Release Your Resistance Bex Beltran

Unlock your creativity through journaling. Explore your creativity without limits. Connect with thoughts and emotions. Transform through self-discovery.
 Today Zayne Khan is back to share how his journaling practice has developed and evolved, the benefits he gets from journaling and how we can unlock our creativity through journaling! 
Creativity can be learned and practiced and developed. 
You can journal even when you don’t feel inspired or motivated.
Creativity can be in so many different areas. You can be a creative artist or creative problem solver or both and something completely different
Use journaling to recognize, get curious about and develop your creativity!
See a summary of our Journaling + Creativity Conversation and get all the links: https://bexb.org/unlock/ 
Connect with Zayne: https://www.instagram.com/friendshipcoachzayne/ 
52 Lists for Self-Discovery Notebook: https://amzn.to/3ICw3Sq  (affiliate link)
 

Balancing Emotional Well-Being Through Journaling
In this episode:
Hear about the power of journaling for balancing your emotional well-being
Consider the benefits of emotional well-being, including a better outlook and reduced depression
Discover the importance of balancing emotions for a more satisfying life.
Think about the nature vs. nurture debate regarding emotional well-being
 As you listen: 
Hear about my dilemma of creating a "perfect" life and its challenges
Choose a side in the debate on whether emotional well-being is a genetic predisposition or learned behavior
Get new journaling prompts for enhancing emotional well-being
 Resources Mentioned:
Episode Transcript and 5 Signal Journal Prompts: https://bexb.org/balance/
What Do You Want and Why Notebook: https://amzn.to/42MOeOm (affiliate link)

Build resilience through journaling. Overcome setbacks, boost mental strength with practical tips. Journal your way to a resilient mindset.
In today’s episode about building resilience through journaling, explore the concept of resilience, understand its possible impact on your daily life, and discover practical journaling techniques for building mental strength.
Learn how resilience affects your energy, mood, and posture. Discover how journaling can help in overcoming setbacks and gaining a proactive mindset.
 
Here’s why you want to listen:
- Understand resistance and resilience and their impacts on your energy, mood, and outlook
- Explore a bouncing back metaphor and how humans are not like bouncing balls
- Learn about threats to resilience like denial, trying to control, and wishful thinking
- Hear about the proactive role of journaling in building resilience
- Get some resilience prompts and practical tips for facing obstacles
 
And so much more!
 
Resources mentioned
Link to transcript and resilience journal prompts: https://bexb.org/resilience/ 
(affiliate links) 
Kinda Sweet, Kinda Savage blank journal: https://amzn.to/3SYW0Bs
Upcoming Book Club Selection - Its Not your Money by Tosha Silver: https://amzn.to/3SZHt8R
Get on the Waitlist for the Weekly-ish Book Club: https://bexb.org/membership/ 
 

Today we’re talking about emotional allowing through journaling.
In This Episode:
💔Explore the concept of emotional allowing through journaling
💔Hear about the physical and mental effects of not allowing emotions
💔Get some practical tips on using journaling as an emotion regulation strategy
💔Learn about recognizing and addressing emotional bypassing
 
Why Listen:
🤷‍♀️Discover how journaling can be a transformative tool to embrace, process, and understand your emotions. 
🤷‍♀️Learn about the impact of emotional repression and how journaling serves as a valuable outlet for emotional expression and regulation. 
🤷‍♀️Get insights into recognizing and avoiding emotional bypassing, developing a more authentic connection with your emotions.
 
Links mentioned in this episode: 
Daily Journal Prompts Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/journalingfriendship 
Last Week’s How to Start Journaling Episode with Sheridan https://bexb.org/start/
(Affiliate Links) 
Prompted Journal: Feel Your Feels https://amzn.to/3UDeuZB 
In My Emotions Era: Prompted Emotion Journal https://amzn.to/3SP0Np4 
Guided Notebook for Emotions: Self-care Feelings Journal https://amzn.to/3UuwQMo

Sheridan recently decided to get started with journaling. 
So I invited her (back) on to the podcast to tell us all about how her new journaling routine is going
In this episode, Sheridan shares 
💖 The benefits she wants to get from journaling (aka the reason she decided to start journaling)
💖 The real-life resistant thoughts she had about journaling and how 2 conversations with journalers helped her to drop the “should” and just start
💖 How perfectionism tried to sneak in to Sheridan’s journaling practice
💖 The specific, exact ways she is overcoming resistance and embracing imperfection in her own consistent journaling
The 2 of us also had so much fun talking about
👯‍♀️ Our strongly held beliefs about the importance of “the right pen” for journaling
👯‍♀️ Our theories on why we it might not be “the pen’s fault” but what we’re thinking as we’re journaling
👯‍♀️ Why and how to use bullet points when you’re pressed for time or have a lot to remember to write about
👯‍♀️ What you can tell yourself if you worry someone might read your journal
👯‍♀️ The awkwardness in journaling and re-reading journal entries
👯‍♀️ What we imagine it would be like to hear our journals read outloud
I’m so thankful Sheridan took time to talk with me about getting started with journaling. Our beautiful conversation is all about embracing authenticity, overcoming resistance, and finding joy in documenting life's journey.
https://bexb.org/start/ 
 
3 Suggestions for Getting Started with Journaling
Decide a consistent journaling routine will be beneficial Start journaling immediately - on whatever type of journal you have access to right now (even if it's your phone) Be aware and prepared for any awkwardness  
Journals we talked about (affiliate links)
A Melon Things to be Thankful For https://amzn.to/47U8AGA 
Anxiety Succs https://amzn.to/482h3rf 
Love Your Life Workbook https://amzn.to/3w9hNgM 
Other Podcasts we discussed
Journaling to Process your Day https://bexb.org/process/ 
Sheridan’s previous episodes:
Mercury in Retrograde - https://bexb.org/mercury/ 
Astrology - https://bexb.org/moon/ 
5 Years with Sheridan - https://bexb.org/sheridan/ 
Office Ladies  - https://officeladies.com/ 
 

Journal To Process Your Day
 
In This Episode:
👩‍🍳Structured Journaling Recipe: Follow a step-by-step process blending reflections, emotions, lessons, and gratitude.
👩‍🍳 Personalize it to Yourself: Make the recipe your own with personal preferences, time, and variables.
👩‍🍳 Be Proactive about Your Well-being: Uncover patterns, surprises, and a proactive approach to emotional well-being.
 
Why Listen:
🥄 Explore a fun cooking analogy as a journaling recipe
🥄 Hear some of my real journaling experiences and examples
🥄 Consider suggestions about how to reread your own journal to notice patterns and rediscover things you forgot
 
Resources Mentioned:
Transcript and Links: https://bexb.org/process/
What are You Making it Mean: https://amzn.to/48L6jPc 
It’s Not Your Money by Tosha Silver: https://amzn.to/3SvVr24