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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. 

Welcome!

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[Best of Bewildered] As Good As It Gets?

[Best of Bewildered] As Good As It Gets?

Martha and Rowan are taking a brief break, but the podcast is still here for you! This week we have another "Best of Bewildered" episode for you to enjoy.

Why is it that sometimes when life looks mo…
00:52:48  |   Wed 13 Jul 2022
[Best of Bewildered] Perfection Paralysis

[Best of Bewildered] Perfection Paralysis

Martha and Rowan are taking a brief break, but the podcast is still here for you! You can enjoy a couple of our "Best of Bewildered" episodes…starting with this one!

We all have some kind of beauty …
00:39:07  |   Wed 29 Jun 2022
Scary Scary Freedom

Scary Scary Freedom

Freedom. Many of us value it above everything else—so why does it sometimes feel so terrifying?

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan talk about how the culture teaches us to fear freedom—…
01:14:03  |   Wed 15 Jun 2022
Raising Wildlings

Raising Wildlings

When it comes to parenting, culture comes on strong. There are so many contradictory opinions out there, and the judgmental attacks on parents come fast and furious about every little thing.

Under t…
00:56:48  |   Wed 01 Jun 2022
Brainwashed into Happy

Brainwashed into Happy

Have you ever found yourself answering “I’m fine” when the exact opposite was true?

Toxic positivity, or what Martha and Ro call “happy-washing,” is the cultural pressure to force ourselves into a s…
01:02:37  |   Wed 18 May 2022
Are You a Messy?

Are You a Messy?

A gracious German author once asked Martha if she was “a messy” after seeing the disorderly state of her hotel room. (She’d been frantically searching through her luggage moments before.)

But is bei…
00:50:13  |   Wed 04 May 2022
The Vanishing Horizon of

The Vanishing Horizon of "Enough"

Is enough ever truly enough?

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan examine our culture's pursuit of "enough"—a pursuit that never satisfies because it never ends.

Drawing on Asian philos…
00:52:32  |   Wed 20 Apr 2022
Outfoxing Anxiety

Outfoxing Anxiety

Did you know anxiety disorders have risen 400% since the pandemic?

(And that's just the diagnosed cases.)

The cultural idea is that we're victims of our chemistry. But when it comes to anxiety, we …
00:52:55  |   Wed 06 Apr 2022
The Time-Bound Mind

The Time-Bound Mind

Is the culture trying to pull the wool over our eyes about time?

(Spoiler alert: YES.)

In this episode of Bewildered, Martha and Rowan explore the concept of time and our complex relationship with …
00:47:34  |   Wed 23 Mar 2022
Letting Yourself Off the Hook

Letting Yourself Off the Hook

Every culture has what Martha and Ro refer to as “hooks”—powerful influences that compel us to behave a certain way and that even shape our identity. How much we buy into the culture determines the e…
00:27:43  |   Wed 09 Mar 2022
Toothpicks, Dinosaurs, and Snakebites

Toothpicks, Dinosaurs, and Snakebites

They’re back! Martha and Ro are bringing you another installment of The BeWild Files where they talk about the things that YOU, their listeners, are trying to figure out.

In this episode, Martha and…
00:51:39  |   Wed 02 Mar 2022
Perfection Paralysis

Perfection Paralysis

Do you strive for perfection? Or does the need to be perfect prevent you from striving?

We all have some kind of beauty or wisdom inside of us, but “perfection paralysis” often stops us from sharin…
00:39:07  |   Wed 09 Feb 2022
Creative Contrarians

Creative Contrarians

Back by popular demand! In this episode, Marty and Ro deliver another installment of The BeWild Files where they talk about the things that you, their listeners, are trying to figure out.

Marty and…
00:50:57  |   Wed 15 Dec 2021
Unshamable

Unshamable

Shame. It’s a powerful tool for socialization and the strategy culture uses to keep us in its little box. In this episode of Bewildered, Marty and Ro dissect the ways we can be shamed and how we can …
00:54:34  |   Wed 01 Dec 2021
Rings, Ducks and Earbuds

Rings, Ducks and Earbuds

You spoke, and Marty and Ro listened: they’re pioneering a new type of episode featuring things that YOU, their listeners, are trying to figure out. Introducing…The BeWild Files.

In this episode (wh…
00:48:01  |   Wed 17 Nov 2021
Ten Thousand Spoons

Ten Thousand Spoons

Some of us have plenty of energy to meet every cultural demand, but most of us have less. Enter Spoon Theory, Christine Miserandino’s brilliant analogy in which every action we take costs us a unit o…
00:55:16  |   Wed 03 Nov 2021
Sleep For Your Life

Sleep For Your Life

Sleep: it’s not just for wimps and sissies.

Until Martha and Ro dug into the topic of this podcast—the innocent little universal need for SLEEP—they didn't realize how much of a cultural minefield …
01:11:57  |   Wed 20 Oct 2021
As Good As It Gets?

As Good As It Gets?

Why is it that sometimes when life looks most amazing, it often feels so…meh? Martha and Ro dig into the difference between a life that’s prescribed by culture, and one that we invent from our inner …
00:52:48  |   Wed 22 Sep 2021
Ghosting the Argument (Empty Boats)

Ghosting the Argument (Empty Boats)

In this episode Martha and Ro talk about the “ultimate spiritual lifehack” for dealing with other human beings. Conflict is everywhere, and you can’t win enough arguments to ever escape the culture o…
00:47:35  |   Wed 25 Aug 2021
When They Don't Get You

When They Don't Get You

In this episode, Ro and Martha talk about a disheartening phenomenon that can happen when you bring your truest truth into the world. Instead of positive or negative feedback, some people just won’t …
01:01:18  |   Wed 04 Aug 2021
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