When was the last time you felt happy? And do you feel sure that you know what happiness is or feels like?

We're socialized to think that we're supposed to feel happy all the time,

but I think many of us aren't even sure what that means or how to know if we're happy.

So in today's episode I'm going to talk about two different kinds of happiness

and about the biggest confusion people have around happiness.

I'm also going to explain why I think that expanding our

capacity to feel happy and understanding what that even means are a crucial part of

both the Feminist project and our personal life satisfaction

and how our brain sometimes gets in the way of doing both those things.

Welcome to Unfuck your brain. I'm your host Kara Loyenthile, master certified coach, and founder of the School of New Feminist Thump. I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence, and create a life on your own terms, one that you're truly excited to live. Let's go.

Have you ever heard someone stereotype feminists as angry or too serious or unable to take a joke?

Usually it's a sexist joke, of course.

Sure, being a feminist means caring about

serious things like maternity leave access to reproductive health care and pay

equality. But I don't think the feminism has to be all serious. True story, when I first

told my book proposal, the title of the book was How to Be a Happy Feminist.

And neither the publishing house nor my agent like that title so it got mixed although now that the book is a New York Times bestseller

A USA Today Number One bestseller like I kind of think it would be amazing if its title was How to Be a Happy Feminist.

But I still think it's a genius title, a genius idea.

So I'm bringing it back here on the podcast, because part of taking back our brains from the

patriarchy is taking back our ability to be and feel happy

and to know how to create that emotion for ourselves.

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