The official podcast of the HBO Original Limited Series, We Own This City. Martha Beck - the bestselling author and Harvard-trained sociologist known as "Oprah Winfrey's life coach" - is talking about responses to the pandemic. Row, what are you trying figure out? Were going to go down and Row and I just crafted it, right. How so? But when we talk about jealousy, most people, their reason I could never be in a polyamorous relationship because of jealousy. Row started coming to our residents. Tell me how that happened. Youre a little fly. I try to live in a way that feeds my heart and soul, even when that goes against the norms of our culture. I said to you, Do you like blue cheese? Simple enough question. I watched in awe from my home while this simple phrase from Untamed WE CAN DO HARD THINGS the mantra that saved my life twenty years ago, became a worldwide rally cry. But the fly is participating in its own. And I think thats like 95%. It involved like sitting close together on the couch, the three of us. Bewildered is produced by Scott Forster with support from the brilliant team at MBI. But two people can have the same name. And that was non-Mormon. Because thats a good way to think about it is that you assume everyone else is as needy and unable to communicate as a newborn baby, so you have to read their minds, guess their needs, give them what they want before they even know they want it, and always keep them happy. And we have what we call morning communion, which is at least an hour long of just being together and the babys zipping around and were just connecting. When I was on the phone with my mom describing it, she was losing it and was afraid. Its deeper than that Glennon. And Im thinking, shes not reacting like a typical person, like shes taking this incredibly well. Oh no. Get off the web. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy, Learn more about your ad choices. What do you think Ive read on like nine different philosophies, and I think if we just bring this from that style and this from this style. There is no teachers pet who can out teacher the pet me. This isnt what you want to do. So this, oh, I have to start over. With a healthy dose of humor. And so in a weird way, we were in a non-culturated bubble and it really helped us come together and bond for those first couple of years. Photograph: Teri Pengilley. So, I mean, its hard to avoid the fact that this is a bit of a gendered thing. I'm currently redrafting a novel about Ireland, magic and the dangers of charm, which is due to be completed in late 2018. So has the psychology of entitlement, addiction, whatever, theres that whole, its the opposite of codependency. Rowan Mangan: 3. With reference to codependency. The good news? And I remember sort of looking at And I think I blurted out something and this was true at the time, nothings happened. I will give you what you need because otherwise you will hurt me. And the spider feels like theyre best friends and everythings great, and the fly is being slowly consumed from within. But heres Row and shes like, What do you think about parenting? And Im like, I dont know, feed them? And he was reading it out loud as we walked in with our family speech memorized. She holds three Harvard degrees in social science, and Oprah Winfrey has called her one of the smartest women I know. Her newest book, The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self, was an instant New York Times Best Seller. ENTER YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO RECEIVE THE REPLAY, Privacy Policy: We hate SPAM and promise to keep your email address safe. But I think the other thing that we do well is that we have a lot of rituals in our lives that involve the three of us and so in through the day. And what you have to do then is-. What we realize. Ro offers us the concept of a Wild INventurean adventure we dream up from within, something thrilling and bold that is also uniquely our own. And so if someone was going to get jealous at this point, it would be Karen because shes doing different sorts of things with her day. Theres so many needles involved in IVF and she was so tough. I would also say our mornings are pretty ritualistic where whoever wakes up first usually takes the dogs out, makes the coffee. This time the question comes from Ohio listener Bev, who hopes to learn more about codependencywhat it means and how it applies to her life as a mother and caregiver. But I wont do it for you because you can do it for yourself.. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. You havent talked about this a ton publicly. Its rubbed off on us. How Martha felt - after years of marriage to Karen - when Karen told her she was in love with Rowan, too. Martha Beck's The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self is the latest Oprah's Book Club selection, it was announced today. So can you talk to us first about how this all came together? The moment she gets here, Im going to start working with her, were going to try to pull her out of whatever rage she is in because this horrible experience. Its a way of love. And Marty and Karen were great about it. I expand on four conceptual essays about the interface of behavior and conservation, which were previously published in The Conservation Behaviorist (TCB), a biannual periodical of the Animal Behavior Society's Conservation Committee: Animal Cognition and Its Role in Conservation Behavior . IG: @themarthabeck Theres a way that you have , Rowan Mangan: Rowan Mangan is a writer, podcaster and mom to a vivacious toddler. So they were kind of raised on a king size bed where Id throw food occasionally. I mean, youve had plenty of experiences this way. Im exhausted. And also, I just feel like were talking about some of the same things and it makes me really excited. Salty, klutzy and Aussie, Ro co-hosts the Bewildered podcast with her wife, Martha Beck. I know. Martha Beck: And so I thought, oh, is he going to think this is so weird? Relationships with depression are like any other. And we would never do that. So I already was on the outside of culture. Yeah, exactly. And shes drawing meaning out of it and she talks poet. No problem. If you really liked it, if you didnt, dont worry about it. But its like, is this optional? And me, I too am on Instagram. Not like the guest room, whatever, but they werent going to break up. And I dont think theres a parent out there whos tried to be a good parent who hasnt felt this way, like put the baby first to the point where you are falling apart. How Martha felt after years of marriage to Karen when Karen told her she was in love with Rowan, too. Thank you. Martha Beck: Like I know from watching my kids, I have two, a non-binary child and a daughter and theyve both found amazing partners. So I was in my late thirties at that point, mid late thirties. She was mugged while trying to recover from the bedbug bites. What I do, is not advisable, and that is I go to passive aggressive, I get sick, so that I literally physically cant, and then Im trying even though Im sick to do something. And so I had a lot of jealousy and a lot of demands in the first, I guess couple of years, would you say? At a certain point, I get angry. Right, and I dont want to talk about happenings. I call this way of living " Wild Inventures ." Rowan Mangan: I decided what every woman needs is a wife, but now Im thinking what every woman needs is two wives. Love the podcast, good episode and clear audio! And I came home and I was like, no screens, right. Thats interesting. She did make some pretty extreme sounds after that. Martha Beck: No worries. African safari change your life adventure. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices. I hate it. Theyre like weird little suitcases, like a really heavy block of metal with a handle on it. Just do something before they stop screaming. Martha and Ro are back with another BeWild Files episode of Bewildered to discuss things that YOU, their listeners, are trying to figure out. Trying to figure something out? Its so good to see your faces.