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Emonthebrain

by Emily McDonald

Emonthebrain Podcast is where science meets spirit. Hosted by neuroscientist-turned-mindset coach Emily McDonald, each episode explores how your brain, body, and beliefs shape the reality you live in. Through simple, research-backed tools, Emily helps you understand your mind, regulate your emotions, and rewire the subconscious patterns that keep you stuck—so you can manifest from awareness, not autopilot.

Latest episodes

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10 Mindset Upgrades to Instantly Level Up Your Life

#44 trending · Science

Em shares ten tiny neuroscience backed upgrades to the way she thinks and operates that have had a massive impact on her reality and shows you exactly how to apply each o

Sep 14
18 min

How to Break ANY Bad Habit Using Neuroscience

Em breaks down the neuroscience of the habit loop that keeps you stuck in bad habits and gives you the exact four step process she used to quit nicotine for good. I’m ho

Sep 7
19 min

You're Not Failing Enough: Why Failing More Helps You Succeed Faster

Em breaks down the neuroscience of why failing more is the fastest path to success and gives you four tools to stop fearing failure, reward your attempts, and finally go

Aug 31
21 min

The 5 Step Neuroscience Framework To Shift Your Reality

Em breaks down the five step neuroscience backed framework she used to completely shift her reality and shows you how to prime your brain, delete your old identity, and s

Aug 24
18 min

The Neuroscience of Overthinking and How To Finally Stop

Em breaks down the neuroscience of why your brain won't stop overthinking and gives you three practical tools to close the loop, relinquish control, and finally get some

Aug 17
13 min

What Your Phone Is Doing to Your Brain (The Neuroscience)

Em breaks down the neuroscience of what your phone and social media are doing to your dopamine, focus, and prefrontal cortex and gives you the exact science backed tools

Aug 10
30 min

How I Manifested My Soulmate Using Neuroscience

Em shares the exact four-step neuroscience-backed process she used to manifest her soulmate and shows you how to become a match for the love you want instead of chasing i

Aug 3
29 min

How to train your brain for extreme belief (neuroscience-backed)

Em breaks down the neuroscience of why your brain becomes what you expect and gives you five science-backed tools to rewire your belief, build delusional confidence, and

Jul 27
25 min

You Need to Be a “Bad” Person to Get What You Want (The Neuroscience Behind Why)

Em breaks down the neuroscience of why good people over give, people please, and end up drained and shows you the exact framework to stop betraying yourself and start put

Jul 20
19 min

Why You Can't Make Decisions (And How To Stop Being Stuck)

Em breaks down the neuroscience of why your brain resists uncertainty and gives you three practical tools to build self trust, stop overthinking, and finally take action

Jul 13
20 min

Neuroscience-backed Morning Routine to Rewire Your Brain & Manifest Whatever You Want

Em shares the exact three-step neuroscience-backed morning routine she has used for five years to rewire her brain and that she has given to thousands of coaching clients

Jul 6
23 min

How to Stop Caring What Other People Think Using Neuroscience

Em breaks down the neuroscience of why your brain treats other people's opinions like a threat and gives you the exact tools to stop letting them control your life. Inte

Jun 29
22 min

How to Lead Yourself Like the Greatest Coach of All Time | Lessons from Michael Jordan’s Coach

Em breaks down the 11 principles Phil Jackson used to build a dynasty and shows you how the neuroscience behind them can rewire the way you lead, compete, and live. Inte

Jun 22
33 min

Your reality will not change until you do this first (science-backed formula)

Your external reality cannot shift until your internal state does, and here is the exact formula to make that happen. Interested in coaching or learning more about my pr

Jun 15
20 min

5 neuroscience-backed tools to become extremely magnetic

Em breaks down the three habits stealing your frequency and shares five nervous system tools to help you stay magnetic and manifest what you actually want. Interested in

Jun 8
26 min

3 Things You Actually Need To Make Your Dreams Come True

The reason you have not started yet is not because you do not have a good enough plan. It is because your brain is confusing planning with progress. Interested in coachi

Jun 1
18 min

Why You Keep Falling Off Your Goals (5 Neuroscience Backed Reasons)

If you keep starting over, falling off, or losing motivation after two weeks, your brain is not broken. It is doing exactly what it was programmed to do. Interested in c

May 25
24 min

10 ways to build extreme confidence using neuroscience

Research shows belief in yourself gets you closer to your goals. This is how to build it.  Interested in coaching or learning more about my program, MindCraft?? Sign up

May 18
24 min

Neuroscience shows: taking everything too seriously is making you dumber | how to fix it

Taking life too seriously is not ambition. According to neuroscience, it is actually making you worse at everything. Door open for coaching at the end of my next free Ma

May 11
14 min

Neuroscience of Manifestation: 4 Step Science-Backed Formula

Most people are missing one step in their manifestation practice, and it is the exact step that is quietly blocking everything else. Sign up for the free masterclass: ht

May 4
15 min

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#33 ▲ 12 Science US

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I look forward to these episodes every single week!! I even go back and re-listen to episodes on days where I need that boost or insight but a new episode hasn’t dropped. My all time favorite podcast, thank you, Em!!

brittbritt1994 · Aug 2026

Em is the definition of a girl’s girl. She’s the type of woman who, without hesitation, tells you exactly where to get the cute pair of shoes she’s wearing so you can be cute too - except with neuroscience. Every week, I look forward to her excitedly breaking down the neurological tips and tricks to help me become the highest version of myself. I’ve implemented some of them and feel different already. Thanks Em, keep up the great work!

A.Rose.Gold · Jul 2026

You can tell that she really cares. She doesn’t want you to just listen then go back to being stuck. She wants forward movement and happy journeys. Thanks Em. We love you!

HolyMoses · Feb 2026

This podcast is really reassuring. Similar things I’ve felt that Em talks about, I thought I was crazy for. But knowing she and others have experienced them too, and I’m not crazy🤣, is really reassuring.

Zombie Beast 124949492 · Feb 2026

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