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The Gathering Room Podcast
Welcome to a virtual gathering that will kindle your curiosity and soothe your soul! Join Martha Beck for the podcast edition of her weekly Facebook event, and listen in as she touches on a spirituality or personal growth topic that’s on her mind. You'll also hear the lively conversation that follows as Martha opens the floor to questions from the live viewers. With topics ranging from courage to creativity, purpose to intuition, these discussions will engage and support you on your journey to…
Episodes
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: When You’re Caught Between Hope and Fear
The Tao Te Ching says, “Hope is as hollow as fear. Whether you go up the ladder or down, your position is shaky.” In this “Listen…
The Gathering Room PodcastThe Invisible Network
On a recent morning walk, I wondered what would be recognized as king of the forest: Oaks? Bears? Bambi’s father? As it turns out, it’s fungus! In…
The Gathering Room PodcastLet the Day Unfold
As life in this day and age gets more unpredictable, the best plan you can make is one you’re willing to change. On this episode of The Gathering Room, I…
The Gathering Room PodcastThe Memory Rewrite
I’ve spent a lot of my life “reconstituting” my memories, and I didn’t even know I was doing it! On this episode of The Gathering Room…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: The Unknown World
We’re living through a “phase transition,” but I believe it’s what our souls signed up for. In this “Listen Again” episode…
The Gathering Room PodcastThe Way to Self-Worth
I’ve discovered a new favorite psychologist, Dr. Marisa Franco, and in this Gathering Room, I’m talking about her book Worth: The New Science of…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Your Genius is Calling
Did you know you were born a creative genius? All of us are, but we’ve been socialized out of it by the structures of culture. Why? Because the culture…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: 12 Signs You Might Be Part of the Awakening
As many of you Gatherers know, lately I’ve been feeling that something is changing in this world in a profound way...and I don’t think I’m…
The Gathering Room PodcastWhen You Don’t Know What to Do
Everything’s shifting in our world today—like ice turning into water turning into steam—and we don’t know what’s coming next…
The Gathering Room PodcastPeace First
This time on The Gathering Room, I offer up a thought that’s helped me and my clients for years: We’re all meant to live in…
The Gathering Room PodcastWhat Do I Do Now
Sometimes in life, things go bash and bonk us right in the face, knocking us completely out of the way we were living. When life shatters our familiar patterns…
The Gathering Room PodcastThe Bliss of the Infinite Game
Recently I asked for a sign that a painting I’d been working on was the right course for me. The next day, a stranger’s near-death story described…
The Gathering Room PodcastSpecial Guest: Tracee Stanley
Sometimes there’s a book that stops me in my tracks, and that’s what happened when I found the work of Tracee Stanley. Today she joins me to talk…
The Gathering Room PodcastYour Unthinkable Next Step
I’ve noticed a pattern lately: hard workers, high achievers, people with strong identities all saying the same thing— “I just have to…
The Gathering Room PodcastIn Joy Ment
Have you ever noticed that the things we enjoy tend to get worked to death in our culture? We push ourselves so hard that we sap the joy out of things we once…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow to Find the Flow
We love to think we can be “set for life.” But the thing is, life isn’t set. It’s not solid—it’s fluid. From my…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow to be Like Water
Did you know there’s a whole different way of being when you start to think like water? I’ve been watching the world’s collective…
The Gathering Room PodcastBending Reality
On this episode of The Gathering Room, I revisit my “silly” spoon‑bending past and discover that it’s not so trivial after all. What if we…
The Gathering Room PodcastRegrets? Then change your past!
Did you know that you can change your past? Negative experiences are the things that knock us around enough to seriously change us and lead us to epiphanies…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Special Guest Lisa Miller
On this “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room, I’m joined by special guest Dr. Lisa Miller, author of The Awakened Brain. In this…
The Gathering Room PodcastSpecial Guest Jonny Miles
In this special episode of The Gathering Room, I got to talk with Jonny Miles—musician, naturalist, and author of the one of the most extraordinary…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Rest, Remember, Rise
So many of us are trying way too hard on the path to awakening: straining to let go, striving to stop striving. In this favorite “Listen Again&rdquo…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Big Change. Now What?
In this special “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room, I explore the disorienting, identity-dissolving place we enter after major life…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: No Map, No Shore, No Problem: How to Live Through This Moment
In this special “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room, I talk about how to live through a time of societal upheaval and how we can still…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Tracking Your Spirit
What if your soul has been leaving you a trail to follow? In this special “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room podcast, I talk about…
The Gathering Room PodcastSpecial Guest - Eric Zimmer
In this special episode of The Gathering Room podcast, I sit down with the brilliant Eric Zimmer, author of How A Little Becomes A Lot—one of those rare…
The Gathering Room PodcastWhat Always Never Works
“Always” and “never” feel so satisfying... But they’re almost always wrong. In this Gathering Room episode, I explore how…
The Gathering Room PodcastThe Joy of Failure
In this episode of The Gathering Room, I set out to interview author Eric Zimmer about his brilliant new book, How a Little Becomes a Lot, but life had other…
The Gathering Room PodcastThe Unknown World
We’re living through a “phase transition,” but I believe it’s what our souls signed up for. In this Gathering Room, I explore why the…
The Gathering Room PodcastWhat to Do With Pain
This Gathering Room was inspired by…my neck. Painful, stiff, and cranky, like it’s got a personal grudge against relaxation. As it turns out…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow to Win
What if the way to “win” at life isn’t self-help, productivity, or prizes, but making deep connections with other people? In this Gathering…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow Wide Your Life Can Be
In this Gathering Room, I'm questioning the idea of accepted reality as I share stories of telepathy, near‑death experiences, animal visitations, and the ways…
The Gathering Room PodcastLet the Other Shoe Drop
In this episode of The Gathering Room, I share how a perfectly wonderful, creative day unexpectedly led to a moment of anxiety, and how that experience…
The Gathering Room PodcastWhen to Let it Be
In this Gathering Room, I explore what it means to “let it be” when life feels unfinished, messy, or even painful. Through stories of near‑death…
The Gathering Room PodcastShortcut to Bliss
What if you could turn even your most painful moments into a pathway to bliss? In this episode of The Gathering Room, I talk about the Hindu concept of…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow to Dance Sideways
Are you one of the millions of people who are struggling financially right now? In this episode of The Gathering Room, I talk about how to navigate times when…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Your Spiritual Brain
In this “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room, I'm talking about synchronicities—moments that hint that our universe is not random…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: When Losing the Path is Finding the Way
Been feeling lost lately? It’s not surprising. The world is shifting in ways we’ve never seen before, creating unprecedented changes in many of our…
The Gathering Room PodcastNo Map, No Shore, No Problem: How to Live Through This Moment
In this extended episode of The Gathering Room, I talk about what it means to live through a time of social unraveling, and how we can still find our way, even…
The Gathering Room PodcastWayfinding Through Chaos
Where do you go when you don’t trust what’s around you? In this week’s Gathering Room, I talk about how to navigate our chaotic, rapidly…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: A Compass Doesn't Draw Maps
Have you ever felt an irresistible pull toward something new, even when it didn’t make any logical sense? In this “Listen Again” episode of…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: The Only Way Forward…
Do you ever try to make forward-thinking plans, but then you get hit with surprises you never saw coming? In this encore “Listen Again” episode of…
The Gathering Room PodcastDrawing the Spirit Home
In our culture, there's nothing good about aging. But what if growing older is really a spiritual strategy, not a personal failing? What if it's the way your…
The Gathering Room PodcastYou Have My Permission
Hoping to survive the holidays without betraying your Essential Self? In this episode of The Gathering Room, I share how to navigate this season of stress…
The Gathering Room PodcastLevel Up from Survival Mode
Ever played Minecraft? My five-year-old pulled me into it, and I started seeing it as a metaphor for how we move through real life. On this Gathering Room, I…
The Gathering Room PodcastGive "Tomorrow You" a Break
On this episode of The Gathering Room, I explore the tendency to assign difficult or unsavory tasks to “Tomorrow Me,” thinking I’ll magically…
The Gathering Room PodcastSpecial Guest: Lisa Miller
Gatherers—I’m thrilled to be joined by special guest Dr. Lisa Miller, author of The Awakened Brain, for this episode of The Gathering Room podcast!…
The Gathering Room PodcastEveryday Pilgrims
Greetings, Beloveds! I’ve returned from my walk along Spain’s Camino de Santiago, and on this episode of The Gathering Room, I’m sharing what…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Being Great Company...for Yourself
Did you know that until you are truly compassionate to yourself, you can’t be compassionate to any other person? In this “Listen Again&rdquo…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Staying Sane, No Matter What
In this special “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room, I explore what I call “sanity quilting” and offer practical advice for…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: What Lies Beyond Anxiety?
In this special “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room, I dive into the big themes of my most recent book, Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: How to Bring the Good Times Back
Did you know that recalling positive sense memories creates connections in the brain that reinforce positive, joyful times instead of fear or anxiety?…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow to Make Progress
Welcome to another episode of The Gathering Room! This week I’m broadcasting from a co-working space, thanks to ongoing house repairs at our new home…
The Gathering Room PodcastA Compass Doesn’t Draw Maps
Have you ever felt pulled toward something new without knowing exactly why…when there seems to be no logical reason for it? In this episode of The…
The Gathering Room PodcastThe Uses of Adversity
On this slightly (or very?) “woo-woo” episode of The Gathering Room, I share how leaving our beloved home for one that needs a sledgehammer has…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow to Fly
Welcome to The Gathering Room, beloveds! In this episode, we’re going to talk about flying—both in the literal sense and as a metaphor for living…
The Gathering Room PodcastWhen You Can't Let It Go
Have you ever tried to “let it go,” only to find that you can’t? That’s because whatever you're struggling with—sadness, fear…
The Gathering Room PodcastHow to Keep the Faith
Faith isn’t something outside you—it’s a muscle you build from within. If you’ve been depending on outside voices or practices to feel…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Clear Mind, Quiet Heart
As I’m sure you’re keenly aware, people are extremely divided these days. From our politics, to our attitudes, to our ways of speaking about…
The Gathering Room PodcastListen Again: Special Guest: Chase Jarvis
I’m thrilled to be joined by my guest Chase Jarvis for this special “Listen Again” episode of The Gathering Room podcast! Chase is an…