Brianna Approved

If you’ve ever felt stuck, indecisive, or like you’re waiting for clarity before making a big life decision, this episode is for you!
In this episode, we will cover:
Why you feel stuck: your brain prioritizes certainty over happiness
Predictive processing: your brain runs mostly on internal predictions—not reality
Why you choose what’s familiar (even when it’s wrong for you)
How loss aversion + dopamine keep you looping and overthinking
Nerd Alert: Predictive Brain Mode
Practice What You Podcast:
Manually close the loop: Replace catastrophic thoughts with grounded uncertainty
Uncertainty Exposure Training: Small, controlled risks to retrain your brain
Name the pattern: Identify where you’re choosing familiar over aligned
The 70% Rule: If it’s 70% aligned, take action
Track evidence: Build proof that uncertainty doesn’t equal danger
Flip loss aversion: Ask “What is it costing me to stay the same?”

Ready to make real changes, not just think about them?If you want support turning insight into action and breaking patterns that keep repeating, you can explore working together ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠! Coaching is designed to help you build systems, track evidence, and rewire patterns in a way that actually sticks.
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Be sure to follow my Instagram ⁠⁠@briannadiorio⁠⁠ for all the Brianna Approved educational content! Check out my ⁠⁠⁠Amazon Storefront ⁠⁠⁠for all of my favorite Brianna Approved things!
You can visit my website ⁠⁠⁠www.briannadiorio.com⁠⁠ to learn more.
Production Manager and Graphics ⁠⁠@kylediorio

In episode 89 of the podcast, we discuss why grief isn’t just emotional….it’s neurological.
In this episode, we discuss:
Why grief can feel physically painful and what’s happening in the brain when we experience loss in any form (Nerd Alert Segment)

Why grief tends to come in waves rather than a predictable timeline

Why the traditional stages of grief are often misunderstood

4 types of unexpected grief that many people experience

How grief can show up as anxiety, numbness, rumination, or emotional flooding

Practice What You Podcast
At the end of the episode, during the Practice What You Podcast section, we shift into practical application and explore how the nervous system processes grief and what actually helps when it hits hardest.
You’ll learn:
What actually helps in the moment when grief suddenly intensifies

Tools to regulate the nervous system during waves of sadness or overwhelm

How to coexist with grief (and even befriend it) instead of trying to outrun it or letting it take over

How to track progress in grief beyond simply “feeling better”

Practical tools that help alongside time…not just “give it time” advice.
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Ready to make real changes, not just think about them?If you want support turning insight into action and breaking patterns that keep repeating, you can explore working together ⁠⁠here⁠⁠! Coaching is designed to help you build systems, track evidence, and rewire patterns in a way that actually sticks.
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Be sure to follow my Instagram ⁠@briannadiorio⁠ for all the Brianna Approved educational content! Check out my ⁠⁠Amazon Storefront ⁠⁠for all of my favorite Brianna Approved things!
You can visit my website ⁠⁠www.briannadiorio.com⁠ to learn more.
Production Manager and Graphics ⁠@kylediorio

In Episode 88, we’re talking about how to stop letting feelings hijack your choices, and how to start using evidence — not impulse — as your compass.

In this episode, we break down:
Why emotional intensity is not the same thing as truth
Nerd Alert: The brain systems behind emotions vs feelings
The difference between emotions, feelings, and evidence (and why it matters)
How two people can experience the same event and walk away with opposite conclusions
Practice What You Podcast: A simple, evidence-based framework to stop repeating the same patterns
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Ready to make real changes, not just think about them?If you want support turning insight into action and breaking patterns that keep repeating, you can explore working together ⁠here⁠! Coaching is designed to help you build systems, track evidence, and rewire patterns in a way that actually sticks.
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Be sure to follow my Instagram @briannadiorio for all the Brianna Approved educational content! Check out my ⁠Amazon Storefront ⁠for all of my favorite Brianna Approved things!
You can visit my website ⁠www.briannadiorio.com to learn more.
Production Manager and Graphics @kylediorio

In episode 87, we are going over all things habits! Bad habits aren’t a willpower issue — they’re a brain wiring issue. In this episode, we break down why your brain automates patterns that don’t serve you, why trying harder doesn’t work, and how to actually rewire habits using neuroscience (not motivation).
In this episode, we cover:
Why your brain runs so much of your day on autopilot

Where habits actually live in the brain (and why logic can’t stop them)

The 4-step habit loop: cue → craving → response → reward (via James Clears Atomic Habits)

Why you don’t crave the habit — you crave the state change

How stress makes bad habits stronger

How to break habits by changing cues, friction, and rewards

Why identity beats motivation when it comes to lasting change

If you’re stuck in a start-stop cycle, this episode will help you stop blaming yourself and start working with your brain instead of against it.
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Ready to make real changes, not just think about them?
If you want support turning insight into action and breaking patterns that keep repeating, you can explore working together here! Coaching is designed to help you build systems, track evidence, and rewire patterns in a way that actually sticks.
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Check out my ⁠⁠Amazon Storefront ⁠⁠for all of my favorite Brianna Approved things!
You can visit my website ⁠⁠www.briannadiorio.com⁠ to learn more.
Production Manager and Graphics ⁠@kylediorio⁠

In this episode, we break down the real neuroscience behind anxiety, avoidance, procrastination, and the Sunday Scaries — and give you practical tools to interrupt the patterns your brain keeps running on autopilot. You’ll finally understand what your brain is doing, why it’s doing it, and how to retrain it.
By the end of this episode, you’ll walk away knowing:
Why your brain predicts the worst
How dopamine actually drives avoidance
Why Sundays hit so hard
How the threat circuit, DMN, and executive network shape procrastination
Why your brain is doing this and how to use these tools to retrain it.
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Work With Me
If you want to go deeper into this work — the patterns, the tools, the rewiring — and you want support and accountability tailored to your brain, you can work with me 1:1. This is where we take the science and apply it directly to your life so you can create real, lasting change.

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Be sure to follow my Instagram @briannadiorio for all the Brianna Approved educational content! Check out my ⁠Amazon Storefront ⁠for all of my favorite Brianna Approved things!
You can visit my website ⁠www.briannadiorio.com to learn more.
Production Manager and Graphics @kylediorio
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