718. How To Rewire the Brain for Growth With Tiny Experiments – With Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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What if the key to personal growth wasn't radical transformation—but tiny, consistent experiments?
In this full-spectrum conversation, neuroscientist and Ness Labs founder Anne-Laure Le Cunff joins me to explore how to rewire our brains for curiosity, resilience, and sustainable growth. We talk about how our brains are hardwired for safety (and why that gets in the way of change), why embracing uncertainty is a learnable skill, and how to overcome the "insight trap" - where we understand a concept but still fail to apply it.
Anne-Laure shares tools from her book Tiny Experiments, including how to approach daily life more scientifically, balance structure with flexibility, and develop an identity rooted in exploration - not perfection. We also touch on creativity, burnout, goal-setting, and the neuroscience behind procrastination and decision-making.
Read more about Anne-Laure's work here: https://nesslabs.com
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Dr Anne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs and a neuroscientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, where she studies ADHD and the evolutionary neuroscience of curiosity. Her research focuses on applying neuroscience insights to support people throughout their education, career, and personal development. She is also the author of Tiny Experiments and previously worked as an executive on Google's digital health team. She holds a PhD in Psychology & Neuroscience and an MSc in Applied Neuroscience, both from King's College London.
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