It's All BS

Hi, I'm Belinda. Season two has come to an end, and I've been reflecting on all the wonderful episodes we've had thus far. While we're on hiatus, I invite you to go back and enjoy Season 1 and Season 2. Also< Please come and check out Unhooked Groupthink . It's a no- commitment space where you get to be in a "room" with 6 other like-minded people and talk abou...

Have you ever gotten pushback on something that was really important to you? When you choose to put your work into the world, you are 100% allowing the world to make a decision about whether or not they like your work, and sometimes that comes with feedback, criticism or pushback. So in this episode of It’s All BS we’re diving into what to do when that happens. We talk about: 🔹 The difference bet...

I am so beyond excited to introduce you to one of the top amazing ideas that I have been able to be a part of.  🎉 If you haven’t heard about Unhooked Groupthink yet (or if you’re curious to learn more about it), then this episode is for you! We talk about: 🔹 What is Unhooked Groupthink 🔹 How it works and why you need to be there 🔹 Some practical applications 🔹 Why 7 heads are better than 1 🔹...

Procrastination is something that many of us struggle with. Sometimes there are things we want to try or start, but we keep putting it off and putting it off. Maybe it’s doing more hiking and camping, learning to crochet, or incorporating meditation into our daily routines. Whatever it is, we put it off, and then before we know it, another year has passed without doing the thing we want to do. In...

We’re switching things up a bit today and talking about something that’s a little different than usual. Everywhere in our lives we are surrounded by beauty images that sell the ideal of beauty: what we define as beauty and how we see it. This is what you need to look like to feel and to be beautiful, and we’re all supposed to be skinny with a perfect body. 🙄 Lately there has been a lot of buzz ar...

Sometimes people are put specifically in your world at the exact right time. I was introduced to my song-writer friend Carrie through some friends. She was very talented, and I knew she needed to be around people who could make her even sharper. Around that same time, my other friend Joel was looking for a new writer to invite to his retreat, and I shared with him that she would be a great fit. Sh...

What would our business and lives be like if we looked through the lens of simplicity? Are we making things more difficult than they need to be? Are we doing too many things? Can it be more simple? In today’s episode of It’s All BS we talk about: 🔹 What can you take off your list 🔹 Being more conscientious 🔹 How simpler could make you feel 🔹 Finding mental balance I would be interested in hear...

In today’s episode of It’s All BS, I want to talk about something that I have experienced personally, and I know it affects all of us, especially brand-new coaches trying to build their business. You want to build your business, and you want to keep doing things you love. You get online and see everyone talk about how good everything is. But what if you are doing everything you know how to do, put...

I work a lot in the online space and coaching industry. If you come to me with a dream, I’m going to help you chase it. And I don’t want you to make the same mistakes that I have made and have seen others make. There has been a recent shift in the online space, and I have been noticing some things that are just not ok. So in today’s episode of It’s All BS, I’m sharing 3 important lessons you shoul...

What comes to mind when you hear the word “servant”? What about “leader”? When I hear the word servant, I can’t help but think of Downton Abbey. 😏 The staff was in so much service to the residents and their guests. Their entire job revolved around someone else and making sure that they looked good. I’ve been thinking a lot about the application of those two words and where we fall within that spe...

The other day I was waiting in the car while a friend went into the store. We were parked near a very busy intersection, and I was just watching out the window as I waited. Across the many lanes of traffic, I noticed a young guy walking down the sidewalk wearing big, noise canceling headphones. As he walked, I kept waiting for him to look behind him or look around for people or cars or anything he...

Often, in the many facets of our life, we face mountains. Sometimes when we face it, we know that if we can just scale that mountain, we’re going to get to the other side, and it’s going to be awesome. We may face valleys, but we will press on. And then there will be other mountains to climb. So we continue on, one foot in front of the other. Sometimes you face a mountain so high, the top may even...

When I got my first job, I was so excited to just be there. But whether or not I thought about it at that time, my employer and I had entered into a partnership. When we are in a partnership, whether business or relationship, there is give and take. We look at what you can provide to me and what I can provide to you in order to make this an equal exchange.  Everyone needs each other on the same le...

Today I’m doing something a little different. If you are familiar with me or this podcast, then you probably know that I am a song writer. There is a particular song that I wrote that has been coming up a lot lately. The song was written as kind of a theme song for a book that I love called The Funeral Dress by Susan Greg Gilmore. I know several friends and acquaintances who are dealing with grief...

Hello Beautifuls! There are lessons to be learned all throughout life. Last week we talked about things we can learn from timeshare salespeople. This week I’ve been thinking about things we can learn from the people we know and also about the lessons I have learned myself, not just in sales, but in creativity and in my own life. In this episode of It’s All BS, I want to talk to you about 3 lessons...

Recently, I was asked by a new friend about a timeshare. When it comes to timeshares, I know people on both sides of the debate, those who love them and those who have tried everything to try to get out of them. I also know people who think timeshare associates are complete slime, and all the salespeople are disgusting. There is an entire circle around this, and I’m not here to convince you either...

This is going to be short and to the point today. Just a few days after burying 3 children and 3 adults after a mass shooting here in Nashville, there was another mass shooting in a bank in Louisville. Meanwhile, our governor in Tennessee is focusing on banning drag queens “to protect the children”. My heart is heavy, so today, I offer you all I have. Courtesy of Martin Niemöller. Love and light t...

Hello Beautifuls! Welcome to It’s All BS, the podcast about success and mindset where I’m on a mission to help you get unhooked from what’s keeping you from having the life you want.  If you follow me on social media, you may have seen a simple quote that I made and decided to sprinkle in here and there. I first put it out a few years ago, and I share it from time to time. What’s interesting is ho...

Last year I saw a solo artist on America’s Got Talent that really blew me away. He had the perfect marriage of voice, writing, melody, and the whole thing. I looked him up online and saw that he was actually the lead singer of a band called the Nicotine Dolls who just so happened to be making their first stop on tour in Nashville. I wasn’t sure how well he would transfer from solo artist to band b...

Hello Beautifuls! I have a very special guest today, and I’m excited for you to meet Eileen West, my first scholarship recipient. Eileen found out about me and my scholarship from a mutual friend and decided to apply. She didn’t know me, and she didn’t think she would win, but she decided to take a chance anyway. Now, Eileen and I have been working together for several years, and today Eileen is a...

When you put something out there - whether your life, your clothes, your personality, whatever – you are telling a story to the people around you about who you are. And your "story" may be different depending on where you are and what you're doing. You are a narrator for that particular moment or day.  In today’s episode of It’s All BS, we discuss what it means to be the narrator of...

Hello Beautifuls! I am so delighted and honored to welcome the amazing Susan Anslinger on today’s episode of It’s All BS.  Susan is a life coach who helps women who are struggling to find themselves or who may feel guilty about giving themselves attention. She shows them step by step how to stop putting themselves in the backseat of their own lives, how to get in the driver’s seat, and how to star...

Last week we talked about what it’s like to actually listen and what you could learn from really listening. I’m back this week to give you some things to think about as you strengthen this skill. This world was not built for people with disabilities in mind. And even when people are trying to have different representations of minority groups, disabled persons are often overlooked. That doesn’t mea...

A couple of weeks ago I had an incredibly embarrassing and frustrating thing happen to me. As you may know, I have a foot that is fused in the walking position. When I go down stairs, it requires precise balance and placement of my foot to navigate that.  On this particular evening, I was leaving a writers’ night in downtown Nashville, and I did not properly place my foot while going down the stai...

Things get hard. Life gets complicated. But just because things are hard, it doesn’t mean you quit. In today’s episode of It’s All BS, I’m sharing a personal journey and experience where things felt very hard for me. Anger over my mom’s battle with cancer and her death started to impact my ability to write songs and threatened my writing deal. But even through all that, I knew I was not quitting....