Begin by Beginning

Thank you for you. You are such a gift. Right. This. Moment. Here's to holding the radiant shape of Y-O-U. Be good to you. Brian www.yesbrianperry.com

About play. And permission. In less than three and a half minutes. A new Begin by Beginning (BxB) podcast episode. My vision for these at the moment is that they jump right in and go between 2-5 minutes. Be so very good to you. Brian PS. Do something fun today. Just for you. And just because it’s fun for you. www.yesbrianperry.com

Taking a moment. On this last day of summer, bidding a fond farewell to the season. Also, playing with starting "Begin by Beginning" up again. In a new way. Anyway, I hope you find this holds some comfort for you. And perhaps a deep breath or two. (And please forgive my getting the season wrong up front. Guess my coffee hadn't kicked in. Ah well. Perfectly imperfect. The rest holds t...

In the days following the insurrection at the United States Capitol building, my friend Rev. Melanie Eyre called to talk. Wrestling with the message for the weekend ahead, she had a beautiful notion and request. Simply, let’s talk. And so we did. We talked about the pain and promise of the moment, the darkness and light, mostly we just showed up with open and willing hearts reaching for a way forw...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “The Power of Acceptance” (BxB Season 2, Ep. 1). We’ll explore the power of acceptance to heal, inspire creativity, relieve the burden of trying to control the uncontrollable, and the power of acceptance to simply...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “3 Ways the Global Pandemic Calls Us to Compassion: COVID’s Compassionate Side.” (BxB Ep19). More than ever, I hope you find it holds some comfort and perspective for you. To connect with me or learn more, go to w...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Permission” (BxB Ep18). More than ever, I hope you find it holds some comfort and perspective for you. To connect with me or learn more, go to www.yesbrianperry.com. Be good to you.  Brian

We’re on the same page that this is a huge moment we’re living through, right? Good. Life is not on hold. Your life is happening. This is just what it looks like. This is what this chapter of your story looks like. And so I’m hoping you’ll find some useful thoughts here to help you approach and reframe this new reality a bit. “Plot Twist” - that’s what this episode is called. Begin by Beginning (B...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Given what we’re all going through, today's episode is called “Hunkered at Home, Happy at Home” (BxB Ep16). We'll explore tips and strategies - happily backed up by science - on how to sur-thrive through this time in isolation. More than e...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Head Nod” (BxB Ep16). If you’ve been aching and heavy under the weight of the tone of our world these days, this episode offers some ideas to start a different path. Now. Simply and playfully. And now. I hope you...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Easy Now” (BxB Ep15). It’s a super short one offering a perspective on how to approach digging into the year ahead. I hope you find the episode has something in it for you. To connect with me or learn more, go to...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Like It’s Hot” (BxB Ep14). There was this moment at work recently when a wise colleague/friend dropped a truth bomb (and some other stuff) that demanded to be explored. At its core, this one’s about the simpl...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Planet You” (BxB Ep13). Using a movie moment I love as a launching point, we’ll dig into the simplicity of celebrating your own triumphs large and small and how powerful doing so can be in building the momen...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Happy (in the) Holidays” (BxB Ep12). This topic has, itself, become a bit of a seasonal tradition for me. In this episode we'll explore tips on how to keep something actually akin to happy in your holidays,...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is a podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Not Broken”(BxB Ep11). Not broken. As in you are not broken. Thank you to TWLOHA (To Write Love On Her Arms) for quite literally inspiring this one. If you wrestle with any degree of internal darkness, this is fo...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Garth.” Yes, that Garth. Using one of my favorite “Behind the Music” type stories as a stepping off point we’ll dig into how the journey and the destination really feed and support each other, how in the end they are one a...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called “Truth.” It’s…actually…in the end it kind of really is about how the truth will set you free. Yep, enough said. I hope you’ll check it out an that you find this episode has something in it for you. To connect...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called "Planting Consciousness" - don’t worry it’s not as heavy as it sounds. I simplify and unpack this buzzword, consciousness, and offer a few tips that might be useful in applying this transformative practice in...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called "Be You." Of course, I’m always in favor of you being you. But in this case what I have in mind is being you even, or especially, at those special events and holidays - let’s say graduations or Memorial Day or reu...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called "On Forgiveness” and it is just that. I’m sure not for the last time, I wanted to explore just how critical forgiveness is in getting out of my own way and into my own way - my best life - while still honoring tha...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now. Today's episode is called "Snowflakes and Pollen" (BxB, ep.5) is, in short, about finding your way to embracing the seasons, the ones happening outside and within. Navigating the discomfort of change with less fear and more compassion, com...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now.  Episode 4, "Curiouser and Curiouser" is a part 2 of 2 related episodes (part 1 is episode 3, "On Anger") exploring that kind of anger that goes from 0 to blinding in 2.3 seconds and what to do about it. In this episode, we befriend i...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now.  Episode 3, "On Anger," is a part 1 of 2 related episodes (part 2 is episode 4, "Curiouser and Curiouser") exploring that kind of anger that goes from 0 to blinding in 2.3 seconds. What is that about? Can it be befriended, be useful e...

Begin by Beginning (BxB) is my new podcast dedicated to helping you (and me) get out of your own way and into your own way, to live a bit more happily ever now.  Episode 2, "Urgency and a Deep Breath," is about shifting paradigms and stepping into a new relationship with urgency and discomfort. Urgency and discomfort, while not places to book a vacation, are not enemies and, in fact, come bea...

Welcome to Begin by Beginning Episode 1! This one's called "Healing, New Year’s Eve and the restorative power of ugly dancing" (or Healing and Ugly Dancing for space). Initially these episodes will be the audio version of my blog posts with a bit of straying and expanding as I go.  As with all of my work, my goal is to serve you by sharing stories and learnings from my journey to help us both get...