If you’ve ever been told you or your child has anxiety, ADHD, or both—but it never fully explained what was actually happening—this conversation will feel like a breath of fresh air.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Giancarlo Licata, director of Vital Brain Health, to unpack what’s really going on in the brain beneath these labels—and why understanding how the brain is firing matters more than the diagnosis itself.

We talk about anxiety, attention, and regulation through a neuroscience lens that’s nuanced, practical, and deeply validating for parents and high-achieving adults alike.

In this episode, we’re diving into:

• Why “anxiety” and “ADHD” are often too blunt to be helpful
  How different brain “rooms” can create similar symptoms, why two people with the same diagnosis can have totally different brains, and what neuroscience reveals that diagnostic labels miss.
  
• The brain as a 19-room mansion
  A powerful way to understand high arousal, rumination, fear, and fast processing—and how inherited traits, stress, and trauma can mix and match to drive anxiety and overwhelm.
  
• The order of operations your brain actually needs
  Why regulation must come before attention, and attention before learning—and how skipping steps keeps kids (and adults) stuck no matter how hard they try.
  
• State change tools vs. trait change tools
  The difference between calming your nervous system in the moment and actually lowering your baseline over time—and why both matter if you want lasting change.
  
• What brain mapping and neurofeedback can reveal and rewire
  How seeing the brain in 3D helps parents finally understand their child’s behavior, and how targeted training can shift anxiety, focus, emotional outbursts, rigidity, and overwhelm at the root.
  

If you’ve ever felt like you’re throwing coping tools at a nervous system that’s already maxed out—or wondering why nothing seems to stick—this episode will help you see the bigger picture with clarity and compassion.

🎧 Press play to understand what your brain (and your child’s brain) is actually working with—and how real, sustainable change becomes possible when you start at the foundation.

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