Martha Beck
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They told me I was throwing my life away.
And they were absolutely right.
And the life I threw away was stupid and sucked.
And the life I got instead is awesome.
So that's that.
Right.
Okay.
Strange position.
It's so funny that you use the term coming to consensus, because that actually is the way most people live.
We look around at the pressures on us from other people, and we come to consensus, and we choose what makes us fit in best.
I actually just started a podcast with my partner, Ron and Megan, and we talk... The theme, it's called Bewildered, and the theme is...
Don't live by coming to consensus.
Live by coming to your senses.
So what happens when you realize that the consensus is off.
So I was raised Mormon, okay, like super duper Mormon.
And that just turned me into a hardcore atheist by the time I went to Harvard.
And I was like, yeah, intellect is everything.
Then I get pregnant.
I'm having psychic experiences.
Yeah.