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The Discomfort Practice

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 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...

Mar 25, 2021

* Explicit content alert* There is a healthy amount of swearing in this episode, so if that's an edge of your comfort zone you're happy to keep where it is or you have children around, you might want to skip this one or grab your headphones.

Traver Boehm is a former MMA fighter who's also an acupuncturist, TEDx speaker...


Mar 20, 2021

In this latest solo episode of Season 2, Betsy talks about how revealing her personal life on this podcast is part of her own discomfort practice, and how to find the balance between stepping into her full powers while not traumatising herself. She talks about her intention in running her 'sex book club' and commits to...


Mar 14, 2021

Maggie Murphy is the General Manager of Lewes Football Club in England. Lewes is a fan-owned club and the first in the world to pay its male and female players equally. 

Betsy and Maggie talk about sports as a platform to lead social change and how important great communications are when changing norms.

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Mar 6, 2021

Maria Beatrice Giovanardi's communications research led her to notice the Oxford English Dictionary (& Google) definition of 'woman' was outdated, largely negative & sexist. She started a Change.org petition to change that & in November 2020, following 34,000 signatures, the OED changed it.

Betsy & Beatrice discuss how...