Episode 632: How to Unf*ck Your Brain with Kara Loewentheil

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Today, we’re rebroadcasting one of our most popular episodes featuring the amazing Kara Loewentheil! Kara is a Master Certified Coach who transitioned from a legal career to life coaching, using her expertise in feminist theory to help women break free from the patriarchy’s mental grip. She’s also the host of the podcast Unf*ck Your Brain and an all-around powerhouse. In this episode, we dive into the social messaging women receive and how it fuels our self-critical thoughts. Kara shares the transformative work she does to help women reshape their thinking and reclaim their self-perception. I’m excited to reintroduce you to Kara—enjoy the conversation! You’ll hear: How women’s inner critic and feelings of inadequacy stem directly from the patriarchy (5:03) Why you can’t simply “be nicer” to yourself to quiet the inner critic (11:31) Kara’s approach to thought work, especially for those who’ve experienced trauma, and why it's such a personal process (15:26) The idea of “believing harder” to boost self-confidence and tackle insecurity (20:35) The disconnect between women’s actions toward their goals and what’s holding them back (25:29) Kara’s take on beauty standards, diet culture, and the impact they have on women (31:50) Resources: Sign up for early notification for the next Daring Way™ retreat Kara’s Website Unf*ck Your Brain Podcast Kara on Instagram Episode 259: Challenging Cultural Beauty and Wellness Standards with Melissa Toler Book recommendations: I love a good personal development book, and you do too, right? I’ve compiled a list of book recommendations, as mentioned in past episodes. Check out these amazing book recommendations here. Happy reading! MSN is supported by: We love the sponsors that make our show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: andreaowen.com/sponsors/ Episode link: http://andreaowen.com/632 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	What I find is like romantic life stuff and body image stuff. Not surprisingly because women are
0:34.8	socialized to believe that their main value and accomplishments in life are how they look. Yeah. And particularly, and if men like them. Yes. Right. And so, like, that shit goes so deep. Mm-hmm. It takes so much work to undo it. And two weeks of love and yourself, like, it's not going to. Some Pinterest memes. Yeah. It doesn't solve it. And you really like, when you dig really deep, it's like always that you want this thing because you think that then you'll finally feel good enough and you have to feel good enough first.
1:02.4	Yes.
1:04.9	You're listening to Makesan Noise Podcast episode number 632 with guest, Carl O'Anthiel.
1:23.8	Welcome to Make Some Noise podcast, your guide for strategies, tools, and insight to empower yourself.
1:25.4	I'm your host, Andrea Owen, global speaker, entrepreneur life coach since 2007,
1:30.8	an author of three books that have been translated into 18 languages and are available in 22
1:36.2	countries.
1:37.7	Each week, I'll bring you a guest or a lesson that will help you maximize unshakable
1:42.3	confidence, master resilience, and make some noise
1:45.4	in your life. You ready? Let's go.
1:51.8	Hi, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I'm so glad that you're here.
1:56.4	Hey, I know it's been a week or so by the time this comes out, but I just wanted to thank those of you who
2:02.0	reached out to me about the hurricane that swept through North Carolina at the end of September.
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