The Discomfort Practice Podcast

The Discomfort Practice Podcast

The Discomfort Practice explores the value of discomfort in shaping who we are, how we are in the world and how it can be a catalyst for positive personal and social evolution.

Betsy speaks to leaders, activists, athletes, creatives and others who, like her, are ‘professional discomforters’ about comfort zones, having a conscious ‘discomfort practice,’ and the superpowers that lie on the other side of stepping into the unknown. Come get uncomfortable with Betsy...

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Season 2

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 & ‘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 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
Episode 27: Betsy By Herself - what does our need to take down our heroes say about us
Episode 26: Roopa Mehta on personal power and the gratification of conscious consumption
Episode 25: Introducing Discomfort Running Buddies, a new Clubhouse chat group and talking comfort and art with Catherine Garner
Episode 24: Traver Boehm on masculinity, shame and how teaching men to feel makes the world safer for everyone
Episode 23: Betsy By Herself, on the discomfort of getting personal on a podcast
Episode 22: Maggie Murphy on equal pay in sports, working with fans and how to handle tough conversations
Episode 21: Maria Beatrice Giovanardi on changing the dictionary definition of 'woman' & how language shapes society
Episode 20: Robin Sundaram on personal values, helping farmers & the power of big business to do good
Episode 19: Aine Rose Campbell on modeling, activism & sitting still in discomfort
Episode 18: Ed Gillespie on looking truth in the eye, the future & lockdown creativity
Episode 17: Julia Dujmovits on winning gold medals, flow state & breathing as a superpower
Intro to Season 2

Season 1

Episode 1

Introduction to The Discomfort Practice by Betsy