232. Oprah's Life Coach on Overcoming Anxiety to Find Your Purpose with Dr. Martha Beck

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Self-improvement, Education, How To, Business

4.7 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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In a world that’s constantly demanding more, learning how to quiet anxiety and reconnect with your purpose has never been more important. In today’s episode, I sat down with Dr. Martha Beck—bestselling author and speaker who Oprah calls “the smartest woman she knows”—to talk about something that affects so many of us: anxiety. But not just how it shows up in our lives—more importantly, how to understand it, move through it with kindness, and use it as a compass toward discovering your true purpose. Dr. Beck drops wisdom on the neuroscience of anxiety, the traps of our left-brain-dominated society, and how small acts of kindness (toward ourselves!) can lead to massive transformation. From her radical year of living without lies to the science of shaking out stress, this episode is filled with both aha moments and practical tools to move from panic to peace. Dr. Beck’s Links: Website: https://marthabeck.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themarthabeck/ Book: “Beyond Anxiety”: https://marthabeck.com/beyond-anxiety/ Beyond Anxiety Exercises & Toolkit: https://marthabeck.com/exercises/ Beyond Anxiety Deep Dive [12 month course]: https://wildercommunity.com Read transcripts, learn more about our guests and sponsors, and get more resources at https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/232-overcoming-anxiety-to-find-your-purpose-with-dr-martha-beck/ Looking for accountability, live coaching, and deeper financial education? Check out our exclusive community! Join the $100K Club: https://herfirst100k.com/100k-pod Our favorite travel and cash-back credit cards, plus other financial resources: https://herfirst100k.com/tools Not sure where to start on your financial journey? Take our FREE money personality quiz! https://herfirst100k.com/quiz Special thanks to our sponsors: Squarespace Go to www.squarespace.com/FFPOD to save 10% off your first website or domain purchase. Rocket Money Stop wasting money on things you don’t use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/FFPOD. Quince For your next trip, treat yourself to the luxe upgrades you deserve from Quince. Go to Quince.com/FFPOD for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Netsuite Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/FFPOD. Masterclass Get an additional 15% off any annual membership at Masterclass.com/FFPOD. Indeed Get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at Indeed.com/FFPOD. ZocDoc Visit Zocdoc.com/FFPOD to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today. ResortPass Visit Resortpass.com and use code FFPOD to get $20 off your first ResortPass experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Anxiety is something that so many of us are familiar with, whether it's clinically diagnosed or not.
0:04.6	And the world we live in isn't making it much better.
0:07.0	Today we're breaking down exactly what anxiety is and how we can find peace.
0:11.3	Dr. Martha Back is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and coach.
0:15.1	She holds three Harvard degrees and social sciences.
0:17.4	And Oprah Winfrey called her one of the smartest women I know.
0:20.9	When you betray yourself to keep the peace, you start a war within yourself. There's no getting around it.
0:28.7	Her latest book, Beyond Anxiety, curiosity, creativity, and finding your life's purpose was an instant
0:34.5	New York Times bestseller. I can't say to someone, be calm and have them just
0:38.8	automatically be able to do that. You can't do that. But I can say to someone who's in a stressed
0:45.2	state, be kind. We sat down with Dr. Beck to talk about her work in the way of integrity,
0:50.1	where a practice of cultivating authenticity upended her life in ways she couldn't have imagined.
0:54.8	When we try to fight our anxiety to calm down to do something positive, it just gets more frightening in there.
1:02.3	But what we really wanted to talk to Dr. Beck about is her new book Beyond Anxiety,
1:06.4	the ways we can find more peace in our lives to overcome stress, both personal and money-related,
1:10.8	and the practices that have changed her and her client's lives for good.
1:14.1	Anxiety's been called the inner pandemic and the way it makes people react to each other
1:18.9	is really mentally ill, even for people who are of sound mind.
1:23.9	Today, Dr. Beck is sharing how anxiety actually works in our brains.
1:28.5	Why punishing ourselves is actually the least effective form of treatment we can do when it comes to working through
1:32.5	anxiety and fear. And I also ask her what are incredible clients like Oprah know about success
1:37.1	that the average person doesn't. Dr. Beck is an incredible teacher and a total delight to listen to.
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