Martha Beck: How Curiosity and Creativity Can Quiet Anxiety

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Martha Beck, renowned life coach and bestselling author of Beyond Anxiety, shares a powerful reframe for managing fear and overwhelm in today’s chaotic world. Drawing on neuroscience and decades of coaching, she explains how anxiety and creativity are mirror systems in the brain—and how shifting into curiosity can stop anxiety spirals in their tracks. Martha offers gentle, science-backed strategies to decode your triggers, rewire your thinking, and lead with calm, compassion, and purpose. Whether you’re facing personal stress or global uncertainty, this conversation offers a hopeful path forward.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's Twice Weekly Podcast on Leadership with Scott Miller.
0:16.0	That's me. I'm your host, nearly seven years now. Gosh, nearly 500 episodes taped,
0:21.4	released every Tuesday and Friday on both audio and video,
0:25.3	where I've had enormous pleasure on behalf
0:26.9	of the Franklin Covey Company
0:28.7	to interview some of the most remarkable people
0:30.8	in the world.
0:31.8	Oftentimes, they appear as entrepreneurs,
0:34.8	solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, founders,
0:37.4	founders, creators, sea level officers,
0:40.3	artists, academicians, scientists, people that have uncovered or discovered something
0:47.3	interesting and valuable that might help make you a better leader to help make you more effective.
0:53.3	Franklin Covey, of course, is known worldwide
0:56.2	as the world's most trusted leadership firm
0:58.6	founded in part, gosh, nearly 40 years ago
1:01.7	by our co-founder Stephen Covey.
1:03.5	You know him as the author of many books,
1:06.4	including the seminal contribution,
1:08.5	The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Although Dr. Covey passed 10 years ago, the seven habits of highly effective people.
1:11.5	Although Dr. Covey passed 10 years ago, the company thrives with clients around the world,
1:16.3	and wouldn't he be delighted to see all the guests that have come on to this podcast?
1:20.9	Now, this is a very interesting week because we've had the privilege of interviewing Mel Robbins
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