All Episodes

Episode #138: Betsy By Herself, Podcasting in Active Discomfort & Not Knowing When It Ends

Episode #138: Claire Carpenter on Leadership at the Edges: The Price of Being a Pioneer

Episode #137: Betsy By Herself On Being the Homework

Episode #136: Betsy By Herself On Life As Craft

Episode #135: Katherine Wela Bogen On Disruption As Liberation and Not Letting The Internet Take Your Humanity

Episode #135: Betsy By Herself on Crushing, Cancer & Lessons on Aliveness

Episode #133: Betsy By Herself on

Episode #132: Betsy By Herself - Launching Embodied Leadership Lab

Episode #131: Betsy By Herself on How To Write Blasphemy (When It Serves)

Episode #130: Betsy By Herself on Joy as Anarchy: The Subversive Power of Enjoying Your Life

Episode #129: Adam Kahane on Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Like, Trust or Agree With

Bonus Meditation: Being Human in Crunchy Times

Episode #128: Betsy By Herself - The World Is Evolving and So, Apparently, Am I

Episode #127: Betsy by Herself on Intentional Indifference as a Leadership Practice

Episode #126: Betsy by Herself on Thich Nat Hanh and Internal War Loops

Episode #125: James Murray on Climate Change, Tipping Points & Practicing Optimism

Episode #124: Betsy by Herself - A Love Letter to Anyone Doing Anything Alone

Episode #123: Betsy by Herself on Navigating Your Own Threshold Moments in a Time of Monsters

Episode #122: From the Archives - Pilar Garrido on Leading a Country With Love During a Pandemic

Episode #121: Betsy By Herself on Boundary-Setting as a Pleasure Practice

Episode #120: Betsy By Herself on Launching a Personal Sanctuary for Her Edges

Episode #119: Isa Noyola Returns to Talk About Joy, Justice and Survival When Walking the Edge

Episode #118: Betsy By Herself on  ​Post-Capitalist Prosperity - Redefining Abundance, Enoughness and Trust

Episode #117: Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on how to stay human in the age of AI

Episode #116: Relaunching Season 5 after a year off

Episode #115: Betsy By Herself - The World is Evolving. Are You?

Episode #114: Embracing the Edge - Shifting Communication Norms with Thea May

Episode #113: Betsy by Herself Introducing Season 5

Episode #112: Season 4 Wrap-Up

Episode #111: Betsy By Herself on What You're Meant to Bring to the World

Episode #110: Dr. Terence Lester on Opening Our Eyes to Things We'd Rather Not See

Episode #109: Betsy by Herself on Appreciating the Things That Have Made You

Episode #108: From the Archives - Paul Davis On Following Your Purpose

Episode #107: Betsy by Herself on Exploring Her Shadow Side

Episode #106: Carlos Zimbron on Fuckup Nights and Why Celebrating Failure is Important

Episode #105: Betsy by Herself on Making Magic

Episode #104: Betsy by Herself on Creating Ease for Yourself

Episode #103: Oyin Adebayo on Empowering 1million Black Women

Episode #102: Betsy by Herself on the End of a Personal Seven Year Cycle

Episode #101: Isidra Mencos on Lust and Pleasure as a Pathway to Self-Discovery

Episode #100: Betsy by Herself, Celebrating and Reflecting on 100 episodes!

Episode #99: Charles McCarrick on Consciously Building Confidence

Episode #98: Betsy By Herself - A Love Letter to Introverted Moments

Episode #97: Matisse Dupont on "Transitions."

Episode #96: Michael Youngblood on the Value of Beautiful Questions

Episode #95: Betsy By Herself - It's Safe Now to Be in Your Own Power

Episode #94: Nik Govier on Neuro-Diversity being a Superpower

Episode #93: Betsy By Herself on Navigating the Chaos of A Transition

Episode #92: Margaret Heffernan On Willful Blindness

Episode #91: Betsy by Herself on Turning Off the External Noise to Hear Yourself

Episode #90: Dan Schnur on Forging Your Own Path When Everything Shifts

Episode #89: Selina Donald on Bringing Sustainability To The Event Industry

Episode #88: Betsy by Herself on Creating Rituals to De-stress and Create Focus

Episode #87: Leyla Acaroglu on How Design Can Save The World

Episode #86: Pilar Garrido on How Leading With Love Benefits Communities

Episode #85: Betsy by Herself on Life Transitions and Shedding Skin

Episode #84: Daze Aghaji on the Power of Love to Create Change

Episode #83: Matthew Williams on Being an Inventor and Mastering Public Speaking

Episode #82: Betsy by Herself on Loving All Parts of Yourself

Episode #81: Tiffany Cheng on Swapping Corporate Life for your Passion

Episode #80: Traver Boehm on Killing The Nice Guy

Episode #79: Welcome to Season 4

Episode #78: Betsy by Herself On the Discomfort of Being in The Void

Episode #77: Paul Dunn on Connection, Meaning, And Purpose

Episode #76: Kim Polman on Treating Others and The Planet As You Would Wish To Be Treated

Episode #75: Betsy by Herself on the Clarifying Power of Uncomfortable Weather

Bonus Meditation: What Do You Need To Give Yourself?

Episode #74: Betsy By Herself on What Do You Want To Suck At?

Episode #73: Matt Peacock on Messing With Comfortable Assumptions to Create Change

Episode #72: Shannon Houde on Finding and Making Your Impact In This World

Episode #71: David Richman on How Cycling 5,000 Miles Helped Him Process Grief and Inspire Others.

Episode #70: Betsy By Herself On the Power of Trusting Yourself

Episode #69: Anne Macksoud and John Ankele on Singing About the Dark Times

Episode #68: Blaire Caplan on Finding Our Purpose and Bringing Humanity Back

Episode #67: Jennifer Moss on Burnout and How Discomfort Is Essential to Resilience

Episode #66: Aja Barber on Fast Fashion, Choices and How We Can Do Better

Episode #65: Tim Collings on Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders

Episode #64: Betsy By Herself on Finding and Living your Purpose in All Areas of your Life

Episode #63: Adam Nosal on Agreeing to Disagree

Episode #62: Rasia Pouncie on Dark Nights of the Soul

Episode #61: Meghan Bonhomme on Aligning Goals Through Self-Love

Episode #60: Jane Duncan Rogers on planning for the end of life. *Trigger Warning – Death*

BONUS Episode: Betsy By Herself on What Happened When She Meditated For Five Days

Episode #59: Betsy By Herself on The Power of Self-Acknowledgement & Gratitude

Episode #58: Matisse DuPont on Eradicating Gender Categorization

Episode #57: Kyle Redman on Fixing Democracy

Episode #56: Judith Favor on finding peace through contemplative practices

Episode #55: Paul Davis on Living Your Best Life by Following Your Intuition (Trigger Warning: discussion of suicidal thoughts)

Episode #54: Betsy By Herself on Aligning With Your Purpose and Addressing Energetic Leaks

Episode #53: Razan Ibrahim on How Becoming a Refugee Helped Positively Shaped Her Perspective on Life

Episode #52: Kasia Urbaniak on How Taoist Training and Dominatrix Work Helped Her Understand Power

Episode #51: Philip Clayton on the Intersection of Faith, Environmentalism and Social Change

Episode #50: Alina Siegfried on The Power of Story to Transform the World and Ourselves

Episode #49: Becky Burchell on Inspiring Imagination and Change Through the Arts

Episode #48: Betsy By Herself on Confronting Her Own Implicit Biases

Episode #47: Martin Roberts on Impactful Leadership and the Opportunities of Online Education

Episode #46: Ben Bowen on How Bias in Tech Impacts Indigenous Communities

Episode #45: Adam Nosal Part II: on how to connect and be truly human online

Episode #44: Adam Nosal Part 1: how to disagree on topics like the Covid vaccine and still have a nurturing conversation

Episode #43: an intro to Season 3 and a focus on the discomfort of change

Episode #42: Betsy By Herself on the value of rest, naps as her superpower and wrapping up Season 2

Episode #41: Nicole Lohse on somatic experiencing, listening to your body and how discomfort can be a gateway to growth

Episode #40: Discomfort Running Buddies with Jen Carr, on stepping into your own voice

Episode #39: Marilise de Villiers on taming bullies, claiming your superpowers and playing with power

Episode #38: Chitra Nadarajah on working in a political organisation, personal resilience and work-life balance

Episode #37: Betsy By Herself on Quitting, Disappointing Others and 'Being Difficult'

Episode #36: Discomfort Running Buddies with Luis Amaro

Episode #35: Flaviano Bianchini on the scientific mind, receiving death threats and fighting mining companies on human rights

Episode #34: María Scharrón-del Río on education, language and shifting culture to make space for everyone

Episode #33: Jean Callanan on leaving corporate life, solo hiking and the need to have conversations about death and dying

Episode #32: Hannah Vaughan Jones on being a CNN news anchor, failing in public and her journey with infertility

Episode #31: Christina Bradley on giving yourself permission to be creative and having a creative practice

Episode #30: Scott Robinson on neuroscience and rewiring your brain to live the life you want

Episode #29: Betsy By Herself on having a rough week, being imperfect and being nice to yourself

Episode #28: The Rev. Fred Davie on purpose, faith, police reform and stepping into the full expression of who you are

BONUS Episode: Finding Silence Meditation

Episode #27: Betsy By Herself - What Our Need to Take Down Our Heroes Says About Us?

Episode #26: Roopa Mehta on Personal Power and the Gratification of Conscious Consumption

Episode #25: Introducing Discomfort Running Buddies - Comfort and Making Art with Catherine Garner

Episode #24: Traver Boehm on Masculinity, Shame and How Teaching Men to Feel Makes the World Safer

Episode #23: Betsy By Herself On the Discomfort of Getting Personal on the Internet

Episode #22: Maggie Murphy On Equal Pay in sports and How to Handle Tough Conversations

Episode #21: Maria Beatrice Giovanardi On Changing the Dictionary Definition of 'Woman' and How Language Shapes Society

Episode #20: Robin Sundaram On Living Personal Values at Work and the Power of Big Business to Do Good

Episode #19: Aine Rose Campbell On Modeling and Activism

Episode #18: Ed Gillespie On the Future of Humanity and Covid Lockdown Creativity

Episode #16: Introduction to Season 2 of The Discomfort Practice

Episode #17: Julia Dujmovits On Winning Gold Medals, Flow State and Breathing as a Superpower

BONUS Episode: Sitting With Discomfort Meditation

Episode #15: Season 1 Wrap-Up

Episode #14: Khandiz On the Ugly impact of the Beauty Industry and Transforming the Film and TV Industries

Episode #13: Steve Whiteley On Getting Laughs and being a Buddhist Comic

Episode #12: Sophie Anderson On Physical and Energetic Alignment and Human Design

Episode #11: Bodhi Eira Jones On Flow State, Creativity and Breaking Binary Thinking

Episode #10: Betsy By Herself On 2020 and Healing Our Collective Shadow Side

Episode #9: Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic On How Leaders Fail When They Avoid Discomfort

Episode #8: Isa Noyola On Being a Transgender Latina Activist and the Precarious Lives of Trans Migrants

Episode #7: Kirsty Schneeberger On Species Decline, Climate Crisis & Living Heart-First

Episode #6: Betsy by Herself On Being In The Unknown

Episode #5: Dr. Mick Jackson On Extreme Adventures and Why He Founded Wild Hearts Group

Episode #4: Nick Bridwell On Uncomfortable Conversations

Episode #3: Lucie Lincoln On the Scariness of Creativity and Why Don't Need to Act Grownup

Episode #2: Jonelle Lewis On Challenging White Privilege in the Wellness Industry

Episode #1: Introduction to The Discomfort Practice