Bewildered

What does a text about chickens have to do with the meaning of life? We're glad you asked! In this episode of Bewildered, we examine how our culture teaches us to avoid touch, fear time, and forego r…

Our culture believes that the only way to fix all the bad stuff in the world is to stare at it relentlessly, as if our sheer focus could solve things. (Or at least prove we’re not part of the problem…

Do you find it difficult to share your unique offerings with the world? How about charging money for your work?

In this “Best of” episode of Bewildered, we dive into a question from listener Rebecca …

“QUICK! DO THIS NOW! IT’S URGENT!”

Do those words spike your pulse? We're constantly pressured to do things that serve the system, and we’re trained to think of these things as urgent. But are they?

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In our culture we’re socialized to believe that if we suffer enough, we’ll be rewarded later—and our reward will be happiness. In other words, happiness is something we have to earn through suffering…

Ever suffer from burnout? We certainly have, and we’re talking all about it on this “Best of” episode of Bewildered!

Burnout is something our culture doesn’t allow because it expects us to be product…

“Should I stay, or should I go?”

It’s an age-old dilemma, and we’re exploring it in this “Best of” episode of Bewildered! 

To figure out when to stay or leave, we must first examine our thoughts. Oft…

One way to deal with the constant, terrifying changes in all of our lives is to choose the worldview of a pilgrim—someone who doesn’t see life as a series of fixed positions but as a continuous, flui…

Did you know that the world needs your art?

On this special episode of Bewildered, our friends Amie McNee and James Winestock join us to talk about Amie's new book, We Need Your Art—and why your crea…

Kindness. Our culture often frames it as something weak, naive, foolish, or passive—and there’s a reason for that. If we stay “nice” and subscribe to the culture’s idea of kindness, then we stay obed…

At the beginning of this game called life, we each get a human—a body that we get to steer through the world.

In this episode of Bewildered, we’re talking about the idea of “training your human”—beca…

Have you ever been drawn into conspiratorial thinking?

In this Episode 99 of Bewildered, we’re talking about how easy it is to get pulled into conspiracy theories because of a phenomenon called apoph…

“Your money, or your life.” Those two things are very, very different, but in our culture, they tend to get blended together. That’s what we’re talking about on this episode of Bewildered.

We explore…

Noise. It’s ever-present in our culture, and often it affects us in ways we don’t even realize.

In this episode of Bewildered, we explore how different sounds impact the nervous system—from disruptin…

This is a spicy time in history, and in between bouts of fear, we’ve been thinking about how to navigate through potentially dark and dangerous times. 

Want to know our go-to strategy? Trusting our i…

Intuition is like a call from destiny that we often miss because we're always "on the other line" with culture. 

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro explore the concept of intuition and how …

Martha and Ro are back with another episode of Bewildered, and it's a follow-up to their "Why So Anxious?" episode. This time they're talking about how not to be anxious, and why moving beyond anxiet…

Do you suffer from the odd bit of anxiety?

In this Bewildered, Martha and Ro are talking about Martha's new book Beyond Anxiety, which examines the causes of anxiety, its prevalence in our culture, a…

In this Best of Bewildered episode, 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 …

Martha and Ro have a very special guest on this Best of Bewildered episode…Ro's mum Paula!

Paula has a mind-expanding story to tell about the time she followed monarch butterflies on their migratory …