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#732: Martha Beck — The Amazing and Brutal Results of Zero Lies for 365 Days, How to Do a Beginner “Integrity Cleanse,” Lessons from Lion Trackers, and Novel Tactics for Reducing Anxiety
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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.
Timestamps for this episode are available below.
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Timestamps:
[00:00] Start
[06:06] My contribution to teen atrociousness.
[06:40] Connecting with Boyd Varty.
[12:27] The path of not here.
[16:38] Finding joy in the body can save your life.
[21:17] The pregnant pause that ended Martha's obsession with intellect.
[26:51] Sensitivity and suffering.
[30:14] The year of living lie-lessly.
[35:36] An illuminating change of perspective.
[46:14] The path to taking a black belt integrity cleanse.
[49:42] Owning your right to say "No."
[53:45] Alternatives to "No" that remain honest.
[57:11] The language of candor.
[59:30] Ending relationships that have run their course.
[01:00:37] The Asian influence.
[01:04:26] Sweet or savory?
[01:05:36] Are you comfortable?
[01:07:29] Want vs. yearning and jumping the track.
[01:20:36] Rhino ruminations.
[01:22:06] The Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell, and Byron Katie.
[01:33:19] America's Goethe?
[01:36:20] Weighing kryptonite against superpowers.
[01:44:50] Exploring the opposite of anxiety.
[01:56:38] Dick Schwartz and Internal Family Systems.
[02:01:57] Compassion even for the self's unwanted pieces.
[02:04:20] Favorite animal.
[02:08:58] Equine therapy.
[02:15:06] Selling the ranch.
[02:18:05] The monkey whisperer.
[02:20:05] Parting thoughts.
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