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 rock star, and master coach,

Tara Lowenthal.

Hello, my chickens.

So I am just back from a week out of town.

I went to Nashville and then I went to New Orleans.

And some of you may know I lived in New Orleans for two years back when I was clerking.

So it's always kind of wild to go there and remember that time in my life when things

were so different for me.

It's really kind of in keeping with the theme of the series.

The other thing I love about New Orleans is that it is such a kind of hedonistic playful

place.

I of course think there's a time for buckling down and getting shit done and delayed gratification,

all of that good work ethic stuff that I teach you guys.

But there's also a place for play and mystery and magic and farce.

Life is not just about being as productive as possible.

And I think sometimes we get a little fixated on that in the self-development world.

I mean, of course, I teach that we want to be conscious and how we consume things and

be aware of when we're using substances or activities to buffer our emotions.

But I also think that there's kind of a human impulse towards breaking free and a little

bit of chaos and hedonism.

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