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Just One Question | Martha Beck: What Do I Do At Three...
Three in the morning. Brain already running. Every unfinished thing in your life suddenly very urgent. Sound familiar?
We pulled this week’s question because when Tami asked Martha Beck what to actually do in that moment, her answer was genuinely not what we were expecting. No breathwork protocol. No journaling prompt. What Martha offers is something way simpler — and honestly, kind of revolutionary in how low the bar is.
Martha Beck is a Harvard-trained sociologist, bestselling author, and one of the sharpest minds out there on anxiety and how we actually heal it. She’s been working through her own anxiety since childhood, and she’s arrived somewhere really good. (Spoiler: it involves audiobooks, furry blankets, and thinking like a golden retriever.)
Here’s some of what she gets into:
- Why she plays Sounds True audiobooks at half-speed in the middle of the night — and why slowing down is the whole point
- The self-kindness practice she uses when her brain won’t quit, including the exact question she asks herself
- A story from Liz Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love about a two-word message that Martha keeps coming back to — it’s a good one
- How decades of anxiety can actually rewire into something peaceful, and why what fires together really does wire together
Honestly, this one left us wanting to go take a nap. In the best way.
Taken from the full Insights at the Edge conversation with Martha Beck. Find the complete interview in this feed or at soundstrue.com.
This episode is sponsored by Omega Institute, a global gathering hub for lifelong learning and spiritual exploration. Omega offers weekend workshops, special events, rest and rejuvenation retreats, professional training, online learning, and more. Discover what calls to you at eomega.org/true.
E195: There Are No Problems, Only Experiences
Problems are not objective realities but labels we place on life experiences when they do not match our preferences. Suffering comes when these preferences lead to attachment to desires, expectations, and fears. In contrast, spiritual growth occurs when we stop judging and resisting life, and endeavor to learn from every experience how to participate fully in life without depending on circumstances to make us happy.
© Sounds True Inc. Episodes: © 2026 Michael A. Singer. All Rights Reserved.
Ilia Delio: A Cyborg Christian on the God Revolution W...
The myths we’ve inherited about God aren’t just outdated—according to Sister Ilia Delio, they may be at the root of our collective crisis.
This week, Tami Simon speaks with Ilia Delio—Franciscan sister, scientist, theologian, holder of the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair at Villanova University, and author of more than twenty books, including The Not Yet God, Re-enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion, and the memoir Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian—about what a genuine God revolution would look like in the twenty-first century.
Drawing on the evolutionary theology of Teilhard de Chardin, the depth psychology of Jung, and the cosmotheandric vision of Raimon Panikkar, Delio offers a startling and empowering reframe: God is not a supernatural authority above us, but the inexhaustible ground of wholeness emerging through us—and we are, right now, called to complete that becoming.
Join Tami and Ilia to explore:
- Why the God of the Axial Age is dying—and what’s being born in its place
- The evolutionary arc from archaic religion to monotheism to a new cosmotheandric religious consciousness
- What it actually means to be a “cyborg Christian”—and why Jesus of Nazareth was one
- How AI mirrors the human psyche and why it may catalyze, not threaten, the next stage of love
- The three-pronged revolution: creativity, complexity, and consciousness
- How to awaken to the divine presence already alive within you—and why that’s the taproot we need now
Rich, irreverent, and intellectually alive, this interview is a genuine disruptor for anyone who has ever felt that the spiritual containers we’ve inherited are too small for the lives we’re actually living.
Listen now and bend into the lure. →
This conversation offers genuine transmission—not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. Originally aired on Sounds True One.
This episode is sponsored by Omega Institute, a global gathering hub for lifelong learning and spiritual exploration. Omega offers weekend workshops, special events, rest and rejuvenation retreats, professional training, online learning, and more. Discover what calls to you at eomega.org/true.
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S1 E1: Ceasing to Be Caught in the Waters of Mind
The natural state of the mind is like calm, still water, teaches Michael Singer. The practice of spiritual surrender—to “relax and release” our resistance to whatever arises in our experience—is the pathway to enjoying serenity of mind no matter what the universe throws your way. In this podcast, Michael Singer uses the analogy of an aquatic bird maintaining its balance on rough water to illustrate what to do and what not to do if we want to stay poised and upright when life gets turbulent.
For more information, go to michaelsingerpodcast.com.
© Sounds True Inc. Episodes: © 2024 Michael A. Singer. All Rights Reserved.
S1 E2: Doing the Real Work to Free Yourself
According to Michael Singer, the only one stopping you from experiencing the heights of divine ecstasy and freedom is you. In this podcast, he describes the real work of the spiritual path as the process of removing our inner blockages and self-made obstacles in order to uncover the natural states of bliss and spiritual liberation that are our birthright. He also discusses discovering “witness consciousness,” the cause of karma, the art of relaxing and releasing resistance to our experience, and more.
For more information, go to michaelsingerpodcast.com.
© Sounds True Inc. Episodes: © 2024 Michael A. Singer. All Rights Reserved.
Steven Hayes PhD: Self-Acceptance and Perspective-Taki...
Steven Hayes is a professor, the chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, and the author of more than 35 books and 500 scientific articles. The cofounder of the acclaimed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (known as ACT), Steven is a contributor to the Sounds True book The Self Acceptance Project: How to Be Kind and Compassionate Toward Yourself in Any Situation and the author of the Sounds True audio program Acceptance and Commitment Theory. In this episode of Insights of the Edge—which previously aired as part of an interview series on self-acceptance—Tami Simon and Steven discuss his experiences living with a panic disorder at a young age, and how his own bouts with anxiety shaped his clinical studies. They talk about the practice of perspective-taking and how it can be a powerful bulwark against self-recrimination. Finally, Steven offers his perspective on spirituality and how that perspective informs the core tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
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Lance Allred: The New Alpha Male
Lance Allred is a former NBA player (who was the first legally deaf player in the league), public speaker, and author. With Sounds True, he has published The New Alpha Male: How to Win the Game When the Rules Are Changing. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Lance about the experiences he had in professional sports that led him to reevaluate what it means to be a man in contemporary society. Lance explains how his upbringing in a rural, polygamous commune informed his original ideas about masculinity, highlighting the subconscious assumptions about money and power that affect American men’s self-worth. Tami and Lance also discuss the roles of emotional vulnerability and surrender in the lives of modern men. Finally, they talk about the principle of perseverance and the increasingly urgent need for all cultures to reexamine their assumptions and core values.(63 minutes)
Micah Mortali: Rewilding
Micah Mortali is the director of the Kripalu School, a certified yoga teacher, and a longtime wilderness guide. With Sounds True, he has published Rewilding: Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening in Nature. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Micah about humanity’s growing disconnection from the earth and how “rewilding” can help slow that trend. They talk about rewilding both as individuals and as part of whole ecosystems. Micah also shares the story of an intense, revelatory trail encounter with a bear and comments on the “species loneliness” of urban environments. Mulling the sense of grief they have for humankind’s effects on the environment, Tami and Micah consider how modern people can grapple with being in exile from the natural world. Finally, they discuss the barriers many have to reentering nature, as well as ways to initiate your own rewilding experience no matter where you are.(64 minutes)
Christian Conte: Healing Conflict: Listen, Validate, a...
Christian Conte, PhD, is a mental health specialist and leading authority on anger management. With Sounds True, Christian has published Walking Through Anger: A New Design for Confronting Conflict in an Emotionally Charged World. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon talks with Christian about his Yield Theory of emotional management, focusing on the process of “listen, validate, explore options.” Christian explains the events that led to his interest in anger management, as well as the origins of Yield Theory. He emphasizes the importance of meeting others where they are, giving them the opportunity to drain anger’s charge from their limbic system. Christian and Tami discuss why it’s necessary to cultivate humility and how Yield Theory might be applied to our currently divisive culture. Finally, they speak on “the cartoon world” that angry responses often create, as well as the importance of watching what we add to our minds.(63 minutes)
