Standing for Something Greater: Bob Martin on Purpose, Service, and Flow

Voices That Propel Us: Stories of Justice, Action, and Community · May 12, 2026 · 53m

Bob Martin has lived enough lives to have something real to say. He's a trial attorney, a licensed clinical social worker, and a meditation and happiness mentor — which means he's spent his career moving between power, pain, and the inner life we're all trying to hold together. Now he channels all of it into The Flow, a commentary platform built around one uncomfortable truth: to live a life that is not only effective and efficient but also happy, we need to take the time and effort to understand the forces acting on us from within and without. In other words, in order to GROW with the flow…