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Own Your Life
Own Your Life is a 6-week live online program that shows you how to take control of your future by working with your brain, not against it. Through neuroscience-backed insights, you’ll learn how to rewire your brain and create the external conditions that allow you to grow, succeed, and design the life you truly want. This isn’t about willpower or luck — it’s about using science to take charge and finally live life on your terms.
This program Is For You If...
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You feel stuck or unfulfilled and know you’re capable of more
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You want to create the life you truly want instead of leaving it to chance
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you want to upgrade your experience of life — in your relationships, career, and personal growth.
What's Included In The Program...
SESSIONÂ 1
The Journey
Your brain is your guide on life’s adventure. In this module, you’ll discover the triune brain model we’ll use throughout the program, and how it connects to the classic Hero’s Journey we all live in our own way. We’ll also look at the different stages of life, and what it takes to navigate them successfully, including:
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How the triune brain model explains your survival, emotional, and rational drives
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Why the Hero’s Journey is more than a story — it’s a map for personal growth
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The key transitions between life stages, and how to deal with them effectively
You’ll walk away with a big-picture understanding of your own journey — where you’ve been, where you are now, and how to move forward with clarity and purpose.
SESSIONÂ 2
Find Meaning Â
Your brain is wired to seek meaning — it’s what keeps you motivated, engaged, and growing. In this module, you’ll learn how purpose and mastery shape your sense of fulfillment, and how your brain’s different operating systems play a role in that search. We’ll also explore the science of neuroplasticity and how you can use it to keep evolving, including:
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Why purpose and mastery are the foundation of a meaningful life
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How your brain’s different operating systems influence the way you live and learn
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What neuroplasticity is, and how to rewire your brain for growth and transformation
You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of what drives meaning for you — and the tools to start shaping your life around it.
SESSION 3
The Survival BrainÂ
Your survival brain is always on the lookout for danger — and while that once kept us alive, today it often holds us back. In this module, we’ll explore the tension between safety and novelty, and how our instincts can sabotage growth if left unchecked. You’ll learn how to recognize these patterns and override them when they no longer serve you, including:
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How the survival brain reacts to threats — real or imagined
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Why the need for safety can keep you stuck, and why novelty is essential for growth
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Practical ways to calm survival-mode reactions and choose thriving instead
You’ll walk away with the ability to spot when your survival brain is running the show — and the tools to shift back into a state where growth and progress become possible.
SESSION 4
The Emotional Brain
Your emotional brain shapes how you connect with others and how you see yourself. In this module, we’ll explore belonging and validation, and how they influence motivation, relationships, and self-image. We’ll also look at the role of oxytocin, the power of fantasy projections, and the balance between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation — and how all of this ties into the ego, including:
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Why belonging and validation are fundamental human needs
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How oxytocin drives connection, trust, and social bonding
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The difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation — and why it matters
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How the ego can sabotage your growth
You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of your emotional brain, and how to harness its power without getting trapped by its illusions.
SESSION 5
The Executive Brain
 Your executive brain is the part that plans, organizes, and makes conscious choices. In this module, we’ll look at the balance between structure and autonomy — and why both are essential for a fulfilling life. We’ll explore the role of routines, habits, and discipline, and how a genuine sense of control can protect you from falling into learned helplessness, including:
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How structure creates stability while autonomy fuels motivation and ownership
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Why routines and habits free up mental energy for what really matters
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How discipline builds confidence and resilience over time
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The dangers of learned helplessness, and how to avoid the trap of giving up
You’ll walk away with the tools to strengthen your executive brain and design a life where you feel in charge — rather than at the mercy of circumstance.
SESSION 6
Own Your Life
This is where it all comes together. In this final module, we’ll look at the core drivers of joy and pain, and how they shape the choices we make every day. You’ll discover the compensation mechanisms we develop — some healthy, some less so — and how to become aware of the patterns running your life. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to step out of autopilot and make a conscious choice about the life you want to create, including:
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How joy and pain drive your behavior more than you realize
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The healthy and unhealthy ways we compensate when needs aren’t met
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How to break free from unconscious patterns and reclaim choice
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A framework to align your brain, your environment, and your goals
You’ll walk away with a clear, personal blueprint for the future — and the confidence to truly own your life.
NICE TO MEET YOU
Gregory CaremansÂ
is a behavioural neuroscience expert, and founder of the award-winning Brain Academy. He is widely seen as one of world's top brain coaches
He’s all about making brain science easy to understand and even easier to apply—so people can improve their lives from the inside out. His work is followed by coaches, therapists, and personal development fans around the world who love how he turns complex brain stuff into simple, practical tools.
Gregory is the author of It’s Not You, It’s Your Brain and was named one of the Best Influential Educational Leaders to Follow in 2024 by Educationinsights.com.
 About the Brain Academy
The Brain Academy was founded in 2014 with a simple mission: to make brain science accessible to everyone.
More than 500,000 people across 194 countries have joined us in exploring how the brain works—and how that knowledge can change lives.
Along the way, we’ve built partnerships and earned recognition:
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Our Leadership Course listed by Entrepreneur as one of the Top 10 Online Leadership Courses
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Our Neuroplasticity Course featured in Mentalfloss as one of the Coolest Online Courses
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Our Brain Coach Program named Best Brain Coach Certification Program of 2023 by Life Coach Magazine
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Features on The Economist, Mashable, CNN, and a growing list of podcasts and interviews
For three years in a row, we’ve been honored with awards for “Most Innovative Neuroscience & Personal Development Enterprise” and “Excellence in Online Learning.”
At The Brain Academy, our passion is simple: We're changing the world, one brain at a time.