Episode 297: How to Unf*ck Your Brain with Kara Loewentheil

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Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This week’s guest is going to knock your socks off, y’all. Kara Loewentheil is Master Certified Coach who has pivoted her law career into a life coaching business, using her background in feminism theory to help women get the patriarchy out of their brains. Kara is also the host of the podcast, Unf*ck Your Brain and simply a stunning individual. In today’s episode we talk all about the social messaging we receive as women and how this messaging plays into our own self-critical thoughts. Kara also talks about the work she does with women to undo the process and help them to think about themselves the way they want to. I’ve been looking forward to introducing you to Kara and I hope you enjoy our conversation. In this episode you’ll hear: The reason women’s inner critic or not feeling good is a direct result of the patriarchy (6:00) You can’t suddenly be nicer to yourself (aka inner critic work) (10:30) How Kara addresses thought work and those who have experienced trauma and why thought work is so personal (14:56) “Believing harder” when it comes to self-confidence and overcoming insecurity (19:50) There’s a disconnect between women taking action to get the things they really want and what is keeping them stuck (25:10) Beauty standards, diet culture and Kara’s commentary about it all (31:19) http://yourkickasslife.com/297 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	What I find is like romantic life stuff and body image stuff.
0:33.2	Not surprisingly because women are socialized to believe that their main value and
0:36.7	accomplishments in life are how they look. Yeah. And particularly, and if men like them. Yes.
0:41.2	Right. And so, like, that shit goes so deep. It takes so much work to undo it. And like two weeks
0:49.0	of love and yourself, like it's not going to. Some Pinterest memes. Yeah, it doesn't solve it.
0:55.0	And you really like when you dig really deep, it's like always that you want this thing
0:59.1	because you think that then you'll finally feel good enough and you have to feel good
1:02.5	enough first.
1:03.2	Yes.
1:05.8	This is your kickass life podcast episode number 297 with guest Kara Lowen Theel.
1:12.8	This is the Your Kickass Life podcast with Andrea Owen, a no BS guide to self-help and
1:19.8	bad assery. Because ladies, let's face it, life's too short for it to not kick ass.
1:27.4	And here's your host, the girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy. Life's too short for it to not kick ass.
1:31.7	And here's your host, the girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy.
1:33.3	Andrea Owen.
1:38.4	Hey there, as kickers, welcome to another episode of the podcast.
1:40.7	I am so glad that you are here.
1:43.7	Today's guest is going to knock your socks off.
1:45.9	Kara is here. I've been looking forward to introducing you to her if you don't know about her already. But before I get into that,
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