14 | Britt Andreatta – How Brainspotting Ended Years of Panic Attacks

What if the reactions you can’t explain are your past quietly running the show?

In this episode, Charles Achampong sits down with international recognized thought leaderand best-selling author Dr. Britt Andreatta, who spent years believing she had a happy childhood until panic attacks in her thirties told a different story.

Britt opens up about healing deep trauma, the amygdala hijack that quietly drives our reactions, and the two sessions that ended her panic for good. She and Charles explore why survivors often read a room better than anyone, how bias gets built into the systems we live in, and why she walked away from a dream title to bet on herself.

If you have ever felt your reaction was bigger than the moment, or heard the gremlin whisper who do you think you are, this conversation is your permission to rewrite the story. Listen now.

Timestamped Highlights

[02:30] The TEDx title that stopped Charles in his tracks

[03:16] The one skill Britt says could solve most of the world's problems

[05:10] The childhood she spent decades convincing herself was fine

[05:25] When panic attacks hit out of nowhere and shrank her whole world

[07:13] The two sessions that ended her panic for good

[07:31] The book that explains why your past keeps showing up

[10:05] The moment a stuck executive session cracked wide open

[13:16] The law that quietly builds bias into the tech we use every day

[15:42] Why the people who survived the hardest rooms read them best

[21:09] The dream promotion that kept her up at night in a panic

[28:40] She gave notice on Friday, then Microsoft bought LinkedIn on Monday

[37:21] The two gremlins we are all raised to obey

[40:18] The kind of trip that rewires your brain for new ideas

Resources Mentioned

• Dr. Britt Andreatta’s TEDx talk
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (book)
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
• Brainspotting
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Conway’s Law
• Brené Brown’s TED Talks on courage and vulnerability
• Lynda.com (now LinkedIn Learning)
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• Antioch University
• Association for Talent Development (ATD) Conference
• Wired To Series: Books on the brain science of success

About the Guest

Dr. Britt Andreatta is an international thought leader who uses her background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and education to create science-based solutions for today’s workplace challenges.She is the CEO of Brain Aware Training and the former Chief Learning Officer for Lynda.com, now LinkedIn Learning. She has over 10 million views worldwide of her online courses and is the author of several best-selling books on the brain science of success including Wired to Grow, Wired to Resist, Wired to Connect, and Wired to Become. In 2024, she was awarded the ATD Thought Leader Award. Her work helps people and organizations understand how human biology shapes the way we learn, work, and grow.

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