The Mel Robbins Podcast - #1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same

Today, you are getting a step-by-step guide on how to change your brain. Joining Mel is neuroscientist Dr. Lara Boyd, a professor at the University of British Columbia who directs the Brain Behaviour Lab there. This #1 neuroscientist will teach you how to rewire your brain at any age. There's a personal reason she's devoted her life to this work. Before becoming a neuroscientist, Dr. Boyd was a physical therapist. She spent three months unsuccessfully trying to help a man with a brain injury learn to walk again. Frustrated by how little she understood what was happening inside his brain, Dr. Boyd quit her job, got her PhD in neuroscience, and dedicated her career to figuring out how the brain learns and changes. Her message is incredibly hopeful: You are never too old, too late, or too set in your ways to change who you are and what you’re capable of. But becoming who you want to be doesn’t happen by accident. Dr. Boyd reveals what really reshapes your brain, what happens when you challenge yourself to do hard things, and how to make what you practice stick. In this episode, you’ll learn: -How to rewire your brain at any age -How doing challenging things can help your brain learn and change -The #1 driver of change in your brain -The daily habit that Dr. Boyd calls “rocket fuel” for your brain -How to prime your brain for success and the truth about manifestation -How to make lasting change, even if you’ve felt stuck for years Class is in session, because after you listen to this, your brain will not be the same. For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode, listen to this one next: How to Stop Negative Thoughts & Reset Your Mind for Positive Thinking. Mel also wants to tell you: Try the 23g protein shot I drink every single morning Join 2 million readers loving my weekly newsletter - full of tips, tools, and inspiration The Let Them Theory: read the book everyone’s talking about Watch the episodes on YouTube Connect with me on Instagram Follow the show’s Instagram for clips, behind the scenes, and more Find some daily positivity on my TikTok Want zero ads? Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes ad-free Disclaimer

Duration: 1h 21m
Broadcast on: 12 Oct 2026
Audio Format: other

Today, you are getting a step-by-step guide on how to change your brain.

Joining Mel is neuroscientist Dr. Lara Boyd, a professor at the University of British Columbia who directs the Brain Behaviour Lab there.

This #1 neuroscientist will teach you how to rewire your brain at any age.

There's a personal reason she's devoted her life to this work.

Before becoming a neuroscientist, Dr. Boyd was a physical therapist. She spent three months unsuccessfully trying to help a man with a brain injury learn to walk again.

Frustrated by how little she understood what was happening inside his brain, Dr. Boyd quit her job, got her PhD in neuroscience, and dedicated her career to figuring out how the brain learns and changes.

Her message is incredibly hopeful:

You are never too old, too late, or too set in your ways to change who you are and what you’re capable of.

But becoming who you want to be doesn’t happen by accident.

Dr. Boyd reveals what really reshapes your brain, what happens when you challenge yourself to do hard things, and how to make what you practice stick.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to rewire your brain at any age

-How doing challenging things can help your brain learn and change

-The #1 driver of change in your brain

-The daily habit that Dr. Boyd calls “rocket fuel” for your brain

-How to prime your brain for success and the truth about manifestation

-How to make lasting change, even if you’ve felt stuck for years

Class is in session, because after you listen to this, your brain will not be the same.

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.

If you liked this episode, listen to this one next: How to Stop Negative Thoughts & Reset Your Mind for Positive Thinking.

Mel also wants to tell you:

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Hey, it's your friend Mal, and welcome to the Mal Robbins Podcast. Today's conversation is going to blow your mind because we have one of the world's leading neuroscientists here with scientific proof that you can change. In fact, Dr. Laura Boyd will tell you by just choosing to hit play on this episode. Your brain will never be the same. Dr. Boyd knows what she's talking about because she has spent decades studying the remarkable ways your brain can adapt, recover, and keep learning even after a serious injury. And what she's going to teach you today will change the way you think about your own potential. Dr. Boyd is going to teach you three key ways to set your brain up for success. She's going to give you a whole new way to think about struggle. And once you understand how your brain works, you can start using your brain to learn better, to make progress that sticks, to push past what you thought were your limits. And through the science of neuroplasticity, you will realize you are capable of so much more.

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