121. Martha Beck & Rowan Mangan: Polyamory & Throuple Life

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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1. What is Polyamory – and how Martha, Rowan, and Karen make their relationship work. 2. How Martha felt – after years of marriage to Karen – when Karen told her she was in love with Rowan, too. 3. The hilarious moment Martha, Karen, and Rowan told their friends they were now a throuple. 4. A huge lesson for couples based on the revolutionary ways they deal with conflict, jealousy, and daily rituals to stay close. About Martha: Dr. Martha Beck is a New York Times bestselling author, life coach, and speaker. She holds three Harvard degrees in social science, and Oprah Winfrey has called her “one of the smartest women I know.” Her newest book, The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self, was an instant New York Times Best Seller. TW: @TheMarthaBeck IG: @themarthabeck About Rowan: Rowan Mangan is a writer, podcaster and mom to a vivacious toddler. Salty, klutzy and Aussie, Ro co-hosts the Bewildered podcast with her wife, Martha Beck. She also runs the Wild Inventures newsletter and community on Substack. Ro is currently pursuing publication for her first novel, a magical realist thriller set on the west coast of Ireland. TW: @rowanmangan IG: @rowan_mangan To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things. We're already laughing around here because today we have
0:16.7	a double date with some of our favorite people. Are you excited? I'm so excited. Martha and Rowan, I mean.
0:25.1	Dr. Martha Beck is a New York Times bestselling author, life coach, and speaker. She holds three
0:30.9	Harvard degrees in social science, but who doesn't? And Oprah Winfrey has called her one of the smartest
0:37.6	women I know. Her newest book, The Way of Integrity. I love this book. I love this book. I love this
0:42.6	book. Finding the path to your true self was an instant New York Times bestseller. Obviously.
0:48.6	Rowan Mangan is a writer, podcaster, and mom to a vivacious toddler. Salty,
0:55.0	Klezzy, and Ozzy wrote co-hosts, The Be Wildard Podcast, which all of you must listen to. It is
1:00.7	so good. And also, I just feel like we're talking about some of the same things and it makes me
1:04.6	really excited. Okay. Podcasts with her wife, Martha Beck. She also runs The Wild Inventures
1:10.2	Newsletter and Community on Substack. Row is currently pursuing publication for her first novel,
1:16.0	a magical realist thriller set on the west coast of Ireland, which I didn't know when I'm very
1:20.4	excited for you, Rowan. Thank you. It's amazing. It's amazing. Truly. Welcome to We Can Do
1:27.8	Our Things. It's so good to see your faces. So we miss you. This double date is a first for us
1:33.8	because we can do hard things listeners. Martha and Rowan are missing one person who is Karen
1:43.6	because Martha and Rowan and Karen are in a polyamorous relationship is that that's how you
1:50.0	describe. Yeah, correct. Okay. A throttle. A throttle. Right. Okay. So deeply satisfying domestic
1:57.8	arrangement. I would say that for me too. Said 1% of the population that they are in a deeply
2:04.8	satisfying domestic arrangement. Okay. So can you talk to us first about how this all came together?
2:13.5	Because parts would make me laugh so hard. But Martha, you were married to a dude long time ago.
2:18.8	Yeah. Married to a guy. We got together. But a long time ago, I had three kids. He was gay. I was
2:23.4	gay. Out of that. Yeah. Got together with Karen, my first ever female female relationship. And
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