Release Your Resistance: Recent Episodes
Bex Beltran
So many of us are going through life on default, reacting to what happens to us and assuming that’s how it is and how it will always be. And so many of us are aware that something different, or better exists.. But we might not be aware that the different or better existence is available to us- RIGHT NOW! Or, even if we are aware.. We might not take action towards it, or believe it’s available to us because of our resistance. Over the episodes in this podcast I’ll teach you how you can release your resistance. By doing this for myself, I have become valued and respected by myself and in my relationships. I’ll tell you how I found my purpose, how I’m happy, and why I feel more self-sufficient now than ever before. Right now, there may be a barrier between you and a relationship with yourself and life that you love and appreciate, but that barrier is self-created resistance and totally optional. This podcast will show you how I broke through that barrier, and how you can too! I’ll show you how you can release your resistance.
Unlock your creativity through journaling. Explore your creativity without limits. Connect with thoughts and emotions. Transform through self-discovery.
Today Zayne Khan is back to share how his journaling practice has developed and evolved, the benefits he gets from journaling and how we can unlock our creativity through journaling!
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Creativity can be learned and practiced and developed.
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You can journal even when you don’t feel inspired or motivated.
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Creativity can be in so many different areas. You can be a creative artist or creative problem solver or both and something completely different
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Use journaling to recognize, get curious about and develop your creativity!
See a summary of our Journaling + Creativity Conversation and get all the links: https://bexb.org/unlock/
Connect with Zayne: https://www.instagram.com/friendshipcoachzayne/
52 Lists for Self-Discovery Notebook: https://amzn.to/3ICw3Sq (affiliate link)
Balancing Emotional Well-Being Through Journaling
In this episode:
- Hear about the power of journaling for balancing your emotional well-being
- Consider the benefits of emotional well-being, including a better outlook and reduced depression
- Discover the importance of balancing emotions for a more satisfying life.
- Think about the nature vs. nurture debate regarding emotional well-being
As you listen:
- Hear about my dilemma of creating a "perfect" life and its challenges
- Choose a side in the debate on whether emotional well-being is a genetic predisposition or learned behavior
- Get new journaling prompts for enhancing emotional well-being
Resources Mentioned:
Episode Transcript and 5 Signal Journal Prompts: https://bexb.org/balance/
What Do You Want and Why Notebook: https://amzn.to/42MOeOm (affiliate link)
Build resilience through journaling. Overcome setbacks, boost mental strength with practical tips. Journal your way to a resilient mindset.
In today’s episode about building resilience through journaling, explore the concept of resilience, understand its possible impact on your daily life, and discover practical journaling techniques for building mental strength.
Learn how resilience affects your energy, mood, and posture. Discover how journaling can help in overcoming setbacks and gaining a proactive mindset.
Here’s why you want to listen:
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Understand resistance and resilience and their impacts on your energy, mood, and outlook
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Explore a bouncing back metaphor and how humans are not like bouncing balls
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Learn about threats to resilience like denial, trying to control, and wishful thinking
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Hear about the proactive role of journaling in building resilience
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Get some resilience prompts and practical tips for facing obstacles
And so much more!
Resources mentioned
Link to transcript and resilience journal prompts: https://bexb.org/resilience/
(affiliate links)
Kinda Sweet, Kinda Savage blank journal: https://amzn.to/3SYW0Bs
Upcoming Book Club Selection - Its Not your Money by Tosha Silver: https://amzn.to/3SZHt8R
Get on the Waitlist for the Weekly-ish Book Club: https://bexb.org/membership/
Today we’re talking about emotional allowing through journaling.
In This Episode:
💔Explore the concept of emotional allowing through journaling
💔Hear about the physical and mental effects of not allowing emotions
💔Get some practical tips on using journaling as an emotion regulation strategy
💔Learn about recognizing and addressing emotional bypassing
Why Listen:
🤷♀️Discover how journaling can be a transformative tool to embrace, process, and understand your emotions.
🤷♀️Learn about the impact of emotional repression and how journaling serves as a valuable outlet for emotional expression and regulation.
🤷♀️Get insights into recognizing and avoiding emotional bypassing, developing a more authentic connection with your emotions.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Daily Journal Prompts Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Last Week’s How to Start Journaling Episode with Sheridan https://bexb.org/start/
(Affiliate Links)
Prompted Journal: Feel Your Feels https://amzn.to/3UDeuZB
In My Emotions Era: Prompted Emotion Journal https://amzn.to/3SP0Np4
Guided Notebook for Emotions: Self-care Feelings Journal https://amzn.to/3UuwQMo
Sheridan recently decided to get started with journaling.
So I invited her (back) on to the podcast to tell us all about how her new journaling routine is going
In this episode, Sheridan shares
💖 The benefits she wants to get from journaling (aka the reason she decided to start journaling)
💖 The real-life resistant thoughts she had about journaling and how 2 conversations with journalers helped her to drop the “should” and just start
💖 How perfectionism tried to sneak in to Sheridan’s journaling practice
💖 The specific, exact ways she is overcoming resistance and embracing imperfection in her own consistent journaling
The 2 of us also had so much fun talking about
👯♀️ Our strongly held beliefs about the importance of “the right pen” for journaling
👯♀️ Our theories on why we it might not be “the pen’s fault” but what we’re thinking as we’re journaling
👯♀️ Why and how to use bullet points when you’re pressed for time or have a lot to remember to write about
👯♀️ What you can tell yourself if you worry someone might read your journal
👯♀️ The awkwardness in journaling and re-reading journal entries
👯♀️ What we imagine it would be like to hear our journals read outloud
I’m so thankful Sheridan took time to talk with me about getting started with journaling. Our beautiful conversation is all about embracing authenticity, overcoming resistance, and finding joy in documenting life's journey.
https://bexb.org/start/
3 Suggestions for Getting Started with Journaling
- Decide a consistent journaling routine will be beneficial
- Start journaling immediately - on whatever type of journal you have access to right now (even if it's your phone)
- Be aware and prepared for any awkwardness
Journals we talked about (affiliate links)
A Melon Things to be Thankful For https://amzn.to/47U8AGA
Anxiety Succs https://amzn.to/482h3rf
Love Your Life Workbook https://amzn.to/3w9hNgM
Other Podcasts we discussed
Journaling to Process your Day https://bexb.org/process/
Sheridan’s previous episodes:
Mercury in Retrograde - https://bexb.org/mercury/
Astrology - https://bexb.org/moon/
5 Years with Sheridan - https://bexb.org/sheridan/
Office Ladies - https://officeladies.com/
Journal To Process Your Day
In This Episode:
👩🍳Structured Journaling Recipe: Follow a step-by-step process blending reflections, emotions, lessons, and gratitude.
👩🍳 Personalize it to Yourself: Make the recipe your own with personal preferences, time, and variables.
👩🍳 Be Proactive about Your Well-being: Uncover patterns, surprises, and a proactive approach to emotional well-being.
Why Listen:
🥄 Explore a fun cooking analogy as a journaling recipe
🥄 Hear some of my real journaling experiences and examples
🥄 Consider suggestions about how to reread your own journal to notice patterns and rediscover things you forgot
Resources Mentioned:
Transcript and Links: https://bexb.org/process/
What are You Making it Mean: https://amzn.to/48L6jPc
It’s Not Your Money by Tosha Silver: https://amzn.to/3SvVr24
Journal for personal growth by understanding your potential, overcoming societal expectations, and setting intentions.
Take intentional steps, overcome obstacles, and celebrate progress. Explore the power of journaling for self-discovery and transformation
Key Features:
🌱 Understand the concept of personal growth and potential.
🌱Connect worthiness with personal development.
🌱Hear practical tips for identifying and working through personal growth areas.
In This Episode Hear How YOU can:
✍🏻 Define your own personal growth and its components.
✍🏻Learn why you are a "Worthy Baby" and what that means
✍🏻Understand the resistance that might pop up in thinking about personal growth.
✍🏻Get some journaling suggestions for identifying, specifying, and celebrating personal growth areas.
Links and Resources Mentioned:
Get the full transcript and links at https://bexb.org/growth/
Mindset by Carol Dweck https://amzn.to/3U0EjT7
100% Worthy Notebook https://amzn.to/425YPUq
Good Vibes Daily Planner https://amzn.to/3TVnHMC
Good Vibes Daily Planner Tour on YouTube https://youtu.be/W6Y1GG4NkFU
Journal with me on Zoom: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Relieve Stress through Journaling
Key Features:
Insights on Stress and Depression
Journaling Techniques for Prevention and Relief
Self-Awareness Exercise and Gratitude Journaling
Focus on Helping Others as a Coping Mechanism
In This Episode:
📈 Understanding Your Own Stress and Depression Triggers
📈 Journaling Ideas to Prevent and Alleviate Stress
📈 Three Journaling Techniques for Stress and Depression Relief
Why Listen:
🏥 You will get insight into stress and depression management
🏥 You will learn practical journaling techniques for mental well-being
🏥 You can discover ways you can identify triggers and patterns
Connect with Me:
Journal with me on Zoom - bexb.org/letsmeet
Paint with me in Chandler - bexb.org/painting
Get a Weekly Gentle Journaling Check In - bexb.org/weekly
Links & Resources Mentioned:
Transcript and Shownotes for this episode: bexb.org/stressjournaling
Self Awareness Exercise Notebook https://amzn.to/3vpJce6
Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/48pUEVZ
Believe There is Good in the World Dot Graph Notebook https://amzn.to/3vwwsCM
Here are the lessons I’m continuing to learn and a few I have learned from 2023.
Plus, in this annual end of year wrap up episode, you’ll hear:
🎉 my current favorite meme
🎉 the big changes for me in 2023
🎉 a few surprises in 2023
🎉 lessons I’m learning + the ones I’ve finally learned
🎉 what I’m planning for 2024
And so much more - read the rest and see all the links at https://bexb.org/2023lessons
Attend one of my journaling or painting events? https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Shop all irresistible journals + notebooks: http://bexb.org/quickshop
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in: https://bexb.org/weekly/
Find your Purpose Workshop + Discussion Do you have life purpose?
If you want to know
- how and why you feel stuck
- how to see possibilities (instead of feeling resistance)
- how to take action steps towards creating the life you want (even if you don’t know what that is yet
this workshop is for you!
If you are unsure of what, or how, or where to start in your life or if you can’t shake the feeling that something is missing and feeling lost and frustrated, listen to this workshop for some clarity and direction.
Want to get a prompted notebook to Help Find Your Purpose + Write your Manifesto? Here it is: https://amzn.to/3NVOOEd
Want more resources and information about finding your purpose? https://bexb.org/purpose/
Shop all irresistible journals + notebooks: http://bexb.org/quickshop
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in: https://bexb.org/weekly/
What do you do when you are living your life, in the day-to-day and something happens.
What happens when you face a test or challenge? Or when what you decided you wanted to do doesn’t work out the way you thought it would?
We are in week 7 (of 8) of the Let Go and Surrender Series.
Let's talk about
In this week, find out:
🔬 why we need wholeness, trust and learning
🔬 the difference between feeling whole and filling a hole
🔬 how to think about the tests that come our way
🔬 how to pass tests and stick with experiments
And so much more!
Read the transcript and get all the links at https://bexb.org/tests/
Get the Let Go and Surrender Journal to follow along for these 8 episodes: https://amzn.to/3vM0v5W
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - https://bexb.org/weekly/
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: https://bexb.org/links/
What stage of surrender are you in right now?
Let’s learn how to recognize and release the grip - that feeling of attachment. Instead, we can open ourselves to so many possibilities!
Let's discuss:
🖐 the difference between Inner Wisdom and the mind
🖐 what it means to be 100% authentic
🖐 the 3 stages of surrender
🖐 how to use the 6 Ws to notice what is and isn’t your business
And so much more https://bexb.org/opening
*this is ep 6 of an 8 part series - start at the 1st ep of this series at https://bexb.org/letgo/
Get the Let Go and Surrender Journal to follow along for these 8 episodes: https://amzn.to/3vM0v5W
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - https://bexb.org/weekly/
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: https://bexb.org/links/
Can you reprogram your emotional patterns?
Do you think differently as an adult than you did as a child?
We probably like to think we do - but what ideas that we came up with in childhood are we still living our life by today?
We are in week 5 (of 8) of the let go and surrender Series.
Let's talk about why we think what we think and if we want to keep thinking it!
In this week, let’s explore:
🤔 when and how we may have formed some of our beliefs
🤔 what loving unconditionally means (and doesn’t mean)
🤔 why we might want to reprogram emotional patterns
🤔 some journal prompts for letting go of long held beliefs
And so much more https://bexb.org/longheld
*this is ep 5 of an 8 part series - start at the 1st ep of this series at https://bexb.org/letgo/
Get the Let Go and Surrender Journal to follow along for these 8 episodes: https://amzn.to/3vM0v5W
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - https://bexb.org/weekly/
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: https://bexb.org/links/
When do you feel powerful? When do you feel powerless?
Do you know what drains (or replenishes) your energy?
It sounds like a contradiction, but part of letting go is accepting responsibility.
We are halfway through our journey into letting go and surrendering.
Let's talk about your responsibility and power.
In this week, find out:
⚡️ how you can “take back control”
⚡️ all about accepting responsibility instead of blaming
⚡️ what to do if you accidentally slip into an old habit
⚡️ why you should imagine extension cords coming out of your core
⚡️ where your power comes from
And so much more
Get the notes and links to this episode at https://bexb.org/accept
*this is ep 4 of an 8 part series - start at the 1st ep of this series at https://bexb.org/letgo/
Get the Let Go and Surrender Journal to follow along for these 8 episodes: https://amzn.to/3vM0v5W
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - https://bexb.org/weekly/
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: https://bexb.org/links/
This week we are settling deeper into surrender* now that we have had some time to let our minds get used to the idea of letting go.
Listen to hear:
💡 why creating this episode was so ironic
💡 what we accept in order to have healthy relationships
💡 some (maybe) unexpected ways you can clear what is blocking you
💡how to be comfortable even when things are uncomfortable
and so much more - see all the notes and links at https://bexb.org/settle/
*this is ep 3 of an 8 part series - start at the 1st ep of this series at https://bexb.org/letgo/
Get the Let Go and Surrender Journal to follow along for these 8 episodes: https://amzn.to/3vM0v5W
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - https://bexb.org/weekly/
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: https://bexb.org/links/
Do you know how to let go?
What can you do specifically to surrender?
Today is the 2nd of 8 episodes all about why you want to learn to surrender and how to let go.
Listen to hear:
💖 How to clean and clear to program your brain to let go
💖 The reason for some intentional “brainwashing”
💖 What to say “no” to and what to say “yes” to
💖 A reminder of why it is safe to give and receive freely
And so much more!
Get the Let Go and Surrender Journal to follow along for these 8 episodes: https://amzn.to/3vM0v5W
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - https://bexb.org/weekly/
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: https://bexb.org/links/
My theme for the month of January is Let Go and Surrender.
You can get a lovely, floral-covered journal with prompts, worksheets and activities for learning to let go and surrender.
This pretty notebook will be the inspiration for January and February’s podcast episodes on the Release your Resistance Podcast.
Each week, I’ll be discussing each of the sections in the journal.
This week, hear about:
🌷 What does Letting Go and Surrendering mean?
🌷 How Learning to Let go can improve your life
🌷 How to have more peace and less stress
🌷 Some journal prompts (and an art project) to consider letting go
And so much more!
Get the Let Go and Surrender Journal to follow along for these 8 episodes: https://amzn.to/3vM0v5W
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - https://bexb.org/weekly/
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: https://bexb.org/links/
Do you know how resistance shows up? And what it sounds like?
In today’s Resistance Reboot, hear my explanation and discussion about RESISTANCE.
(If you ever say "I want to ____, but..." you might be feeling resistance)
You will learn about:
⚡️ What is Resistance
⚡️ How to notice resistance
⚡️ How to release resistance and other options
Plus - Get encouragement and a new perspective about why we don't go for the things we want!
And - 2 fun 🎁 gifts for you! 🎁
💜 2023 12-month Coloring Page Treasure Map with Workshop (or self- study) topics you can keep as is - or customize for yourself
💜 an audio (and video) recording of a Resistance Metaphor at a Beach to help you visualize how resistance shows up so you can recognize it more easily
Get the Coloring Page Treasure Map
Watch (or listen to) the Resistance Metaphor at a Beach
See upcoming events: https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Get a weekly gentle journaling check in - bexb.org/weekly
Join a daily journal prompt FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Shop for irresistible notebooks: https://bexb.org/quickshop
Check out all the other stuff I do: bexb.org/links
What happens at a coach conference?
What did I realize and get reminded of by being at an event hosted by my mentor?
Today’s episode is a list of reminders and realizations I got from attending Life Coach Live in November of 2022 in Arizona.
A few of my takeaways include:
🔥 Why going back to the basics is such a good use of my time
🔥 The value of seeing masterful coaching in action
🔥 What is a possibility drop? And a few examples of my own
🔥 The remedy to the problem of being stuck
🔥 Why it’s so good to visualize my future and check in with my future self
🔥 How to LOVE what bugs me about other people
🔥 How simple it all is
And so much more! (This is a really great episode! I couldn’t edit any more of my reminders out to make it shorter - they were too good!)
Read the transcript: https://bexb.org/simple
Lessons I Learned from Brooke - https://bexb.org/brooke/
How to Get Unstuck - https://bexb.org/unstuck/
Zayne’s podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/19tP4pqsSLorMuopPMbyyB
Notebook Shop - https://bexb.org/quickshop/
Blow your Own Mind Notebook - https://amzn.to/3Vp60Tg
Have you ever stared at a blank journal page and wondered what to write about?
Or do you hear people talk about how great journaling is, but know it doesn’t work for you - because you tried and it didn’t?
Journaling Prompts could be your answer!
Listen to today’s episode to hear
✍️ My strategies and beliefs around using journaling prompts
✍️ 10 places to find or ways to use prompts in your writing
✍️ How you can get a weekly gentle journaling reminder
And so much more!
Here are the links mentioned in this episode
Weekly Journal Prompts & Check In: https://bexb.org/weekly/
List of 10: https://bexb.org/listof10/
My Journaling Journey (S1 Bonus): https://bexb.org/s1bonus/
Monthly Interview: https://bexb.org/bye2020/
Birthday Lists: https://bexb.org/birthday/
Daily Journal Prompts Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
From the midroll “commercial:” https://bexb.org/dogs/
Have you been to the dentist lately?
Did you have a great connection with your dental hygienist?
Either way - you’ve got to meet Hope Loyd and listen to today’s episode to hear our fun conversation.
Hope is the host of the Gums and Gossip podcast (and I joined her as a guest earlier this year).
Throughout our conversation, you’ll learn:
🦷 how we connected and the story behind the unexpected topics for our conversation on her podcast
🦷 how and why she makes her patients (and podcast listeners) feel connected, at ease, safe and nurtured
🦷 why does a dental hygienist have a podcast and how she started it even though it was out of her comfort zone
🦷 what has evolved since Hope became the Gum Goddess Podcaster!
🦷 how Hope has overcome her resistance with setting boundaries
Here’s where you can follow Hope and her podcast:
https://gumsandgossip.com/
Follow Hope on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gumsngossip/
Connect with Hope on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gumsandgossip
Get on my email list to be notified whenever a new episode comes out https://bexb.org/favorites/
Featured Notebook this week: Living My Life: 2023 Weekly Monthly Planner https://amzn.to/3sN1txk
Meet Suki Jeffreys of Courage Rises Listen to today’s episode to hear:
📖 all about her new book and what YOU can learn from it
📖 which chapters were the hardest for her to write
📖 what Suki is afraid of and how she handles it
📖 how Suki works through her resistance (not so much mantras)
Some of the episodes of Release Your Resistance that we mentioned:
Conversation with Karen Joseph (founder of Seven Networking and Tea Story)
Life is the Story you Tell Yourself
Manifesto
All of Suki’s links:
https://www.couragerises.life/
https://www.facebook.com/CourageRisesPage
https://www.instagram.com/courage.rises/
Suki’s recommendations:
Courage Rises by Suki Jeffreys
Brooke Castillo
Byron Katie
Brene Brown
Jen Sincero
Get on my email list to be notified whenever a new episode comes out https://bexb.org/favorites/
Featured Notebook this week: Networking , Relationships & Connections Notebook: Getting to Know You https://amzn.to/3TUzBms
Get a Custom Dog Portrait (painted by Bex): https://bexb.org/dogs
Today I’m sharing the top 3 Reminders I got from painting 30 Dogs in 30 Days.
🐶 Listen to hear:
🐾 The story of painting 30 dogs in 30 days
🐾 The benefits of massive action
🐾 Why contrast makes things more interesting
🐾 How to get through the Messy Middle with mind management
Read the transcript and see all the links mentioned in this episode at https://bexb.org/30dogs/
See photos of the dog paintings at https://www.instagram.com/bexb.org_dogs/
“Bite-sized Enlightenment for All Ages” Meet Amy Masinelli
And learn about bite-size enlightenment
Have you ever thought of writing a book? What steps have you taken towards that idea?
My friend and published author, Amy Masinelli, got an idea for a children’s book one morning in a moment of stillness, then she took baby steps to bring that idea into reality.
Listen to our interview to learn:
🍎 How Amy came up with the idea for The Conscious Baby’s Alphabet
🍎 How she used her own baby steps to bring it from idea to reality
🍎 How she’s using the book to benefit an organization that’s meaningful to her
🍎 How Amy uses journaling and mantras in her life
🍎 (Plus- her daughter’s first mantra as a baby!)
And so much more!
See the show notes for this episode and leave a question or comment for Amy at https://bexb.org/AmyBook
Get a copy of The Conscious Baby’s Alphabet by Amy Masinelli
Find out more about Girls Inc. https://www.girlsincla.org/
Subscribe to Prompt Postcards and get a fun, colorful postcard sent to your physical mailbox each week https://bexb.org/promptpostcard
I’m so excited to welcome my friend and colleague Zayne Khan to the Release your Resistance podcast.
On one of our phone calls, we talked about journaling - little did he know his life was about to change!
In today’s episode, we get to hear:
📓 ✍🏻 Why Zayne had some resistance about journaling before
📓 ✍🏻 What he decided to think in order to start journaling
📓 ✍🏻 The specifics and mechanics and journals that Zayne uses now
📓 ✍🏻 A 3 step process for releasing resistance (to journaling or anything!)
📓 ✍🏻 Some of our favorite affirmations and mantras
📓 ✍🏻 What we both think about singing to dogs
Connect with Zayne on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/zaynekhancoaching/
Email him at zaynekhanlifecoach at gmail.com
Get fun, colorful, motivational postcards with journaling prompts, affirmations and inspirational quotes delivered directly to your mailbox every week. Join the Prompt Postcards subscription: https://bexb.org/promptpostcard
Join an upcoming free Workshop and Discussion:
Manage your Mind - Wednesday 03/30/22 - 5 pm AZ time
Thoughts are Optional - Tuesday 04/12/22 - 4 pm AZ time
RSVP and get a calendar reminder at https://bexb.org/letsmeet/
Meet Gemma Gemma Lumicisi is an author, podcaster, business coach, copywriter and marketer. She has a unique perspective on the world at large. Deciding she was done with dull, she left a brilliant corporate job to pursue her own business and create life her way. She now helps other women do the same thing and discover what it is they truly want so they can go after it. Listen as we discuss: ✏️ How she noticed there were “2 Gemmas” and the one that didn’t sound like her was showing up in her business ✏️ A copywriting exercise she uses for herself and clients to discover the more authentic self ✏️ The mathematical formula you can use to solve the problem that “not everyone will like you” ✏️ How she started her meditation practice - after being “meditation-curious” ✏️ Gemma’s mantra for 2022 that we’re both convinced everyone should adopt ✏️ How you can work with Gemma and/or learn her copywriting techniques Gemma’s website: https://contentlydriven.com/ Gemma’s Insta: https://www.instagram.com/contentlydriven/ Gemma’s Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/contentlydriven/ Get the book Done with Dull: https://www.amazon.com/dp/192255362X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_RMMDVXZSEP340EVJXY3B
I’m so excited to introduce you to Melissa Snow on the Release your Resistance podcast today.
She has helped hundreds of women stop attracting the same man in a different body so they can finally have the love they want and deserve.
She is a Certified Love and Life Coach who has devoted her life to helping smart, successful women finally have the love they want and deserve!"
Listen in to our conversation to hear:
💖 The benefit of remaining open (with specific examples)
💖 How resistance shows up for dating clients
💖 The value of noticing our “beliefs below the surface”
💖 How to use possibility to overcome resistance
💖 Why it’s worth it to intentionally limit time for specific tasks
💖 Ways to connect with Melissa, including attending the Virtual Valentine’s Dinner
And so much more!
See more at https://bexb.org/melissa
All the Links See what Melissa does here:
http://www.lovestartsherecoach.com/
Follow Melissa on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/melissasnow.lovestartshere/
Get your ticket to the Virtual Valentines Dinner here: https://lovestartsherecoach.lpages.co/v-day-2022
Get your ticket to the Behind the Scenes Create Your Own Notebook tour here:
https://bexb.org/btstour/
Do you love Social Media? I do love social media and I'll tell you why.
Listen to today's episode to hear:
The benefits I get from using social media every day
- A few specific ideas I learned through scrolling
- The downsides of Social Media
- Some actionable things you can do to despite the downsides
Read the notes and get all the links at http://bexb.org/lovesocial
Connect with me on social media:
The Journaling and Friendship group gives you a new journal prompt every morning, plus we get together both in person and on zoom to journal and to make friends. https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship
Business Brainstorming and Tech Tips
My newest group, Business Brainstorming and Tech Tips, gives you a weekly tech tip, plus a community with encouragement and support. It’s a place to ask questions and share resources. So far this month, we have had 1 office hours session where people have dropped in for a business brainstorming session or a quick tech question. https://www.facebook.com/groups/brainstormingtechtips
Instagram Experiment
If you want to follow along on an Instagram experiment I’m doing right now, you can find me @bexbeltran_org and see what happens when someone starts a brand new IG account from zero and spends 30 minutes a day for 30 days engaging and interacting from the new account.
How much do you think it will grow in one month’s time? https://www.instagram.com/bexbeltran_org/
Do you have an idea for a journal you would love to create for yourself?
Are you curious if you could put your creativity to work for you and start your own shop?
Join me for a Behind the Scenes Tour coming up on Feb 16th, 2022 - http://bexb.org/btstour/
Welcome to Season 3!
I have so much to share with you in this episode!
- It's the first episode of Season 3 of the Release Your Resistance Podcast - and it's different!
- I've started a new Business Brainstorming and Tech Tips Facebook Group - Join Me!
- I'm in the middle of an Instagram Experiment - Follow Me!
- Let's Connect. We have so many ways to connect - Let's Meet!
- All Access Behind the Scenes Tour of my Notebook Process and Shop - Reserve your Spot
Today is the Season Finale for Release your Resistance Season 2.
Tune in to here:
🌟 Patterns and Surprises that showed up in 2021
🌟 My new favorite teachers in 2021
🌟 My top 3 favorite books, songs and TV shows
🌟 The most important lessons learned this past year
🌟 What I’m planning and thinking about for 2022
And so much more - be sure to listen to hear about my technology gift for you in the next 2 weeks!
Read more and get all the links at http://bexb.org/s2021out
Michell Brown created the Dynamic Mobility System for busy people, who want to experience more freedom in their body and life.
Listen in to our fun conversation to hear:
🙆♀️ What is the Dynamic Mobility System and how can it transform us
🙆♀️ How resistance shows up for her clients and how to release the resistance
🙆♀️ Which relationships have improved and transformed as a result of being able to move her mind
🙆♀️ What happens to your mind as you believe the “rules” without questioning them
🙆♀️ What practice has helped Michell manifest things that she thought could never happen
🙆♀️ Michell’s wide variety of recommendations
🙆♀️ How you can work with Michell (and why it would make a lovely gift for yourself or someone else)
Read more, get a lightly edited transcript of our conversation and links to everything Michell talked about at http://bexb.org/michell
It’s time to CELEBRATE! 🎉🍾✨
The Release your Resistance podcast has reached 100 episodes.
Today I’m sharing
🎙 How a 6 Month Runway and Public Accountability helped me launch
🎙 The evolution of my content creation style
🎙 The biggest surprises in creating 100 podcast episodes
🎙 The surprising #1 benefit of podcasting for the last 2 years
🎙 How Season 3 will be different
And more!
Read more and get links to everything I talk about at http://bexb.org/hundred/
Happy Thanksgiving!
For this week’s Release your Resistance episode, I’ve gathered a few of my favorite coaches together and we recorded our book club for You to listen to.
In today’s episode you will:
📚 Meet a few amazing coaches and listen in to our “coachy” book club
📚 Hear some great quotes to think about gratitude
📚 Learn how gratitude can fuel abundance
📚 Get an example of what to do when we notice we wish others would thank us
📚 Hear why it is important to model gratitude for children (and everyone else)
📚 Get a surprising twist from Chapter 11
And so much more
Get a lightly edited transcript of our discussion and the links to everything we mention at
http://bexb.org/bookclub
Learn about Della’s Best You Academy here: https://www.instagram.com/best_you_academy/
Get Marilynn’s Affirmation poster here: https://www.successwithmrs.com/affirmations
I’m so excited to introduce you to Brenda Kolasa. She is a business success coach who specializes in creative thinking solutions.
Listen to our conversation to learn:
⭐️ What is Kaizen and how can it help with overwhelm
⭐️ How to approach procrastination during busy times
⭐️ The 3 things our brains resist
⭐️ How to use 3 small things to be playful and cooperative
⭐️ Why we should pre-practice potentially anxiety-filled situations
And so much more!
Get the links to everything we mention and check out Brenda’s free 12 days of Business Building Gifts at http://bexb.org/brenda
Meet Dr. Jinan Banna, a Registered Dietitian and Associate Professor in the nutrition field at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Listen to our conversation to hear:
🥕 If the holiday time of year really means eating intentionally is no fun
🥕 The 4 basic principles of healthy eating
🥕 Why it’s not “cheating” to eat a candy bar
🥕 Specific examples of how to eat more vegetables
🥕 An instance of how resistance showed up for Dr. Jinan
🥕 How you can work with Dr. Jinan
And so much more!
Get the links to everything we mention and sign up for Dr. Jinan’s free webinar at http://bexb.org/jinan
What are your favorite gifts?
What kind of gifts do you love to give?
What’s your stance on regifting?
Today I’m sharing how thinking of gifts to help you feel grateful.
I also have a whole list of examples and suggestions of products and services you may like to give and receive (and maybe even regive?!?!)
Listen to hear:
🎁 A surprising connection between gifts and gratitude
🎁 My strongly held opinion about regifting
🎁 2 regifting techniques to try for fun
🎁 My favorite products to give and receive as gifts
🎁 My favorite services that would make great gifts
And so much more!
Read more and get all the links I mention at http://bexb.org/giftfavorites
Do you ever re-listen to podcast episodes?
I have some suggestions for you!
Since we don’t all have photographic or eidetic memories, today I am recommending some podcast episodes to re-listen to when you are feeling great, when life is ok and when things are terrible.
🎧 Get listening suggestions for 3 different categories of how you might be feeling
🎧 Hear which episode I frequently recommend because I think it is the most powerful
🎧 Find out about some other extra specific episode suggestions
🎧 Learn how we can connect via email, on zoom and/or in person in the coming weeks
Read more and get all the links at http://bexb.org/remix
Are there certain phrases or expressions you repeat to yourself?
Are you using those phrases intentionally or by default?
Do you have a mantra? Or more than one?
I have noticed myself using some new mantras this year and wanted to share them with you.
Listen to today’s episode to hear an explanation of:
✨ Live your Live
✨ Set for Life
✨ So Many Options
✨ Give What You Want More Of
Plus, hear how and when I use them and what these mantras do for me.
What’s your current favorite mantra?Read more at http://bexb.org/moremantras
What topic do you love talking about with other people?
Do you ever wish you had other people to talk to about your favorite topics or things that you find interesting?
Today’s Release Your Resistance episode (with Bex Beltran) might be just what you need!
It’s about how you can start a Podclub.
🎧 What is a Podclub?
🎧 What are the benefits?
🎧 4 basic steps I use in my Podclub
🎧 How to choose the episodes
🎧 Other ideas you can start instead of a Podclub
🎧 How you can join our next Podclub - happening in November
And so much more! Read more and get the links at http://bexb.org/podclub
This week I’m sharing 10 of my favorite tech tips and tricks. These save me time and make my life easier.
Listen to the list to hear if you use the same tools or if there’s a new one you can try out.
Hear all about:
💻 The tips I always recommend to other people
💻 The 2 technologies that I had resistance about but now love using
💻 A specific kind of notebook that I consider a technology
💻 A way we can work together if you want to to overcome tech resistance
Hear the whole episode and get some links to tools that I mention at http://bexb.org/techtips
Which type of journaler are you?
What kind of support do you want in your journaling (or non-journaling) practice.
Today I’m sharing my theories about the different types of journalers we can be organized into.
Listen 🎧 to the episode to hear:
📕🖊 the 3 types of journalers
📕🖊 why I’ve been all 3 and how I shifted from one type to another
📕🖊 the perfect journal or notebook to go along with each type
📕🖊 a new experiment I started for the rest of 2021 to support Journal Curious people
And so much more!Get all the links to everything I mention and read more at http://bexb.org/3types
How do you release resistance when you feel stuck?
What does resistance feel like for you?
Is it possible to get unstuck when you even feel resistant to noticing your own resistance?
Today on the podcast I share 3 techniques you can use to release resistance when you notice you’re feeling stuck.
Listen 🎧 to learn more about
🌟 Internal Lie Detection
🌟 Considering the Opposite
🌟 Offering up the situation you’re resisting
And plenty of examples and ways you can use these techniques!
Get all the details and links to other episodes mentioned at
http://bexb.org/release
What do you really want?
Do you know what you really want and why?
How is what you’re thinking getting you your results?
In today’s episode I share specific examples of how to check your thoughts against your results.
Listen to find out how to
😊 Use emphasis to understand what you want better
😊 Apply the 3 why technique (and what it might actually sound like)
😊 Explore what you are thinking by zooming out, getting less personal and substituting
And so much more
Get all the details and links to other episodes mentioned at http://bexb.org/checkthoughts
Today I’m sharing 3 suggestions about how to get awareness around your thinking.
Even without making any decisions, or changing your mind or taking action, awareness can help create a sense of relief about what you’re feeling stuck about.
Listen to the episode to hear
🧠 The 3 suggestions you can use to get awareness
🧠 A real coaching scenario to demonstrate one of the suggestions
🧠 An unconventional “trick” you can use to practice
🧠 A walk through of how to use the suggestions in a real example that you might be able to relate to
And so much more
See more at http://bexb.org/awareness
Have you ever felt stuck? Or are you feeling stuck now?
In the month of September I want to review some tools you can use to get unstuck.
Listen to the episode to hear 🎧
📌 How “being stuck” might show up for you
📌 What it means to get awareness around your thinking
📌 The 2 types of results you can check your thoughts against
📌 What it means to release resistance
📌 PLUS! Hear the exact specific details about what it would be like to hire me as your coach
This episode will set you up for the month of September,the rest of 2021 and maybe even the rest of your life!
Go listen now and get the links to everything I mention in the episode! http://bexb.org/unstuck
I’m so excited to introduce you to my friend and networking mentor, Karen.
Karen Joseph has multiple groups and businesses - plus a very meaningful new business starting soon.
Listen to a lovely conversational interview to get to know Karen and hear all the interesting things she does:
❤️ What is a “fun-loving connector?”
❤️ Why you might be afraid to meet new people and what to do
❤️ How her kindness group grew and bloomed even after she thought she might move on
❤️ The new thing Karen is creating for herself - which is both exciting and emotional
❤️ The amazing thing Karen did with her Mom before she passed
❤️ How you can celebrate the 12-year anniversary of S-E-V-E-N with Karen
❤️ How, when and where you can participate in a Tea Story session with Karen
Listen 🎧 to the episode, see Karen’s contact information and leave her a comment in the shownotes at http://bexb.org/karen
You’ve heard Sheridan in previous episodes discussing astrology and the specific topic of how to make it through mercury in retrograde.
Sheridan’s had some major life transformations in the past 5 years and we go into detail about how she describes the changes.
Listen to our conversation to review the past 5 years and hear
✨ The #1 thing she has noticed throughout her transformation
✨ What was her burning desire in 2016
✨ What Sheridan has already figured out that I wish I knew at her age
✨ Why this cycle has seemed like a bell curve for her
✨ How she transitioned from having a burning desire to do something with her life to becoming a real estate investor
✨ The lessons she learned from her struggles in 2019 and 2020
✨ A new business venture that Sheridan and I could start to do something with recycle-able glass
See Sheridan’s contact information, get links to the previous episodes with her and leave her a comment in the shownotes at http://bexb.org/sheridan/
I’d love to introduce you to my friend Valerie.
Valerie Clark is an Arizona real estate agent and property manager who has seen some major transformations in her life in the past 5 years. Some were planned and hoped for - some were unexpected.
Listen to our conversation to time travel with us and hear
✨ Why she was initially hesitant to join me on the podcast
✨ Her coping skill for a challenging living situation and how that new skill continues to help her today
✨ How her career changed at the end of 2018 - even though it hadn’t seemed possible before
✨ What amazingly interesting podcast she should probably start (she would have so many stories to tell!)
✨ The magical surprise that happened in 2021 - which might seem life changing, but hasn’t changed much in reality
✨ Valerie’s prediction for herself (and technology) in the future
See Valerie’s contact information and leave her a comment in the show notes at http://bexb.org/valerie
Do you ever look at your life in 5 year increments?
My life has transformed in the past 5 years- how about yours?
This week I’m sharing how a journal prompt turned into a whole self-reflective journey, not just for me but for a few other people too.
Listen 🎧 to this episode to hear:
⑤ Examples of what can happen in 5 years
⑤ My path from 2016 to now
⑤ What I struggled with in the past 5 years
⑤ A new made up word for this shorter span of time
⑤ Why I’m not expecting anything in the next 5 years
Read more at http://bexb.org/demidecade
Where are you on your surrender journey?
Today I’m sharing some notes and insights I have picked up in the past 6 months as I have been experimenting with, sharing and sampling surrender resources.
Listen 🎧 to today’s episode to hear:
🏳️ Why (in this case) brainwashing is a good idea
🏳️ The Remix Suggestions I’m following
🏳️ How I know I still want to work on feeling worthy and whole
🏳️ Some of the authors and teachers I have been learning from
🏳️ The progress I am seeing on this journey
And more - read and listen at https://bexb.org/surrendercheckin
Are you experiencing a Summer Slump?
How about a pep talk?
But, instead of some generic encouragement, I have 2 specific suggestions for you in this non-traditional pep talk.
Listen 🎧 to today’s episode to hear:
🎉 Why I think now is the perfect time for a pep talk (for you and me)
🎉 A fun metaphor for cognitive dissonance
🎉 Ways you can identify specific thoughts you are thinking
🎉 Questions you can ask yourself to check for relevance and accuracy
🎉 A pep talk disclaimer
And more! Read all about it at http://bexb.org/peptalk
Do you get nudges that you can’t explain? Are you guided to take action by your intuition?
What happens when you do take that action?
What happens when you don’t?
Today I’m sharing my theories on Inspired Action and a few of my own personal life-changing examples.
I’ll be curious to hear if you can relate and if you want to try the suggestions with me.
Listen 🎧 to today’s episode to hear:
✨ Why Inspired Action might be the prerequisite for Massive Action
✨ The difference between an intuitive nudge and inspired action
✨ How taking inspired action feels
✨ How inspired action led to a Real Estate Portfolio, a Life Partner and time with an adorable dog
✨ 3 suggestions to play with Inspired Action
And so much more
Read or listen at http://bexb.org/inspired
What do kitchen cabinets have to do with mind management?
Maybe nothing… unless you’re willing to entertain a metaphor!
In today’s episode I share some updates about our renovation project - but really, I created an elaborate metaphor that I love so much, so I couldn’t wait to share it with you.
Listen to hear
🏡 How are kitchen cabinets like thoughts and beliefs
🏡 What you could do if your cabinets are too small
🏡 What you could do if you notice you don’t like someone
🏡 A few examples of how I’m experimenting with expanding my thoughts
🏡 2 tools you can use to expand your own thoughts
And so much more!
Listen or read more at http://bexb.org/expand
Are you celebrating the completion of the first ½ of 2021?
How will you reflect on what’s happened so far?
What intentions will you set for what’s still to come?
Listen to today’s episode to hear:
🍾 What I’ve started, stopped and continued so far in 2021
🍾 My word of the Year
🍾 The surprise gift that just keeps getting better and better
🍾 What my next topic of research might be
🍾 How you can celebrate the ½ year and/or your birthday!
And so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/half
What are your options when things are terrible?
Do you immediately try to change the situation? Do you wait for it to work itself out?
I have a better option for you! Listen 🎧 to today’s episode to hear:
😟 What to do when you feel regret, shame, or resentment
😟 What is the Terrible Triad?
😟 The risks of each of the troubleshooting options
😟 The story of my terrible morning
😟 Which troubleshooting option is the most highly recommended
Plus, so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/terrible
What do you know about Mercury in Retrograde?
...any of the ill-effects of the planet in reverse?
Do you know about the positives that come along with this astrological event?
Today, my friend and astrological advisor, Sheridan Caprisecca joins me on the podcast again to discuss all things Mercury in Retrograde.
Listen to the episode to hear:
🌌 What is Mercury in Retrograde
🌌 What to expect during this season
🌌 Some examples of a few wacky things that have or could happen
🌌 Another way to think about it if you’re not into astrology and don’t even pay attention to it
🌌 What we can do to make it through Mercury
And so much more!
Listen to the full interview at http://bexb.org/mercury
How do you think about what you’re thinking?
How do you decide what you have to think?
Or should think?
How do you know what thoughts you can ignore or replace?
Listen to today’s episode to hear all about
👋🏻 A synchronized group charades situation that prompted this topic
🙌🏽 The Model and motions to remember it
🤲 Some tips and reminders for how to use the model for self coaching
🙏🏼 Why “I got fired” doesn’t have to be a “fact.”
🤲 A real life example of how to apply the model with the motions
and so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/motion
Do you have some preferred methods when you want to learn something new as an adult?
What have you learned? Or what do you want to learn as an adult?
Listen to today’s episode to hear all about
💎 What is the Adult Learning Theory
💎 A Venn Diagram with my Favorite Learning Methods
💎 Specific ways I dive deep into new topics
💎 Why I like to have a project for or teach what I’m learning
💎 Questions for you to think about how you will learn in the future
and so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/learn
Why would someone who creates journals and promotes journaling encourage you NOT to journal daily?
Listen to today’s episode to hear:
✍️ Common reasons people give for not journaling every day
✍️ Benefits of Journaling
✍️ Possible Downsides of Journaling
✍️ What is sporadic journaling
✍️ What is periodic journaling
and so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/notdaily
This is how you do something - to get something - instead of just talking or just thinking about it.
Listen to today’s episode to hear:
✨ What massive action is and why It’s magic!
✨ Examples of massive action in my life
✨ Common Themes in taking massive action✨ So many benefits of massive action
And so much more! Read the rest at http://bexb.org/massive
Here’s the 2nd part of the discussion about qualities and how to develop them.
Listen to today’s episode to hear:
👍 5 suggestions to develop qualities for yourself
👍 Which one of those suggestions is the most important!
👍 Specific examples of ways you could implement the suggestions
👍 What to do about negative qualities
👍 Questions for you to consider about how you measure qualities
And so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/develop
Looking for some book recommendations? Want to hear 4 mini-book reports in about 20 minutes?
On today’s Release Your Resistance episode I share my review of 4 books about Strong Women in history.
You’ll hear:
📖 An introduction to a few strong women in history from different time periods
📖 What these books have in common
📖 Why I like reading historical fiction
📖 Why some people didn’t care for these bo0ks
And so much more!
Get links to these 4 books and read/hear more at http://bexb.org/strongwomen
How much do you think about the qualities you like about yourself and in other people?
Listen to today's episode to hear:
😍 What my favorite qualities in myself are
😍 My favorite qualities in my friends
😍 My favorite qualities in my husband
😍 Which qualities are nice to have, but not mandatory
And so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/qualities
How much do you think about the qualities you like about yourself and in other people?
Listen to today's episode to hear:
😍 What my favorite qualities in myself are
😍 My favorite qualities in my friends
😍 My favorite qualities in my husband
😍 Which qualities are nice to have, but not mandatory
And so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/qualities
How much do you think about the qualities you like about yourself and in other people?
Listen to today's episode to hear:
😍 What my favorite qualities in myself are
😍 My favorite qualities in my friends
😍 My favorite qualities in my husband
😍 Which qualities are nice to have, but not mandatory
And so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/qualities
When do you give yourself credit?
I've been practicing giving myself credit and I think you should too!
Listen to today's episode to find out:
➕ Why giving yourself credit is so important
➕ What’s wrong with discounting yourself
➕ The funny things I thank myself for
➕ How to develop an intentional habit of gratitude
And so much more!
Read more at http://bexb.org/credit/
Would you believe there is something even worse than mansplaining?
Today I share my theories about all different types of explanations (or “splanations”) that we get to hear - plus- the worst kind of all!
Listen to find out
- What is mansplaining exactly and why am I even bringing it up
- What you can do if you find yourself being ‘splained to
- Why other people might be ‘splaining to you when you’re the expert
- This thing that’s worse than mansplaining
- How it sounds in my head and what I do about it
And so much more! Read more at http://bexb.org/meansplain
I took a deep dive into thinking about expertise. In today’s episode I share my thoughts and questions with you.
Listen to find out
💥 Why I think you’re probably an expert
💥 Why (maybe) we don’t consider ourselves experts
💥 Is using the label expert helpful or important
💥 When it’s ok to use a made-up definition of expertise
And so much more! Read more at http://bexb.org/expert
Hear examples of how some bright ideas and brainstorms made it into reality, including
💡 The creation of an amazing podcast
💡 The formation of a wildly successful study group and community
💡 A journaling prompt to give yourself credit
💡 Also, some ideas that weren’t so hot -like a Woo and Wines Workshop
Learn how you can develop your own bright ideas and brainstorms by asking yourself questions. Train your brain to recognize and cultivate your own creativity!
Read more at http://bexb.org/brightideas
Do you love making playlists? I make them all the time and I make them for a lot of different reasons.
Here’s what you’ll hear in today’s episode:
- what kind of playlists I make
- why I make playlists
- how making playlists has improved my life
- the playlists that help me get exactly what I want!
Listen and read more at http://bexb.org/playlists
Are you into astrology? Or don’t know much about it?
Or, do you just love hearing people talk about topics they truly love and know?
In this episode you get to hear a fun conversation from an astrology expert to learn all about:
- How and why she got into studying astrology at a very early age
- How astrology benefits her in relationships and work today
- Why she doesn’t need (or desire) to convert anyone to believe in astrology
- How considering astrology can help you today
- And so much more (including Sheridan’s endearing irrational fear)
See more examples of what we talk about, find a link to the book we discuss and get Sheridan’s contact information at http://bexb.org/moon
On today’s episode I share some personal behind-the-scenes examples of how I forgot my own work and advice. And then how I remembered it!
Listen to find out what made me
🛠 forget that I need to recognize resistance
🛠 suffer with an immature and mismanaged mind
🛠 finally embrace messiness
🛠 gratefully admit I was wrong
🛠 decide to no longer say certain words and phrases
Read more at http://bexb.org/reno
You get to choose your own flashbacks - the current thoughts, beliefs and labels about what happened in the past. You do this now even if you’re not aware of it. So, why not think, believe and label with intention and unconditional love for yourself!
🎥 Learn why I’m thinking of my memories as flashbacks
🎥 Find out why labels matter
🎥 Consider if you’re telling yourself the truth
🎥 Practice some sample flashbacks
Read more at http://bexb.org/flashbacks
I’m learning all about surrender right now and can’t wait to share what I’m thinking about with you.
Here are some of the questions and ideas I discuss in this episode:
- Is it Weak to Surrender?
- Preference and Expectations
- What’s the connection between surrendering and being open?
- How Do I Surrender?
- How to get more of this - a Surrender Study Group!
Read more and get links to everything I mention at http://bexb.org/surrender
Consider your own rituals, routines and habits.
Decide which of those you want to continue, or change, or stop completely.
Notice what rituals, routines and habits are missing and think about how to create and incorporate them into your life.
Hear about:
💜 What’s the difference between a ritual, routine and habit
💜 My personal rituals I follow daily, monthly and annually
💜 What to do if you don’t like routines
💜 Which routines I no longer follow- and why
And.. hear a few simple habits to improve your life!
Read more at http://bexb.org/rituals
In today’s Release your Resistance episode, I share a conversation with my friend and mentor, Ariane who is a financial coach.
Her story is so interesting because she’s technically retired and living on the road with her husband and cats getting to know our amazing national parks!
In our interview, she answers all sorts of personal questions about money - specifically how she spends her money and how she set herself up to quit her corporate career and start a retired lifestyle in her 40s.
Here’s what we talk about:
- What to do if you’re in a relationship and don’t share the same money philosophy
- What’s the difference between a financial advisor and a financial coach
- What to do if you have resistance about budgeting
Listen to our full discussion and get links to connect with Ariane at http://bexb.org/tidy
Today’s episode is a little different. It’s a collection of some odds and ends I want to share with you.
You’ll hear about a few things that are popping out to me lately.
I’ll give you a little bit of a Behind-the-Scenes of my life
We’ll talk about what I’m listening to, reading and watching
You get a short excerpt from a conversation with my Inner Voice
Read more at http://bexb.org/odds
Let me know what you think!
Want to know how to keep going towards your goal- even when you encounter obstacles?
What should you do when you start to lose your motivation?
Here are 4 things you can start now so that you can follow through on any goal you plan to work on.
Read more at http://bexb.org/obstacles
How can you be generous and abundant today?
Learn about my Generosity Misunderstanding, what you can do if you think you have nothing to give and get some examples of Intangible Generosity.
Read more at http://bexb.org/generosity
While you wait for Season 2 of the Release Your Resistance podcast, enjoy this "trip down memory lane" with the replay of a Facebook Live Video where I share my Journaling Journey
- See the exact tools and supplies I use in my daily journaling
- Hear why I didn't journal daily- and what I did instead
- Find out what to do if you "don't know what to write"
- and so much more!
Read more and get the links at http://bexb.org/s1bonus
Did you look back over 2020 to review the entire year? I did.
I'm sharing my 2020 Wrap Up with you. I'm also sharing why I think you should start a monthly interview with yourself in 2021 - either with the questions I mention, or your own, or a combination.
Hear some highlights of what I did, learned and realized as I re-read all of my answers from my own monthly interviews throughout 2020. Then let me know what we had in common.
Read more at http://bexb.org/bye2020
Find out the formula to get what you want!
You’ve heard of self-fulfilling prophecies - here’s a systematic way to make them intentionally work for you!
Read more at http://bexb.org/rafts
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Today I’m sharing how you can break through your obstacles.
In hearing these examples, you can achieve a breakthrough of your own, right as you’re listening.
Understanding examples of breakthroughs that other people have had can help loosen up your brain to create space for your own breakthroughs.
Read more at http://bexb.org/coachingbreakthrough/
Are you looking for some new-to-you books, interviews or topics to research?
I’ve got more teacher recommendations to share with you.
Some of these are on the verge of becoming my future favorite teachers- and maybe they’ll become your favorite teachers too!
Read more at http://bexb.org/futurefavorite
How much do you know about gratitude? Until I started thinking about what I wanted to include in this episode, I realized, maybe I don’t know much about gratitude.
I researched and I’m sharing a little of what I learned about gratitude with you. I also have some questions about gratitude to which I’d be very curious to know your answers.
Read more at http://bexb.org/gratitude
Are you a liar? Do you tell lies? Do you believe some lies?
This episode could easily be called “thoughts we believe that hold us back” but describing these thoughts as lies packs more of a punch!
I suspect, like me, you probably do believe many lies you tell yourself and, once you’re aware of all the lying and believing... you can decide if you want to continue deceiving yourself -or - if you want to be more intentional about what lies you tell yourself and believe, on purpose! Read more at http://bexb.org/liesitell
Why do we figure some things out so easily.. And for other things, we really do have to learn the lesson the hard way?
Listen to the 4 lessons I learned the hard way - have you learned these lessons for yourself?
Read more at http://bexb.org/hardlessons/
Whenever I see Jenny Blake’s name in my inbox I immediately click to read what she had to say. She always gives great insight, clever and interesting recommendations and helpful tips. Today, you’ll learn 10 of the reasons why I love Jenny Blake! Hopefully, you’ll fall in love too! Read more at http://bexb.org/jennyb
I want to help you get over everything that’s overwhelming you, making you overeat, overspend, overcommit and all the other overs.
You can make easily accessible intentional decisions instead of mindlessly obeying your impulses so you can get over whatever you want to get over!
Read more at http://bexb.org/over
Find out how I turned a journaling prompt into a list of 10 questions, that then resulted in really interesting conversations and input from friends, colleagues and clients.
I want to inspire you to ask yourself these questions - or come up with additional or different questions that are more meaningful to you. And maybe, even encourage you to connect with other people to get their insight and a different perspective.
Read more at http://bexb.org/questions
In today’s episode, you’ll hear about 4 modern fairytale characters that you might recognize in the stories you tell yourself.
I'll warn you away from some of the thinking dangers I have noticed in myself. I hope, by pointing out these characters and by making them memorable and interesting, you’ll think about them as you’re creating your own story.
Be on the lookout for 4 familiar fairytale characters: a knight in shining armor, a fairy godmother, a villain and a hero.
Read more at http://bexb.org/fairytale
What do you think about critical thinking? I'll tell you why I fell in love with the idea of critical thinking and how I try to use it.
You'll hear some examples of how you can use critical thinking as you evaluate the messages and offers and suggestions that you get from the outside world - and, more importantly, how you can use critical thinking to evaluate the messages and offers and suggestions that you get from your own brain.
Read more at http://bexb.org/critical
Hear the personal behind-the-scenes story of my Tarot journey: how and why I learned Tarot and what it taught me.
If you are curious about Tarot or have been thinking about losing yourself learning a new skill, hobby or personal interest, this episode will give you some insight and examples you can try for yourself.
Read more at http://bexb.org/tarot/
They say that comparison is the thief of joy - but is it possible that comparison can also be a SOURCE of joy?
I think so… Listen to this week’s episode to hear my comparison theories and learn how to compare with intention and awareness, instead of despair.
Read more at http://bexb.org/compare
What’s the Rush?
Today I’m sharing 3 topics to explore when you notice yourself wanting things too quickly.
Is the urgency (which is a kind of resistance) that you have for this thing that you want actually slowing you down?
Read More at http://bexb.org/wanting
Are you a list-maker or a list-hater?
Either way, you’ve got to listen to this week’s episode because I’m sharing how you can use a hack about making lists to get what you want and solve your problems.
You might be surprised about how you can make a list without even really using it.. And it can change everything for you!
Read more at http://bexb.org/listof10
I’ve learned so many things from so many of my favorite teachers and it’s so interesting to notice when my favorite teachers learn from each other too!
So, now I’m introducing another one of my favorite teachers (Martha Beck) and share some of the life-changing concepts I’ve learned from her.
Hopefully hearing about this teacher, and her concepts will improve YOUR life in the same way. Read more at http://bexb.org/martha/
Do you know how you can get whatever you want? How you can get what you really want?
I have 2 tips to share with you that you can start using today to get what you want in your life!
I can’t wait for you to hear them and hear if you think they will work for you! (or maybe you’re already using them.. in which case, I really want to hear how they work for you.. And why you think that is!) Read more at http://bexb.org/whatyouwant
What do you wish for?
For yourself? Maybe secretly, maybe out loud?
Do you ever notice yourself wishing for anything?
Wish! Wishing! What interesting words and concepts, right?
I want to call your attention to these specific words and concepts so if you use them in your thinking- you’ll know what you make those words mean for yourself!Read the rest of the notes at http://bexb.org/wish
Do you love your life? No matter how you answer that question, you need to listen to this week’s episode to find out either, how you can love it even more, or, you can hear 4 suggestions about how you can love your life (if you don’t already). This could be the episode that improves your life!
Read more at http://bexb.org/loveyourlife
At heart, Jen Sincero is actually a coach who just happened to stumble into writing as a way to show that transformation is possible and available to you.
Her press bio states that she is a #1 New York Times Best Selling Author, Speaker and Coach and in this episode, I’ll share what I’ve learned from her, what I like about her and why I think she really is more of a coach than a writer.
Read more at http://bexb.org/jensincero
If you’re wondering how to make friends online or how to make friends as an adult, especially during quarantine, I’ve got lots of tips and suggestions to share with you.
Making friends in your 30s (or older) is so much different than making friends when we were younger, and even if you have a great group of friends, seasons change and you may find yourself wondering how to make new friends now. Read more at http://bexb.org//findingfriendshttp://bexb.org//findingfriends
Are you ready to learn about journaling?
I want to tell you all about my journaling practice and habit, what I do and what I don’t do, to give you some ideas and motivation about how and why you should and can journal daily.
The first thing I want to do to convince you that you should and can journal daily is to tell you about the benefits of journaling, then I’ll give you some tips on how you can get started, or how you can continue if you already have a journaling practice.
Read more at http://bexb.org/journal/
Do you dream? Some people don’t dream, but I do. And I love interpreting dreams. My own and other people’s.
I want to teach you how to interpret dreams. I’m going to share with you my three-step process that you can use to interpret your dreams. Read more at bexb.org/dreams
I want to introduce you to a fun, celebratory and personal way that you can set goals for yourself and see your own progress and transformations as you grow, year after year. I hope you can hear from my own personal experience with it how much it works and how much I love this practice. Read more at http://bexb.org/birthday/
Oprah is an undeniable part of our culture.. I assume that we, as a society, have decided to love and revere and respect her, so why do I need to call out the specific lessons I’ve learned from her?
Because I really have learned so many specific lessons from her. And they’re so good! Too good not to share!
Hear how I became a superfan and how she has impacted my life, my thinking and my career. See the shownotes at http://bexb.org/oprah
You can transform yourself! You can change your life.
Have you decided on an area you want to change?
Is there a part of your life or your self that you wish was different?
Here are 4 practical tips that you can apply immediately to welcome your own transformation. The 4 tips are
- to believe in your transformation
- to take the next step
- to notice other people
- to be resourceful
Hear how to apply the tips and get some examples of how the tips work in this week’s episode. Read more at http://bexb.org/practical
My fascination with resistance has caused me to develop a crush on another word … I think it’s just a crush right now, but.. I’m so infatuated and excited and interested, I’m thinking and hoping it might blow up into a whole love affair!
What word has got me smiling and humming and daydreaming.. And sometimes even giggling out loud to myself?
What word has got me making new plans for the future?
And word do I see pop up everywhere for me? You’ve probably even heard me sprinkle it to the last few episodes and conversations.. And I probably didn’t even realize I was talking about it so much! Read more at http://bexb.org/transformation/
Have you ever considered the Value of a Vision Board?
If you’ve never considered creating a vision board for yourself before, and especially if you already KNOW you’re just not into the idea of vision boards, I really invite you to listen.. You may hear something new to consider.
And, if, like me, you’re a vision board LOVER and will drop everything to join a vision board workshop, then I invite you to listen very closely.. Because you may hear something new to consider too! Read more at http://bexb.org/visionboard
I’d love to introduce you to Nicole Perkins, she is an Inner Voice Facilitator and fellow Jess Lively Fan.
If you want to tap into your own intuition and hear the answers coming from your most perfect source, Nicole Perkins is your guide. She can help you drop down to listen to your own inner voice. Read More and find Nicole's links at http://bexb.org/nicole
The word “easy” has been popping up for me a lot lately- but not in a consistent way. I have noticed there are two meanings to the word easy. Sometimes I want things to be easy.. I’m attracted to easy..
And sometimes I’m very wary of easy.. And I want to remember that EASY is not what I want at all. So let’s talk about easy. Read more at http://bexb.org/easy/
My word of the year for 2020 is Resistance!
Seems a little strange- right? People choose words like strength, or possibility, or belief..
But this year Resistance is what’s on my mind - literally- like I’m recognizing so much resistance! And in the past, this would have been terrible news.. I would have resisted the resistance.
I would have had negative thoughts about having resistance.
But now, since I’ve decided I’m studying and learning and growing from resistance this year.. I’ve become so curious whenever I notice my own resistance. I’m noticing my resistance in my own thinking.. And in other people’s thinking.. Read more at http://bexb.org/resistance
This episode is about the secret to the Universe!
You will learn how to let go of any expectations of being able to manage or control anyone else’s thoughts or actions. You will learn about freedom and liberation! You’ll feel so free and liberated!
Transformation: You’ll understand and truly believe that the only thing you control is your own thinking.. And everything else is outside of your control. Read more at bexb.org/everything
Here’s a concept that you may have heard about.. or imagined.. but that you may not have thought is possible for “normal people” ...
This concept produces so much FREEDOM and CALM about money and working.
And when you think about it.. Aren’t those 2 of the main stressors in our lives?
Financial Independence solves problems stemming from both work and money. Financial Independence solves the symptom of “needing to work” by solving the cause which is “needing money. Read more at http://bexb.org/financial/
Have you heard of Mr. Money Mustache? Strange name, right? It is the alter ego of a gentleman in Colorado named Pete. At a young age, like while he was still in college, or maybe before, he realized he could make short-term decisions while he was young that would have life-long outcomes for him.
He did the simple math and figured out if he saved like crazy for the first 10 years of his career, he would be able to retire after those 10 years of working and saving. Hear more about the surprising - non financial - lessons I’ve learned from him at http://bexb.org/mmm/
Do you have a manifesto? Have you ever considered writing a manifesto for yourself?
And if you do have a manifesto, how do you use it?
How often do you refer to it? How often do you update it?
I love the word manifesto for so many reasons!
It sounds dramatic and courageous and important. It reminds me of the word “manifest,” which I love. Read more at http://bexb.org/manifesto/
Some people might have a knee-jerk cynical resistance to my suggestion that you can create the life you want for yourself. You want a specific life for yourself, that you have wanted for a while, that you have taken a few steps towards and thought a lot about, but maybe it seems like that exact, specific life is out of reach for you, or too far away, or would take too much time, or money, or effort.. THAT is the life I’m suggesting YOU REALLY CAN HAVE!
Read more at http://bexb.org/character
Do you ever notice yourself fantasizing about living a different life than you’re living now? How did your life unfold to be the life that you are living now?
You are the director of this movie that is your life. So, you get to choose the scenes, the actions, the actors, the dialogue, the wardrobe and the plot line! Read more at http://bexb.org/story
You should get to know Aileen Xu! If you resonate with her the way I resonate with her, you will have hours of advice, entertainment, and inspiration available for you to consume immediately! She is the creator of a lifestyle brand called Lavendaire. She produces a Youtube channel and a podcast, among other things. She’s a believer and promoter that you can create your dream life.
What I love about her is that she is so sweet. Her voice is soft but she speaks with conviction and with belief and in a very confident way so I basically believe everything she says. She’s also so smart, which is another reason why I believe everything she says. Read More at http://bexb.org/aileen
In this episode, I want to share some specifics with you. I want to tell you about some major breakthroughs and interesting realizations and endearing connections I have made as a result of my morning writing ritual.
I hope you’ll be inspired by the breakthroughs I’ve had and consider finding a way of discovering your own breakthroughs! I really believe the answers you seek are inside of you!
http://bexb.org/breakthrough
Do you follow any rituals? My beloved morning ritual has helped me create the life I want for myself and it has helped me learn so much. This episode is about what I do, to hopefully give you some ideas of what you could do.. Or at least to spark your imagination to come up with your own beloved ritual!
My intention in sharing this with you is so you can get an idea of how you can tap into your intuition by slowing down, taking time and listening to yourself, paying attention, noticing. It’s having a way to compare your thoughts from before with your thoughts now. Read More at http://bexb.org/ritual
What you habitually say to yourself is a clue to what you habitually think.
So, for example, if you notice yourself saying “that was dumb!” about yourself or if you confess “I’m bad with names” when you forget someone’s name, maybe you’re subconsciously re-affirming to yourself that you think you are dumb or forgetful.
Have you read the quote that suggests if you wouldn’t talk to a friend that way, why would you talk to yourself that way? It makes a good point.. Why would you?
I have decided to be very mindful and selective about what I say to myself, so I’ve collected a few mantras that I’ve created as habits. Read More at http://bexb.org/mantras
Today I introduce you to another one of my FAVORITE teachers -Jess Lively. Jess is the creator of The Lively Show podcast and she has a library of online courses.
Listening to Jess’s podcast has taught me so much. She has shown me that it is possible for a woman to live her life and run her business on her terms in a very non-traditional way.. Without caring about what “should be done.” Read More at http://bexb.org/jess/
Think about, in the past few days or week, what was the last best thing you did? Can you think of something?
Got it? Ok. Today, I want to tell you about a variation of self-coaching I like to do to notice the thoughts that produce great results in my life. I call it the Last Best Thing Model.
The last best thing model reminds me of my “default” thoughts that give me the results that I really do want. It shows me the thoughts I naturally think that produce the best things in my life for me, naturally! And since these thoughts already work for me, without any effort or intention on my part, I want to notice them, pay attention to them and replicate them in other areas too. Read more at http://bexb.org/LastBestThing
Do you ever start thinking about what you “have to do” and think the thought- "I don’t have enough time." Or, you daydream about something that would be so amazing, like a vacation, or a renovation, or quitting your job to volunteer full time, or whatever- but catch yourself thinking - “I don’t have enough money for that.” Or, maybe you get excited about a new idea or passion-but then you don’t take the first step to pursue it because you know it will take a lot of energy. Does that sound familiar?
Believing that I didn’t have enough time, money or energy is exactly how I have been thinking for decades - but now I’m on the tail end of that belief system and it feels so good! It is so freeing! I have my whole life ahead of me with all the time, money and energy that I need!
I figured out how I can always feel like I have plenty of time, plenty of money and plenty of energy. Read More at http://bexb.org/energy
I love the model because it’s easy to remember and it gives a starting place to organizing what’s going on in my brain- and you know.. I love organizing things! The model has given me so much awareness, and therefore power, over my own brain. Having a memorable structure makes it easy to use, share and talk about.
Whenever I get coaching, the conversation is centered around the model – but it really just feels like a normal conversation with talking and questions and answers and going back to what we said a minute ago, and refining what I meant.
And, whenever I coach someone using the model I love having an easy to remember “agenda” and road map for what I want to ask, dig deeper on, point out, and review. It is so simple, but it is so amazing.
So, what is this model I’m gushing about? Read more at http://bexb.org/model