Release Your Resistance

Unlocking Creativity Through Journaling

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!  Creativity can be learned and practiced and developed.  You can journal even when you don’t feel inspired or motivated. Creativity can be in so many diff...

Balancing Emotional Well-Being Through Journaling

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 ...

Building Resilience Through Journaling

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 gaini...

Allowing Emotions Through Journaling

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.  🤷‍♀...

Getting Started with Journaling

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 Sheri...

Journaling to Process Your Day

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 r...

Journal Prompts For Personal Growth

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 He...

Journaling for Stress and Depression Relief

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 dep...

Discovering Enjoyable Journaling Techniques

2023 Lessons

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/letsm...

Find your Purpose

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...

Living with Peace

Tests + Experiments

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 ...

Opening to Possibilities

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 ...

Exploring Long Held Beliefs

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 ...

Accepting Responsibility and Power

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 a...

Settling in to Surrender

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 -...

Practice Surrender

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...

Let Go & Surrender

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 improv...

2022 End of Year Review

Resistance Reboot

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! 🎁   💜 202...

Realizations and Reminders from Coach Conference

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 bein...

How to Use Journal Prompts

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! ...

Meet Hope - the Gum Goddess Podcaster

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 (...

Courage Rises

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 ...

30 Dogs in 30 Days

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/

Amy's Conscious Alphabet Book

“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 ...

Zayne’s Journaling Transformation

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 jo...

How Gemma is Done with Dull

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...

Meet the Love Starts Here Coach

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 re...

How to Love Social Media

​​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,...

January 2022

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

2021 End of Year Review

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

Movement, Energy & Focus with Michell Brown

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 ques...

Reflections on 100 Episodes

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/ 

Coachy Book Club: The Gratitude Diaries

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 gratit...

3 Small Things with Brenda Kolasa

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 ...

Basic Principles of Healthy Eating with Dr. Jinan Banna

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 mu...

My Favorite Gifts & Ways to Treat Yourself

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...

Episode Remix

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 episo...

More Mantras

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 f...

Start a Podclub

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...

Favorite Tech Tips and Tricks

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 epi...

3 Types of Journalers

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 p...

Release Resistance

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 techni...

Check Thoughts Against Results

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 t...

Get Awareness Around Your Thinking

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 sugges...

Get Unstuck

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...

The Kindest Karen

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...

5 Years with Sheridan

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...