King Hero's Journey with Beth Martens

Sublimate 💫 To sublimate is to refine raw material into a higher expression. To take the friction, experiences, talents, and struggles of life and allow them to become substance for consciousness. This isn’t about superiority over others. It’s about becoming less mechanically run by programs and more connected to the essential inner being that supports real freedom. There is a spiritual worth to...

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Synergy is what happens when something new is created through coming together. In groups, it has a recognizable structure: A common aim and shared intention Real opportunities for contribution Individual purpose remaining intact,  and  something new is born James Hillman called this new thing a  daimon  — a third being or soul that emerges from the w...

This episode comes straight out of a real-life meeting at Confluence. Something became unmistakably clear to me there — what it looks like when a community forms  organically . Not managed. Not engineered. Not pushed into existence. But something that actually  converges . Confluence itself is a living example of this. You can feel the difference when you’re in it. People aren’t being organized… t...

What does it look like when a life of music becomes a path of initiation? In this King Hero interview, I’m joined by  Roy “Future Man” Wooten —five-time Grammy Award-winning musician, composer, and inventor—to explore the intersection of  sound, innovation, and the Hero’s Journey . Future Man is known for creating entirely new instruments, including the  Drumitar , which allows him to play a full...

The interview with Drew Couver will be rescheduled.  Discover deprogramming and archetype courses at  www.bethmartens.com Apply for a zero-cost, one-on-one chat about working together:   https://www.bethmartens.com/awaken-your-journey-archetype-application Find out your King Hero Archetype in ten minutes:   https://www.bethmartens.com/king-hero-archetype-quiz-sign-up Apply to become a House of Fre...

Fresh back from Confluence in Texas, this episode is about returning — coming back with something real. I’ll share some highlights and adventures from the experience, and what transformation happens when we step out of our usual environments. Patterns loosen, new clarity appears while you’re away, but many people wonder how to hold onto it when they’re back in regular life. In addition, I have a w...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , we move to the next phase: Drop it. Once you’ve spotted a pattern, tracked it, and recognized its structure… there’s only one thing left to do. Not fix it. Not manage it. Not analyze it further. But to  drop it . To let it move through you instead of holding it in place. Life is full of things we cling to — both the “good” and the “bad.” When something feels...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , I’m getting into one of the most powerful aspects of deprogramming: The pattern interrupt. If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been spending time with the work of  G. I. Gurdjieff —and for someone who rarely finds great resonance in other systems, I’ve found a surprising amount of common ground. One of his key insights: For anything to change… it n...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , I’m exploring something deceptively simple — and incredibly powerful: Naming. To name something is not just to describe it. It is to bring it into form. It’s one of the first capacities we develop as humans — learning language, learning to differentiate, learning to point to reality and say,  this is that. And from there, everything changes. Naming is an  Al...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , we're getting into one of the most useful skills you can develop if you want to move through life with any kind of clarity: Spot it. Life is not random. It’s recursive. Themes repeat. Patterns cycle. Spirals move — not in circles, but in layers. If you’ve ever had the experience of thinking,  “Didn’t I already go through this?”  — you did. Just not from...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , I’m turning my attention to something subtle, pervasive, and rarely questioned:  scent . It’s everywhere. From perfumes and cleaning products to public spaces and travel environments, scent shapes our experience more than we tend to notice — influencing mood, affecting the body, and sometimes overwhelming the senses in ways that are hard to ignore once you s...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , I'm joined in person by good friend, meditation teacher, and truth advocate  Wonnita Brands . After the chaos of 2020 and the years that followed, something strange has happened culturally: the world seems eager to move on as if nothing happened. As if we didn’t live through: Lockdowns and the forced isolation of families and communities The criminalizat...

In this episode of Beth of Fresh Air, Beth welcomes a modern Renaissance man — filmmaker, teacher, actor, health coach specializing in the Love Your Liver approach, truth lover, a devoted student of his own psyche, adept in the work of G. I. Gurdjieff and Carl Jung. In a culture that prizes specialization — where the right hand no longer knows what the left one does — this conversation explores th...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , we enter the arena of  sound . Sound is everywhere. It captures our attention, intrudes on our space, shapes our moods, colors our perceptions, and often influences us more than we consciously realize. From music to machinery, from background noise to deliberate harmony, sound plays a powerful role in how we experience the world. On the heels of an inspiring...

I'm pressing pause on the  Evolve  series for a minute. Instead… we’re going to take a breath,  connect,  and let me think out loud. Episode 18 is a solo, slightly unhinged (in the best way), community livestream. No script. No outline. Just me, you, and whatever wants to come out of the ethers. Possible directions include: A rant and question about  belief  (a pet peeve) Observations about ho...

In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , Beth turns the  Evolve  lens toward one of the most powerful—and least examined—forces shaping culture, society, and gender dynamics: the  Mother archetype , particularly its shadow expressions. Joined by special guest  Marja West —author, podcaster, mentor, and advocate for survivors of trafficking and ritual abuse—this conversation explores how unresolved...

With Dagmar Stansova In this episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , the  Evolve  series turns toward the world of  performance art —a powerful force shaping modern culture, consciousness, and collective attention. Performance art holds immense potential. It can open portals to beauty, truth, and connection with the Divine. At the same time, it can function as propaganda—guiding perception, reinforcing na...

In this second King Hero interview with former Canadian police officer  Achille Currado , we go deeper into the  systemic and cultural corruption embedded within policing —not as theory, but as lived reality. As a  survivor of systemic corruption  and a long-term institutional con that ultimately ended his career in law enforcement, Achille returns to share hard-earned wisdom from inside the syste...

In this next instalment of the  Evolve  series on the evolution of culture and society, Beth is joined by historian, journalist, author, speaker, editor, and co-founder of the  Rising Tide Foundation ,  Matt Ehret , for a wide-angle conversation on geopolitics. This episode asks deeper questions than the usual headlines allow. Rather than focusing solely on villains, conspiracies, or surface-level...

In this upcoming King Hero interview, Brandon Sterling joins me again to pull the curtain back on what’s *actually* happening in the economy. We’ll dig into recent economic events like Venezuela, what Trump’s oil plan really means, and why Brandon is bullish on oil—despite widespread uncertainty. We’ll also explore what so-called “dumb money” is doing right now, the employment crash no one wants t...

In this special episode of  Beth of Fresh Air , we begin a new series titled  Evolve , exploring how society and culture have changed and are changing — and where they may be headed next. For this first conversation, I’m blessed to MAYBE be joined by my  nineteen-year-old , Liam, for an intergenerational dialogue about what it’s like to grow up inside the world that many adults are worried about....

A good friend, colleague, past student and apprentice, teacher, coach, and musician, Melanie Johannesson, is going to be here in person! So this week on the BoFA livestream we’re going to geek out about some of our favourite things. Together, we’ll be diving into... Deprogramming — what it really looks like in lived experience Archetypes and how they shape identity, behaviour, and healing Melanie’...

Is corruption the exception… or the rule? “People assume you fall for a con because you’re naïve. In reality, you fall because the con aligns with what you already know to be true.” In this King Hero interview, I’m joined by  Achille Currado , whose nearly  20 years in policing  gave him a front-row seat to realities most people never see—and few are willing to talk about. Long before corruption b...

Join us live for part 4 of De-Cult Natural Health with guest, Dagmar Stansova! *** Join the CreatorCode course starting Jan 14th:  https://www.bethmartens.com/creator-code Discover deprogramming and archetype courses at  www.bethmartens.com Apply for a zero-cost, one-on-one chat about working together:  https://www.bethmartens.com/awaken-your-journey-archetype-application Find out your King Hero A...

In this King Hero interview I’m welcoming author and visionary, Dr. Jacob Lieberman, for his third interview to talk about vision. While he was remarkably successful at healing his own eyesight, this interview will focus on the vision behind the vision — what does clear seeing really mean, how has it impacted and changed his life, and how has it allowed him to be a beacon of awakening to many peop...