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

UFYB 191: Greatest Hits Vol 7. When You Feel Triggered

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

Kara Loewentheil

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

4.65.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Most of us believe we’re at the mercy of things that we feel triggered by. We blame them, we avoid them, and we even avoid thinking about them. But what if the kindest thing you could do for yourself was to lean in and get curious about them? In today’s episode, you will learn how to use coaching tools to turn intense negative emotions into opportunities for growth.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://unfuckyourbrain.com/191

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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. And now here's your

0:19.3

host, Harvard Law School grad, feminist rock star, and master coach, Carla Lohanthile.

0:26.3

Hello my chicken. How are you? I am a little tired, but amazing. I for some reason I thought

0:36.8

it was a good idea for me to fly home from California after not traveling for the entire

0:43.2

pandemic. I mean, not that it's over, but not traveling for about 14 months. I then went

0:48.7

to California for 10 days. I had a friend's wedding. I went to in Napa. My friend's DC

0:54.0

team and he's been on the podcast. And then I saw some other dear friends I hadn't been

0:57.6

able to see for a year, which is amazing. But my nervous system was definitely like, what

1:01.6

is happening? Like, where are we? What time is it? Who are all these people? Why are

1:06.4

we talking to so many people? And then I came home and apparently a past car, I thought

1:11.2

it would be a good idea to just finish my work week and then teach a full weekend retreat

1:15.9

and then have a day full of meetings on Monday. So I've basically forgotten everything

1:20.2

about traveling and how to travel. I forgot about jet lag. I forgot about how to schedule

1:25.3

myself when I get back. I forgot how to pack. I forgot I always break a nail when I travel.

1:29.7

So just really relive and done back used to my pre pandemic life. So that is what I have

1:35.8

been up to. And then I had the living room retreat, which was the smallest coaching event

1:41.6

I've ever done. Actually, I think it's only 10 or 11 women and we just hung out for

1:47.6

two days and coached nonstop. Even my brain was tired by the end. I was like, I've blown

1:52.7

my own mind so many times. I feel like one of the big things that came out of it is something

1:57.8

when I talk about in the episode on the takeaways from clutch college, but seems like it can't

2:03.0

reinforce it enough, which is that there's this tendency when we get really into thought

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