Ep 33 - How Your Brain Turns Avoided Fear Into a Bigger Threat

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 confronting your fears without getting in a full blown stress spiral

As always, I’d love to hear from you — message me with reflections, questions, or breakthroughs. And stay tuned for the next episode, where we’ll go deeper into the education, integration, and real-life application of these ideas — so you can feel truly empowered by your brain.

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