Authorize Your Knowing

Bewildered

Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan

Business, Education, Courses, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like the world is telling you what to think, do, or believe—until you’re not even sure what you know anymore? In this episode of Bewildered, we’re talking about “authorizing your own knowing”—a concept we picked up from the incredible Dr. Lisa Miller. We explore how to reclaim your own inner guidance, trust your instincts, and stop outsourcing your authority to others. If you’re ready to stop spinning and start discovering what you know to be true for you, join us for the full conversation!

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0:00.0	So, Roe.
0:01.2	Oh, yeah.
0:02.1	Can you tell the peoples what basically they will be hearing in the upcoming episode, please?
0:07.1	The forthcoming episode of Bewilded is a wonderful rollicking ride through the concept of authorizing your own knowing.
0:15.7	What does it mean?
0:16.6	Well, I've brought along Martha Beck to tell you that very thing.
0:20.2	And that's just a party.
0:25.1	We'll talk about what it is to know what you really know.
0:29.4	And P.S. you do really know.
0:30.8	We'll talk about how to take back possession of your own guidance through life.
0:39.6	And why, when we're at home, Marty insists on wearing an apron?
0:45.5	Here is now. Understand us later.
0:48.3	Maybe.
0:53.2	Hi, I'm Martha Beck.
0:54.6	And I'm Rowan Mangan, and this is another episode of Bewildered, the podcast for people trying to figure it out.
1:01.3	What are you trying to figure out these days, Marty?
1:05.1	Oh, Lord.
1:06.4	I'm trying so hard to get my proper lesbian credentials in the, like, tool-using category. Mm-hmm. I don't have a tool belt. I will say you have a tool belt. You have a tool apron. I have a tool apron. It's lame. Well, it's kind of a femme-butch hybrid. Yeah, it is. Hybrid. Hybrid. Yes, I have a tool apron.
1:28.0	I do.
1:29.2	It's just one impressive.
1:31.7	I waddle around the house with various tools.
1:34.2	They're very heavy, so you should admire me for that.
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