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

UFYB 161: Anticipatory Stress (Insomnia, Public Speaking, etc.)

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

Kara Loewentheil

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

4.65.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

If you have insomnia, do you spend so much energy dreading the possibility of waking up at night that you literally can’t fall asleep? This is a perfect example of anticipatory stress, the stress we feel in anticipation of anything we label “bad.” It’s also the main source of our suffering in any situation we dread. Tune in to learn four simple steps you can take to feel calmer even if what you fear comes to pass.

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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.

0:31.7

Hello my chickens.

0:33.2

How are we all doing?

0:36.1

I am recording this from inside a closet.

0:41.7

My podcast producers dreams of finally come true.

0:44.8

I have moved into an apartment.

0:46.8

And as a closet, that's big enough for me to sit in it and record my podcast.

0:52.9

I was constantly tying him that.

0:54.5

That couldn't be done in my old apartment, which it couldn't because there was no closet.

0:58.4

That a person could possibly fit into.

1:00.5

All right, how are we all doing?

1:03.7

I am actually recording this while the election results are still being tallied and we're

1:09.6

all getting an education and living with uncertainty right now.

1:14.2

This has been a kind of a fascinating cycle for me because this time four years ago, I was

1:18.8

in so much pain over the election results and this year felt really different and not

1:23.8

because I don't care or didn't care about what happened, right?

1:27.8

I voted, obviously I donated money.

1:30.7

I used my platform to encourage voting and participation.

1:34.4

I spent so much time coaching and teaching and providing free resources and to empower my

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