Bewildered
What if we stopped listening to the controlling voice of the culture around us, and instead learned to reconnect with our own true nature?
Sometimes we aren’t even sure why we feel so bewildered… and discontented… and even downright miserable. Often it’s because we have let the forces of society replace our own instinctive knowledge of what is right for us.
Now, it’s time for us to find that voice again—before it’s too late.
For Martha and Rowan, Job One is to live according to our deepest truths, making the commitment to feeling good even when it means looking weird. We believe that this is how we will reinvent our world—from the inside out— to create a society that’s kinder, more equitable, and more ecologically sustainable than the one we see around us right now.
This is the vision that we laugh and stumble and chat and feel our way towards here on this podcast. Did we mention LAUGH? We want no part of personal and global transformation if it isn’t fun!
So if you struggle to find a place where people who are as idealistic and brokenhearted, as silly and deeply sincere, as bewildered as you are—you might have just arrived.
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- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Awkward Moments
Do you ever lie awake, burning with embarrassment about something awkward you said or did?
In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro are talking about how those awful, awkward moments (like when y…
Missing Your Exit
Have you ever woken up feeling like you’re off course, as if you somehow missed an exit you were meant to take?
This happened to Martha recently, and on this episode of Bewildered, she and Ro are tal…
When to Go with the Flow
Martha and Ro are digging into their BeWild Files for this episode of Bewildered, answering listener Mandy’s question about the distinction between drifting in a cultural current versus surrendering …
Wilder Together
Martha and Ro are back with a different kind of episode this time, to introduce something they are crazy excited about...
It's called Wilder: A Sanctuary for the Bewildered—and it's a new online spac…
Don't Control Yourself
We all have a "control mode" inside us that tells us if we don't tightly control everything, it's all going to go wrong. The only problem is...it's literally impossible to control everything!
Someti…
Treasure Hunter Mode: Engaged
Hey there, Cahootniks! Martha and Ro are back with another episode of Bewildered, inspired by their recent discovery of a "secret" society that's been playing a game right out in the open, all over t…
Not Everything Has to Have a Point
Do you enjoy making shiny, pretty things—or, as Martha and Ro like to call them, “precious, pointless” things?
These can be anything you make for the sheer enjoyment of creating, rather than for maki…
Shining Your Light and Charging What You're Worth
Do you find it difficult to share your unique offerings with the world? How about charging money for your work?
In this BeWild Files episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro answer a question from listen…
Change the Shape of Culture
On their Bewildered podcast, Martha and Ro explore the many ways that the culture pulls us away from our true nature. However—as they want to make absolutely clear in this episode—the culture is not …
Beware Fake Urgency
"Quick! Do this now! It's urgent!"
Our culture constantly pressures us to do things that serve the system, and we’re trained to think of these things as urgent. But are they really?
In this BeWild F…
The Empty Project
Do you ever feel like you’re trying to fit even more stuff into a life that’s already full?
In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro are talking about our culture's obsession with more, more, mor…
All the Way to Heaven is Heaven
Most of us are socialized to believe that if we suffer enough, we’ll be rewarded later—and the reward for our suffering will be happiness. In other words, happiness is something we must earn through …
"Dream Food" And Other Lies About Fulfillment
Culture teaches us that scrambling up peaks of achievement is a worthy goal—and that when we reach the pinnacle of success, we'll finally be happy.
The problem is, not everyone can reach the very to…
Living Lightly (and The Opposite of Golf)
Watch out, everyone...Martha and Ro have F-bombs and they’re not afraid to use them!
Join them for this episode of Bewildered, where they're plumbing the depths of what it is to live a good life—and …
Feeling Like an Alien
Have you ever felt like a stranger in a strange land?
In this BeWild Files episode of Bewildered, Martha and Ro dive into a question from listener Alia about feeling like an alien when you're among t…
The Other Butterflies
Martha and Ro have a very special guest on this episode of Bewildered…Ro's mum Paula!
Paula has a mind-expanding story to tell about the time she followed monarch butterflies on their migratory path …
Really, Really, Really Far Outside
Martha and Ro are doing something a little different and a lot of fun on this episode of Bewildered: sharing about times when they’ve gone WAY outside of the culture.
Because when we all tell each o…
On Burnout and Reset
Ever suffer from burnout? Martha and Ro have, and they're talking all about it on this episode of BEWILDERED!
Burnout is something our culture doesn't allow because it expects us to be productive non…
Undercover Counterculture Bandit
Get excited because Martha and Ro have a very special guest on this episode of BEWILDERED: their beloved partner Karen Gerdes!
While Karen may seem mild mannered and conventional at first glance, tha…
Big Feelings
Have you been struggling with big feelings?
Frustration. Overwhelm. Anger. Grief. These are all vitally important human emotions, yet the culture demands we suppress them at all costs.
In this episo…