SuperCharge Your Brain in 3 Simple Steps — What I Wish I Had Started to Do Earlier in My Life and in my Kids’ Lives
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Empower Your Brain: How a 3-Step Entrepreneurial Mindset Can Help Moms Solve Family Fights and Build Resilient Kids
By Dr. Juna Bobby | Harvard-Trained Mom-M.D. | Lifestyle Medicine Educator | Resilience Expert
🔥 Feeling overwhelmed by constant conflict in your home?
You’re not alone. "How do I stop my kids from fighting?" is one of the most searched parenting questions on Google. But what if you could use these everyday challenges to actually build stronger brains—in yourself and your kids?
In this special July 4th episode of the MindBodySpace Podcast, we’re flipping the script. Instead of avoiding stress and meltdowns, we’re turning them into growth opportunities using a simple 3-step mindset rooted in neuroscience and entrepreneurial thinking.
🧠 The Hidden Superpower of the Mom Brain
If you’ve ever juggled dinner, homework, and an emotional meltdown—while solving five problems at once—you’re not just "coping." You’re modeling innovation and flexible thinking.
And neuroscience backs this up. The prefrontal cortex—the part of your brain responsible for planning, emotional regulation, and creative problem-solving—is activated and strengthened every time you:
- Identify a problem
- Break it down
- Generate solutions and iterate
Dr. Olivier Houdé, a cognitive neuroscientist at the Université de Paris and visiting scholar at Harvard, explains that this kind of cognitive inhibition and task shifting actually wires the brain for higher executive function.
"We build cognitive resistance not by avoiding problems, but by engaging with them strategically."
🧩 The 3-Step Mindset for Moms (and Kids!)
This is not a business class. This is a brain class—for your family. Here’s how to transform fights into learning labs.
Step 1: Identify the Problem
Instead of reacting emotionally, take a moment to label what’s really going on.
"The kids are fighting over a charger."
"I feel overstimulated because the house is a mess."
This activates the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, which helps regulate emotional response and supports logical thinking.
Step 2: Break It Down
What are the components of this problem? In our example: identical chargers, no labels, multiple users.
In entrepreneurship (and brain science), decomposition is key to solving complex issues. This process strengthens cognitive flexibility, a major marker of resilience.
Step 3: Develop Solutions—and Iterate
Try a color-coded label. If that doesn’t work, try labels with icons.
This is called iteration, and it’s what the best inventors—and most resilient people—do. Take James Dyson: over 5,000 failed prototypes before his first vacuum worked.
The takeaway? Trying something, failing, and improving isn’t a setback. It’s the pathway to resilience.
💬 Real Talk: Moms Are Natural Entrepreneurs
Whether or not you run a business, moms run systems—from lunch packing to emotional coaching.
I learned this firsthand in my courses at MIT Sloan and Harvard, where I studied entrepreneurial frameworks. What struck me most? The same framework applies to parenting:
- Identify pain points
- Understand users (your kids!)
- Prototype daily
Moms iterate constantly. We troubleshoot sleep, social drama, homework battles. That’s innovation.
🎧 Bonus Inspiration: Jenny Woo’s Million-Dollar Mom Story
If you haven’t listened to last week’s episode, do it now:
🎧 How Jenny Woo Built a $1M Business While Raising Resilient Kids
Jenny started her emotional intelligence card deck as a way to help her own kids. That project turned into a seven-figure business—proving that solving family problems can have ripple effects far beyond your home.
She didn’t chase buzzwords. She saw a need, started small, and modeled resilience.
🎓 Coming Up: Resilience and Academic Success
Next week, we flip the mic: Jenny interviews me about how my kids got into Harvard and Princeton without burnout. We’ll dive into:
- How resilience—not over-scheduling—is the key to high achievement
- Why flexible thinking and stress regulation give kids an edge
- Daily practices for raising strong, curious learners
Stay tuned or subscribe to get notified.
🧠 Brain Science Corner: Why This Works
This isn’t fluff. Studies from Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and Princeton’s Baby Lab confirm:
- Executive function skills—like problem-solving and emotional regulation—are predictors of success
- Parent-child neural synchrony during problem-solving boosts emotional safety and long-term learning
- Reframing a problem and iterating on solutions activates and strengthens the prefrontal cortex, building neural pathways that help children and adults handle stress
Cognitive neuroscience shows: the more we practice breaking down challenges, the more resilient our brains become.
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🧠 Final Thought: You’re Already Doing It
Every time you:
- Solve a household crisis
- Reframe a fight as a teachable moment
- Encourage your child’s wild ideas before reining them in
...you’re building resilience, creativity, and emotional strength.
You’re not "just surviving." You’re wiring your family’s future.
Happy July 4th, Brain Boss moms.
Let’s raise strong minds—together.
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🔗 Episode Links
- 🎴 52 Essential Conversations Card Deck
- 🌐 Mind Brain Emotion Website
- 🎙️ More Episodes of MindBodySpace
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Instagram: @mindbrainparenting
LinkedIn: Jenny Woo
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What does it look like to build a 7-figure brand from your living room — while raising three kids and trying to remember if anyone fed the dog? For Dr. Jenny Woo, it all started with a simple deck of cards, a love of learning, and a deep belief that parenting is leadership.
The Myth of Having to Choose: Kids or Career
If you're a mom who's ever felt torn between staying present for your kids and building something meaningful for yourself — you're not alone. And you're not wrong for wanting both.
In this week's episode of the MindBodySpace podcast, Dr. Juna Bobby sits down with Harvard alum and emotional intelligence expert Jenny Woo to explore how entrepreneurship can be a powerful path back to identity, purpose, and self-worth for moms.
Jenny’s journey began not with a business plan — but with burnout, curiosity, and a few honest questions:
“What do I love? What can I create? And how can I turn this chaos into something that helps other families?”
The answer eventually became Mind Brain Emotion, now a globally recognized brand helping parents and educators teach emotional intelligence through tools like the 52 Essential Conversations card deck.
Why Emotional Intelligence Is the Foundation for Business and Parenting
Jenny didn’t just build a business. She built a toolkit for raising resilient kids — while showing them what it looks like to pursue meaningful work.
Emotional intelligence (EQ) isn’t just a soft skill. It’s a core life skill — especially in a world where AI and automation are changing the future of work. Her products are designed to help families strengthen:
- Self-awareness
- Communication
- Emotional regulation
- Real-world relationship skills
And in the process, Jenny’s own kids watched her ideate, iterate, fail, pitch, problem-solve — and succeed.
Starting Where You Are: The Real Mompreneur Timeline
Before her Harvard days and million-dollar Amazon sales, Jenny was crafting onesies and birthday banners on Etsy. She tested, failed, pivoted, and kept creating. Her advice for other moms? Start small and start scrappy.
“The confidence doesn’t come before you take action. It comes because you take action.” – Jenny Woo
Her first big launch? A Kickstarter campaign — started just 30 days before graduating from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She tested the product, used real feedback from parents and kids, and grew the business one connection at a time.
What Every Mom Should Know Before Starting a Business
In the episode, Dr. Juna and Jenny share honest insights about mom guilt, identity loss, and the pressure to wait “until the kids are older.”
But what if now is the perfect time?
Whether you’re testing a product, starting a podcast, or just exploring an idea — these takeaways can help:
💡 1. Start with real pain points — yours or your community’s
Jenny’s cards were born from her own parenting struggles, not a pitch deck.
🧠 2. Build something you would use
Authenticity makes it easier to market and scale.
💬 3. Talk to people early
Jenny interviewed families, filmed them using her cards, and made changes before printing.
📦 4. Consider platforms like Kickstarter and Amazon strategically
Don’t invest too much upfront without validating demand — but don’t be afraid to try.
🧗♀️ 5. Keep learning — and keep iterating
Whether it’s an MBA, podcast, or a YouTube tutorial on SEO, the best founders are lifelong students.
Raising Resilient Kids While Building Resilient Moms
Dr. Juna and Jenny both share a deep belief that entrepreneurship isn't just business — it’s a parenting tool.
Kids learn by watching. And when they see their moms show up, take risks, and model self-belief, they internalize those values more deeply than any lesson.
And if you’re worried you’re too late? Dr. Juna — a physician who went back to school at Harvard in her 40s — will tell you:
“You’re not late. You’re right on time for the next version of your life.”
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