Dear Friends,
Integrity is a word I love and I try to live by. My guest today has literally written the book on integrity and her work has connected generations of people who want to live a truer life. Dr. Martha Beck, author of The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self speaks to the importance of integrity and what exactly it means to live with it. She defines integrity as being intact, whole, and undivided.
She shares what this means to her and how it has led her to make many significant decisions in her life. Martha is someone who takes listening and acting on your intuition to a whole new level. As someone who is attempting to follow the threads of joy and authenticity in my own life, Martha helps me understand the difference between fear and intuition. Not an easy thing to differentiate.
Martha shares so much wisdom with us in this interview, I hope you find it as insightful and engaging as I did.
Keep having meaningful conversations….
Love,
Amanda X
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IN THIS EPISODE:
[1:39] Martha begins by sharing a snippet from a poem by Stanley Kunitz and discusses her life change at age 29 and compares change to the metamorphosis of a caterpillar
[4:17] Discussion between the differences in metamorphosis for a woman's life between Western and Eastern cultures
[7:34] Martha explains the life experience that prompted her to leave the Mormon church, write her latest book and chase the beautiful light
[14:00] Martha shares her son has Down Syndrome, and he experiences the beautiful light Martha saw and why our culture doesn’t connect to it
[21:19] Living in integrity when those around you do not and how it has affected Martha’s career and she defines the word integrity
[31:50] Amanda and Martha discuss ways they have connected with nature, and Martha defines how she refined listening to her intuition
[41:07] How do people make the change to listening to their intuition, but financially they can’t make the jump
[45:40] Martha talks about having prophetic dreams and encourages listeners to release their fears about finances
[49:20] Martha discusses the book she is writing and talks about choosing curiosity and connection and how to differentiate between fear and intuition and integrity
[59:39] Martha shares the outcome of living with integrity
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
The opposite of anxiety is calm and creativity.
We were not born to hate, exploit and kill each other. We were not born to fear. We need to live in love with each other.
We each experience periods of metamorphosis in our lives, and the goal is to learn from each phase and emerge stronger on the other side.
More from Dr. Martha Beck:
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
Dr. Martha Beck - Website
Dr. Martha Beck - Instagram
Dr. Martha Beck - Facebook
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