The Positive Head Podcast Brandon Beachum

Grateful, positive, and changed thanks to you

Hi Brandon,
Sorry this is gonna be a long review but you deserve to know all the fields in which you have helped me! A huge huuuge thank you for this podcast! I normally consider myself as a pretty negative person and I have been going through some tough stuff the past two years: loss of granddad, dad who had a heart attack – he's fine now though – but mostly two back to back knee injuries that I had to get surgery for and that put me away from rock climbing (my passion) for a solid three months each time. All this accumulated really led to me becoming more and more tired and sad – though I wouldn’t say I was clinically depressed.

I stumbled upon your podcast a few weeks ago thanks to Kalyn Nicholson (I like watching her Youtube and started listening to her podcast recently too, and randomly saw that she did a collab with you and listened to it). At first I didn’t know what to think about it but still gave it a try and now your podcasts are part of my daily routine. I like putting on headphones and listening to some random podcast in the morning while I get ready, or every time I have to go somewhere I hop on the bike and have a listen. I have been going through a period where no music was appealing to me, and so my bike rides were becoming more and more boring. Now I get really excited to leave the house just to be able to listen to what you have to say.

Now for the negativity part! You have really changed the way I feel. I am normally very harsh and criticizing – others or myself alike. Now I see that I have changed a lot, in the sense that I accept when people compliment me (this might seem arrogant as such, but this weekend for instance, some people told me that I was a great climber, which I had always been doubting so far, and I just said ‘thank you’ instead of underlining all my flaws), and even more importantly, when someone says or does something that I find annoying, I keep it to myself instead of snapping at them. I try to only express things that are positive and uplifting, because people are harsh enough with themselves and I don’t need to bring them down even more. On the contrary, being nice and positive really can make a difference to their day, and it does not cost me anything…

I feel really hurt when I think of how hard I can be with other people – especially the ones I love. But realizing that has been a huge step already I think, and keeping on listening to your podcast can only help me stay that way!

Physically, things have changed for me too. I used to be afraid that my menisci would tear again, and every time I felt something different in my knees I’d panic. Now I just accept that I had surgery and that things still are healing. Some days are better than others. In terms of skin quality, mine has immensely improved. I don’t know whether that’s thanks to you or not, but since listening to your podcast I feel like my acne has healed much quicker. Maybe it’s because I’m more positive, maybe because I’m less criticizing my skin, maybe thanks to you raising my vibe. No idea, but I don’t care, I like to think it’s thanks to you :) I think vibrating 'healing', both for my knees and my skin, is really what changed everything.

You are such a beautiful soul Brandon, and you have helped me so much. I feel so lucky to have found your podcast so early on in my life (I’m 22), that way I’ll be able to raise my vibration for the rest of my life and try and improve other people’s lives through my own positivity. Thank you thank you thank you, for being so selfless, for helping people, for your positivity, for your smiles (so nice to be able to listen to you smiling when you speak in the podcast!), for everything. I am forever grateful.