Martha Beck: What Does It Mean to Be Faithful?

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Martha Beck is a renowned life coach, New York Times bestselling author, and monthly columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine. In partnership with Sounds True, Martha released the audio program Follow Your North Star and will be a featured presenter in the upcoming online offering The Self-Acceptance Summit. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Martha and Tami Simon talk about the courage necessary to clearly evaluate difficult situations and to know when to leave when that situation no longer suits you. Martha speaks on her journey through "the center of hell" that came with her son's Down Syndrome diagnosis and what that experience taught her about maintaining faith during times of change. Tami and Martha also discuss her experiences as a life coach and the many challenges that stand in the way of self-acceptance, especially relating to body image. Finally, Martha explains how she remains confident, positive, and joyful in her commitment to awakening consciousness and healing the natural world. (63 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Martha Beck.
0:44.8	Martha Beck is a monthly columnist at O, the Oprah magazine. She is the New York Times
0:51.1	best-selling author of The Joy Diet,
0:54.2	Finding Your Own North Star,
0:56.5	and finding your way in a wild new world.
1:00.4	Martha has coached hundreds of individuals over the past 15 years, and NPR has called her the best known life coach in America.
1:09.0	She has taught career development at the American Graduate School of International
1:14.8	Management, performed research at Harvard Business School, and consulted to
1:20.2	numerous Fortune 500 corporations.
1:23.2	With sounds true, Martha Beck has created the audio program,
1:27.3	Follow Your North Star.
1:30.0	And we'll be presenting at the Self Acceptance Summit,
1:33.8	a free 10-day online series
1:37.3	featuring Elizabeth Gilbert, Parker Palmer,
1:40.8	Annie Lamont, Tara Brock, and many other teachers and writers on the topic of how to be
1:48.0	kind to ourselves, a 10-day summit that begins on September 11th.
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