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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...

May 30, 2021

Jean Callanan's international corporate career spans well-known names like Unilever, Waterford Crystal & Guinness. She runs 'strategic thinking consultancy' Momenta Hub & is Chair of the Irish Hospice Foundation, which promotes discussion of death, dying & bereavement.

Betsy & Jean chat about burnout, leaving corporate...


May 23, 2021

Hannah Vaughan Jones is an Emmy-nominated journalist & broadcaster for CNN International and Sky News. She & her husband, fellow newsreader Lewis Vaughn Jones, publicly documented their struggles with infertility in a widely-watched YouTube series 'Our IVF Diary.'

Betsy & Hannah talk about how experiencing failure has...


May 16, 2021

Christina Bradley is a creative coach, author, former actress & founder of The Creativity Campus.

Betsy & Christina talk about how everyone is creative but often need to give ourselves permission to connect with & nurture it. Betsy shares how she reconnected with playing her cello after having had to leave her...


May 10, 2021

Scott Robinson is a Senior Lecturer at The Academy of Applied Movement Neurology who brings his background in competitive sports to his work helping people to rewire their nervous systems to live the lives they truly want to live.

Betsy & Scott chat about how our nervous systems and subconscious programmes determine our...


May 2, 2021

After a tech shitshow of a week, Betsy gave up on salvaging the interview she had wanted to post and recorded a solo episode on how uncomfortable it is to fail. On some of the neuroscience of failing and discomfort. And on how important it is to ask for help, say no or let yourself rest if you are also a recovering...