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

UFYB 180: Philosophy = Self Help + Why It Matters

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

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever feel shame scanning the self-help aisle of the bookstore? Do you roll your eyes when you see life coaches offering self-help courses on your IG/FB feed? It may surprise you, but the embarrassment or shame you feel toward self help is 100% internalized patriarchy. In today’s episode, you will learn why self help has more in common with ancient philosophical traditions than with self-indulgent spa trips, and why your own self-help practice is so important.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://unfuckyourbrain.com/180

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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. Hello, my chickens. How are you? I miss you all. I have been really loving

0:37.5

revisiting all of the re-released content with you, the updated episodes and interviewing

0:44.5

my fellow coaches, but I also love just coming here to chat with you and tell you about

0:49.4

what I'm thinking. So that's what I have been up to. I have been really buckle down,

0:54.6

working on so many amazing things that we are planning for this year. We have already

1:00.3

launched our sponsorship for four black indigenous or people of color coaches who are getting

1:08.3

certified at the life coach school. So we are sponsoring half of the tuition for four

1:13.4

amazing coaches who are going to bring their life experiences and perspectives to this

1:19.0

work and up level the coaching industry. And I'm just so excited about being able to

1:24.1

make access to certification more accessible. And we also are launching our first ever round

1:33.8

of scholarships to the clutch, which is also amazing. So if you missed out on those, we've

1:39.8

just wrapped that up. We're going to do them again. Don't worry. Just make sure that

1:44.5

you keep up with the podcast you know when they're announced or you can get on my email

1:48.3

list. You can go to unfuckyourbrain.com forward slash podcast. And when you go to that page,

1:53.8

there's a pop up that comes up that gives you the option to sign up for a free podcast

1:58.6

guide, which is actually amazing and will help you take what you learn in the podcast

2:02.5

and apply it more deeply to your own self works. So really you should go sign up for this

2:07.5

anyway. And unfuckyourbrain.com forward slash podcast. Just give it, you know, a few seconds

2:13.0

the pop up will come up. But also you'll then be on my email list. So you will have first

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