359. Over-Responsibility: The Spin
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
Kara Loewentheil
4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Society teaches women that we are responsible for everything – from our appearance to others’ emotions, and even outcomes beyond our control. This belief system leads to anxiety, guilt, and shame, creating a constant state of mental and emotional exhaustion – and it's time to put an end to it. Listen in as I break down how over-responsibility manifests in women’s lives, what happens when you subconsciously or consciously believe you’re responsible for everything and everyone, and the long-term consequences of staying stuck in over-responsibility.
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| 0:00.0 | This may be the most important podcast episode I've ever released. |
| 0:04.0 | Since the beginning of this podcast, over 350 episodes ago, |
| 0:08.2 | I have been teaching and writing and thinking about how women's socialization impacts the way they live their lives. |
| 0:14.0 | And I've explored this from so many angles, |
| 0:17.0 | but I've never quite felt like I put my finger exactly on the through line that explains all of women's socialization and all the negative impacts it has on us. |
| 0:27.0 | But recently I had a breakthrough. I saw a new perspective, a new web connecting at all. |
| 0:33.9 | Understanding your socialization from this perspective |
| 0:36.8 | is going to blow your mind. |
| 0:39.8 | As soon as the shades fall from your eyes, |
| 0:42.0 | you're going to see this phenomenon everywhere |
| 0:44.8 | and it is going to explain so much. Even better it's going to give you an |
| 0:50.0 | actionable hook to start working on it. You do not want to miss this episode and next |
| 0:56.1 | week's episode. |
| 0:58.1 | Welcome to Unfuck Your Brain. I'm your host Kara Lowenthile, master certified coach, and founder of the School of New Feminist Thop. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence, and create a life on your own terms, one that you're truly excited to live. |
| 1:16.0 | Let's go. |
| 1:17.0 | Okay my friends, get ready for this episode. Take notes. This is such a powerful |
| 1:25.1 | concept and it can help you create such a powerful shift in your life because once |
| 1:30.2 | you start to see this you will not be able to stop seeing it everywhere in your life. |
| 1:35.0 | On this podcast I've explored in depth the different ways that socialization impacts women. |
| 1:40.0 | And I've often talked about the central injury of patriarchal socialization |
| 1:45.0 | as teaching women that their worth and value is not just inherent. |
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