Have you ever felt driven to do specific excruciating tasks, and you couldn’t explain why?
This “wild horses feeling” is present whenever you’re working toward your heart’s desire, and it’s a key part of what Martha calls Square Three in [...]
Change isn’t always easy, but did you know that parts of the process can be a lot of fun?
In this second re-release episode from their four-part series about The Change Cycle, Martha and Ro are exploring Square Two—the “dreaming [...]
Do you know what happens to a caterpillar inside its cocoon?
It disintegrates into a gooey mass before its cells reform into a butterfly. This “bug soup” phase isn’t pretty, but it’s an essential part of change—what Martha refers to [...]
The culture says it’s a given that the people who love you will understand you. But very often, the people who love you don’t understand you at all—yet they can have the strongest ideas about who you should be.
Martha [...]
Martha and Ro are coming “full square” on this episode of BEWILDERED® to talk about Square Four in Martha’s Change Cycle.
The culture tells us that whenever we achieve a goal, we’re supposed to stay there: “Now you’re a butterfly. [...]
The hinges have come off, folks—Martha and Rowan have jet lag (and they’re not afraid to use it!) in this episode of Bewildered: Zen and the Art of Traveling with Toddlers.
On two recent international trips, Martha and Ro’s toddler [...]
Have you ever bravely shared your authentic self, only to agonize over it later thinking you shared too much?
This is something Brené Brown calls a “vulnerability hangover”—and we’ve all been there.
In this episode from THE BEST OF BEWILDERED, Martha [...]
It’s THE BEST OF BEWILDERED, and this week we’re revisiting another favorite episode from the vault: Making the Right Choice.
The culture believes there’s always a single right choice and that choosing wrong means you’ve wasted your entire life. So [...]
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 [...]
