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

UFYB 151: Maximalism

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

Kara Loewentheil

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

4.65.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Do you wish your life looked more like those minimalist Instagram homes full of light and clean lines and constraint? In today’s podcast episode, you will learn about the patriarchal underpinnings of minimalism and why I embrace MAXIMALISM instead. Tune in to get a taste of what life could look like if you stopped restricting yourself and gave yourself permission to be as colorful, loud, and abundant as you wanted.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://unfuckyourbrain.com/151

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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.

0:33.1

How are you?

0:34.9

I am amusing myself with the title of this podcast because it's so extra kind of.

0:43.2

But that's exactly what I want to talk to you about today on the podcast because I think

0:48.5

that in the life coaching and influencer and online lifestyle worlds, which are obviously

0:55.1

three very different worlds, but there's some overlap.

0:58.6

There's this big push towards minimalism.

1:01.8

And you know, I have given it a try.

1:04.4

I've tried being a minimalist, but the truth is, I'm not a minimalist and I don't think

1:09.6

that's a problem.

1:11.0

So today I want to talk about some of the pitfalls that I see with minimalism and why

1:15.8

it's worth experimenting with embracing maximalism instead.

1:20.5

And even if you feel like you're an avowed minimalist, I want you to listen to this episode

1:24.3

because it's always useful to understand why and how we're choosing something and see

1:29.6

what results we're getting.

1:31.8

So let's start with minimalism and then I'll explain what maximalism is.

1:35.1

I will be totally transparent.

1:37.1

I just kind of made that word up.

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