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. So here's what I want to tell you guys first today. I want you to

know that I practice what I preach because I am always talking to you guys about learning to move towards discomfort, right?

And that growth requires doing things that Lizard Brain would rather avoid.

Like courage requires the presence of fear to exist, right? We

wouldn't have courage. We wouldn't need to be brave if we weren't afraid. So

that is one of the reasons that we want to move towards discomfort, right?

We have to do that if we want to grow because Lizard Braid always wants to stay safe in the cave.

So here's how I have been dealing with that the last few days.

So my brother was running for a state

delegate position in our home state and I was down there earlier this week to help

canvas and stand at the polls in the last few days. And let me just tell you, my brother and I are like all the proof science would ever need that nature is more important than nurture because, I mean, obviously in some ways not others of course I teach we can

change our thoughts but if you don't change your thoughts we grew up with the same

parents in the same household but the idea of talking to strangers is like my nightmare, unless they're my client.

And they're going to tell me their deepest, darkest secrets.

So talking about feelings and thoughts and deep stuff with total strangers, I'm all in.

I love it. I'm super comfortable

making sort of superficial level conversation with strangers is not my favorite thing in

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