Ep 32 - Sneaky Ways Fear Is Running Your Brain

Ep 32 - Sneaky Ways Fear Is Running Your Brain

From Building Your Best Brain by Sylvie Lahaie

March 17, 2026

About this episode

This episode explores the subtle ways fear activates in our brains and how to build awareness to shift these patterns.

Welcome back to the Build Your Best Brain podcast — and to a new chapter of the show, where we're diving into a timely and powerful topic: fear and your brain. This episode isn't here to scare you — it's here to empower you. For a long time, I struggled to shift some of my most stubborn fear circuits. Not because I didn't understand them. Not because I lacked the tools. But because I didn't realize how many subtle, sneaky ways my fears were being activated every single day — without my awareness. When you start seeing these hidden activators, everything changes. Awareness makes your ability to shift fear exponentially more powerful. In this episode, we cover: How fear circuits are formed in the brain 5 sneaky ways your fears may be activated daily What this activation actually means How to build awareness and begin shifting it Choose just one of these sneaky activators to observe each day. Give your brain space to process and integrate. You can use this alongside the table from the previous episode (linked below). As always, I'd love to hear from you — message me with reflections, questions, or breakthroughs. And stay tuned for the next episode, where we'll go deeper into the…

People in this episode

Host: Sylvie Lahaie

Topics covered

  • fear
  • brain
  • awareness
  • self-improvement
  • mental health

Keywords

  • fear circuits
  • activation
  • awareness
  • self-help
  • mental patterns

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