Dr. Martha Beck has been called “the best-known life coach in America” by NPR and USA Today. She holds three Harvard degrees in social science and has published nine non-fiction books, one novel, and more than 200 magazine articles. Her recent book, The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self, was an instant New York Times Best Seller.
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Timestamps:
[00:00] Preview
[01:19] My contribution to teen atrociousness.
[01:47] Connecting with Boyd Varty.
[07:55] The path of not here.
[12:26] Finding joy in the body can save your life.
[17:18] The pregnant pause that ended Martha's obsession with intellect.
[23:25] Sensitivity and suffering.
[27:03] The year of living lie-lessly.
[32:59] An illuminating change of perspective.
[43:16] The path to taking a black belt integrity cleanse.
[47:06] Owning your right to say "No."
[51:24] Alternatives to "No" that remain honest.
[55:05] The language of candor.
[57:42] Ending relationships that have run their course.
[58:59] The Asian influence.
[01:03:08] Sweet or savory?
[01:04:19] Are you comfortable?
[01:06:13] Want vs. yearning and jumping the track.
[01:20:42] Rhino ruminations.
[01:22:06] The Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell, and Byron Katie.
[01:34:20] America's Goethe?
[01:37:29] Weighing kryptonite against superpowers.
[01:46:04] Exploring the opposite of anxiety.
[01:55:03] Dick Schwartz and Internal Family Systems.
[02:04:47] Compassion even for the self's unwanted pieces.
[02:07:24] Favorite animal.
[02:12:12] Equine therapy.
[02:18:47] Selling the ranch.
[02:22:06] The monkey whisperer.
[02:24:10] Parting thoughts.
Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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