How it works

There isn’t one right place to begin.

Some people arrive already knowing exactly what they want to understand. Others just know that something keeps repeating, without being able to name it yet. Applied Brain Co is built so either way works.

Understanding comes first. What you do with it — which module, which format, which pace — depends on where you’re starting from and what you’re trying to change. You don’t need to figure that out alone; each option below tells you who it’s for.

Four ways to begin with Applied Brain Co The Pattern Scan, Pattern Blueprints, Modules and Live Learning are four independent entry points, not required steps. Each leads toward understanding the system before trying to change it. The Origins Blueprint and Change Architecture Blueprint are noted separately as products in development. Pattern Scan™ not sure where to begin Pattern Blueprints™ already know what to understand Modules & Programs ready to build practical skills Live Learning prefer learning with others There isn’t one right order start wherever fits — move between them as you go Understand the system before trying to change it Also in development Origins Blueprint · Change Architecture Blueprint
Four ways in — take one, or move between them as you go.

Not sure where to start?

Start with the Pattern Scan™. It’s free, takes a few minutes, and points you toward the area most worth your attention first.

Already know what you want to understand?

A Pattern Blueprint is a clinician-interpreted psychological map of your thoughts, emotions, body sensations and behaviours, and how they connect into patterns. Awareness is where change starts — but most patterns operate below conscious thought, which is why naming one isn’t the same as shifting it. The Blueprint gives you that awareness: what’s actually driving a specific part of your life, and why. The first two topic Blueprints — the Relationship Pattern Blueprint and the High-Functioning ADHD/ASD Blueprint — are in development, with more topic Blueprints to follow. Join the waitlist to hear when they open.

Ready to build practical skills?

The Modules are where awareness becomes deliberate, conscious change — structured programs like Attachment & Dating, Attunement and People-Pleasing, built around the patterns people most want to shift. Where a Blueprint shows you what’s happening, a Module gives you the repeated practice that actually moves an automatic pattern. These are in development — each page tells you where it’s up to and how to register your interest.

Prefer learning with others?

Live workshops, Q&A and demonstration sessions will run alongside select modules — Attachment & Dating begins as a live founding cohort, for example — for anyone who takes things in better through discussion and practice than solo reading. More live formats will open up over time as new modules launch.

What’s coming

Two further Blueprints are also in development: the Origins Blueprint, which maps where your patterns came from, and the Change Architecture Blueprint, which maps how change works specifically for you. Both will deepen the picture the same way each Blueprint does — not replace what’s already here.

Understand the system before trying to change it.

Prefer the walkthrough? The full journey — one person’s path, start to finish — is coming as a short film.

Founded by Isabella Lay, Clinical Psychologist (AHPRA-registered).