi I'm Going on Tour! Here's the link to RSVP for your city! https://laylo.com/emonthebrain/m/2jAoUd?utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3
Transcribe →Neuroscience shows: taking everything too seriously is making you dumber | how to fix it
3w ago00:14:06Tap to summarizeTaking life too seriously is not ambition. According to neuroscience, it is actually making you worse at everything. Door open for coaching at the end of my next free MasterClass. Sign up here!: https://learn.emonthebrain.com/masterclass Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emonthebrain?igsh=aG1wNDY0OXZ1c3pi I'm Going on Tour! Here's the link to RSVP for your city! https://laylo.com/emonthebrain/m/2jAoUd?utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3
Transcribe →Neuroscience of Manifestation: 4 Step Science-Backed Formula
May 400:15:27Tap to summarizeMost people are missing one step in their manifestation practice, and it is the exact step that is quietly blocking everything else. Sign up for the free masterclass: https://learn.emonthebrain.com/masterclass Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emonthebrain?igsh=aG1wNDY0OXZ1c3pi I'm Going on Tour! Here's the link to RSVP for your city! https://laylo.com/emonthebrain/m/2jAoUd?utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3
Transcribe →Neuroscience shows: Desperately wanting something blocks you from getting it | What to do instead
Apr 2700:15:42Tap to summarizeNeuroscience shows that desperately wanting something actually blocks you from getting it. Here are the 3 solutions. Reference: Fredrickson, B.L. & Branigan, C. (2005). Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought-action repertoires. Cognition and Emotion, 19(3), 313–332. Sign up for the free masterclass: https://learn.emonthebrain.com/masterclass RSVP to future tour: https://laylo.com/emonthebrain/m/2jAoUd?utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emonthebrain?igsh=aG1wNDY0OXZ1c3pi
Transcribe →Science Shows Lack of Discipline Makes You Unattractive | How to Fix
Apr 2000:31:14Tap to summarizeDiscipline is not about forcing yourself to do more. It is a nervous system state, and your brain can feel the difference. Sign up for the free masterclass: https://learn.emonthebrain.com/masterclass Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emonthebrain?igsh=aG1wNDY0OXZ1c3pi
Transcribe →Neuroscience Shows Your Identity Is Your Destiny In This Life
Apr 1300:24:31Tap to summarizeYour brain is not working against you. It is working for the identity you have not changed yet. Sign up for the free masterclass: https://learn.emonthebrain.com/masterclass Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emonthebrain?igsh=aG1wNDY0OXZ1c3pi
Transcribe →The State of Your Nervous System Determines Your Frequency - Here’s How To Raise It
Apr 600:23:26Tap to summarizeYour nervous system is either tuned to the frequency of what you want, or it is quietly blocking it. How to Regulate Your Nervous System: https://youtu.be/ptWyPE6AZY8 Sign up for my free master class: https://learn.emonthebrain.com/masterclass Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emonthebrain?igsh=aG1wNDY0OXZ1c3pi
Transcribe →A Dysregulated Nervous System Makes You Dumber - Here’s How to Fix It
Mar 3000:25:31Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Emily breaks down the neuroscience of nervous system dysregulation and why a stressed, overwhelmed brain literally reduces intelligence in real time. She explains what happens when the amygdala becomes overactive and prefrontal cortex activity drops, which leads to poor focus, impulsive decisions, worse memory, and an inability to show up as the best version of yourself. Emily covers the difference between reacting and responding, and why every reaction is just an old automated program running from a past version of you. She also explains why stress distorts perception, why your brain scans for threats when you are dysregulated, and how that makes it nearly impossible to create a new future from that state. She then shares a set of practical tools to regulate the nervous system, including slowing down and stopping the habit of constant rushing, saying no to protect your energy, humming to tone the vagus nerve, practicing presence before you need it, and doing things purely for the joy of it with no outcome attached.
Transcribe →How To Get Anything Done With an ADHD Brain
Mar 2300:27:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Planet Em, Emily breaks down how to get anything done using the neuroscience of the ADHD brain. She shares how she wrote an entire book while managing ADHD, working for seven hours straight without medication, and the exact systems she used to make that possible. Emily explains a concept called effort discounting, which is what happens when the brain perceives the effort of a task as greater than the reward at the end. She walks through three practical ways to overcome it. The first is making the hill smaller by lowering the barrier to entry and starting with just ten minutes. The second is making the task more fun by adding body doubling, aesthetic setups, music, or anything that creates a more enjoyable environment. The third is making the reward at the top bigger and more compelling so the brain has a reason to climb. She also covers why focus is not just a productivity skill but a nervous system state, why dopamine does not arrive before you start, and how to stack these three strategies together to stop avoiding the thing that keeps getting pushed to tomorrow. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1KV6h0wWN1Jh9t6qUPYIuQ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-em/id1852168666
Transcribe →Don’t React, Regulate: How to Stop Overthinking While You Wait
Mar 1600:30:55Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Planet Em, Emily speaks to anyone in a waiting season who feels anxious, overwhelmed, or tempted to spiral. She shares a story about a friend who was anxious while dating someone new, even though nothing was going wrong, and connects it to her own experience in the early stages of her relationship with her fiancé. Emily explains why waiting can activate fight or flight, making the brain scan for potential threats and pull up past experiences as evidence. She breaks down why perception is not accurate in a stressed state and why decisions made from a reactive place often repeat old programming. Her core practice is simple: do not react, regulate, then respond. The episode also covers trust and surrender, detachment from how and when, and how to become so grounded and self loving that the outcome does not control someone’s peace. Emily closes by sharing how to calm the nervous system, return to what fills the cup, and move forward as the best self rather than a reactive version. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetempodcast?igsh=NDYwZmtrZzRveHQz TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@planetempod
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