Just Be: Understanding Your Social Brain
Sophia Spencer
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Just Be with therapist and coach Sophia Spencer explores belonging, authenticity, social/performance anxiety and the social brain. Learn why caring what others think is human, how your nervous system shapes confidence, and what it means to feel safe being seen. Blending psychology, neuroscience, and compassion, Just Be helps thoughtful people move from performing confidence to genuinely embodying it, and remember that they already belong.
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S1E9 EP9: When Everyone in the Room Is the Same (Except You): Difference, Discrimination, Safety & Belonging
When everyone in the room is the same, your body feels it before your mind explains it. In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer unpacks what happens inside the social brain when you’re…
S1E8 EP8: When Connection Hurts: Understanding Social Trauma and Anxiety, Shame, Humiliation & Rejection
Why does rejection feel so painful, sometimes even years later? In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer unpacks the science of social trauma and the emotions that come with it: shame,…
S1E7 EP7: Where It All Begins: Attachment, Early Wounds & Intergenerational Trauma
Why do certain relationships, or moments of connection, feel both comforting and terrifying? In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer explores how your earliest caregiving experiences…
S1E6 EP6: Who’s “Us” and Who’s “Them?”: The Psychology of Belonging and Exclusion (In Groups and Out Groups)
Why does being left out of a group chat or team meeting sting so deeply? In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer explores how the social brain decides who feels like “us”, and who feels…
S1E5 EP5: Inferiority: Understanding Why You Feel Below People
Why do some rooms make you feel smaller, even when you know you belong there? In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer unpacks the psychology of inferiority — that quiet, often painful…
S1E4 EP4: The Things We Do to Feel Safe: Understanding Safety Behaviours
Why do we overthink what to say, rehearse every line, or avoid certain moments altogether? In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer explores how the amygdala — your brain’s alarm system —…
S1E3 EP3: Your Amygdala and Anxiety: Understanding Your Brain’s Alarm System
Why do your thoughts disappear the moment all eyes are on you? Why does your body react to visibility as if you’re in danger? In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer explores the…
S1E2 EP2: The Social Hierarchy in Your Head - Understanding Social Rank and Comparison
Why do some people make you feel confident, while others trigger self-doubt?In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer unpacks Social Rank Theory and Social Comparison Theory — explaining…
S1E1 EP1: Why You Care What Other People Think - Understanding Your Social Brain
Why do we care so much what others think of us — even when we know it shouldn’t matter? In this first episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer unpacks the psychology behind social anxiety and…
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