Unpacked & Unfiltered | Travel, Modern Spirituality, and Real Girl Talk

Control isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it looks like being “easygoing,” saying “I’m fine,” or trying to keep everything running smoothly so nothing falls apart.  Bexx and Noie get into the subtle, everyday ways control shows up—and why most of us don’t even realize we’re doing it. What starts as a conversation about anxiety, relationships, and personality patterns turns into something deeper: how...

Your packing style is a personality test you didn’t know you were taking. Recording live from Spain, Bexx and Noie talk about the five packing personalities they’ve identified and land on something much deeper: how you pack is how you live. What starts as a conversation about carry-ons and outfit choices turns into a discussion about identity, control, freedom, and why some of us literally cannot...

What happens when you mix kids, exhaustion, sand in places it should never be, and a completely unpredictable itinerary? Bexx and Noie take you inside the beautiful, chaotic reality of traveling with kids, and why, somehow, it’s still always worth it. From cramming into rental cars after red-eye flights to navigating airports with medical equipment, meltdowns, and moments that feel completely unma...

What actually happens after your life falls apart—or more accurately, falls out of alignment? Bexx and Noie break down the real, messy, and often misunderstood process of a “glow up.” Not the curated, aesthetic version you see online, but the raw transformation that happens after divorce, leaving a religion, or walking away from a life that no longer fits. They unpack the emotional rollercoaster o...

Have you ever been around people who just suck the life out of you? Same. And we’re done with it. Bexx and Noie talk about “energy suckers”, or people who drain you whenever you’re around them. These relationships aren’t honest or authentic and leave you feeling stuck, depleted, and anxious. If you’ve found yourself stuck around these types of people, then this episode is for you. Bexx and Noie br...

What if the thing you’ve been taught to fear in yourself is actually the thing trying to protect you? Bexx and Noie dive into what happens when you keep swallowing your truth and suppressing your anger and rage until it starts living in your body. From religion, relationships, and verbal abuse to people-pleasing, depression, and the pressure to stay “nice,” this conversation cracks open the differ...

What does loneliness actually look like? It doesn’t always mean sitting alone in a quiet house. Sometimes it shows up in a crowded room, in a marriage, or even in the middle of a busy life filled with responsibilities. In this episode, Bexx and Noie unpack the surprising reality of modern loneliness and why so many people, especially women, feel deeply disconnected even while surrounded by others....

What happens when two unfiltered women start asking each other the questions everyone else avoids? In this episode, Bexx and Noie play a chaotic round of “Never Would I Ever”—and things get honest fast. From dating red flags and relationship mistakes to the things people swear they would never do… until they do them anyway. The conversation gets surprisingly real as they unpack jealousy, intuition...

Would you actually date yourself? Bexx and Noie dive into the realities of modern-day dating and unpack the expectations people bring into relationships and the quiet hypocrisy that can show up when we demand qualities from a partner that we’re not always willing to embody ourselves. Loyalty, honesty, emotional maturity… everyone says they want these things. But are we showing up with them? Throug...

Bexx and Noie sit down with Noie’s longtime friend Olya to share her life story. Olya talks about her experience with immigrating to the United States, which encompasses themes of survival, resilience, identity, faith, and war. She also opens up about her complicated ties to family and home back in Russia. Her story shares what it was like growing up in a strict Russian military household. At just...

We’ve all had moments where we find ourselves thinking, “I feel a spiritual awakening coming on.” In this episode, Bexx and Noie talk about how awakening looks different for each of us. Spirituality appears in many forms: religion, psychic experiences, ancestral healing, and even personal interactions with others. Each experience is valid, but sometimes it takes courage to open up about them. Noie...

She didn’t just read our birth charts. She read us. In this episode, Serenity sits down with Bexx and Noie and starts pulling threads that feel a little too accurate. Attraction patterns. Power dynamics. Why certain relationships feel electric… and why others feel safe. The shadow you avoid. The traits you over-identify with. The energy you project without realizing it. What unfolds isn’t fluffy a...

If you’ve ever stayed because you made a “contract”…or left because you finally couldn’t betray yourself anymore—this episode is going to hit. Bexx and Noie sit down with Iris to talk sovereignty in relationships, the difference between safety and flow, and why so many people lose themselves trying to keep love from falling apart. This isn’t surface-level spirituality. It’s about power. Choice. An...

Thoughts can shape our reality—sometimes protecting us, sometimes sabotaging us.   Bexx and Noie delve into the power of our thoughts and how they influence relationships, identity, and self-doubt. Using personal stories and reflection, they uncover what it means to observe your thoughts instead of being controlled by them. Not every thought deserves belief. Bexx and Noie also unpack the voice of...

(00:00:00) The Question: How Do I Become Confident? (00:04:42) Delete Shame First (00:08:34) The Five Pillars of Real Confidence (00:32:55) Returning to the Four-Year-Old You Confidence isn’t something you build. According to Bexx and Noie, it’s something you were born with. In this episode of Unpacked & Unfiltered, they challenge the idea that confidence is earned, built, or faked. Sparked by...

In this episode, Bexx and Noie are joined by special guest Alina Lopez. The three of them dive into a conversation about breaking out of the box you think you’re supposed to be in and living life authentically. Alina shares her story about trying to fit the traditional mold before eventually hitting her breaking point. Adversity pushed her to reset her life and become the most honest version of he...

Bexx and Noie dive into an honest conversation about sexuality, intimacy, and what it means to feel connected—to yourself and your partner. Rather than focusing on performance, expectations, or comparisons, they challenge listeners to rethink intimacy as self-acceptance, confidence, and emotional safety and connection.  The conversation moves through sexual chemistry, desire, and the way past expe...

We all grow up with a vision of who we’ll be, who we’ll love, and what our lives should look like by a certain age. In this episode, Bexx and Noie dive into the shock, grief, humor, and unexpected beauty of realizing that almost nothing unfolded as planned. From childhood dreams and religious conditioning to motherhood, marriage, loss, reinvention, and the identities they had to shed along the way...

We live in a world where people think they know everything about you based on a photo, a post, or a single moment they saw online. In this episode, Bexx and Noie pull back the curtain on the assumptions people constantly make about their lives, friendships, motherhood, finances, and relationships. Labeled “fake,” “bougie,” or “unreal,” and often assumed to be fine simply because they look confiden...

Being authentic sounds simple, until it costs you belonging, approval, or love. In this episode, Bexx and Noie unpack what it really means to stay true to yourself when family dynamics, relationships, religion, and roles quietly pressure you to shrink. Through childhood stories, relationship reckoning, and moments of brutal self-awareness, they explore how easily authenticity can be lost, and how...

Bexx and Noie unpack what finding clarity actually requires when your mind is racing, your emotions are loud, and every decision feels weighted with fear. Through honest reflection and lived experience, they explore why confusion so often comes from too much input, too many opinions, and a deep distrust of our own inner voice. As the conversation unfolds, they dig into the tension between the mind...

Dating doesn’t need more rules, it needs more honesty, effort, and self-awareness. In this episode, Bexx and Noie sit down with their friend Matt Riley to talk about what it actually means to level up your dating life, not by playing games, but by showing up as yourself and learning from every experience along the way. Drawing from Matt’s post-divorce return to dating, the conversation explores pl...

Bexx and Noie explore what it really means to level up your travel by using it as a tool for identity, confidence, and self-discovery. They talk about how being in unfamiliar places strips away roles, labels, and expectations, creating space to reconnect with the truest version of yourself—the one that often gets quiet at home. Through personal stories of solo travel, traveling as mothers, and int...

Bexx and Noie take a look at why New Year’s goals so often fall apart—and why it’s rarely a motivation or discipline issue. Instead, they reframe goal resistance as a form of self-protection. Together, the two explore how the body and nervous system respond to goals that feel unsafe or misaligned. And to help you set new goals, they redefine goal-setting in a way that replaces pressure with self-t...

In this episode, Noie and Bexx kick off the new year centered on one theme: leveling up without sacrificing peace. They strive to move away from grind culture and explore what growth looks like when it’s rooted in honesty, intuition, and self-trust. Through personal stories and self-reflection, they unpack how slowing down and choosing alignment creates more momentum moving forward. Noie and Bexx...