{"id":26165,"date":"2026-07-02T03:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=26165"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:19:31","slug":"just-one-question-martha-beck-what-do-i-do-at-three-in-the-morning","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/just-one-question-martha-beck-what-do-i-do-at-three-in-the-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One Question | Martha Beck: What Do I Do At Three In the Morning?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/916c9921-1aef-4a68-b7f7-5cae3c26ab2b\/embed?theme=dark-custom&amp;primary_color=%23e1c1cc\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three in the morning. Brain already running. Every unfinished thing in your life suddenly very urgent. Sound familiar?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We pulled this week\u2019s 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 \u2014 and honestly, kind of revolutionary in how low the bar is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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&#8217;s been working through her own anxiety since childhood, and she&#8217;s arrived somewhere really good. (Spoiler: it involves audiobooks, furry blankets, and thinking like a golden retriever.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Here&#8217;s some of what she gets into:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why she plays Sounds True audiobooks at half-speed in the middle of the night \u2014 and why slowing down is the whole point<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The self-kindness practice she uses when her brain won&#8217;t quit, including the exact question she asks herself<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A story from Liz Gilbert&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eat, Pray, Love<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about a two-word message that Martha keeps coming back to \u2014 it&#8217;s a good one<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How decades of anxiety can actually rewire into something peaceful, and why what fires together really does wire together<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honestly, this one left us wanting to go take a nap. In the best way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken from the full <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conversation with Martha Beck. Find the complete interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/a\/resources\/podcast\/martha-beck-phd-beyond-anxiety\/\">in this feed<\/a> or at soundstrue.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/eomega.org\/true\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eomega.org\/true<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25695,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[392,1085],"tags":[170],"contributor":[808],"class_list":["post-26165","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-healing","category-personal-growth","tag-insights-at-the-edge","contributor-martha-beck"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Just One Question | Martha Beck: What Do I Do At Three In the Morning? | Sounds True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just One Question | Martha Beck: What Do I Do At Three In the Morning? | Sounds True\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three in the morning. 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