Welcome to Bewildered. I'm Martha Beck, here with Rowan Mangan. At this crazy moment in history,

a lot of people are feeling bewildered, but that actually may be a sign we're on track. Human culture

teaches us to come to consensus, but nature, our own true nature, helps us come to our senses. Rowan and I believe that the

best way to figure it all out is by going through bewilderment into the wildermen. That's why we're here.

Hi, I'm Martha Beck. And I'm Rowan Mangon. And this is another episode of Bew of Bewilded the podcast yes it's a podcast for people

that's right like you like me who are trying to figure it out god help us all it's a freaking

disaster out there oh i can't figure it out but i am trying to figure it out tell me what you're

trying to figure out well i have recently developed the weirdest occupational injury

that I've ever had or imagined having. I'm a how many occupational injuries do imagine having?

Many. Oh, many. I am vividly imagined them, but this one, no. So like, I am physically feeble in every way. So I had to have a job that required

no physical movement whatsoever, which is why I became a coach. I can just sort of talk to people

and think things. If a civilian was listening to this, I think that they would think you were

being ironic in some way because coach often would suggest someone who can't do vigorously

riding a bicycle and blowing a whistle. Writing a bicycle since when does a coach ride a bicycle

alongside the river? Oh, you were on, you were road crew.

Yeah, there are no bicycles in my sports.

No bicycles.

But they must stand up in things like the sporty ones.

Well, I just said it because I don't like the term.

Life coach, every time I say that, I go into an intense existential crisis because that is what I love doing and that is what I think I'm best at and that is what I teach other people to do.

And I cannot stand the freaking phrase life coach.

And we'll get to that.

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