Neuroscientist & Author
Consultation with Dr. Sydney Ceruto, PhD
A neuroscientist for high-stakes moments, working directly with you in real time.
Bring the one pattern you most want to change. You pick the time, Dr. Ceruto calls you, and by the end of the hour you know what is driving the pattern and what it would take to change it.
A Private Conversation with Dr. Ceruto
When a slot is open below, it is yours to book.
At your scheduled time, Dr. Ceruto calls you directly. Book a time and enter the best number to reach you. Nothing to install, no link to join.
The hour is entirely one-on-one with Dr. Ceruto, and you leave understanding what is actually driving you.
Pick an open time, pay $250, and Dr. Ceruto calls you at that time.
If something comes up, you can move your consultation once, but the fee is not refunded.
$250 | One Hour | Private
Something keeps running: in your decisions, your relationships, your 3 AM thinking, or the quiet weight of managing everyone else’s needs while your own go unnamed. You have tried to reason past it, talk through it, push harder against it. It remains. This is where you find out why.
Dr. Ceruto identifies the specific neural patterns driving your current experience and tells you what is producing them. She reads those patterns in real time, and you leave knowing exactly what would have to change.
One hour. Complete clarity.
What the Consultation Is
One hour of precision, not persuasion
Dr. Ceruto does not use the consultation to pitch you a program. She uses it to understand you. In one hour, she links what you describe to the brain patterns most likely producing it, to find what is driving the problem underneath. By the end of the conversation, she will tell you exactly what she sees, what is structurally possible, and what it would take to get there.
You leave this hour with a precise read of the pattern driving your situation, and a clear understanding of how your brain holds it in place. Nothing about this hour is contingent on signing on. The insight is the point, and you leave with it either way.
What Dr. Ceruto Covers
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Pattern Identification
Dr. Ceruto maps the behavioral loops, triggers, and decision-making defaults driving your experience, and the brain patterns that keep them in place.
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The Point of Change
Dr. Ceruto shows you where the pattern can be interrupted: the exact moment it fires, the short window that follows, and what has to happen inside it for anything to change.
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Scope & Expectations
You leave the consultation knowing exactly what the work involves, the structure, the commitment, the timeline, and the engagement it asks of you. No ambiguity, and no surprises.
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Why It Has Held
Dr. Ceruto explains why the pattern has outlasted everything you have already tried: the effort went to the behavior, while the wiring underneath it never moved at all.
Is this you
Who Books This Consultation
The pattern persists because it is wired in
You have accomplished enough to know that the patterns holding you back are not effort problems. You have tried the frameworks, the programs, the approaches that promised lasting change, and something remains unchanged. Something deeper is driving the pattern, and no amount of effort has been able to reach it.
You are not looking for motivation. You are not looking for someone to hold you accountable. You are looking for someone who can identify what is happening in your brain and work at the level where the pattern is actually wired, precisely and in real time.
If you recognize yourself in this description, you are the person Dr. Ceruto built her practice to serve.
Founder & CEO
Dr. Sydney Ceruto, PhD
Neuroscientist & Author
Pioneer of Real-Time Neuroplasticity™
Founder & CEO of MindLAB Neuroscience, Dr. Sydney Ceruto is the pioneer of Real-Time Neuroplasticity™, a proprietary methodology that durably rewires the neural pathways driving behavior, decisions, and emotional responses. She works with a select number of clients, embedding into their lives in real time across every domain: personal, professional, and relational.
Dr. Ceruto is the author of The Dopamine Code: How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness and Productivity (Simon & Schuster, June 2026) and The Dopamine Code Workbook (Simon & Schuster, October 2026). She is also the author of Rewire for Resilience: Heal Your Anxious Brain in 30 Days (MindLAB Press).
- PhD in Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience (New York University)
- Master’s Degrees in Clinical Psychology and Business Psychology (Yale University)
- Lecturer, Wharton Executive Development Program (University of Pennsylvania)
- Executive Contributor, Forbes Coaching Council (since 2019)
- Founder, MindLAB Neuroscience (est. 2000, 26+ years)
A Message from Dr. Ceruto
Transparent pricing
The Investment
The investment reflects the caliber of the work
MindLAB operates at an investment level that reflects the depth and exclusivity of the work. The NeuroSync™ Transformation Arc is a focused 90-day engagement targeting one defining pattern. The NeuroConcierge™ embedded partnership, a comprehensive, multi-domain alliance with unrestricted access and in-person deployment, is structured as an annual retainer discussed privately during your consultation.
The $250 one-hour consultation is your first step: a precise read of your situation, a clear explanation of what she sees, and a plain account of the work that would follow.
Why one hour is enough
The standard behind the conversation
Featured across national media. Dr. Ceruto’s work has appeared in Forbes, USA Today, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Fox Business, Associated Press, and CBS News.
One focused hour, not one more year. Real-Time Neuroplasticity™ is built for the live moment, so a single conversation can surface the pattern beneath your situation, the one you may have circled for years.
The calendar is deliberately small. Dr. Ceruto takes every one of these consultations herself, so only a few open up at a time.
Common questions
Before You Book
Everything you need to know about the consultation
What can I expect from the consultation?
One hour of focused, one-on-one time with Dr. Ceruto.
The consultation is one hour. Dr. Ceruto uses the full hour to understand the patterns you are experiencing, link them to the brain patterns most likely producing them, and read how they fire in real time. You leave with a clear picture of what she sees and what is structurally possible.
What makes this different from a typical intro call?
Dr. Ceruto maps what actually drives you, as you talk.
Dr. Ceruto is mapping your brain patterns in real time, identifying the specific triggers and decision-making defaults that drive your experience. The work starts in the first few minutes, on whatever you are actually carrying that day.
How quickly can I schedule my consultation?
As early as today.
Dr. Ceruto keeps a small number of open slots. You select your time and pay directly through the calendar on this page, with no back-and-forth. When a slot is open, it is yours to book immediately.
Why is the consultation by phone only?
Phone is a deliberate preference.
Phone is how Dr. Ceruto recommends taking the consultation. With no camera to perform to and no screen to manage, most people settle in quickly and speak more openly, so the full hour goes to the conversation rather than to how you look on a screen. It is a deliberate preference that keeps the focus on the conversation, and you have Dr. Ceruto's undivided attention for the hour.
Why is there a $250 fee, and what does it cover?
It reserves a private hour with Dr. Ceruto
The $250 reserves a private hour with Dr. Ceruto and reflects the caliber of the insight you receive, the same level of thinking her private clients invest thousands to access. If something comes up, you can move your consultation once, but the fee is not refunded. Either way, the value is delivered in the hour itself, whether or not you choose to continue.
What should I prepare before the consultation?
Nothing. Just show up.
There is no prep work, no forms to fill out beyond the booking questions, and no homework. Dr. Ceruto reads what is happening in real time based on your conversation. The less rehearsed you are, the more accurately she can identify what is actually driving the pattern.