Because, Why Not?

Have you ever heard the quote that says, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change"? It's one of my favorites and ever since I first heard it, has given me the means by which I am able to totally shift my life in an instant. Once we realize that were capable of changing our perspective and how deeply that changes the way we feel, so much positive change can take place in our life. AND we become much more open to recognizing what we have going for us rather than always what is challenging us as well as start to notice the many magical and wonderful gifts we are handed every single day IF we pay attention. Try it out for yourself and see! Topics include: Changing thoughts, creating your life, law of attraction, random acts of kindness, self help, personal growth, personal development, self empowerment. Find me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

Hello my dear listeners! Miss me? I missed you. I did. This episode is all about how to listen to what you need and how GREAT the benefits are when you do. I've take a summer hiatus from productivity and have willingly slowed down in many ways. It has been truly life giving. There is so much to learn from what we truly know inside of ourselves to be right for us. You know what you need. You have your best interest in mind. You will light your way. Be willing to listen and then to act accordingly. There are many treasures awaiting you on the other side of actually listening to your own inner voice, I promise you. Follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason and please leave a review of this podcast, subscribe and share! Thanks for being here.

Do you ever have those times in your life when absolutely everything and everyone is driving you crazy? I have been feeling like no one respects my time, no one works efficiently, everybody's a mess, and I'm the only one capable of getting things done. Well, maybe me and every other efficient multitasking entrepreneurial mother that I know! So, what am I doing about it? I am recording this podcast and working through it with you in real time! I am offering up some really useful and easily applicable tools to help you deal with the annoying and frustrating people and situations that you may face in your life in the same way that I do and we all do. I feel a lot better... I hope it's helpful for you too! Find me an Instagram @iamgracebeason Thanks For listening and please subscribe to the podcast, pass it along, and leave a review!

There's so many times in our lives I'm find ways to medicate, numb out, and hide from what is really going on because we are in a state of discomfort. The problem is that we think we are doing this in an effort to feel better but checking out from our lives only makes us feel worse. How can we stop from getting to a place where we feel so uncomfortable and want to hide? I think for so many women who are high achieving, go getters it is really difficult to stop and step back and take a look at why and for whom we are working so hard to achieve so much. Whether we are in a period of transition, or are upset that we are unable to make something happen in our life that we want, or our overwhelmed from having way too much on our plate, we have got to be willing to care about how we feel and to really focus on what we want and what kind of life we want to create for ourselves. Regardless of what other people's expectations are of us. Once we turn our attention to ourselves, we are able to live more freely and with greater and her peace and stop all of the hiding. Follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

Are you a perfectionist? Are you a high achieving woman? So many of us who have spent our lives trying to be and do and have it all can identify with these descriptors. Whether it is about your body, your career, your home, your family, or your finances, there are myriad ways that we aim high and set unreasonable and unattainable standards for ourselves. Trying to achieve perfection in any area is a losing battle because perfection isn't real. But! Knowing that is not enough. We must become willing to identify where our striving for perfection is making us miserable and care more about our own inner peace than about achieving "perfection". How do we do this? For many of us it is about stopping seeking external validation from others. For others who are constantly seeking their own validation, it's about recognizing the perfectionism is an unrealistic finish line that is causing you pain and that your greatest happiness lies on the other side of seeking it. Find me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

Rage! Is this something you experience? It is something that I have been struggling with and didn't even realize it until it crept into my life once I stopped drinking alcohol. My rage is mostly related to parenting and frustrations I have raising young children and has reared it's ugly head all too often over the past year, specifically. I have done and continue to do deep work on managing my rage responses and have some great tools to share here. While rage may not be something you feel specifically, I'm betting you have experienced frustration, irritation, and anger. These are all similar feelings and what we want to do is identify what's causing them and learn how to slow ourselves down before we reach a level 10 and lose it with a big outburst, explosion, meltdown. I hope these tools are useful to you as they continue to be for me. Rage feels awful and I want to feel it less as I'm sure you want to feel your most uncomfortable feeling less (whatever name you have for it). Thank you for being here and please subscribe and share this podcast! Find me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

Mostly this episode is about how to speak to yourself with kindness and compassion especially when you have done something that you are disappointed by or have let yourself down in some way. The way we speak to ourselves really matters. Believe it or not, the things that we say to ourselves we believe! The words we use and even the intonation and inflection matter and certainly the feeling behind them. Here's how I work on speaking to myself with more kindness and compassion and understanding when I have done something that lets me down. You also may get a good laugh from the beginning of the episode when I share with you the trials and tribulations of having a nine and a half year old who listens to explicit lyrics. God help me! Anyone have any parenting tips? Follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason and please subscribe to this podcast and share with friends! Thank you.

How can we know what we want from our lives or what is working for us and what isn't if we never take a step back? This is a lesson I recently learned. I may have known it before, but never put it into practice quite as I did this month. When we are in a state of overwhelm it is nearly impossible to see what it is that is affecting us. When we take a step back and look at the big picture and are able to look at the details instead of at all of the chaos as a whole, we are able to find clarity and be more decisive about how to move forward powerfully. Come with me as I explain how to see the forest for the trees! Find me on Instagram @IamGraceBeason

On the heels of my 45th birthday, which was largely a very special and lovely day, I bring to you the process of working through an argument with the one I love. What happens when we lead with our egos and take things personally? We end up in a fruitless battle and everyone ends up hurt. It's even worse when there are high expectations in the mix! Our egos are often disguised and we don't realize we've brought them to the party until they explode and cause a breakdown we weren't expecting. So, what we do in this happens? In a perfect world, we would avoid it at all costs by leading with our authentic selves and recognizing what's what. That takes a lot of work! We've got to go easy on ourselves and know that we will make mistakes. So when our egos do bump up against other peoples, we just have to become aware in that moment or that day or as soon as we can and step back, take a breath, get into our hearts, and acknowledge the pain that has occurred, that we may have caused, apologize, be curious and compassionate and find a way to move on. Also, keep your expectations in check. Having too high of expectations for any given day can often lead to pain and disappointment. Go in openly, ready for anything, work on not taking anything personally that people say, and life will flow so much more freely and easily. As always, I am here doing the work with you! I hope this is helpful when you have your next collision of egos with the one you love. Resources I share in this episode include A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, The Work by Byron Katie, and The Four Areements. Please follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

We play so many roles as busy women and yet none is more important than the role we play in our own lives. Problem is, we don't focus on it enough or give it the attention that it deserves. Our relationship with our self is everything and we want it to be stronger, but how? We are in so much pain over so many things. We are able to let this pain go and I can show you the way! I have transformed my life in such powerful, incredible ways over the past two years and because I have done this hard work, I am able to be here now to show you how you too can make changes. It doesn't matter what kind of change you are seeking! It could be small or huge, there could be a big list or a little one, but regardless of what it is it all comes down to your willingness to turn your attention towards yourself in order to set yourself free. This is possible for you and is something you can learn to do efficiently and sustainably. Not only that, it will feel GOOd and be FUN and the bonus is that everyone around you will benefit as well. Want to hear how I did it and how you can do it, too? Listen up! And follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

I know some of you busy moms out there are thinking to yourself that I'm going to be talking about how to come home and find an empty house without noisy children and a million things to do! Sounds great, I know, but that is not what I'm talking about. Coming home to yourself is all about the process of tapping into who you really are and what you really want out of life after spending days, months, years, prioritizing everyone other than yourself. It is about making the choice to put yourself at the top of the list. It is about recognizing, learning, and embodying the notion that you are worthy of this. It is about your willingness to take the time to turn the focus, attention, love, care on yourself and to know that you are just as worthy of it as everyone else. What's more, that when you do, all of the people in your life benefit. It is about getting quiet and listening to your inner voice. Prioritizing yourself with time and care but also by being willing to be who you are and to care more about how you feel than what people think. And the gift at the end of the road is what? Inner peace. Connection. Greater joy, clarity, fulfillment and the life that you want and deserve. Are you with me? I will give you step-by-step tips for how to do this today and every day! Follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

Today I celebrate and Mark a very important, significant, special day in my life that I never imagined I would. 2 years ago today I willingly, consciously, bravely, and wholeheartedly removed alcohol from my life and have never looked back. There is no simple way to share how I feel about this or the magnitude of the pride and Joy I feel at this accomplishment. Mostly what I want you to hear from me is that in listening to my inner voice I set myself free and gave myself life in a way I never knew existed and that the beauty that is on the other side of pain is always worth going after. That my relationship with myself truly began two years ago on this day and that I never could have imagined feeling this good in my own skin. that you are not too old and it is not too late ever to make a change in your life and go after what you want. This is about willingness. This is about releasing shame. This is about caring more about how you feel than about what others think. This is about living your life the way you want to live it. I'm so honored and thankful to have started my sober journey here with you two years ago and to be here with you today and share this moment means everything to me. Thank you for listening, I send you so much love and so much gratitude! Follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

I've been cleaning out my mom's house and attic and that has meant going through boxes and boxes of my own memorabilia and photos. Sifting through piles of the last four decades of my life has caused me to look at my life in a way I never have, to look at me in a way I never have. The irony is that this deep spiritual work I have done over the last couple years has led me to know wholeheartedly that our spirit has always remained the same and always will remain the same. It is what guides us. It has never changed, and it never leads us astray. But looking at these dozens of photos of my face and body from the day I was born until very recently allowed me to look in my eyes and see that at any different age I was, I was the same. I was the girl that I always was. Circumstances changed, I lived in different places, I tried out different personalities and ways of being, friendships came and went, some friendships stayed for years and years, I built a family, I built a career... On and on. But now I know for sure that one thing that has never changed is who I am inside. I find this so amazing, so comforting, and ultimately just the coolest truth there is about my life and our lives And I'm so grateful to have come to this knowing at the end of this difficult road of dismantling my mother's home and life. Follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

Busy working moms and women in their 40s. This is who we are! This is who I am. You are my people, and I am here for you. This is your call to action. You are not making yourself enough of a priority in your own life, and it is time to start. We are all struggling with such similar things, despite how different our lives may be in so many ways (geographically, financially, etc). Our greatest desires and our greatest struggles have so many commonalities. And what we want the most we CAN achieve if we are willing to put ourselves at the top of the list along with the people we love the most. Are you ready to strengthen your relationship with yourself? I know you are, because you've told me so. Here is the first of many podcasts devoted to you specifically and how you will get even more out of the life you love if you make room for what you want and what you need. Please follow me on Instagram @iamgracebeason and please subscribe to and share this podcast! With love and gratitude XOXO, Grace 💗

What is your immediate reaction when you see someone else experiencing great success? It could be love, career, health, money, travel... anything. Sure, there are times when you are very happy for people that you love. But if you are truly honest with yourself, are there also many times when you are scrolling through Instagram and see someone else's success and are left feeling bad? And why is that? Today I talk about the concept of experiencing others' success in a different way than you have been doing and viewing it as something positive and to be celebrated. This not only helps you expand your vision for what you want in your own life, but allows you to truly know that you are able to have that success as well. I also teach you one of the most fun Law Of Attraction "magic tricks" that you can put to use in your own life to create more abundance and joy. Connect with me on Instagram @iamgracebeason

as a 44-year-old woman, I have spent my life believing that my weight defines me and that I am to trust every medical person who I come into contact with regardless of whether or not They know me or have my best interests at heart. As I learned to prioritize myself, advocate for myself, and love myself in the way that I know how to now, I also understand that a number on a scale doesn't make me who I am and that loving myself means loving every nook and cranny and flaw that I may see or feel. It also has led me to the knowledge and understanding that I am in control of my medical care and anyone I choose to see or trust when it comes to caring for my body. These are things I share vulnerably in this podcast in order that I might empower other women to do the same. When we truly love ourselves and when we learn to trust our intuition, We will find the way to our greatest overall health and wellness. Instagram Resources: @emodiedpsychotherapist @werenotweighting

After a month off from recording, I was finally ready today to sit back down and unpack some of the things going on in our country and in my world including taking a long, hard look at my own white privilege and how I'm working to change the thought patterns and behaviors I've long held about black people without even really realizing. I am learning, I am listening, I am willing to change. This is uncomfortable, this is complicated, but I'm not staying silent about my part it in and am thankful to have the opportunity to grow and change and help affect change.

Well, it's happening! Everything's being canceled, even school, and now we have our kids at home, are trying to work, and find a new "normal" in a world that is increasingly crazy. How do we stay sane? I do think maintaining a routine is super important. But also, it's vital that we release the tight reins a little bit and go easier on ourselves. Can we go easier on ourselves? Maybe break a few rules? Maybe let our kids eat sugar cereal and we sleep in while they do it? We are all going to have to find a way to make it through this because we don't know how long it's going to last. Even if it's only 5 days, it's a lot on our plate to manage fear, worry, and the unknown while we are still trying to keep people alive, earn money, and look good in our jeans. We got this, Mamas! I'm here for you and so is Captain Crunch.

Well, I did it! One year ago today I sat at a beautiful dinner with my husband in Punta Cana and had my last class of white wine. I knew that it was my last, and it didn't even taste good going down because I was so ready to be done with it. I told him I didn't want to drink anymore and asked him if he could be okay with that. He said yes, of course. And we went from there. What started as an experiment has turned into one of the most joyful choices I've ever made despite the really heavy and hard bumps in the road and difficult moments to navigate. Today I celebrate having made it one year. I celebrate having prioritized myself in this way, ripping the lid off of everything I thought I knew and believed and could do in life, and creating a life more colorful and beautiful without alcohol than I could have ever imagined it could be. Thank you for celebrating with me!

MIDLIFE is not a dirty word! And it's not shameful, embarrassing, or depressing. It's a true statement of fact for those of us 40+. Why not embrace it? Even after 20 years of doing one thing and thinking I had "arrived", there was an itch inside of me telling me I had farther to go, new mountains to climb, uncomfortable changes to make and some serious soul excavation to do in order to be truly happy. How about you? This episode is for you if you're a woman of a certain age, a mom, a partner, a human who is in the middle of her life and wanting more. Wanting to shift mindset, reach goals, love life. If not now, when? Don't call it a crisis. It's an awakening! "Don't be upset about the results you didn't get from the work you haven't done."

Had anyone tried unplugging 2020 and plugging it back in again? Ha! This year has been a bit of a doozy already. Maybe a lot of Mercury In Retrograde? Or maybe it's personal and not cosmic. Regardless, we've got to keep hope alive! There's always Bravo, cookies, or something to ease the pain for a moment until we realize that green vegetables make us feel better and, more importantly, we've got everything we need inside of us. There may be dark days. Weeks even. That's ok! You're not alone and it won't last. "...keep growing, silently and earnestly, through your whole development; you couldn't disturb it any more violently than by looking outside and waiting for outside answers to questions that only your innermost feeling, in your quietest hour, can perhaps answer."-RM Rilke, Letters To A Young Poet

Some days are just hard and there's no way around it. A perfect storm of being exhausted, overworked, overbooked, and spiritually depleted can lead to a painful meltdown. And did for Grace. But you can come back from it, and half the battle is acknowledging that it happened. Everyone in our lives is some kind of a reflection of ourselves and who we do and don't want to be. Most powerfully, our children. They are also our teachers. And if we stop to really hear what they have to say to us about who we are, we may receive our most significant messages yet.

Leveling UP By Looking In is a talk that Grace gave to business owners looking to move past hurdles in business. It's about the spiritual side of unblocking obstacles you face by tapping into your Authentic Self and putting her/him/them to work for you. Your Authentic Self knows just what to say. She feels no fear. With her as the loudest voice, anything is possible.

Happy New Year! New Year, New You? How about, New Year, Same You Only Better? Today is the day to begin your journey of whole hearted and authentic leadership and living. It can take time, practice, patience, and feel deeply uncomfortable at times but is well worth the work. The rewards of listening to your inner voice and stepping fully into your most truthful life is freeing, powerful and vital in order to experience real joy and connection. Are you ready to listen to your own authentic voice?

The holidays are for drinking too much. Right?! This was the story I told myself for YEARS. This year, I'm doing the holidays differently now that I'm 10 months Sober Curious but it doesn't mean my cravings have ended. In fact, they're back with a vengeance and dancing around in a big red suit clanging bells in my ears at every turn! Today I share some real life, tried and true, attainable tips and tricks for managing your holiday drinking (or lack thereof) more mindfully. We're in this together and it CAN be done! The best news is that you will wake up tomorrow and have zero embarrassing stories to relive.

Are you trying to feel all the joy of the holiday season but inside you want to leave the planet until January 1? You're not alone. Along with the increased advertising, events, cookies, and Christmas experiences, has also come an increased honesty (among friends, at least) about how HARD the holidays can be. Is there a way to enjoy them without losing your mind and spirit? Tune in for some real talk about Christmas dread and powerful tools for experiencing the next few weeks with a little less angst (at least). Fa la la la whatever!