UFYB 130: The What If Parade

UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

Kara Loewentheil

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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I know all of you will be able to relate to having moments where your brain seems to go to worst-case scenarios; where you imagine all the horrible things that could potentially happen in your life, or what I call a “what-if parade.” Even though I’ve dedicated my life to the practice of thought work, I’m no exception, and today, I’m showing you why this is normal and what you can do when this happens.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Unfuck Your Brain, the only podcast that teaches you how to use psychology, feminism
0:13.8	and coaching to rewire your brain and get what you want in life.
0:18.6	And now here's your host, Harvard Law School grad, feminist rock star, and master coach,
0:24.7	Tara, Lowenthal.
0:25.7	Hello, my chickens.
0:32.7	How are you all?
0:34.9	As I am writing this episode, I am watching the snow fall out the window.
0:40.1	It's very peaceful outside.
0:42.8	It's not so peaceful in my brain.
0:44.8	At least it was not this morning.
0:46.8	I woke up.
0:47.8	My brain was running a million miles a minute into the future.
0:51.2	I know you can all relate.
0:53.2	So my brain loves to go on what I call the what if parade.
0:58.2	It's like I'm watching a parade, but it's a parade of horribles.
1:02.3	So every single float is just a what if of every possible catastrophe that could arise.
1:08.2	Right?
1:09.2	Here's everyone you love dying.
1:10.6	Here's your business collapsing.
1:12.0	Here's your cat running away and getting right over.
1:14.5	Here you're losing a limb.
1:15.7	Here's global apocalypse.
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