BRAIN

This is where we from chaos to clarity. From racing thoughts to emotional overload, this archive dives into what’s actually happening in that 3-pound-meatloaf in your head—sans the pseudo-guru fluff. It’s nerdy-bits-meets-real-life, with practical tools, sharp call-outs, and a lot of unlearning. If your brain won’t shut up, remember you’re not broken—you’re human and your brain is just doing its job… a little too well.

Brain Fog & Trauma: Why You Feel Stuck and How to Break Free

Your brain isn’t broken—it’s just doing its job a little too well. Brain fog, exhaustion, and mental blocks aren’t random. Nor do they mean you, the human, are beyond repair. They’re the result of an evolutionary function built into your brain-body connection, designed to protect you by storing valuable information and having the foresight to anticipate potential threats. But when trauma gets involved? That system can go into overdrive, leaving you stuck in a haze of confusion, fatigue, and why-did-I-just-walk-into-this-room moments.

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From Chaos to “Chamomile Tea”

The truth is, your brain is always working—constantly processing sensory signals, analyzing experiences, and planning for potential threats. That’s not a flaw; it’s exactly what your brain is designed to do on a biological and evolutionary level. No matter how many transcendental meditations you practice or psychedelic vision quests you take, your brain will never stop moving. If it did, we’d have a whole other set of problems to tackle.

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Redefining Triggers & Befriending Your Fears

Humans evolved as a direct result of their capacity for future planning — to sense, discern and execute actions based on risk assessment. Which served us really well when our survival signals were in response to actual life threatening situations. Our flattened foreheads grew in proportion to the size of our meatloafs; and our emotional acuity, communication and abilities to seek out, categorize and recall information has since been unparalleled.

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Meet Your “Meatloaf”

Contrary to popular belief, your brain is not out to get you. It’s easy to look at your brain and want to run in the opposite direction. This 3lb-action-oriented powerhouse is primarily focused on helping you foresee potential threats, discern sensory signals, store and recall information in a viscerally valiant effort to keep you alive.

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The Garden in Your Brain

Like the garden, your brain has infinite roots that stem from deep within the soil of the soul. It’s the very quality of this soil that dictates how both brain, and rose-bush, will be nourished and thereby flourish.

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Meet Mac

What’s up?! I’m Mac Brazina—mental health writer, coach, and speaker with a firm belief that no one’s broken, we’re just stories mid-edit. When I’m not deep in session with clients or dismantling stigma one word at a time, you’ll catch me nose-deep in a book, upside down on a yoga mat, or head-banging like it’s my cardio. I live for loud music, real talk, and quality time with my ride-or-die people.

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