Rewired; Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change

Tiffany Grimes
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Rewired: Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change is your space for unlocking intentional growth — in yourself and in the people you lead, coach, or inspire. Each episode blends brain science with real-world application, delivering practical tools you can use right away to create lasting change. Through expert interviews, powerful coaching conversations, and bite-sized solo episodes, host Tiffany Grimes shares neuroscience-based strategies for rewiring habits, expanding possibilities, and living with purpose. Whether you’re pursuing your own transformation or helping others navigate theirs, you’ll find insight, community, and empowerment here. This is where science meets soul — and change gets real.

  1. 4D AGO

    Ep 30 - Rewiring Your Voice: The Mindset and Science of Confident Speaking

    Send us Fan Mail What if confidence in speaking isn’t something you’re born with—but something you can rewire? In this episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with speaking skills and mindset coach Michele Trent to explore the powerful intersection of mindset, neuroscience, and communication. Together, they unpack why speaking in front of others can feel so threatening to the brain—and how to move from fear and self-doubt to clarity, confidence, and authentic expression. This conversation goes beyond presentation tips. It’s about identity. It’s about voice. And it’s about what becomes possible when we stop holding back and start showing up. You’ll hear: Why the brain perceives speaking as a threat—and how to regulate your nervous system in the momentThe mindset shifts that transform “I’m not a good speaker” into “I have something worth saying”Common mistakes professionals make when trying to communicate their expertiseWhat real confidence-building practice looks like (and what actually makes anxiety worse)How finding your voice can change not just your communication—but your lifeWhether you’re leading meetings, giving presentations, or simply wanting to speak up more fully, this episode offers both insight and practical tools you can use right away. ✨ Ready to go deeper? Download Michele’s free ebook here: Michele Trent Free Resources 🎤 Want to build your speaking skills in community? Explore local and virtual opportunities through Toastmasters International Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    50 min

  2. MAR 20

    Ep 29: Rewiring Conversations: The Science of Truly Understanding Others

    Send us Fan Mail Why do we feel like we’re saying the same thing… and still not being understood? In this episode of Rewired, we explore the science of communication and why understanding — not just speaking — is the key to meaningful connection. Drawing on the work of Charles Duhigg, we unpack why conversations break down and how to recognize the three types of conversations happening beneath the surface: Practical Conversations – focused on solving problems and making decisionsEmotional Conversations – focused on feeling heard, validated, and understoodSocial Conversations – focused on identity, roles, and belongingWhen we miss the type of conversation we’re in, we don’t just miscommunicate… We miss each other. You’ll also learn a powerful, research-backed tool called The Loop for Understanding — a simple practice that helps reduce defensiveness, build trust, and improve how we think together. Because from a neuroscience perspective, feeling understood isn’t just emotional… It’s biological. 🔁 A Quick Practice to Rewire Your Conversations In your next conversation — especially a challenging one — pause and ask: What kind of conversation is this? Practical, Emotional, or Social? Then, before offering advice or solutions, try The Loop for Understanding: Ask a curious question “Can you tell me more about that?”Reflect what you heard “So what I’m hearing is…”Confirm understanding “Did I get that right?”Stay in the loop until the other person says: “Yes — that’s exactly what I meant.” Because when people feel understood… They open. They think more clearly. They connect more deeply. And that’s how we begin rewiring conversations — and relationships — for the better. 💬 Ready to Go Deeper? If this episode resonated and you’re ready to strengthen your communication, relationships, and patterns, we’re offering a limited-time opportunity for listeners: ✨ 20% off Individual & Couples Coaching 📅 Now through April 20, 2026 🔗 https://yesempower.com/coaching/ 💻 Use code: REWIRED Whether you’re navigating personal growth, leadership, or your relationship — coaching creates the space to slow down, reflect, and truly be understood. If this episode resonated, share it with someone in your world — a colleague, a partner, or a leader. Because learning how to truly understand each other… changes everything. Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    29 min

  3. MAR 13

    Ep 28, The Science and Soul of Friendship: Love Is a Verb

    Send us Fan Mail This episode is the final conversation in the “Love Is a Verb” series on Rewired. In the first two episodes, we explored love in romantic relationships and the practice of self-love. In this final conversation, we turn toward one of the most powerful — and often underestimated — forces for wellbeing in our lives: Friendship. Joining me for this episode is someone incredibly special — my best friend, Dana. We’ve been friends for nearly 40 years, and in this conversation we reflect on what it actually takes to build a friendship that lasts across decades. We talk about the small moments that matter, the ways we show up for each other, and how laughter, honesty, and shared history create a bond that continues to evolve over time. We also explore what research and neuroscience tell us about friendship — including how meaningful relationships regulate our nervous system, increase oxytocin, reduce stress, and support long-term wellbeing. Because the truth is this: Friendship isn’t just something we have. It’s something we practice. In this episode we explore: • What nearly four decades of friendship has taught us • The neuroscience of connection and belonging • Why friendship is essential for resilience and wellbeing • The small, everyday actions that strengthen relationships • How friendships grow and evolve through life’s seasons This conversation is full of laughter, reflection, and the kind of honesty that only comes from years of shared life. Because at the end of the day: Love isn’t just something we feel. Love is something we do. Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    45 min

  4. FEB 21

    Ep 27: Rewiring Self-Connection

    Send us Fan Mail Self-love is everywhere right now — and if you’re honest, it might even feel a little… uncomfortable. Is it selfish? Ego-centric? What does it actually look like in real life? In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany explores a question she hears often in coaching and leadership spaces: “I don’t think I hate myself… but I notice I’m constantly disappointed in myself. Is that normal?” As part of the Love Is a Verb series — following a recent conversation on romantic relationships and leading into an upcoming episode on friendships — this episode reframes self-love through a neuroscience-informed lens. Instead of surface-level affirmations, Tiffany explores the actions that either strengthen or weaken our connection with ourselves: harsh inner narratives, over-responsibility for others’ emotions, invisible roles we carry, minimizing our needs, and confusing growth with self-rejection. Drawing on insights from researchers like Kristin Neff, Brené Brown, bell hooks, and Dr. Dan Siegel, this episode invites listeners to see self-love not as ego, but as relationship — the daily choices that shape how we speak to ourselves, care for our nervous system, and grow without abandoning who we are. ✨ Guided Reflection Questions from this Episode: • Where do I speak to myself in ways I would never speak to someone I love? • What role am I still performing that no longer fits who I’m becoming? • When do I override my own needs to stay connected to others? If love is a verb, then self-love lives in action — one compassionate choice at a time. The Boundaries ToolKit Workshop, 3/12/26: https://yesempower.com/better-bondaries-masterclass/ Email listener questions to: Info@YesEmpower.com Do you and your BFF want to be on the podcast? Email me: info@yesempower.com Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    30 min

  5. FEB 14

    Ep 26: Taking Accountability in Love — Breaking the Patterns That Keep Couples Stuck

    Send us Fan Mail What does accountability really look like inside a relationship — and how do we move toward ownership without blame or shame? In this powerful return conversation, Tiffany sits down with couples coach Satya Beneventi to explore the patterns many partners don’t even realize they’re repeating. Together, they unpack how “losing strategies,” nervous system responses, and deeply ingrained relational roles can keep couples stuck in cycles of frustration — even when both people care deeply about each other. This episode invites listeners to shift from focusing on what their partner needs to change toward a more compassionate form of self-leadership. You’ll hear reflections on: • Why accountability is not the same as fault or criticism • How protective patterns form in relationships over time • The nervous system’s role in conflict and defensiveness • Identity language and the stories we tell ourselves in love • Small, realistic ways to begin changing your side of the pattern If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “We keep having the same argument,” this conversation offers a grounded, neuroscience-informed perspective that emphasizes growth, awareness, and hope. As always, Rewired brings together coaching wisdom and real-life application — helping you reconnect with who you are becoming, both in relationship with others and within yourself. Work with Satya: YesEmpower.com The Boundaries ToolKit Workshop, 3/12/26: https://yesempower.com/better-bondaries-masterclass/ Empower Coach Training Academy  - Reserve Your Spot. Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    1h 3m

  6. FEB 6

    Ep 25 True Transformation Happens at the Level Most People Skip

    Send us Fan Mail Why doesn’t change stick—even when we understand our patterns, catch our thoughts, and genuinely know better? In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes responds to a powerful listener question inspired by Episode 19 on the TEB cycle: “I understand my patterns. I can catch my thoughts. I even know better… so why do I keep doing the same thing?” Through the lens of neuroscience, coaching, and the Neurological Levels of Change, Tiffany explores why awareness and behavior change alone are often not enough—and why beliefs and identity are where true, lasting transformation actually begins. This episode offers a compassionate reframe for anyone who feels stuck despite doing “all the right things.” You’ll learn why the nervous system protects familiar identities (even limiting ones), why self-compassion creates more change than self-discipline, and how to gently update the stories that shape our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Guided Coaching Practice Tiffany also leads listeners through a simple reflection you can try now—or return to anytime: First, name the pattern: Where do you feel most stuck right now? Next, listen for identity language: When this keeps happening, what does it say about who I believe I am? Then, honor the old identity: How might this belief have helped or protected me in the past? And finally, introduce an updated identity: Who am I becoming now? Not who you should be. Not who you’re forcing yourself to be. But who you’re genuinely growing into. In this episode, you’ll explore: Why change often fails to stick—even with insight and effortHow the TEB cycle connects to beliefs and identityThe Neurological Levels of Change explained in plain languageA real-life example showing how identity-level patterns keep behaviors in placeWhy self-compassion matters more than self-discipline in true transformationWant support with identity-level change? Join Tiffany in her upcoming workshop The Boundary Toolkit: https://oeta.westcoastworkforce.org/events/the-boundaries-toolkit-a-brain-smart-approach-to-protect-energy-and-reduce-burnout/Explore professional coaching, leadership development, and neuroscience-based tools at https://yesempower.comWork directly with Tiffany or connect with an ICF-backed professional coach through EmpowerLearn more about Empower’s ICF-aligned, OSU-affiliated Coach Training Program if you’re feeling called to become a coachHave a question you’d li Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    27 min

  7. JAN 31

    Ep 24 Dancing with Grief – A Conversation with Margie McNabb

    Send us Fan Mail Grief is not something to fix—it’s something to feel, to live with, and, sometimes, to gently move alongside. In this heartfelt episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with coach, facilitator, and longtime leader Margie McNabb for an honest and deeply human conversation about love, loss, and what it means to dance with grief. Margie shares her personal story of losing her husband Richard to a brain tumor after a rapid six-month journey, and how she chose to meet grief with openness, support, and self-compassion. Rather than trying to “move on,” Margie speaks candidly about allowing grief to be present—seeking connection, engaging in grief coaching and support groups, and learning how to stay in relationship with both love and loss. This episode is less about theory and more about lived wisdom—what actually helped, what surprised her, and what she wishes others knew about grief. This conversation is for anyone who has experienced loss, is supporting someone who is grieving, or simply wants permission to feel without needing to “fix” anything. In this episode, you’ll hear: A real-life story of love, loss, and resilienceWhat “dancing with grief” looks like in practiceWhy grief doesn’t follow a timeline or formulaThe role of support, connection, and being witnessedGentle truths for those early in grief—or trying to be strong for othersHow grief can coexist with meaning, purpose, and continued livingThis episode isn’t about solutions—it’s about companionship, presence, and honoring the full human experience of grief. Resources & Support Washing The Bones; A Memoir of Love, Loss and Transformation by Katherine Ingram Washing The Bones; A Memoir of Love, Loss and Transformation by Katherine Ingram Grief Girls Guide by Katherine Ingram The Grab and Go Grief Kit by Katherine Ingram The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore, PhD Different After You by Michelle Neff Hernandez  WinterSpring Grief Support, The Learning Well; a service of LaClinica, Medford Oregon If this episode resonates and you’d like support on your own journey: ✨ Work with a professional coach: https://yesempower.com ✨ Explore ICF-accredited coach training: https://yesempower.com/cpec 📩 Send in your listener questions: in Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    55 min

  8. JAN 26

    Ep23: Staying Regulated in Heavy Times

    Send us Fan Mail We are biologically wired for threat detection—but not for 24/7 global crisis consumption. In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes gently names the collective heaviness so many of us are carrying right now—from global uncertainty and rising costs of living to ongoing threats to human rights and wellbeing. Through the lens of neuroscience, she offers a grounding reframe: joy, humor, awe, and lightness are not escapes from reality—they are regulation strategies. Drawing on Dan Siegel’s Window of Tolerance, positive psychology research, and real-life coaching tools, this episode explores how chronic exposure to threat narrows our capacity—and how intentional moments of lightness help expand it. This is an invitation to stay informed without flooding, engaged without burning out, and human without losing hope. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why the nervous system isn’t designed for constant global crisis inputHow the Window of Tolerance explains anxiety, overwhelm, and numbnessThe neuroscience behind joy, laughter, and awe as regulation toolsWhy boundaries are a form of sustainability—not disengagementTools shared in this episode: Time-boxing information to stay informed without overwhelmLightness on purpose as a daily nervous system supportWindow of Tolerance check-ins to build self-awarenessAgency shifts to restore dignity and hopeCo-regulation through connection (because we’re wired for it)Tiffany also invites listeners to reflect on and share the tools that help them stay regulated, grounded, and connected during heavy times. Want more support? Explore professional coaching, leadership development, and neuroscience-based tools at https://yesempower.comWork directly with Tiffany or connect with one of Empower’s professional, ICF-backed coachesLearn more about Empower’s ICF-aligned, OSU-affiliated Coach Training Program for those ready to become professional coachesHave a question you’d like answered on the podcast? Email us at Info@YesEmpower.com — we’d love to hear from you. If this episode resonated, please share it with someone who could use a little more regulation, lightness, and hope today. Stay connected with Rewired Listen anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or yesempower.com/podcast Join the Empower community on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube for weekly tools, neuroscience-based inspiration, and stories of real change. Discover upcoming workshops, LaunchPad learning, and coaching opportunities at yesempower.com Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.

    41 min
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Rewired: Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change is your space for unlocking intentional growth — in yourself and in the people you lead, coach, or inspire. Each episode blends brain science with real-world application, delivering practical tools you can use right away to create lasting change. Through expert interviews, powerful coaching conversations, and bite-sized solo episodes, host Tiffany Grimes shares neuroscience-based strategies for rewiring habits, expanding possibilities, and living with purpose. Whether you’re pursuing your own transformation or helping others navigate theirs, you’ll find insight, community, and empowerment here. This is where science meets soul — and change gets real.

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