Your brain is lying to you.
Here's the manual.
Why you scroll, stall, overthink and go blank, explained with real brain science and a few small tricks that actually help. From the Brainsplaining films.
- The guide: 10 Brain Glitches and How to Outsmart Them
- A printable worksheet for every film, with real studies in plain English
- New sheets as new films come out. Free, no spam.
Education, not medical advice.
Check your inbox.
I just sent you an email. Click the button in it to confirm, and the guide and all the worksheets open right away.
Nothing there in two minutes? Check Spam or Promotions. Your brain will want to check again in ten seconds. That's glitch #1.
The 10 glitches
Ten things your brain does. One fix for each.
Every glitch has its own film, its own page in the guide and its own one-page worksheet: what's going on, what a real study found, and three small things to try. All ten worksheets and the guide are free and unlock as soon as you sign up with your email.
Just one more scroll
The four-minute task you can't start
The 3 AM brain
Feeling smart, until someone asks
Why the breakup still hurts
Where Sunday's motivation went
The words you never forgot
Going blank around someone you like
Being everyone's therapist
Wanting the ones who don't want you
Click any glitch, enter your email, confirm it, and the whole library opens: the guide plus all ten printable worksheets.
How it works
Small, boring tricks. That's the point.
Get the guide
Nine pages: one glitch per half page, plus a cheat card with all ten fixes to stick on the fridge.
Pick one glitch
Print its worksheet and try one thing for a week. No mountains, no motivational music.
Watch the film
Each worksheet goes with a Brainsplaining film that tells the full story, with the studies behind it.
Go deeper
Two workbooks for the big glitches
The free sheets give you one trick per glitch. These go all the way: a full plan, worksheets and scripts, built on the same research. Printable PDF, instant download after checkout.
The Scroll Reset
A 14-day plan to get your evenings, attention and sleep back from your phone. One small step a day, with worksheets and a before-and-after tracker. 16 pages.
Say No Without Guilt
For everyone's therapist. A yes audit, 40 ready-made scripts for work, friends and family, and a 7-day practice plan. 16 pages.
Secure checkout by Stripe. Questions about an order: contact@brainsplaining.com. Education, not medical advice.
Meet Rex
"A certain nothing is something I can live with. It's the maybe that gets me."
Rex is the voice in your head. The one who says "just one more." He's smug, he's often wrong, and he's surprisingly honest when you ask him how he works. In the films, he explains himself.
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