This Life or Something Better

Priscilla Bengtson
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Life can be challenging and oftentimes we get stuck when living it. Priscilla Bengtson is here to help you accept the life you are living without resistance and then find your something better. There is always something better to reach for. You just have to know it exists and take a step towards it.

  1. 2D AGO

    The Art of Showing Up: Showing Up For Others

    The Art of Showing Up: Showing Up for Others Showing up for others sounds simple, but it's often harder than we expect. In this episode, we explore what it really means to show up for the people in our lives, not by fixing their problems, rescuing, or taking on their emotions, but by being present and grounded in ourselves. We talk about how to hold space without losing yourself, how to stay regulated when someone else is struggling, and why true presence doesn't require having the right words or solutions. This conversation also looks at the often-overlooked challenge of showing up during good times - celebrations like weddings, pregnancies, promotions, and milestones - and what to do when comparison, jealousy, or grief quietly surface. This episode invites you to notice what comes up for you when others need support or are experiencing joy, and how to care for your own inner experience so you can show up with honesty, compassion, and boundaries. Reflection questions are included to help you explore how you show up for others, and how that connects to how you show up for yourself. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives. Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. Join me for a weekend of awareness, growth and personal development, all while learning how to show up for others. The Spiritual Counselor Certificate Program: Foundations is coming up on March 13, 14, and 15, 2026. It's an online weekend of understanding your soul, and how to better navigate being human. It's also the foundational program to help you show up for others, hold space for their growth and coach them through the challenges of life. For more information, visit https://psyche-institute.com/spiritual-counselor-certificate-program/ Do you want to work with Priscilla on reaching for your something better? Check out the upcoming programs and services designed to help you through life transitions, reach your goals and become the more empowered version of yourself. https://healinginharmonycenter.com/ Work with Priscilla

    32 min

  2. JAN 28

    The Art of Showing Up: Physically Showing up in Your Life

    The Art of Showing Up: Physically Showing Up in Your Life Congratulations! You showed up. In this episode, we explore the most foundational step in creating change: physically showing up for your own life. Not with intensity. Not with perfection. But with consistency. Building on the previous conversation about patterns and repetition, this episode focuses on how action creates motivation, not the other way around, and why showing up is the first step in retraining your brain to move out of old habits and into new ones. Through practical examples, including how to build momentum around habits like going to the gym, starting projects, or following through on commitments, we look at how small, repeatable actions shape identity over time. You'll hear why confidence doesn't come first, how lowering the bar can actually move you forward, and how keeping commitments to yourself builds self-respect and trust. This episode includes simple, real-life strategies for practicing showing up and reflection questions to help you identify where you may be waiting for motivation instead of taking action. If you're ready to stop putting things off and start building momentum one small step at a time, this episode is for you. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives. Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. Do you want to work with Priscilla on reaching for your something better? Check out the upcoming programs and services designed to help you through life transitions, reach your goals and become the more empowered version of yourself. https://healinginharmonycenter.com/ Work with Priscilla

    29 min

  3. JAN 14

    What Else Could You Be Doing With Your Mind?

    Your mind is always doing something. Thinking. Replaying. Planning. Distracting. Negotiating. Getting you through the day. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself what your mind is actually being used for? In this opening episode of Season 5, we explore a question that will carry us through the entire season: What else could you be doing with your mind? This isn't about willpower or discipline. It's about awareness. It's about recognizing the habits your mind reaches for when you're stressed, tired, overwhelmed, or unsure, and understanding that those habits once served a purpose, even if they no longer give you the return you want. We'll talk about how habits form, why distraction and numbing are so common, and how change begins not by trying harder, but by practicing differently. You'll learn how to start practicing the person you are becoming, one small choice at a time, and how to work with your mind instead of feeling like it's running the show. As always, we'll close with reflection questions to help you take this conversation out of your head and into your life. If you've been feeling scattered, stuck, or quietly aware that there's more available to you, this episode is an invitation to slow down, get curious, and begin again with intention. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives. Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. Do you want to work with Priscilla on reaching for your something better? Check out the upcoming programs and services designed to help you through life transitions, reach your goals and become the more empowered version of yourself. https://healinginharmonycenter.com/

    30 min

  4. 12/31/2025

    One Day, or Day One?

    As the year comes to a close, many people feel the quiet pressure to decide who they're going to be next. This episode offers something different, a pause instead of a push. In this New Year's Eve bonus episode, Priscilla invites you to reflect on how beginnings really happen. Not through resolutions or dramatic change, but through trust, curiosity, and the willingness to begin again one day at a time. This episode explores the difference between waiting for "one day" and choosing "day one," creating from inspiration rather than urgency, and building commitments rooted in who you are becoming, not what you plan to do. You'll be encouraged to approach the next chapter of your life with a beginner's mind, open to possibility, wonder, and opportunity. If you're ready to step into the new year without pressure, comparison, or delay, this conversation will meet you where you are and remind you that every day can be day one. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives. Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. Do you want to work with Priscilla on reaching for your something better? Check out the upcoming programs and services designed to help you through life transitions, reach your goals and become the more empowered version of yourself. https://healinginharmonycenter.com/ Work with Priscilla

    25 min

  5. 12/24/2025

    Stop Expecting Them to Be Different: The Holiday Edition

    The holidays have a way of bringing people together and with them, familiar patterns, old roles, and emotional triggers. In this episode, Priscilla explores why family dynamics often activate us the most during the holiday season and how our False Authorities are usually formed in the very places we feel the most reactive. Rather than avoiding difficult people or pretending everything is fine, this episode invites you to stop fighting reality and start working with what you already know. You'll learn how to recognize when your child self is reacting, how to respond from your Inner Authority, and how small, conscious choices like adjusting your proximity, timing, or expectations, can help you stay grounded and present. This is not about changing anyone else. It's about staying connected to yourself, navigating the humanness of the holidays with awareness, and leaving each interaction with your integrity intact. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives. Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. Work with Priscilla

    29 min

  6. 12/10/2025

    Overwhelm, Burnout and Stress: The Cage We Build

    When life feels heavy, chaotic, or unmanageable, it's easy to blame the circumstances around us. But overwhelm, burnout, and stress often have a deeper source, the invisible cage we build for ourselves through pressure, expectations, and the belief that we "have to" keep going. In this episode, Priscilla shares the personal story of navigating another business move, the holidays, and the never-ending list of responsibilities, and how it revealed a powerful truth: most of our stress isn't created by life. It's created within us. You'll learn how the "cage" forms, why we end up living inside it, and how we unknowingly hand over our freedom to old expectations, false authority, and internal pressures. And you'll discover three soul-aligned steps to begin opening the door and walking yourself out. If you've been feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or stuck in the cycle of doing more and enjoying less, this episode will bring clarity, and a path back to peace. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives. Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. Work with Priscilla

    26 min

  7. 11/26/2025

    The Freedom Within

    In this episode, Priscilla explores the kind of freedom that has nothing to do with circumstances and everything to do with your inner world. You'll hear a powerful coaching story about what happens when survival patterns turn into identity—when "doing" becomes the only way you know how to feel safe, worthy, or needed. Priscilla breaks down how old conditioning, people-pleasing, and the Inner Oppressors of Control and Rejection quietly take away your inner space… and what it truly costs you when nothing changes. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives.   Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group.  There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. You'll learn why freedom isn't found in doing more, fixing more, or controlling more—it's found in who you're being. And you'll walk away with research-backed insights, practical tools, and reflective questions to help you reclaim autonomy, presence, and peace during even the most chaotic times. If you've been carrying the weight of everyone else's needs… if you've been asking for permission to rest or grow… or if you've simply forgotten who you are outside of the roles you play—this episode will help you find your way back to yourself. Work with Priscilla

    26 min

  8. 11/12/2025

    When Life Doesn't Go Your Way

    When Life Doesn't Go Your Way What do you do when things don't go as planned, when the outcome you wanted isn't the one you get? In this episode, Priscilla explores the tension between what is and what we wish would be. You'll learn how resistance to reality drains your energy, how acceptance restores clarity, and why your circumstances don't have to decide your mood or your peace. Through practical insight and soulful reflection, you'll discover what you can control - your choices, your decisions, and your next steps - and how to move from frustration to freedom, one moment at a time. Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives.  Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better. Work with Priscilla

    32 min
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Life can be challenging and oftentimes we get stuck when living it. Priscilla Bengtson is here to help you accept the life you are living without resistance and then find your something better. There is always something better to reach for. You just have to know it exists and take a step towards it.

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