What We Can Change, What We Can’t, and Why It Matters

What We Can Change, What We Can’t, and Why It Matters

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:

  1. Creating your own “psychological button” to regain calm
  2. Bringing clarity to vague plans and worries
  3. 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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