From Autopilot to Awareness — Rew...

From Autopilot to Awareness — Rewiring the Patterns That Keep Us Stuck - A Conversation with Marianne Kamleitner

Conversations for Change by Becky Mundt

E39

Sep 21, 2026

01:00:15

Episode notes

What if feeling stuck isn't a sign that something is wrong with you—but that the patterns shaping how you think, feel and respond have become less flexible?

In this second conversation with energy healer Marianne Kamleitner, Becky explores Marianne's work with brain networks and how our patterns of thought, focus, emotion and intuition influence the way we experience everyday life.

Marianne introduces three networks at the center of her current work: the central executive network, associated with focus and completing tasks; the default mode network, where reflection can turn into self-criticism, rumination and old stories; and the salience network, which helps us recognize what matters, feel our emotions and connect with intuitive impulses. Rather than operating independently, these networks continually interact—and when their patterns become less flexible, we may find ourselves overwhelmed, second-guessing ourselves or simply functioning on autopilot.

Together, Becky and Marianne explore how energy work may support greater flexibility within these patterns, allowing subtle but profound changes to unfold over time. Marianne shares what happens during her group brain-network sessions and why the work is never exactly the same twice.

Ultimately, the conversation moves beyond the brain itself into a deeper exploration of presence, self-trust and inner knowing. What happens when we stop expecting ourselves to know the entire path ahead and instead become quiet enough to recognize the next impulse? What changes when we learn to catch an old pattern, pause, and consciously choose whether we still want to follow it?

Perhaps transformation doesn't always arrive through one enormous breakthrough. Sometimes it happens through a series of small internal shifts that gradually allow us to feel safer within ourselves, see more possibilities, trust what we know—and show up differently in our lives and in the world.

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