19 Dec 2024 · 2 h 17 min
Books from Martha Beck
“Dr. Martha Beck (Oprah's Life Coach): I Nearly Died, So I Stopped Lying! Why You're Anxious & How To Fix It! Fix Your Childhood Trauma!”
4 books mentioned
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The conversation
Dr. Martha Beck, a Harvard-trained sociologist and life coach, discusses how anxiety is a learned response that can be overcome by shifting from fear-based thinking to creative awareness. She shares her personal journey of trauma, near-death experience, and recovery, and offers techniques for finding peace and purpose.
Talking points
- Anxiety as a learned response
- Shifting from left to right brain
- Practical techniques for calming anxiety
- Healing power of expressive writing
- Childhood trauma and recovery story
- Near-death experience and vow of truth
- Leaving Mormonism and coming out
- Ubuntu concept of community and connection