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B. Light Podcast
by Brieanna Lightfoot Smith
Welcome to the B. Light Podcast. I'm your host Brieanna Lightfoot Smith and I'm on a mission to help women just like you build a life and business they love without burning out in the process. After passing out in my car at 7 months pregnant with my oldest son I realized something had to shift and I've set out to create systems and space in my life to not simply manage it but enjoy it. Join me each week for practical tips spanning motherhood, monetization, ministry, and marriage. If you're feeling weary and seeking confidence and clarity in the spaces you're called to impact, you're in the right place, friend. Jesus tells us His yoke is easy and His burden is light and I'm choosing to have the audacity to believe Him. blightbulbmoments.substack.com
Episodes
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S3E11: When It All Falls Down
Most high-capacity women can answer “what do you do” in their sleep. Fewer can answer “who are you” — and mean it. When your identity is fused to your role, rest feels like erasure. Slowing down feels like disappearing. And the quiet question underneath everything — who am I when nothing needs…
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S3E10: Building from a Place of Alignment with RaKya Leigh
In 2020, RaKya Leigh got tired of hearing the same story: kids are falling behind, and parents don’t know what to do. So instead of adding to the discourse, she and her co-founder and husband, Deon, did something about it. They started HUMBLE Tutoring, short for Helping Unstoppable Minorities...
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S3E9: The New B Word
I need to be honest with you about something. For a long time I thought I had boundaries. I’d say things like “I don’t work weekends” or “I’m not available after 6” — and I genuinely believed them. What I didn’t realize until later was that a boundary you don’t actually hold isn’t a boundary.…
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S3E8: Your Calendar is Lying to You
Your calendar is lying to you. And you built the lie yourself. Most of our calendars are aspirational documents — planned for who we wish we were, not who we actually are in this season. The gap between the calendar and real life is exactly where burnout lives. In this episode, we’re naming the...
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S3E7: She Built Differently After Burning Out Three Times with Elysha Johnson
Today we have our first podcast guest of the season! Elysha Johnson is the founder of Open Tabs, a holistic operations consultancy for ambitious founders who are outwardly successful and inwardly depleted. With over a decade of experience as an executive assistant and operations leader inside...
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S3E6: Building Based on Your Season
Here’s a question I’ve been sitting with. How much of your exhaustion right now is actually about the volume of what you’re doing — and how much of it is about the mismatch between the season you’re in and the season you’re planning for? Because I’ve noticed something. The most overwhelmed women…
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S3E5: The R.E.S.T.™ Framework Unpacked
Grab your planner for this one. Over the last four episodes we’ve been naming what’s breaking down. Today we talk about what to build instead. My signature R.E.S.T. Framework is the foundation of everything I do — and I’ve never broken it down this completely in a single conversation before. We…
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S3E4: Have We Gotten Rest Wrong?
I want to ask you something. When is the last time you genuinely rested — not because you’d earned it, not because you’d finally finished everything on your list, not because you were so depleted you had no other choice — but because you had built it in? For most of us, that question lands...
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S3E3: The Cost of Being the Reliable One
There’s a woman I keep meeting. She shows up in my workshops, in my DMs, in conversations with friends over dinner. She’s the one everyone calls first. The one who delivers, every time, without complaint. The one who holds things together so well that nobody ever thinks to ask if she’s okay —...
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S3E2: My Problem with Productivity
I used to have a complicated relationship with my to-do list. It was long. It was color-coded. It was completely disconnected from my actual capacity. And checking things off of it felt productive right up until the moment I realized I was exhausted and couldn’t name a single thing I’d…
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S3E1: Are You Lazy or Are You Depleted?
In this episode, I’m introducing the concept that sits at the center of everything I do: the difference between discipline and rhythm. Discipline can help you push through. Rhythm is what helps you sustain your life and work consistently. Unfortunately, a lot of high-capacity women are living in…
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I'm Building Differently Now
If you’ve been here before — welcome back. If you’re new — I’m so glad you found your way in. This is the B. Light Podcast, and this season, we’re doing something different. I’m Brieanna Lightfoot Smith — leadership and wellbeing strategist, speaker, entrepreneur, wife, and mom of four. For the...
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💡 Moments: What To Do With a Dream Deferred
Hope deferred makes the heart sick but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 (NLT) The Lord will work out His plans for my life for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me for you made me. Psalm 138:8 (NLT) For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn....
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💡 Moments: What If It Isn't As Hard As You Think?
The South often gets a bad rap about how we handle winter weather but what I think is important for other regions of the nation to understand is where northerners and midwesterners (Hey Mizzou crew) are accustomed to navigating snow and ice storms - for us down in the South these happen on an...
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💡 Moments: When New Packaging Distracts Us From Faithful Work
Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically as unto the Lord and not unto men, knowing you will receive a reward from your father in Heaven. Colossians 3:23 My daughter is in the phase of life where everything is meant to be opened.Cabinets. Drawers. Bags. Possibilities 😂. If it can be grabbed…
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{Dear Future Me} It's Okay to Begin Again
June made one full year since I closed down my company Brands by Brie and while it did not feel good, I’m better for it. I’m learning how to walk into a room not with fancy titles or accolades but leading with what I’m passionate about as a person. Many times when we’re called to close the door…
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{Dear Future Me} The Art of Showing Up
Showing up is typically easy when you're seeing results. But what about the days when progress feels painfully slow, motivation is low, and you're questioning your purpose? In this episode of my Dear Future Me series, I’m diving deep into what it really looks like to keep showing up even when the...
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{Dear Future Me} Navigating The In-Between
From influencers, to politicians and regular folks just like me, many of us are in a period of transition and depending on your headspace it feels a little daunting. The thought of starting over or filling in the gap between where we are and where we want to be can seem like a heavy lift, but in...
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{Dear Future Me} Girl Get Up!
You’re going to need a soft place to sit when I tell you this friend…life is out here whooping a lot of our tails BUT that’s not an excuse to get out of alignment. Over the past 2 months I’ve been fighting my way through postpartum depression and anxiety and while I hoped to wait until I felt…
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Dear Future Me: My Vision Board for 2025
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit blightbulbmoments.substack.com Reflection is an incredible gift but only when you use what you learn to create a new plan of action. In part 2 of my Dear Future Me series I’m sharing my 2025 vision board and reflections on why I…
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Dear Future Me: Building My Dream Life at 33
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit blightbulbmoments.substack.com Starting over again often has a negative connotation but what happens when you choose to start over again after much success. At the age of 33, I've found myself asking this question after shutting down a...
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3 Digital Product Ideas You Can Create Today
This week we’re continuing our conversation around monetization and I’m super excited to share my top 3 product suggestions for the entrepreneur who is just getting started. In today’s episode I’ll be breaking down not only which products I recommend but the pros and cons of each product and how...
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3 Reasons You're Not Being Paid for Your Passion
Getting paid for your passion doesn’t has to be as hard as you think but it does require intentionality. Many of you listening to this aren’t being paid for your passion yet because you: * Aren’t clear what your passion is, * Haven’t communicated your passion to others OR * You haven’t created a...
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How to Build a Business on a Budget
Not everyone is launching businesses with trust funds or a big inheritance. I get that friend! That’s why it’s important to get strappy and be intentional about the business expenses you’re accumulating. On today’s episode of the podcast I’m sharing my framework for planning business expenses....
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3 Lessons I Learned From Passing Out in My Car at 7 Months Pregnant
For our final episode of Season 1 of the B. Light podcast I'm sharing the Top 3 Lessons I learned from passing out in my car at 7 months pregnant in 2017. My top lesson is that rest is essential even if you're not pregnant. You've got to take breaks my friend and if you need more assistance with...
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Introducing Profitable Products!
On today's episode of the podcast I'm announcing my Profitable Products program. Doors to my premiere group coaching program Profitable Products are officially open and I'm excited to serve 15 ladies over the course of 12 weeks. During our time together they'll be clarifying their offer, learning...
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3 Ways to Generate More Income
As a mom of 3 who had back to back pregnancies I know how it feels to be in a financial pinch. Because of that I've learned creative ways to generate income from home and make sales on semi-autopilot. If you're an aspiring mompreneur or female corporate side hustler interested in diversifying…
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The Rhythm of Rest
Have you ever wondered why scripture says in Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."? What were those Jesus spoke to feeling tired from? In what ways did they need a perspective shift? What was making rest so hard that they needed help with it? In...
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3 Ways to Lighten Your Load
Welcome back to another episode of the B. Light Podcast. Today, we explore three game-changing strategies to help you find more margin in your life. Together we'll explore the power of prioritization and identifying tasks and commitments that align with your goals. Next, we'll tackle the concept…
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Clarity Breeds Confidence
Today we discuss delegration, organization, community building, and establishing unshakeable confidence. 1:10 Thank Your for Being Here! 2:44 Being Clear vs Being Perfect 5:52 Lightbulb Moment! 7:59 Adjusting to the Unknowns 10:53 Eliminating Confusion, Creating Clarity 14:55 Clarity Breeds...
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My First Hires as a Mom in Business
Welcome back to another episode of the B. Light Podcast where our goal is to help you lighten your load, be the light of Christ and walk in the fullness of your purpose. On today's episode we're continuing the conversation around building a team. Host, Brieanna Lightfoot Smith, shares some of the...
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Who's On Your Team?
We're back for another episode of the B. Light Podcast. Today we're having a great conversation about the importance of community and how you don't need to run a business to have a team. I took a conversation we had over on Instagram Live and had to share with you, my B. Light Community! I passed...
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The 5 Women Who Changed My Life and Business
Today's episode is a special one. On the heels of celebrating 10 years in business and 8 years of being an author I have been extremely reflective and one thing I'm highly aware of is the fact that I would not be where I am today without the incredible relationships, friendships and God-ordained...
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The Top 3 Lessons I Learned From Publishing a Book
This week is my book anniversary and marks 10 years of me being an entrepreneur! I can't believe it! In the spirit of reflection I'm sharing the Top 3 Lessons I Learned From Publishing a Book. These lessons can be applied to both your professional and personal life, if you're working for others…
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We All Have a Story
Welcome to the B. Light Podcast, the go to destination for young professionals looking for encouragement, inspiration and empowerment in life and business. I’m your host Brieanna Lightfoot Smith and together we’ll explore the topics of delegation, organization, community building and how to...
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Welcome to the B. Light Podcast. I'm your host Brieanna Lightfoot Smith and I'm on a mission to help women just like you build a life and business they love without burning out in the process. After passing out in my car at 7 months pregnant with my oldest son I realized something had to shift and I've set out to create systems and space in my life to not simply manage it but enjoy it. Join me each week for practical tips spanning motherhood, monetization, ministry, and marriage. If you're feeling weary and seeking confidence and clarity in the spaces you're called to impact, you're in the right place, friend. Jesus tells us His yoke is easy and His burden is light and I'm choosing to have the audacity to believe Him.
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