479. Coaching Hotline: How to Say No When You Fear Being Rude & When You Can't Change Your Thoughts Yet

479. Coaching Hotline: How to Say No When You Fear Being Rude & When You Can't Change Your Thoughts Yet

March 31, 2026 · 17 min · Episode 479

About this episode

Kara Loewentheil discusses the challenges of saying no and the complexities of thought work in this Coaching Hotline episode.

Do you worry that saying no makes you rude, selfish, or a bad person? In this Coaching Hotline episode, I break down why what you’ve been taught to call “politeness” is often just people pleasing in disguise, and how that conditioning keeps you stuck in self doubt. Then I answer a question I hear all the time in different forms, what do you do when you understand thought work but you still can’t change your thoughts? I explain why you are not missing a tool, why nothing has gone wrong, and why this frustrating in between stage is actually a normal and necessary part of the process. Submit your own question here and it might get answered on a future episode: unfuckyourbrain.com/coachinghotline Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: schoolofnewfeministthought.com/479 Follow along on Instagram: instagram.com/karaloewentheil/

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