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, Carla Lohan-Thyle.

Hello my chickens. How are you? Are you making your way in this brave new world? I think it's so

fascinating to watch our thoughts and how we react and think about different circumstances

and how quickly our thinking can change. And I think this pandemic is a perfect example.

I've been thinking about this a lot because sometimes I have clients who will complain that it's so

hard or it takes so long to think in a new way. And of course that's the result they create for

themselves is that number one, it takes way longer because they're busy using their brain to

think about how it takes so long. And then however long it does take, they decide that was way too

long, right? It's a self-affilling prophecy. But I think it's so interesting because look at all

the ways that you think now in the pandemic that you didn't before. And how effortless it was for

you to learn how to think that way, right? So like today, I was thinking about this because I had to

get, I didn't have to, I chose to get in a stranger's car for a short period of time. So not like a

random stranger. There was a reason I'll explain it. So this is something I used to do all the time,

right? And like sometimes multiple times a day, like I would take taxis or I would take ride service

apps. I would use ride service apps in New York City when I was traveling like all over the world,

right? I would just get in a stranger's car and not really think anything of it. And then today,

I chose to spend five minutes in a stranger's car because I was returning a rental car and

buying a new car from a dealership. And they were a five minute drive apart. And it wasn't really

walkable. It was like a half hour walk and it was over an overpass. So I chose to do it, but I

definitely thought about the choice. Like was that worth it? And then once I decided to do it, I really

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