Not in My Bucket Podcast

  In this episode,  Sarah Bentz  introduces a highly guarded and complex profile:  The Very Serious Business Bucket . Visualized as an industrial, industrial-strength yellow mop bucket found in a janitor's closet, this bucket is built on wheels, heavily reinforced, and wrapped in strict rules and explicit warnings like  Caution: Wet Floor . Sarah reveals the poignant reality behind of the exterior...

In this episode,  Sarah Bentz  celebrates a massive milestone: reaching over 500 followers in just five weeks. She expresses deep gratitude to the listeners before wrapping up the final installment of her three-part series on  The Collector's Bucket . While the collector's profile represents the painful reality of living without an understanding of boundaries, Sarah reveals that it also holds the...

In this episode,  Sarah Bentz  brings us the second installment on  The Collector's Bucket , continuing the vital breakdown of our core human boundary rights. In the previous episode, we learned how collectors act like open garage buckets, accidentally accumulating the emotional trash, unvetted opinions, and expectations of everyone around them. Today, Sarah introduces four additional "Boundary Ri...

In this episode,  Sarah Bentz  introduces what she considers the saddest profile in her series:  The Collector's Bucket . Unlike other buckets, this profile represents individuals who don't even realize they have the right to establish limits. Visualizing it as a large, five-gallon home improvement bucket left out in a garage, Sarah explains how a collector's life becomes a catch-all for random de...

In this episode,  Sarah  introduces a profile that many kind-hearted individuals struggle with:  The Overloaded Bucket  (also known as the " Yes Bucket "). Unlike the rescue bucket—where people actively go out looking to fix or steal someone else's problems—the overloaded bucket belongs to those who simply cannot say no when asked for help. Driven by a massive heart, people-pleasers continuously a...

In this episode,  Sarah Bentz  introduces the first individual bucket profile:  The Rescue Bucket . Inspired by a vintage 1940s firehouse bucket from eBay, Sarah uses the imagery of first responders to examine our own tendencies to rush in and save others. While rescuing is vital in real emergencies, acting as a constant relationship rescuer often crosses the line from genuine help into unhealthy...

In this episode,  Sarah  concludes her breakdown of the "Boundary Not List"—the top ten behaviors that signal your bucket is overflowing with things that don't belong to you. Following up on the first five signs discussed in Episode 02, Sarah unpacks five more patterns that drive us to overextend ourselves, ignore our own well-being, and sacrifice our peace to manage other people's expectations. F...

In the second episode of the series,  Sarah Bentz  digs deeper into the invisible nature of boundaries and how we often don't realize they are broken until our lives feel like a "hot mess." Sarah explains that just as a piece of land needs a surveyor to mark its limits, we need to identify the specific behaviors that signal when our buckets are overflowing with things that don't belong to us.    T...

In this debut episode, we sit down with  Sarah Bentz , a Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of the Hope & Growth Center, to explore a unique and powerful metaphor for mental health:  the bucket . Sarah breaks down the complex world of boundaries by visualizing every person as a bucket, specially designed for what truly belongs to them. We dive into how life experiences, trauma, and even our...

Not in My Bucket is a practical, encouraging podcast I created to help you live with greater balance, purpose, and fulfillment. I'm Sarah Bentz, a licensed professional counselor, and I've seen how easily our "bucket" of time, emotions, and identity gets filled with things that don't belong— trauma, expectations, and other people's "stuff."   In each episode, I share simple truths and real stories...