Martha Beck

What’s Happening Now

Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Become a Wayfinder Coach.

My Wayfinder Life Coach Training program is a powerful, highly effective way to master the skills of Wayfinding: navigating toward happiness and success in your own life while learning to coach others to do the same.

And it isn’t just a training. It’s a community. You’ll join a vibrant village of Wayfinders: smart, funny, caring people who are both rational and magical—like you.

If you feel called to heal what’s broken, one life at a time…

Consider this your invitation. Join us for our ICF-Accredited Wayfinder Life Coach Training and help create the change the world needs most.

REGISTRATION FOR SPRING 2026 IS CURRENTLY CLOSED
REGISTRATION FOR FALL 2026 WILL OPEN IN LATE MARCH
FALL 2026 CLASSES BEGIN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7

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About Martha

author. speaker. wayfinder.

Martha Beck, PhD, is a Harvard-trained sociologist, world-renowned coach and New York Times bestselling author. She has published nine non-fiction books, one novel, and more than 200 magazine articles.

I’m shocked every time someone introduces me as a “best-selling author,” because I’ve never written to sell myself, only to save myself. Writing is my favorite tool for addressing and dissolving my own suffering. At some point I discovered that it could help others, too. Since then I’ve been humbled by the responses I receive to my books and articles. My most recent stint as a monthly contributor for O, The Oprah Magazine, has lasted 17 years.

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What IS YOUR HEART SEEKING?

We think you can find a path towards it using one of our brilliant tools.

Wayfinder Life Coach Training

Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Become a Wayfinder Coach.

And it isn’t just a training. It’s a community. You’ll join a vibrant village of Wayfinders: smart, funny, caring people who are both rational and magical—like you.

If you feel called to heal what’s broken, one life at a time…

Consider this your invitation. Join us for our ICF-Accredited Wayfinder Life Coach Training and help create the change the world needs most.

REGISTRATION FOR SPRING 2026 IS CURRENTLY CLOSED
REGISTRATION FOR FALL 2026 WILL OPEN IN LATE MARCH
FALL 2026 CLASSES BEGIN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7

LEARN MORE AND BECOME A WAYFINDER COACH

Wayfinder Resources

Looking for an at-a-glance list of resources to support you on your Wayfinder’s journey? You’ve come to the right place!

Every journey could use a little support along the way. That’s why we’ve compiled some of our favorite Wayfinder Resources for you, all on one easy-to-navigate page.

Our curated collection of conversations, writings, and teachings was designed to help you read your inner compass, navigate life’s crossroads, and stay aligned with your integrity.

No matter where you are on the path to your purpose, our handpicked resources offer plenty of inspiration, clarity, and guidance.

Continue on Your Wayfinder Journey

The Gathering Room Podcast

Welcome to a virtual gathering that will kindle your curiosity and soothe your soul! Join Martha Beck for the podcast edition of her weekly Instagram live event, and listen in as she touches on a spirituality or personal growth topic that’s on her mind.

You’ll also hear the lively conversation that follows as Martha opens the floor to questions from the live viewers. With topics ranging from courage to creativity, purpose to intuition, these discussions will engage and support you on your journey to self-knowledge.

Ready to connect with a community of like-minded seekers? Welcome to The Gathering Room Podcast.

Listen to The Gathering Room

Move Beyond Anxiety

Martha’s latest book, Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life’s Purpose, was an instant New York Times Best Seller.

Using a combination of the latest neuroscience as well as her background in sociology and coaching, Martha explains how our brains tend to get stuck in an “anxiety spiral,” a feedback system that can increase anxiety indefinitely.

Beyond Anxiety walks readers through simple, powerful exercises that can help you step out of this spiral and reduce anxiety immediately.

But that’s not the end of the story.

The opposite of anxiety, it turns out, is a wonderful new way of life—one that can calm and inspire us as individuals and help us become a source of healing for everything around us.

Read Beyond Anxiety

Beyond Anxiety Exercises And Toolkit

If you are ready to move Beyond Anxiety, you can download Martha’s Beyond Anxiety Toolkit, which includes:

Martha’s “Three-Minute Meditation to Calm Your Anxiety”
A mandala coloring page hand-drawn by Martha
All exercises from the book—a sneak peek of what you have coming on January 7—pub day for Beyond Anxiety!
A Beyond Anxiety Reading Group Guide

The Beyond Anxiety Exercises and Toolkit will give you a head start on your path out of anxiety and onto the creativity spiral—where innovative problem solving, a sense of purpose, and true peace await you.

To receive the Beyond Anxiety Toolkit, submit your name and email at the button below, and we’ll send you the download link!

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A Martha Beck Podcast

Bewildered is a regular podcast co-presented by Martha and Rowan Mangan, which is all about how to reach through the absurdity of modern life and find our way back to our wild true selves.

Martha and Ro bring wit and wisdom to the podcast, along with practical lifehacks and hilarious stories from their own hapless attempts to figure it all out.

You can listen to Bewildered wherever you get your podcasts… and if you enjoy it, please write a review so more people can find it!

Listen to Bewildered

Your new online home . . . Wilder!

It’s time for us to gather in… Wilder!

Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan are inviting you to join them in Wilder, a community envisioned as “a sanctuary for the bewildered.” This vibrant new community is all about embracing authenticity and living joyfully—all underpinned by the sense of belonging that only comes from being part of a like-minded collective.

Wilder is a haven for those seeking to break free from societal constraints and rediscover their wild, untamed selves. Through shared stories, collective activities, and mutual support, members of our community embark on a journey towards living a life filled with genuine joy and integrity.

Join Martha and Rowan and start reshaping your world from the inside out. Your people are waiting.

Get Wilder

Wayfinder Master Coach Training

You’ve learned the tools of a Wayfinder. Now it’s time to master them.

Develop a coaching practice that perfectly expresses your unique mission.

Access Martha’s newest tools, based on her entire body of work and the latest research she’s excited about.

Deepen your understanding of the tools you learned in Wayfinder Life Coach Training to coach effectively in any situation.

Earn a Wayfinder Master Coach seal while also working toward an ICF credential.

Times have never been tougher, and you can rise to this moment—for yourself, your clients, and the world.

Applications are open until July 15, 2026

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DISCOVER YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE

You have a unique life purpose, one that’s meant to serve the world and fill your days with meaning.

You were born to recognize that purpose . . . but chances are you don’t. Early in life, most of us learn to ignore our purpose and do random things that other people value. It’s time to unlearn that pattern.

I’m offering an exciting, free masterclass that will help you notice and name the paths to purpose that are always at your feet, though you may not be able to see them. Register today to receive the FREE recording of the masterclass, 5 Paths to Your Purpose.

Discover Your Purpose - FREE Access