183. QA: Phobias, Neutralizing Circumstances & Taking Ownership of What You Want
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
Kara Loewentheil
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Do you have a phobia or fear that you want to get under control? Do you want more out of life, but struggle with indecision and confusion about how to change? Have you ever wondered why some people thrive in certain environments, while others have to coach themselves a ton just to make it through the day? In today’s Listener Q&A episode, I’ll explore these questions and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to UnFuck Your Brain, the only podcast that teaches you how to use psychology, feminism, and coaching to rewire your brain |
| 0:16.3 | and get what you want in life. |
| 0:18.6 | And now here's your host, Harvard Law School grad, Feminist Rockstar, and Master Coach, |
| 0:24.7 | Kara Loyenthyle. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello, my chickens, it is time for another listener Q&A episode. |
| 0:34.3 | So on this episode, talking about three things that come up pretty frequently, |
| 0:39.8 | I would say, in my coaching. |
| 0:41.8 | So I think you guys are going to get so much value out of these. |
| 0:44.6 | The first one is phobias, like where phobias come from |
| 0:48.8 | and how we can use thought work to deal with phobias, |
| 0:51.0 | which is possible. |
| 0:52.5 | One of my students had a serious spider phobia, |
| 0:55.8 | arachnophobia, and I will never forget |
| 0:58.1 | her posting a picture in the clutch |
| 0:59.8 | in the Facebook group of her holding a spider and feeling totally chill after she |
| 1:05.1 | had used thought work to change her thoughts about it. So amazing. So we talk |
| 1:09.0 | about phobias and we're talking about a question that I get a lot which is |
| 1:12.4 | sort of like some version of like are some circumstances worse than others or are some circumstances harder to neutralize than others or to get neutral about. |
| 1:23.4 | And one thing that I think is like so important, |
| 1:26.6 | I talk about this in the episode |
| 1:28.2 | is even the way we talk about our thought work matters |
| 1:32.1 | because it's just another thought right |
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