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

    Send a text 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

  2. FEB 6

    Ep 25 True Transformation Happens at the Level Most People Skip

    Send a text 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 q 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

  3. JAN 31

    Ep 24 Dancing with Grief – A Conversation with Margie McNabb

    Send a text 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 listen 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

  4. JAN 26

    Ep23: Staying Regulated in Heavy Times

    Send a text 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

  5. JAN 16

    Ep 22 Rewiring After Divorce: Nervous Systems, Boundaries, and Conscious Co-Parenting with Delma Castaneda

    Send a text In Episode 22 of Rewired: Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change, Tiffany Grimes speaks with Delma Castaneda, post-divorce and co-parenting coach and Empower Coaching & Training faculty, about what it really takes to heal, rewire, and lead yourself after divorce. Divorce doesn’t just change your relationships — it reshapes your nervous system. Delma offers a compassionate, brain-based lens on why separation can leave people feeling hyper-vigilant, emotionally flooded, numb, or stuck in old relational patterns — and why those patterns so often show up in co-parenting. Rather than viewing co-parenting as purely logistical, Delma invites listeners to see it as a nervous-system relationship, where self-regulation, clarity, and boundaries are just as important as schedules and agreements. Throughout the conversation, she shares practical, grounded tools to help you pause, regulate, and respond intentionally — even when triggered. In this episode, you’ll learn: What’s happening in your brain and nervous system during and after divorceWhy identity, safety, and trust can feel so shaken — even when divorce is the right choiceHow to move from reactive to regulated co-parentingSimple, brain-smart practices to create space between trigger and responseThe difference between healthy boundaries and emotional wallsHow one parent’s healing directly supports children’s emotional and nervous-system wellbeingWhether you’re navigating divorce, co-parenting, or supporting others through these experiences, this episode offers insight, empathy, and real tools for meaningful change. 🎧 Listen in to learn how to lead yourself — even in the most emotionally complex relationships. Want more? If this conversation sparks your interest in brain-smart, trauma-informed coaching, explore Empower’s CPEC (Certified Professional Empower Coach) Academy: https://yesempower.com/cpec-coach-training/ If you’d like to work 1:1 with an ICF-backed professional coach, you can schedule a conversation with Tiffany here: https://yesempower.com/ Work with Delma: https://empoweredoutlier.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.

    54 min

  6. JAN 9

    Ep 21 The Neuroscience of Goal-Setting: Why Willpower Isn’t Enough

    Send a text Why do so many New Year’s resolutions fail — even when we genuinely want to change? In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes explores the neuroscience of goal-setting, habit formation, and sustainable behavior change, and explains why willpower alone isn’t a reliable strategy for personal growth. You’ll learn how your brain is wired for safety and efficiency (not sudden change), how micro-habits and identity-based goals create real neuroplasticity, and why nervous system regulation is a critical — and often missing — piece of lasting transformation. This episode offers a compassionate, science-backed approach to creating goals that feel aligned, achievable, and authentic — without burnout, self-judgment, or pressure. 🌱 A Simple, Brain-Smart Goal-Setting Practice Tiffany walks you through a gentle, practical, brain-based process you can use to create goals that truly stick. 👉 Download the worksheet here: A Simple, Brain-Smart Goal-Setting Practice https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q4KSkNsI71Et-z04Yyhzqges6nMmuINL/view?usp=sharing This practice will help you: Clarify what truly matters in this season of your lifeShift from outcome-based goals to identity-based changeCreate tiny, repeatable habits that your brain can sustainMeasure progress through awareness and self-compassion instead of perfection🤍 Want more support? If this episode resonates and you’d like deeper support, here are two ways to continue the work: Explore individual coaching with Tiffany: Tiffany is only opening up 1-2 spots so don't wait! Learn more or schedule a free conversation here: 👉 https://yesempower.com/Become a professional coach or deepen your coaching skills through the Empower Coach Training Academy (CPEC): 👉 https://yesempower.com/coach-training-academy/ As always, thank you for being here, for being curious, and for doing the brave work of becoming. 💛 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.

    53 min

  7. 12/29/2025

    Ep 20: How the Coaching Listening Filter Changes Conversations (and Brains) with Nanor Ohanesian, PCC

    Send a text In Episode 20 of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with Nanor Ohanesian, PCC — ICF-certified coach and Senior Faculty at Empower’s Coach Training Academy — to explore one of the most transformational (and misunderstood) skills in coaching and leadership: the coaching listening filter. Most of us move through conversations wearing invisible filters — as problem-solvers, helpers, leaders, consultants, or fixers. While these roles are valuable, they can unintentionally limit insight, agency, and growth. The coaching listening filter is different. It’s a way of listening rooted in presence, curiosity, and partnership — and when activated, it changes not just conversations, but brains. Together, Tiffany and Nanor unpack: • What a coaching listening filter is — and what it isn’t • How it differs from a consultant, manager, or caseworker listening style • What’s happening in the brain when we shift into presence and curiosity • Why this way of listening creates psychological safety, insight, and empowerment • What pulls us out of the coaching filter (urgency, stress, and the desire to fix) • Simple, practical ways to activate your coaching listening filter in real time Nanor also shares personal stories from her own coaching journey and offers concrete micro-practices listeners can try immediately — whether you’re a coach, leader, helping professional, or simply someone who wants deeper, more empowering conversations. ✨ Listener Invitation Have a question you’d love to hear explored on the podcast? Send it in! We’re now featuring listener questions in upcoming episodes. Email your question to: Tiffany@YesEmpower.com 🎓 Interested in Becoming a Professional Coach? Learn more about Empower’s ICF-aligned Coach Training & Certification Program (CPEC): https://yesempower.com/coach-training-academy 🤝 Want to Work with a Professional Coach? Explore Empower’s network of trained, ICF-backed coaches: https://yesempower.com/coaching If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and share it with someone who could benefit from listening with more presence, curiosity, and care. 💛 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 1m

  8. 12/19/2025

    Your Brain Has a Story—TEB (Thought → Emotion → Behavior) Helps You Rewrite It

    Send a text Episode 19 dives into one of Tiffany’s favorite brain-based tools: TEB — Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors. Before we get there, today’s listener question (answered beautifully by Professional Empower Coach, Satya Beneventi) explores a challenge many couples know too well: “Why do we keep arguing about the same thing over and over?” Satya breaks down what’s really happening beneath the surface and offers a grounded, compassionate path forward. Then Tiffany takes you into a solo teaching session on TEB, a simple but powerful map for understanding how our reactions form and where real choice lives. You’ll learn why the brain moves so quickly from meaning-making to emotion to action, how this pattern shows up in everyday life, and how to use TEB to interrupt automatic reactions and create alignment. This episode is both practical and surprisingly calming—an invitation to meet yourself with more awareness and far less judgment. 📄 Download the Mindful TEB Practice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zmVI8SnXZsuXwFVD40A-Ynw4dK3RADz9/view?usp=sharing 💬 Have a question you’d like answered on a future episode? Email Tiffany directly at Tiffany@YesEmpower.com — your question may be featured on Rewired. 🎓 Want to work with a professional Empower Coach (like Satya)? Explore our coaching team and book a session at YesEmpower.com. If you love this episode, share it with someone who might need a little pause, perspective, and permission to choose differently. 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.

    46 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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