Beautifully Becoming With Brittany

Brittany Christie

You’re not broken. You’re becoming. Welcome to Beautifully Becoming with Brittany: The Amputee Woman’s Podcast—a soft, empowering space for women living with limb loss who are ready to heal, grow, and feel seen. Hosted by Brittany Christie, confidence and mindset coach (and lifelong double-arm amputee), this podcast offers real conversations, honest reflections, and gentle encouragement for the journey of becoming. Here, we talk about: 🌿 Rebuilding confidence 🌿 Quiet grief and invisible strength 🌿 Taking up space unapologetically 🌿 Creating a life that fits you—not the world’s expectations Whether your amputation was recent or decades ago, you belong here. No filters, no pretending—just truth, compassion, and community. New episodes drop every One Empowered Monday. Let’s keep thriving, y’all.

  1. 13H AGO

    Episode 33: Learning to Trust Yourself Again

    You can be capable… and still feel disconnected from yourself. Self-trust isn’t always loud. It’s not always confident. It’s not always certain. For a long time, I thought trusting myself meant being decisive. Being sure. Not second-guessing. But what I’ve learned is that real self-trust doesn’t look like certainty. It looks like honesty. Honesty about when something doesn’t feel right — even if it makes sense on paper. Honesty about needing more time. Honesty about when your body says no — even if your mind says yes. When you grow up adapting — physically, socially, emotionally — you learn how to stay safe. You learn how to anticipate. And slowly, you can start trusting strategies more than your own sensations. Rebuilding self-trust isn’t about becoming louder or more confident overnight. It’s about coming back to your body. It’s about choosing presence over perfection. In this episode, we explore: 🌿 how self-trust erodes quietly 🌿 the difference between self-monitoring and self-listening 🌿 why perfectionism can break trust 🌿 what it means to trust yourself without being certain 🌿 how safety — not certainty — rebuilds confidence Self-trust isn’t about getting it right the first time. It’s about knowing you won’t abandon yourself along the way. Resources & Links 📘 Free Guide: You Weren’t Meant to Hide – 5 Truths to Help You Feel Like Yourself Again and Start Showing Up Fully 🗓 Book a Resilience Roadmap Session: Let’s talk about your next chapter 🌸 Join the Community: Thriving Beautifully Nation on Facebook 📧 Email Me Anytime: beautifulmindandsoulcoaching@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @beautifulmindandsoulcoaching 📺 Instagram Channel: The Empowered Lounge

    14 min
  2. MAR 2

    Episode 32: What Changes When You Stop Rushing Yourself

    There’s a rhythm many of us don’t question. The quick reply. The fast decision. The immediate adjustment. The internal pressure to figure it out — right now. For a long time, rushing felt normal to me. Not busy rushing. But the quiet kind. Rushing to know. Rushing to decide. Rushing to feel settled again. Because when you’ve spent your life adapting — adjusting your body, your expectations, your pace — speed can feel like safety. Moving quickly feels competent. Deciding fast feels in control. But lately, I’ve been noticing what changes when I don’t rush myself. When I pause before answering. When I sit with uncertainty. When I let clarity come instead of chasing it. In this episode, I’m sharing what slowing down has revealed — and why rushing can quietly disconnect you from yourself. We talk about how survival habits show up in adulthood, why urgency can feel like confidence, and what becomes possible when you move from trust instead of pressure. This conversation is for you if you’ve been questioning your pace, feeling less reactive, or noticing that you don’t want to push the way you used to. In this episode, we explore: 🌿 why speed can feel like competence 🌿 how adaptation can turn into internal pressure 🌿 the difference between reacting and responding 🌿 what slowing down creates in your nervous system 🌿 how trust changes the way you make decisions Slowing down doesn’t mean you’re losing momentum. It means you’re changing where your momentum comes from. From urgency… to trust. From pressure… to presence. From fear… to self-respect. And that kind of movement lasts. Resources & Links 📘 Free Guide: You Weren’t Meant to Hide – 5 Truths to Help You Feel Like Yourself Again and Start Showing Up Fully 🗓 Book a Resilience Roadmap Session: Let’s talk about your next chapter 🌸 Join the Community: Thriving Beautifully Nation on Facebook 📧 Email Me Anytime: beautifulmindandsoulcoaching@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @beautifulmindandsoulcoaching 📺 Instagram Channel: The Empowered Lounge

    12 min
  3. FEB 23

    Episode 31: The Grounding Era

    Grounding isn’t always something we choose when life feels calm. Most of the time, it’s what we need when our brain is spinning, our body feels on edge, and everything inside us is acting like there’s an emergency — even when there isn’t. In this episode, I’m talking about grounding from a different angle. Not as slowing down or “doing less,” but as learning how to feel safe again in your body. As returning to yourself when you’ve spent years living on alert, adapting, anticipating, and pushing through. We explore what grounding actually looks like in real life — not the aesthetic version, but the quiet, practical moments where you notice your breath, unclench your jaw, pause before reacting, and let your nervous system catch up. If you’ve been feeling overstimulated, overwhelmed, or tired in a way that rest alone doesn’t fix, this episode is for you. In this episode, we explore:🌿 why grounding is about safety — not productivity 🌿 how living in resilience can keep your nervous system on edge 🌿 what it means to return to your body instead of living in your head 🌿 how small grounding moments change confidence and clarity 🌿 why The Grounding Era is a foundation, not a setback Grounding isn’t a break from life. It’s a return to yourself. Resources & Links 📘 Free Guide: You Weren’t Meant to Hide – 5 Truths to Help You Feel Like Yourself Again and Start Showing Up Fully 🗓 Book a Resilience Roadmap Session: Let’s talk about your next chapter 🌸 Join the Community: Thriving Beautifully Nation on Facebook 📧 Email Me Anytime: beautifulmindandsoulcoaching@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @beautifulmindandsoulcoaching 📺 Instagram Channel: The Empowered Lounge

    12 min
  4. FEB 16

    Episode 30: The Season Before Change

    There’s a season we don’t talk about very often. It’s not the breaking point. It’s not the glow-up. It’s not the moment where everything suddenly becomes clear. It’s the season before change. That quiet, in-between space where you can feel something shifting inside you… but nothing has moved yet on the outside. Where nothing is “wrong,” but something feels different — and you don’t quite have words for it yet. In this episode, I’m sharing what this season has looked like for me, and why it can feel so uncomfortable — especially when you’ve spent your life adapting, adjusting, and figuring things out quickly. We talk about how resilience can become an identity, why awareness can feel unsettling when you’re used to motion, and what happens when a season doesn’t ask you to fix anything — only to notice. This conversation is for you if you’ve been feeling restless without answers, unsettled without a crisis, or pulled toward something new without knowing what it is yet. In this episode, we explore:🌿 what “the season before change” actually feels like 🌿 why adaptability and resilience can make stillness uncomfortable 🌿 the difference between solving and noticing 🌿 how awareness — not urgency — creates real clarity 🌿 why not knowing yet doesn’t mean you’re behind This season isn’t asking you to leap. It’s asking you to look. Resources & Links 📘 Free Guide: You Weren’t Meant to Hide – 5 Truths to Help You Feel Like Yourself Again and Start Showing Up Fully 🗓 Book a Resilience Roadmap Session: Let’s talk about your next chapter 🌸 Join the Community: Thriving Beautifully Nation on Facebook 📧 Email Me Anytime: beautifulmindandsoulcoaching@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @beautifulmindandsoulcoaching 📺 Instagram Channel: The Empowered Lounge

    13 min
  5. FEB 9

    Episode 29: Starting Again, Gently

    Starting again doesn’t always come with excitement, clarity, or a bold new plan. Sometimes it’s quiet. Subtle. Almost surprisingly still. In this episode, I’m sharing honestly about a season I’ve been sitting in lately — one where nothing was “wrong,” but something felt off. A season where I was doing all the right things, showing up, staying consistent… and still feeling disconnected from myself. We talk about what it’s like to realize you’re starting again without a crisis to point to. About noticing the fatigue your body has been carrying. About how uncomfortable it can feel when a season doesn’t ask you to be strong — but asks you to be honest instead. This episode is an invitation to slow down without judgment, to listen instead of pushing, and to trust that clarity doesn’t always arrive through effort. Sometimes it arrives through stillness. If you’re in an in-between season — not broken, not stuck, just noticing — this conversation is for you. In this episode, we explore: 🌿 what it means to start again gently 🌿 why some seasons don’t come with motivation or clarity 🌿 how resilience can turn into an identity — and when that identity needs rest 🌿 the difference between transformation and integration 🌿 why quiet growth still counts Starting again gently is still starting. And it matters. Resources & Links 📘 Free Guide: You Weren’t Meant to Hide – 5 Truths to Help You Feel Like Yourself Again and Start Showing Up Fully 🗓 Book a Resilience Roadmap Session: Let’s talk about your next chapter 🌸 Join the Community: Thriving Beautifully Nation on Facebook 📧 Email Me Anytime: beautifulmindandsoulcoaching@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @beautifulmindandsoulcoaching 📺 Instagram Channel: The Empowered Lounge

    15 min
  6. 12/29/2025

    Episode 28: You Don’t Need Permission to Choose Yourself

    Have you ever sat in the quiet and suddenly realized… you’ve been waiting for permission you don’t actually need? In this episode, I’m sharing one of those late-night moments where everything got real honest, real fast. A moment when comparison, self-doubt, and the fear of being “too much” as a limb-different woman rose up all at once… and revealed something I didn’t expect. 💛 This one’s for the woman who’s been shrinking herself, second-guessing herself, or holding back her truth because she’s afraid of how others might see her. Inside this honest and heartfelt episode, I’m opening up about: 📝 The night I realized I’d been waiting for permission to be myself 💛 How growing up limb-different teaches you to “shrink” without realizing it 💬 Why comparison makes us question our worth and timeline 🧠 The painful belief I finally let go of (and how it changed everything) ✨ What choosing yourself really looks like—without apology or permission This episode isn’t about magically having it all figured out. It’s about recognizing your own voice again… and choosing to trust it. 🎧 Tune in now if you’ve ever felt behind, too emotional, too much, or unsure if you’re allowed to take the next step in your life. You don’t have to wait for permission, beauty. You get to choose you. Resources & Links 📘 Free Guide: You Weren’t Meant to Hide – 5 Truths to Help You Feel Like Yourself Again and Start Showing Up Fully 🗓 Book a Resilience Roadmap Session: Let’s talk about your next chapter 🌸 Join the Community: Thriving Beautifully Nation on Facebook 📧 Email Me Anytime: beautifulmindandsoulcoaching@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @beautifulmindandsoulcoaching 📺 Instagram Channel: The Empowered Lounge

    13 min
  7. 12/22/2025

    Episode 27: You Don’t Have to Carry It All Alone

    Have you ever had one of those days where nothing “bad” happened… but by the time you get home, you feel completely drained? In this episode, I’m sharing a moment that stopped me in my tracks — the day I realized I was carrying more than I ever admitted. Growing up without hands, I learned early how to be strong, how to adapt, and how to make things look easy… even when they weren’t. But what happens when the strength people expect from you becomes the strength that’s slowly breaking you? 💛 This one’s for the amputee woman who’s been holding it all together on the outside… while feeling heavy on the inside. Inside this episode, I’m opening up about: 📝 The moment I realized I’d been saying “I’m fine” for years 💛 Why amputee women often feel pressured to be strong all the time 💬 The emotional exhaustion that comes from hiding your struggle 🧠 The truth about support — and why needing help isn’t weakness ✨ How letting yourself be seen can be the beginning of healing This episode isn’t about falling apart. It’s about letting yourself fall into support instead of carrying everything alone. 🎧 Tune in now if you’ve been tired, overwhelmed, or afraid to ask for help. You deserve support. You deserve rest. You deserve to be held, too. Resources & Links 📘 Free Guide: You Weren’t Meant to Hide – 5 Truths to Help You Feel Like Yourself Again and Start Showing Up Fully 🗓 Book a Resilience Roadmap Session: Let’s talk about your next chapter 🌸 Join the Community: Thriving Beautifully Nation on Facebook 📧 Email Me Anytime: beautifulmindandsoulcoaching@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @beautifulmindandsoulcoaching 📺 Instagram Channel: The Empowered Lounge

    12 min
5
out of 5
7 Ratings

About

You’re not broken. You’re becoming. Welcome to Beautifully Becoming with Brittany: The Amputee Woman’s Podcast—a soft, empowering space for women living with limb loss who are ready to heal, grow, and feel seen. Hosted by Brittany Christie, confidence and mindset coach (and lifelong double-arm amputee), this podcast offers real conversations, honest reflections, and gentle encouragement for the journey of becoming. Here, we talk about: 🌿 Rebuilding confidence 🌿 Quiet grief and invisible strength 🌿 Taking up space unapologetically 🌿 Creating a life that fits you—not the world’s expectations Whether your amputation was recent or decades ago, you belong here. No filters, no pretending—just truth, compassion, and community. New episodes drop every One Empowered Monday. Let’s keep thriving, y’all.