383. Self-Help When the World is Burning (Greatest Hits)
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
Kara Loewentheil
4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Lately it has felt like the world is on fire—war, climate crises, political chaos… it’s a lot for our brains to handle. And yet, instead of stepping back, we find ourselves doom-scrolling, consuming bad news like it’s our job, and wondering why we feel so anxious and exhausted.
Is obsessively staying informed actually helping you—or just keeping you stuck? In this Greatest Hits episode, I break down how to rewire your brain’s alarm system, recognize when “being informed” is just people-pleasing in disguise, and refocus on your actual sphere of influence—so you can take meaningful action without burning yourself out.
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| 0:00.0 | You know how it kind of feels like everything is going wrong with the world at once right now? |
| 0:05.4 | Staying on top of the news is so stressful, but ignoring it doesn't seem like an option either. |
| 0:11.8 | It's exhausting and demoralizing. |
| 0:14.6 | But I got you. |
| 0:16.1 | This episode is going to help you solve this conundrum and figure out how to stay informed and realistic |
| 0:21.8 | without just bottoming out in despair. Welcome to unfuck your brain. I'm your host Kara Loenthal, |
| 0:30.2 | master certified coach and founder of the School of New Feminist Thought. I'm here to help you |
| 0:35.8 | turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence, |
| 0:39.0 | and create a life on your own terms, one that you're truly excited to live. Let's go. |
| 0:47.4 | Welcome back to our greatest hits series, where I occasionally like to reintroduce you to |
| 0:53.4 | one of the greatest hits of the podcast. |
| 0:56.2 | Truth is, after doing this for so many years and having hundreds and hundreds of episodes, |
| 1:01.2 | there are a lot of great episodes that newer listeners haven't heard at all or that long-time |
| 1:05.6 | listeners could stand to go back and revisit. |
| 1:09.0 | Each of these podcasts are some of my favorite, most impactful, |
| 1:13.3 | most insightful podcasts, and they are definitely ones that keep giving you new things to learn and |
| 1:18.9 | think about, the more often you listen to them. So even if you've heard this episode before, |
| 1:23.7 | I really encourage you to listen again. You will pick up new things. Your brain will synthesize it differently. And if you haven't heard this episode yet, then you are in for a treat. |
| 1:34.2 | Today I want to talk about what it means to engage in quote unquote self-help, which really |
| 1:40.6 | remember is practical philosophy. When the world is burning, TM. I live in this world |
| 1:48.3 | with the rest of you, and it can be very overwhelming. There's war, there's the murder of innocent |
| 1:53.9 | civilians, there's global warming, the oceans are getting hotter, we have an election coming |
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