Radical Redirection - Life Direction, Personal Growth, Creative Expression, Healthy Living

Yekaterina Benson - Life Purpose Coach, Healthy Lifestyle, Career Advice

Welcome to Radical Redirection, a podcast about making big changes in life! If you know you are meant for more, but don’t know where to start, you’re in the right place at the right time. I am your host, Yekaterina Benson, here to guide you towards your deepest core: your purpose, mission, talents and strengths, true priorities, soul needs, and self-love. Along the way, we’ll discuss your creative expression, personal leadership, boosting your energy, physical and emotional healing, and spiritual growth. Let’s dive in and design your dream life! www.yekaterinabenson.com

Episodes

  1. 11/11/2024

    9. When You’re Going Through a Crisis (Fall 2024 Update)

    It’s early November 2024, which means: 1) Hurricane Helene just devastated Asheville and Western North Carolina (where we live), 2) the elections just took place, and 3) the world is in an unsteady state. What an appropriate time to have an episode on dealing with a crisis! In this episode, I give a brief update on what happened to us (and why I haven’t released any episodes for 1.5 months) and how we’ve been coping, plus a whole methodology on how to bring yourself back to your emotional and energetic baseline after a crisis. Here’s the thing: the crisis can linger with you long after it’s done. If the nervous system gets stuck in a trauma loop, your body will feel like you’re still in survival mode. It doesn’t matter what the crisis was: a breakup, loss of a job, loss of a loved one, a natural disaster, a conflict with someone else. If we don’t take the steps in this episode, the body WILL be stuck in a trauma loop for a long time afterwards! Tune in to learn how to help your body break out of it and get back to a calm, creative, and joyful state. Plus, an update on where the Radical Redirection community is headed, and a special invitation to my next free online event! (Links below) BONUS (after listening to the episode): Journal prompts to reconnect with your soul, your creativity, and your power after a crisis and regain a sense of agency:  What did this experience illuminate for me?  What positive qualities did this experience bring out in me? (How did I exhibit resilience/kindness/wisdom/understanding/perspective/faith/etc?) What’s in my power right now? What’s in my sphere of influence? What is this inspiring me to DO? What can I create with this experience as the raw material? What do I want to do (or do differently) moving forward? If I imagine myself 5 years in the future, looking back at this moment, what action or choice would make me really proud? —— START HERE: https://yekaterinabenson.com/ Free New Year’s Evolution Challenge: https://t.me/newyearsevolution Free SHIFT YOUR STATE OF BEING workshop: https://youtu.be/WZuiuYAmXZ4 PDF guide ENERGY ESSENTIALS TO SUPPORT YOUR STATE OF BEING (goes along with the workshop above): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQPYGrqD58tZXNTa_Q5eT3t6cbpbpjot/view?usp=sharing Read more about the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/blog/radical-redirection-steps Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://forms.gle/VLkg5qcPZ7B4Bqx38 Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yekaterina_benson/ Contact me: https://yekaterinabenson.com/contact ——

    57 min
  2. 09/14/2024

    8. What’s Between You and the Life You Want

    You have an incredible vision of your ideal future, you feel called to pursue your passion, you know what you want in life - but why, why, why is it SO hard to actually get there? In this episode, we explore the brain’s hidden mechanisms: how what keeps us safe and outwardly successful is actually keeping us stuck and hurting on the inside. Your soul is very unique and special, but your limitations are not. And there’s a silver lining here: the challenges you think is insurmountable are actually quite common, and there’s a straightforward solution that involves changing how your brain’s filters work. Start learning how to do that in this episode! While patterns such as fear of mistakes, people pleasing, and inner criticism may feel like they define our lives, they’re merely a shell of false protection over your soul. And if you have them, your soul WANTS to learn how to break these false protections. So doing this work is part of your path of purpose in this lifetime.  Plus, learn how to shift the power dynamic in your subconscious: giving less power to the unhelpful patterns and more power to your big vision. Your dream life is more possible than you realize.  —— START HERE: https://yekaterinabenson.com/ Read more about the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/blog/radical-redirection-steps FREE MASTERCLASS on the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/free-workshop-radical-redirection-replay Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://forms.gle/VLkg5qcPZ7B4Bqx38 Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yekaterina_benson/ Contact me: https://yekaterinabenson.com/contact ——

    31 min
  3. 08/08/2024

    7. [Step 1 of RR] Your Beautiful Vision: Which Way Towards Your Ideal Life?

    When you think about your life as a whole, what are some of the most important things you want for yourself? The BIG things? Owning a home one day, going through life with a loving partner, traveling, having a family, retiring early?  And now, be honest - how many of those things are on autopilot right now? We tend to put the most important things on autopilot. “They’ll happen somehow, I just need to work hard at my job.” The unspoken belief is: “Everyone seems to figure it out eventually, so I will too.” But putting the important things on autopilot while giving our 110% to an exhausting day job is NOT how we create our ideal life. This episode dives right in to Step 1 of the Radical Redirection process: creating a VISION. A vision of your future, a vision of your best life. After all, everything we have around us is a result of first thinking about it. So let’s aim our thought process in the right direction! —— START HERE: https://yekaterinabenson.com/ FREE VISIONING WORKSHOP: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/life-direction-workshop Read more about the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/blog/radical-redirection-steps Life Balance Wheel (Wheel of Life) exercise: https://www.betterup.com/blog/wheel-of-life Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://forms.gle/VLkg5qcPZ7B4Bqx38 Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yekaterina_benson/ Contact me: https://yekaterinabenson.com/contact ——

    40 min
  4. 07/10/2024

    5. Judging Yourself for Wanting More: How to Turn Self-Judgment into Kindness

    “Who am I to want a better life? Who am I to be an artist/athlete/entrepreneur? Who do I think I am?? I should just be grateful for what I have…” When it comes to major life changes, we stop ourselves before we even begin. The ways we stop ourselves are endless, but most of them are rooted in self-judgment. And with self-judgment comes shame, guilt, resistance, fears, and doubts. How do you stop believing the critical voice inside your head? In this episode, we discuss the mechanisms underneath self-judgment, where it comes from, how it’s different from the objective truth, how to catch self-judgment, and how to turn it into acceptance and kindness. Learn how to reconcile the inner critic and re-integrate it with the rest of you, so you can make progress without all the negativity holding you back. Plus: Why affirmations and mantras feel like a lie, and how to actually turn negative thoughts into helpful beliefs. —— START HERE: https://yekaterinabenson.com/ Read more about the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/blog/radical-redirection-steps FREE MASTERCLASS on the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/free-workshop-radical-redirection-replay Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://forms.gle/VLkg5qcPZ7B4Bqx38 Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yekaterina_benson/ Contact me: https://yekaterinabenson.com/contact ——

    26 min
  5. 07/03/2024

    4. Reinventing Yourself: Let Go of the Old, the Unhelpful, and the Untrue

    If we want to achieve big goals, what’s the very first thing we should do?  Hint: it’s actually NOT setting goals. In this episode, I share my take on “reinventing yourself” and why it’s a prerequisite for making big shifts in life. You’ll learn which “old stories” no longer apply to you, what beliefs can freely shed, and what aspects of your identity were actually created by other people (and not you).  It can be fun and exhilarating to knock down the “protective” walls around your true essence, the hidden parts that yearn to shine and do amazing things! Plus: Why is it SO hard to make big life changes, and what can make it easier and smoother? BONUS (after listening to the episode): Journal prompts for de-conditioning, reinventing yourself, and letting go of old beliefs (do the ones that grab your attention): What’s something you love, but don’t get to do/enjoy often?  What were you told or taught by your parents/family growing up, that you don’t agree with? If you were your own parent, what would you have said/done differently? What did you hear from your peers or friends in school that made you feel small or “lesser than” them? What was “expected” of you growing up?  What do you expect of yourself now? What are your “high standards” for yourself now? What’s something that other people consider normal, expected, or desirable, that you don’t want at all? (Such as designer clothes, social drinking, owning a house, having kids, etc.) What would you say is “true about the world?” What’s reality like, according to you? Write out any statements that come to mind (such as: “life is full of struggle,” or “money is hard to come by,” or “people are inherently untrustworthy” - or the opposites of these, whatever you see as the truth!) Now, identify and cross out the beliefs that you don’t like. Know, in your heart, that you can change these “truths” to be something different and better. What outdated beliefs no longer serve your highest good?  What phrases or thoughts often cross your mind, but have the effect of holding you back?  —— START HERE: https://yekaterinabenson.com/ Read more about the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/blog/radical-redirection-steps FREE MASTERCLASS on the steps of Radical Redirection: https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/free-workshop-radical-redirection-replay Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://forms.gle/VLkg5qcPZ7B4Bqx38 Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yekaterina_benson/ Contact me: https://yekaterinabenson.com/contact ——

    27 min

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Welcome to Radical Redirection, a podcast about making big changes in life! If you know you are meant for more, but don’t know where to start, you’re in the right place at the right time. I am your host, Yekaterina Benson, here to guide you towards your deepest core: your purpose, mission, talents and strengths, true priorities, soul needs, and self-love. Along the way, we’ll discuss your creative expression, personal leadership, boosting your energy, physical and emotional healing, and spiritual growth. Let’s dive in and design your dream life! www.yekaterinabenson.com