158. Is People Pleasing Ruining Your Life? with Kara Loewentheil

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

How To, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Tired of the relentless pressure to constantly "better" yourself? In this episode of Financial Feminist, host Tori Dunlap sits down with Master Certified Life Coach Kara Loewentheil to dismantle the toxic narrative of self-hate that's often ingrained in the self-development industry, especially for women. They delve into how societal expectations, particularly for women, fuel a cycle of self-criticism and never-ending striving for external validation. This conversation will challenge you to rethink your approach to personal growth and goals, offering a fresh perspective on how to achieve success without sacrificing self-love. Kara shares her own transformative journey and provides actionable insights on how to rewire your brain for self-acceptance, create your own validation, and break free from the emotional vending machine trap. Tune in to discover how to fuel your personal development with self-compassion, not self-loathing. To get more resources, including any freebies mentioned in this episode, head to ⁠⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠ Kara’s website The Feminist Self-Help Society The Unf*ck Your Brain podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of the reasons humans are so sensitive to rejection is that we evolved in small tribes of hunter-gatherers
0:05.8	where you have to depend on your neighbors etc.
0:08.2	But what's missing was all the social context of yes and women are taught that the key to not being rejected and dying is
0:15.3	make everyone happy with you all the time look a certain way don't be too
0:19.6	mouthy don't have needs but everyone else. So these things wrap into each other.
0:23.8	All this, the reason that it feels like so physically
0:27.4	terrifying not to people please
0:29.7	is not because like you're weak or you're stupid or you're whatever. It's because society has taught you
0:35.0	that a woman's role in life essentially is to serve other people.
0:40.0	Hello, financidos. Hello Financial Feminist,
0:45.0	Feminist, welcome to the show.
0:47.0	If you're new here, hi, my name is Tori.
0:49.0	I am a New York Times Best Selling Author.
0:50.0	I am the host of this podcast.
0:52.0	I have hair on my mic. I'm trying to pick it off because it's in my face.
0:55.0	And we are a community of over 5 million women and financial feminists.
0:59.0	We teach people all over the world how to save money pay off debt start investing start
1:03.2	businesses and fight the patriarchy by getting you rich if you're an oldy-bitty goody you
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