Bewildered^TM

In case you missed out the first time around, Martha and Ro are sharing some of their all-time favorite episodes in a series called The Best of Bewildered.

First up, Elizabeth Gilbert Gets Bewildered! In this encore episode, Liz joined [...]

Have you ever felt driven to do specific excruciating tasks, and you couldn’t explain why? 

While the culture mindlessly tells us we should always work hard, there’s also a place in our true nature for dogged, determined work. In this [...]

Do you know what happens to a caterpillar inside its cocoon? 

It disintegrates into a gooey mass before its cells reform into a butterfly. Martha calls this state “bug soup.” It’s not pretty, but it’s an essential part of change—including [...]

You know those big, magical dreams you can’t seem to let go of, the ones that could change the whole course of your life? 

Martha and Ro call these wild yearnings “way station dreams,” and you better believe the culture [...]

On this episode of BEWILDERED® Martha and Ro answer a question from listener Laurel, who’s struggling to focus on a big creative project in a world full of distractions.

The culture tells us that we can be successful at our [...]

“Should I stay, or should I go?”

In this BeWild Files episode of BEWILDERED®, Martha and Ro dive into this question—and they say that the first step is to question our thoughts.

Why?

Because problems often come from our thoughts about our [...]

Have you ever had the sense of being pulled towards something…but you had no idea why?

Martha and Ro call this mysterious feeling “the pull,” and they’re talking all about it in Episode 55 of BEWILDERED®. They share examples of [...]

Anxiety in the culture—what exactly is going on there? 

That’s what Martha and Ro are trying to figure out in this special Anxiety Files episode of Bewildered.

As a society we create structures to control things and keep us safe so [...]

Anxiety is like breathing for Martha and Rowan…maybe it is for you too?

If so, you are sooo not alone! All over the world, anxiety is skyrocketing, and Martha and Ro are exploring this subject in depth over a series [...]

Most of us are plagued with the fear that we’re not doing enough—it’s practically the fuel our culture runs on. We’re pressured to constantly do more and more, and we’re taught that suffering is necessary for success. 

But where is [...]

In this BeWild Files episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro answer a question from listener Kathryn about how to live a balanced life each day instead of bouncing between extremes.

While our culture demands high-level productivity all year round, the [...]

Martha and Ro are doing something completely different for this episode of Bewildered, teaming up with their friends Eric Zimmer and Ginny Gay from The One You Feed podcast. 

Tune in as they talk about what drags you into the [...]

When it comes to the topic of jobs, the culture has a lot to say—and all of it is scary. There’s a strict path we’re expected to follow, which we’ve been led to believe is the only logical way.

In [...]

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro answer a question from listener Josephine, who’s trying to understand and overcome her resistance to doing things that are good for her.

The culture tells us that if something is good for [...]

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro talk about drift patterns, the cultural currents we can get stuck in that could be carrying us far away from our true nature.

One function of cultural patterns is to “save” us [...]

It’s another BeWild Files episode of Bewildered, and Martha and Ro are answering a question from listener Gazit, who’s trying to co-parent with a difficult ex, and the experience does not feel joyful or authentic.

Martha says when trying to [...]

There will always be hard things we have to do in life. That’s just a given. So how do we go about doing them without suffering? 

Martha and Rowan say the key is freedom, and in this episode of Bewildered [...]

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan are talking all about emotional energy—the moods, feelings, or intentions that come across without any words or physical action.

This kind of energy can be a powerful teacher and director of the [...]

Have you ever bravely shared your authentic self, only to agonize over it later thinking you shared too much?

We’ve all been there. It’s what Brené Brown calls a ‘vulnerability hangover,” and Martha and Ro are taking a deep dive [...]

Our culture teaches us that we should jam as many things as possible into our days, and many of us learn to equate success with how many things we’ve checked off our to-do lists or how much stuff we’ve [...]