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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 life
• Shift from outcome-based goals to identity-based change
• Create tiny, repeatable habits that your brain can sustain
• Measure 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.

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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

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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?
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— your question may be featured on Rewired.

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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.

Find your coach, your way at YesEmpower.com

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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.

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Empowered people empower people. Live intentionally. Lead thoughtfully. Grow through awareness.