What We Can Change, What We Can’t, and Why It Matters
Update: 2025-12-05
Description
Francois is back – and we’re talking about something we all struggle with: CONTROL.
Why do traffic jams, delayed flights, spinning beachballs on our laptops and “typing…” dots in WhatsApp stress us out so much? It’s not the event itself – it’s the powerlessness and not knowing that drives our brain crazy.
In this episode of NUGGETS, Pellegrino and Francois dig into:
- Why the brain hates uncertainty more than pain
- Placebo buttons (elevator and traffic light buttons that don’t actually work) and why they still calm us down
- A wild “snake and rock” experiment that shows how predictability reduces stress
- Control freaks, parenting, and agency at work – when control helps and when it suffocates
And in the new segment “What Can You Do?” you’ll get 3 practical tools for everyday life:
- Creating your own “psychological button” to regain calm
- Bringing clarity to vague plans and worries
- The 10-minute rule for taking back control when everything feels messy
A bite-sized conversation about stress, certainty and small choices that give you your power back.
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