Bewildered

By Martha Beck and Rowan ManganBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement Courses

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Bewildered episodes

June 15, 2022 Scary Scary Freedom
Freedom. Many of us value it above everything else—so why does it sometimes feel so terrifying?

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan talk about how the culture teaches us to fear freedom—that to be safe we must do what is expected of us. But this kind of “safety” is murder to the soul.

With uncanny insight (and plenty of humor), they explore how we can opt out of culture, embrace our freedom, and live in integrity with our true purpose. It's an existential deep-dive you won't want to miss!
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1 hr 15 min
June 01, 2022 Raising Wildlings
When it comes to parenting, culture comes on strong. There are so many contradictory opinions out there, and the judgmental attacks on parents come fast and furious about every little thing.

Under this kind of pressure, how can parents raise happy kids who follow their own true nature?

That’s the question Martha and Ro explore in this episode of Bewildered, and their insightful conversation brings instant pressure relief. For anyone who is a parent (or has had a parent!), you won't want to miss this one!
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57 min
May 18, 2022 Brainwashed into Happy
Have you ever found yourself answering “I’m fine” when the exact opposite was true?

Toxic positivity, or what Martha and Ro call “happy-washing,” is the cultural pressure to force ourselves into a state of performative happiness.

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro explore what really happens when we stop happy-washing, let go of culture, and come back to our true nature to express the bad and the ugly as well as the good.

So listen in and get in touch with your inner complainer. It’s liberating!
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1 hr 3 min
May 04, 2022 Are You a Messy?
A gracious German author once asked Martha if she was “a messy” after seeing the disorderly state of her hotel room. (She’d been frantically searching through her luggage moments before.)

But is being "a messy" a permanent label that defines us?

On this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan delve into the dichotomy of mess vs. order and the beauty to be found in chaos.

Tune in for insights on how to step away from culture and tap into nature to find a more fluid relationship with both mess and order.
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51 min
April 20, 2022 The Vanishing Horizon of "Enough"
Is enough ever truly enough?

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan examine our culture's pursuit of "enough"—a pursuit that never satisfies because it never ends.

Drawing on Asian philosophy, their own helpful (and often hilarious) stories, and the occasional anecdote from the animal kingdom, Martha and Ro argue that "enough" may not even exist—and reveal what we're all starving for instead.

Tune in for their refreshing reframe of "enough" and how we can bring this concept back into our lives.

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53 min
April 06, 2022 Outfoxing Anxiety
Did you know anxiety disorders have risen 400% since the pandemic?

(And that's just the diagnosed cases.)

The cultural idea is that we're victims of our chemistry. But when it comes to anxiety, we have a lot more choices than we might think.

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro talk about anxiety and its tendency to hack around any cultural solutions we throw at it. They also share the answers to be found in nature and the right side of the brain.

It's a fascinating episode you won't want to miss!

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53 min
March 23, 2022 The Time-Bound Mind
Is the culture trying to pull the wool over our eyes about time?

(Spoiler alert: YES.)

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan explore the concept of time and our complex relationship with it.

From the “rubber time” of non-Western cultures, to the experience of “premembering” events that haven’t happened yet, to Einstein's theory that time is just an illusion, Martha and Ro cover it all.

It's a time-bending episode you won't want to miss—it may even blow your mind!
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48 min
March 09, 2022 Letting Yourself Off the Hook
Every culture has what Martha and Ro refer to as “hooks”—powerful influences that compel us to behave a certain way and that even shape our identity. How much we buy into the culture determines the extent to which we become stuck on these hooks.

In this episode, Martha and Ro dive deep to explore the cultural hooks that often pull us away from our true purpose. They also offer insights on how we can free ourselves to seek a more authentic way of being.

It's an enlightening conversation you won't want to miss!
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28 min
March 02, 2022 Toothpicks, Dinosaurs, and Snakebites
They’re back! Martha and Ro are bringing you another installment of The BeWild Files where they talk about the things that YOU, their listeners, are trying to figure out.

In this episode, Martha and Ro answer questions about how to make money with integrity when you're in a hurry, how to become more creative and less critical when leading teams, and how nature helps us take intentional rest when we truly need it. It's a liberating episode about abandoning culture for creativity, and you won't want to miss it!
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52 min
February 09, 2022 Perfection Paralysis
Do you strive for perfection? Or does the need to be perfect prevent you from striving?

We all have some kind of beauty or wisdom inside of us, but “perfection paralysis” often stops us from sharing it. In this episode of Bewildered, Marty and Ro offer different perspectives on perfectionism and talk about its antagonistic relationship with creativity.

Tune in for insights on how to get past perfection paralysis, what the opposite of perfection is, and why sharing your work with the world is a selfless act!
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40 min