Hilarious! And Magical ✨

All my stars

The most recent episode really helped pull me out of a panic about the direction things seem to be heading. I was so loved by your share at the end, Martha. Restoring my faith in community. Much gratitude

I love listening to them. They’re hilarious yet reflective and deep. So good!

Fun, conversational, and full of wisdom. I love getting to know Martha and Rowan!

These lovely women help me feel grounded and have a nice giggle when life feels overwhelming as culture dissipates around us. So good!!

I recently started listening and after 2 episodes I had no choice but to go to the beginning so I could listen to them all! Marty and Ro have the best comedic chemistry. I have been going through a spiritual/identity crisis as I just turned 50, this show offer great insight and is really helping me to discover my true nature removed from culture while keeping me in absolute stitches of laughter! You two are so fun!

What a low effort podcast of two woman. What a waste of precious lifetime to listen to this nothingness.

Every time I listen, it’s like being with my favorite friends who really get me, who make me laugh until I’m crying, and who open up a part of my mind I didn’t even know existed. Marty and Ro - thank you for the deep wisdom and the deep silliness! I love and appreciate your work so very much 🩷

I’ve listened to almost every episode and it brings me back to my senses. Love that Marty is an animal lover!!

They just talk about whatever comes to mind like 2 people chatting on the phone. This is a low effort, low quality podcast that appeals to lonely people looking for a parasocial relationship with these ladies. Not for me, yech!

I love this podcast it has gotten me through a lot this past year.

Seeing a new episode pop up fills me with joy. Thank you for being a bright spot in my day!

Oh, to feel like you’re in the room with Martha and Rowan, having a silly afternoon. I love how real the topics are but how silly and joyful they are in talking about them.

I know I reviewed this when they were just getting started because I’m a fan of Martha Beck and have become a fan of Rowan Mangan. The reason for the second review is as they’ve settled into podcasting and their dynamic has become more in sync. This podcast is even better. When they start laughing, I cannot stop laughing. Their friendship and connection is palpable. This is my go to podcast when I need a belly laugh and something to noodle on. If you’re looking for deep thought topics with light banter and plenty of laughter. This is the podcast for you.

After reading Martha Beck‘s book, Follow Your Own North Star I started listening to this podcast to keep a consistent drip-feed of refreshing perspectives in my media environment. I was surprised and excited to learn that she is in a polyamorous relationship similar to my own. Triad relationships are far outside of the culture of which I am apart and generally frowned upon in my community. Even though external validation is not necessary for my internal happiness, learning that a life coach who I admire and have taken advice from has a similar relationship to my own, was so reaffirming and refreshing! Thank you to Martha and Ro for being open and honest about your love, and giving me an example admirable women who choose a life that not everyone will accept or understand.

The topics of each show could be covered in maybe six minutes. This is unfocused pablum delivered in coffee-talk style which is going to waste your listening time.

I wholeheartedly agree. My art has helped me heal from devastating losses. I write my way through painful divorce and paint - when able as an expression of my shattered heart after the death of my son. Art is the transformer because it is the expression of our true selves. And the world needs this now more than ever!!

This recent episode on kindness was so satisfying that I felt the need to smoke a cigarette afterwards. And I don’t even smoke. So grateful for the two of you!

Such interesting topics with such incredible humor. Could listen all day long!

I wait all week for Bewildered where Ro & Marty help me retreat to back to my senses through laughter, fresh ideas, and authentic being.

Marty & Ro have such lovely chemistry! They are HILARIOUS together and their thoughtful conversations always engage my curiosity and creativity. Listening to Bewildered makes me feel connected to all the other butterflies who are committed to finding one’s inner wildness while living in a culture that celebrates conformity. Apparently, today, only words that begin with “c” will do. Cheers!

So deep and yet so funny and relatable. Adore their dynamic.

I always feel like I’m safe in a cozy space with compassionate, sane and funny friends when I listen!

I love, love, love Marty and Ro (I can call them that because they feel like friends 🙃). They align with my way of be-ing and they always make me smile.

What a wonderful world to inhabit, even for a few minutes. This realistic view of a chaotic universe offers authenticity and peace. So grateful to hear truth and a bit of silliness can abide in dark times. Cheers!

i wish they let us post new reviews fir each episode. i love "let us blaspheme!" i am putting that on a pillow.

Martha & Rowan thank you for being. How did I forget to listen for a while? Returning and so glad to be laughing to my most essential self edges again. Good stuff

So much love and gratitude for this beautiful podcast. As a late diagnosed neurodivergent woman (who struggles with self-denial), when I listen to this podcast, I remember who I am and it brings me so much joy to have found my people (and myself again). Thank you! 🙏🥰

I learned about Martha Beck and her work on We Can Do Hard Things and was absolutely fascinated when I listened to the first podcast. Martha Beck is such an exquisite human and how she shares her heart, the knowledge she collects and studies over her years and the warmth and tenderness in her expression. I want to be like Martha Beck when I grow up! As a vocal coach which somewhat falls into the arena of therapist, I aspire to be the coach that she is. And as someone who has struggled with anxiety all my life, after reading Beck’s book, I am believe that I can be healed forever.

I listen to each episode sometimes twice! Martha and Ro have helped to change how I now live my life- with integrity, authentic, and natural- I finally understand what living life in the “culture “ means - how stepping out has given me the peace I’ve been searching for for. Hugs to your whole family! Nothing short of miracles😘😘😘😘😘

I love this podcast. These guys would get my jokes.

I get so much out of this podcast, just wanted to give back in a very small way to help get the word out to others, especially those who may not resonate with the dominant culture.

I love you and feel so thankful for your podcast. Bless you all!!!🙏🏼

Thank you, girls, for this beautiful gift! Every episode gives me a kinder, gentler perspective and redirects me to me. Love, love , love!!!

I have used, recommended, and revisited “The Four-Day Win” many times over the years. I have been listening to the Bewilldered podcast lots over the past few months. I have heard Martha say a few times to not read her book “The Four-Day Win”. On the podcast, she didn’t clarify why she doesn’t recommend the book. It has stuck in my head to the point that I felt the need to reach out for clarification. I am wondering how her thinking has evolved on this subject. I would love to learn more about your current views on the mental, emotional, and physiological components of body size and health. Thank you in advance for your response. Enjoy another beautiful day.

with a place for snark. The banter here is a great advertisement for orienting to reality. Thank you Rowan and Martha.

No? Just me? Okay lol

I have been listening to this podcast on my daily walks and it’s been an incredible companion as I connect and align with my true self. Their combined vulnerability, generosity, and willingness to share their journeys allows me to feel deeply seen and understood. This podcast brings me hope, which right now in our world, I believe to be the most important currency. Thank you Martha and Rowan! I’m 28 now and can only hope to be as wise as you all when I am your respective ages.

Martha Beck and this podcast came into my life just when I needed it most. Reading Martha’s wisdom in her books sent me down a rabbit hole of wanting to discover everything she has ever done. (Not unlike Diana!) And this podcast has been such a blessing. The topics are always good and pertinent to my journey. Getting to know Rowan has been delightful, her adventurous wild spirit speaks to my soul. Keep on doing what you’re doing. You’re helping folks stay true to their own wild selves. Thank you.

I LIKE IT!

I am deeply healed by this episode. So many things you said were things I was already aligning in but telling the difference between fear based urgency and creative urgency is so reassuring.

I love everything about this show! Information, insight, life lessons , but Most of all the laughter and Fun!!!♥️♥️♥️

I always love listening to Martha and Row. They have helped me to challenge culture on an almost daily basis. I especially loved the idea of a chahoot because challenging our long held assumptions is a little easier if we feel less alone and of course retain a sense of curiosity and humor. Thanks for always making my day!

A new episode of Bewildered always feels like a delicious chocolate I can’t wait to unwrap. Marty and Ro are so freakin’ hilarious just by telling their lives they way they are! This podcast (along with The Gathering Pod) has sparked a whole new lexicon among a few kindred spirit friends where we drop Marty-and-Ro-isms as shorthand for sharing moments of synchronicity or moments of following our senses instead of culture. In particular, I appreciate how Marty and Ro are obviously gurus and human forms of higher powers for our time, AND totally foibled neurotic hilarious nut jobs. Because how could you be latter day Buddhas and not be!! Thank you for sharing foibles and eternal truths in the same conversations.

I have been spent most of my life trying to find ME, and part of that process has included following, listening to, and watching others who seem to have found themselves. Martha and Rowan immediately stood out to me as those kind of people. They practice and embody a kind of freedom and understanding of the world that is contagious and inspiring to me. As I’ve listened to their stories, thoughts, and struggles, I’ve found greater courage and access to finding myself and my own self-expression. It turns out this is a lifelong practice, and being in community with others who are on the same path is essential. My heart is full of gratitude for the generosity and wisdom of these two humans.

“If it feels good and looks strange you’re on the right path.” The joyful recognition of another who is off the spectrum of culture in some way, as described in the episode called Blowing Up Your Life, is an absolutely perfect way of articulating what draws me to this podcast. The real trick is discovering what feels good to you - I’ll keep listening and learning. Thank you.

These are the conversations we should all be having! Science, insight, humor… funny animal videos… every time I hit “play” it sincerely feels like it. Thank you both. Love you both. 🖤✨

Marty and Row are incredibly enlightening

Amazing to finally meet Karen and see the love overflowing from your relationships and family.