217. The Problem with (Most) New Year’s Resolutions: A Conversation with Caroline Dooner of The F*ck It Podcast
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
Kara Loewentheil
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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The problem with most resolutions is that they hinge on the idea that when the clocks roll over to the new year, you will become an entirely new person. In this episode, Caroline Dooner of The F*ck It Podcast will join me to discuss how to establish REALISTIC, achievable intentions or resolutions for the New Year, so that you can create the mental infrastructure to make real, lasting change in your life (but only if you want to - we’ll also cover why the premise that you need to change at all is a flawed one!). Before you sit down to write your 2022 New Year’s resolutions, listen to this episode!
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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. |
| 0:30.0 | How are you all doing with this end of year madness? |
| 0:34.9 | We are experiencing madness on the inside, madness on the outside. |
| 0:41.0 | So obviously New Year's is in some ways it's like the time that the rest of the world |
| 0:47.9 | is briefly into self-development in terms of setting resolutions, but of course if you don't know about the brain and |
| 0:56.7 | you don't know about coaching then those resolutions are often just big old shoulds, right? |
| 1:03.3 | They're just ways that we think we should be |
| 1:06.3 | or things that we think we should do |
| 1:09.3 | in order to feel good about ourselves. |
| 1:12.1 | And so over the years, I've done a few episodes |
| 1:15.7 | on New Year's resolutions, and that's |
| 1:17.5 | why we are sharing some of them here today |
| 1:20.4 | that appeared on other podcasts, |
| 1:22.4 | that are brand new to this |
| 1:23.3 | podcast but conversations that I had on other podcasts all about what goes wrong |
| 1:29.8 | when we set New Year's resolutions. And in particular, I love this interview |
| 1:34.7 | that we are releasing today for the first time |
| 1:37.1 | on this podcast with the author of The Fuck It Diet, |
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