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Decoded | Unlock The Secrets of Human Behavior, Emotion and Motivation

Decoded | Unlock The Secrets of Human Behavior, Emotion and Motivation

Elisabeth McKay | Mental Health Innovator and PredictiveMind Founder 48 Episodes Oct 15, 2026

This podcast explores the subconscious patterns that drive human behavior, emotions, and motivation. It aims to help listeners identify and rewire self-sabotaging thoughts and toxic cycles. Hosted by mental health innovator Elisabeth McKay, the show provides tools to disrupt automatic patterns and live with greater intention.

Episodes

When Did You Stop Trusting Yourself?
When Did You Stop Trusting Yourself? Oct 15, 2026 3715 Self-trust determines whether you can act on what you perceive—or whether you immediately look outside yourself for reassurance, validation, permission, or someone else to take over. This episode is an excerpt from a lecture series Elisabeth originally taught on renewing the mind through a biblical and psychological framework. Elisabeth McKay breaks down how self-trust is built through childhood,
The Trap Of Victim Consciousness | Dr. Kelly Brogan
The Trap Of Victim Consciousness | Dr. Kelly Brogan Oct 8, 2026 6117 What happens when the system you trusted to explain the human mind stops making sense to you? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay sits down with psychiatrist and author Dr. Kelly Brogan for a wide-ranging conversation about psychiatry, medication, personal responsibility, nervous system regulation, victim consciousness, authority, relationships, feminism, AI, and what Kelly describes as
The Parenting Mistakes Your Kids Carry Into Adulthood
The Parenting Mistakes Your Kids Carry Into Adulthood Oct 1, 2026 4062 Your child is not just reacting to what happens today. They are building assumptions about themselves, other people, trust, conflict, responsibility, and how the world works—and those assumptions can follow them into adulthood. In Part 2 of this Decoded parenting series, Elisabeth McKay breaks down the parenting keystones she believes have the greatest impact on the adult your child becomes. The
Do You Actually Like Your Kids? The Parenting Question No One Wants to Answer
Do You Actually Like Your Kids? The Parenting Question No One Wants to Answer Sep 24, 2026 5774 Do you love your kids—but sometimes realize you don't actually like the behavior they've become? That's the uncomfortable question Elisabeth McKay is asking in this episode of Decoded. Because parenting isn't a lottery, and a child's behavior doesn't develop inside a vacuum. Your household is constantly providing inputs—and those inputs are helping shape the behavioral outputs you eventually hav
Sex, Fantasy & Media Priming: Who Programmed Your Desire?
Sex, Fantasy & Media Priming: Who Programmed Your Desire? Sep 17, 2026 5118 What if your sexual desires aren't simply "who you are"? What if fantasy, attraction, kink, pornography, and even the way you experience intimacy have been shaped by years of childhood exposure, media priming, repetition, brain patterning, and unresolved behavioral frameworks you didn't consciously choose? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay challenges the cultural narrative that sexua
Your Diagnosis Isn't The Root Cause | Dr. Will Cole
Your Diagnosis Isn't The Root Cause | Dr. Will Cole Sep 10, 2026 4730 What if the anxiety, brain fog, fatigue, intrusive thoughts, or dysregulation you're experiencing isn't coming exclusively from your thoughts? And what if a physical symptom isn't exclusively physical either? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay sits down with functional medicine expert Dr. Will Cole to examine the intersection between mental health, cellular health, inflammation, hormones
When Your Child Suddenly Develops OCD, Anxiety or Tics
When Your Child Suddenly Develops OCD, Anxiety or Tics Sep 3, 2026 2268 What if your child seemed completely normal—and then, within days, became a completely different person? Sudden OCD. Severe separation anxiety. Food restriction. Tics or unusual movements. Sleep disruption. Frequent urination. Explosive behavior. Developmental regression. Even symptoms that appear irrational, obsessive, or psychiatric. In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay breaks down
When Does a Thought Become a Delusion?
When Does a Thought Become a Delusion? Aug 27, 2026 3325 What separates an intrusive thought from a delusion? And at what point does your interpretation of reality become so rigid that contradictory evidence can no longer reach you? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay breaks down the difference between intrusive thoughts, delusion, and psychosis—and why understanding that distinction matters far beyond severe psychiatric illness. Using the L
The Lindsay Clancy Trial: What Doesn't Add Up?
The Lindsay Clancy Trial: What Doesn't Add Up? Aug 20, 2026 3545 The Lindsay Clancy trial raises a question bigger than guilt or innocence: What happens when psychiatry, self-reporting, medication, human perception, and the judicial system collide? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay examines the Lindsay Clancy case—not as a true crime investigation, but through the psychological and systemic questions emerging from the trial. The Commonwealth argue
What Is Mental Illness Really?
What Is Mental Illness Really? Aug 13, 2026 3950 What if mental illness isn’t where the problem actually begins? In the Season 3 premiere of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay challenges the dominant framework for understanding mental health and presents a different hypothesis: what we call mental illness may be a downstream expression of a much larger neurocognitive process that begins with how the brain perceives reality. The sequence matters. Childho
Is Reality Even Real? Part 2 | Self-Deception, Consciousness & Objective Truth
Is Reality Even Real? Part 2 | Self-Deception, Consciousness & Objective Truth Jul 9, 2026 2973 If your perception isn't objective...How do you know what's actually real? In Part 2 of this Decoded series, Elisabeth McKay explores one of the most unsettling questions in neuroscience and psychology: How does self-deception form, and why does it feel indistinguishable from truth? Building on the foundation established in Part 1, this episode examines how attention, memory, emotional salience,
Is Reality Even Real? Your Brain Constructs the World You Experience
Is Reality Even Real? Your Brain Constructs the World You Experience Jul 2, 2026 3012 What if you've never actually experienced objective reality? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay explores one of the most profound questions in neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology: How does the brain transform information into the world you believe you're experiencing? From color and sound to pain, emotion, memory, and meaning, your brain isn't passively recording reality—it's activ

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