Dr. Martha Beck

And these young girls are just caught in whirlwinds of social toxicity when they might be taught to meditate. And we can still do all those things. We can still access those things

Because... It is easier in the mind to take arms against a sea of troubles. It's Hamlet's speech. Why should I stay alive in a world where everyone dies and we're all assaulted by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune? He's just watched his father die, and he's like, why would I keep going? I could just kill myself. Because men are taught combat as a way of control.

Because... It is easier in the mind to take arms against a sea of troubles. It's Hamlet's speech. Why should I stay alive in a world where everyone dies and we're all assaulted by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune? He's just watched his father die, and he's like, why would I keep going? I could just kill myself. Because men are taught combat as a way of control.

If you're afraid, every movie will tell you, get a gun. Like The Matrix, where the guy learns he can control everything with his mind. Everything he's controlling with his mind. So what does he do? He says, we're going to need a lot of guns. You can control the universe with your mind. You don't need guns, right? But there's just this obsession with weaponry. And that's kind of in the DNA.

If you're afraid, every movie will tell you, get a gun. Like The Matrix, where the guy learns he can control everything with his mind. Everything he's controlling with his mind. So what does he do? He says, we're going to need a lot of guns. You can control the universe with your mind. You don't need guns, right? But there's just this obsession with weaponry. And that's kind of in the DNA.

But when you get people in a spiral of fear, it becomes... intense and military. All the genocides committed throughout history have relied on like really toxic leaders accessing vulnerable young men and militarizing them against other people, which is really easy. And if they're on their own isolated and there are no elders taking them in groups doing things, they turn that on themselves.

But when you get people in a spiral of fear, it becomes... intense and military. All the genocides committed throughout history have relied on like really toxic leaders accessing vulnerable young men and militarizing them against other people, which is really easy. And if they're on their own isolated and there are no elders taking them in groups doing things, they turn that on themselves.

I would say look to our ancestors, you know. Let's take young men. The coach, Michael Trotta, that I used to go with to make fire in the woods, he originally worked with and probably still does work with groups of young men. And he used to wear a—he was a disciple of— I think it was the Odawa tribe of indigenous Americans. And he always wore this shirt that said, listen to grandfather.

I would say look to our ancestors, you know. Let's take young men. The coach, Michael Trotta, that I used to go with to make fire in the woods, he originally worked with and probably still does work with groups of young men. And he used to wear a—he was a disciple of— I think it was the Odawa tribe of indigenous Americans. And he always wore this shirt that said, listen to grandfather.

And he would take these confused, hurting young men out. And he would put them through the trials that they would have had in a traditional society. And they would have to learn to make fire together. And they would have to learn to feed each other what they could find and use their skills in hunting, building, all of that for the community. And I just watched him heal boy after boy after boy.

And he would take these confused, hurting young men out. And he would put them through the trials that they would have had in a traditional society. And they would have to learn to make fire together. And they would have to learn to feed each other what they could find and use their skills in hunting, building, all of that for the community. And I just watched him heal boy after boy after boy.

Like the lives we're giving people now, the lives most of us are living, are so alienating. It's such an abnormal – this here is not normal anymore. Right? This is not a forest or a beach or a desert. This is all man-made. It's full of right angles, which don't even very rarely exist in nature, only in crystals.

Like the lives we're giving people now, the lives most of us are living, are so alienating. It's such an abnormal – this here is not normal anymore. Right? This is not a forest or a beach or a desert. This is all man-made. It's full of right angles, which don't even very rarely exist in nature, only in crystals.

Yeah, I'm pointing at the studio, which is lovely, by the way. Absolutely state-of-the-art. But If you talk about human evolution and the incredible sophisticated nervous systems we have, they evolved intimately for a totally different environment. And this is scary.

Yeah, I'm pointing at the studio, which is lovely, by the way. Absolutely state-of-the-art. But If you talk about human evolution and the incredible sophisticated nervous systems we have, they evolved intimately for a totally different environment. And this is scary.

You would create stuff. You can't help yourself. And that's why you are obviously like physically healthy. You seem incredibly balanced and wise. Like you've been making stuff. So you're very much like you're... Sorry to use California language, but your energy is very calm, but also very exuberant.

You would create stuff. You can't help yourself. And that's why you are obviously like physically healthy. You seem incredibly balanced and wise. Like you've been making stuff. So you're very much like you're... Sorry to use California language, but your energy is very calm, but also very exuberant.

Oh, yes, I was.

Oh, yes, I was.

So I was born not just into a Mormon family, but a Mormon community where everyone shared the same beliefs. You didn't call people Mr. and Mrs. It was brother and sister, brother Smith, sister Smith. And I was told from very young, I mean, you're indoctrinated.