Take Back Your Brain

How a Sexist Society Gets in Your Head – and How to Get It Out

Author: Kara Loewentheil

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From Master Coach and host of the UnF*ck Your Brain podcast Kara Loewentheil, comes a manual for every woman who wants to stop endless negative self-talk, create unshakable confidence, and jump-start a life of joy and power.

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What if every time you had a self-critical thought, you heard it in a man's voice?

The truth is not far off. Living in a patriarchy, women absorb a lifetime of messages that say your worth is defined by your looks, your accomplishments, and how well you take care of everyone around you. In fact, these messages are so pervasive that, even knowing they exist, they still manage to program themselves into our brains. The result is that women end up feeling anxious, guilty, and vaguely ashamed of themselves no matter how much they do for others or achieve for themselves.

So how do we deprogram our thoughts from patriarchy's corrosive influence? And once we do, how can we create new, self-empowering beliefs? Master Certified Life Coach and host of the UnF*ck Your Brain podcast Kara Loewentheil knows how.

Despite graduating from Harvard Law School and getting her dream job, Kara spent her twenties and thirties feeling insecure and anxious, until she learned how to change her thoughts. In Take Back Your Brain, she draws on cognitive psychology, feminist theory, and years of experience as a neuroplasticity-focused coach to break down how the patriarchy hijacks women's brains, and how women can get free. To bridge the gap between your inner voice and your true potential, she says, you must begin with your thoughts. By using the skills in this book to literally rewire your brain, you can create new thought patterns that will directly transform outcomes in your life.

Ultimately, Take Back Your Brain invites you to replace the thoughts that no longer serve you and make room for a kind of confidence you never thought possible.

About the Author

Kara Loewentheil is a master certified life coach who helps anxious and insecure women overcome their internalised social programming, and the host of the New York Times-recommended podcast UnF*ck Your Brain. She runs the coaching community, The Clutch. Kara received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and clerked on the U.S. State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before becoming a litigator at the Center for Reproductive Rights. She was a fellow at Yale Law School and ran a think tank at Columbia Law School. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.