Welcome to UnFuck Your Brain, the only podcast that teaches you how to use psychology, feminism, and coaching to rewire your brain

and get what you want in life.

And now here's your host, Harvard Law School grad, Feminist Rockstar, and Master Coach, Kara Loyenthyle. Hello my chickens, how are you? Are you making your way in this brave new world? I think it's

so fascinating to watch our thoughts and how we react and think about different circumstances

and how quickly our thinking can change and I think this pandemic is a perfect example.

I've been thinking about this a lot because sometimes I have clients who will complain

that it's so hard or it takes so long to think in a new way, right? And of course that's the

result they create for themselves is that number one one, it takes way longer because they're

busy using their brain to think about how it takes so long, right?

And then however long it does take, they decide that was way too long, right?

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. But I think it's so interesting because

look at all the ways that you think now in the pandemic that you didn't before and how effortless it was for you to learn how to think that way.

So like today I was thinking about this because I had to get, I didn't have to, I chose to,

get in a stranger's car for a short period of time. So not like a random

stranger there was a reason I'll explain it so this is something I used to do all

the time right and like sometimes multiple times a day,

like I would take taxis or I would take ride service apps.

I would use ride service apps in New York City

or when I was traveling like all over the world, right?

I would just get in a stranger's car and not really

think anything of it. And then today I chose to spend five minutes in a stranger's car because

I was returning a rental car and buying a new car from a dealership and they were a five minute drive apart and it wasn't really walkable.

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