Rewired; Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change
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.
Rewired; Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change
Ep 21 The Neuroscience of Goal-Setting: Why Willpower Isn’t Enough
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
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As always, thank you for being here, for being curious, and for doing the brave work of becoming.
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