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Inside Brea’s Thoughts
by Brea Smith
Inside Brea’s Thoughts will discuss topics around self-care, personal development, healing, growth, and transformation. A young black woman using her voice to bring awareness around mental and emotional health. Along with lifestyle topics regarding today’s society that will contribute to our self-growth as we emerge into adulthood. Let's talk about reality as adults and coping with the challenges, experiences, and situations life throws at us. What can we do about it? How can we become the best version of ourselves?Twitter page: @IBT_podcast
Episodes
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Brief recap: how was my year? what’s next?
In this brief episode, I recap my year by giving pointers on my continued healing and growth. I will be posting more in 2025. Thanks for being patient with my absence.
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Living Your Truth: Seeking Internal Validation
In this episode, I talk about my progress with my healing journey. The result of the isolation and how it’s been treating me. Most importantly, how this has been getting me closer to ‘my truth’. Learning to live your truth and always seek internal validation over external is so rewarding. It…
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Personal Tips to Improve Mood and Inner Peace
In this episode, I express where I’m at in my healing journey. Primarily, talking about the action steps and methods I have been practicing to tap into my inner peace and emotional well-being. As we acknowledge the mental aspect, I emphasize that our emotional state is just as significant. Also,...
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Navigating Your 20s: Balance Between Living and Grinding
In this episode, I discuss the reality of what’s it’s like living in your 20s. These are the years we try to accomplish so much. We are also growing out of our old selves and figuring out where we want to be at in life. This is a whole process(rollercoaster) that is nowhere near easy. However…
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2023 Recap: Lessons learned & Reflection of the year
In this episode, I am very open about my experiences of 2023. Very interesting year in itself, but I allow myself to reflect on the specific lessons that stood out to me. How I can be intentional on implementing them into 2024 for positive results. Let’s keep reaching the best version of ourselves.
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Dating Culture Talk: Situationships, Commitment, 50/50
In this episode, I discuss the dating culture nowadays that we have normalized. We see it all the time on the media. Sometimes we do not want to commit but rather vibe until we can’t anymore. We have become comfortable with toxic love vs pure love. Why is that so? Let’s talk about it and reflect…
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Social Media Talk: Comparison to Others & F.O.M.O
In this episode, I discuss on my stance with the media and how I resonate with it. Along with key topics to having a healthy relationship with the media. Such as, not comparing yourself to others and getting out of the fear of missing out mindset which can really be detrimental to your mental...
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Parent Wounds and Its Correlation to Triggers and Negative Patterns
In this episode, I touch on many topics in one. Parents wounds can impact your life today as a adult. Lets talk about it and our how triggers and trauma responses can root back to this issue. It’s okay to hold your parents accountable while still holding yourself accountable and accepting the...
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The Reality of Being The Healer Friend
In the episode, I discuss what’s it’s like to be the go-to, healer, therapist friend for many and how we are tired. We need love too sometimes. I talk about the reality of how this impacts my well-being. Also, what changes I can implement moving forward to create a balance between supporting…
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Reflecting on Toxic Relationships That You’ve Left
In this episode, I speak on my approach of what’s it feels like to reflect on past toxic situations that no longer serve you. We want to learn from these situations for our own growth, we want to heal the right way so we do no relive our past.
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How To Be A Better Partner In Your Relationships
In this episode, I speak generally on romantic relationships and the foundational principles we need to be successful in them. Importantly, how to seek out to be a better and improved partner. A failed relationship is never always on the other person, we take a part in it to an extent. Let’s...
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Im Hurting but Healing Era: Feeling Comfortable in Your Solitude
In this episode, I speak on the importance of the solitude periods in your life that you encounter. Using that time to learn and know you authentically is significant. While still spending great amounts of time with God and letting him take over your life path. Let’s listen with an open mind and...
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Im Hurting but Healing Era: Acknowledging Personal Progress & Knowing YOU Outside of Relationships
In this episode, I reflect on my progress as an individual, verbalizing my journey of change, and reflecting on my past faults. Also touching on the importance of knowing who you are, your true self while still maintaining your romantic relationships. Establishing your individuality.
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I’m Hurting but Healing era: Inner Child & Reparenting yourself
*REPOST* In this episode, I talk about my ideas around addressing what it means to be hurting but healing at the same time, I discuss the importance of looking within to listen and understand your inner child. How it’s important to reparent yourself and reflect on your life experiences that have...
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I’m Hurting but Healing Era: Assessing your Friendships in Adulthood
In the episode, I express my concerns and feelings about the nature of friendships as an emerging adult. It is hard sometimes to grasp and understand your relationships in life as they are evolving and as you are growing. Many of you define creating and maintaining friendships as adults a...
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I’m Hurting but Healing Era: Unlearning Toxic Behaviors
In this episode, I talk about the truth of carrying toxic traits and how it’s important to unlearn these behaviors for your personal growth. Why would we want to stay toxic? Let’s dive deep and reflect on ourselves. Some major steps to take is accountability, acknowledgment, alternative…
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Im Hurting but Healing Era: Im Dating You, Not Your Family Too
In this episode, I speak on my experiences around what it looks and feels like to date a mama’s boy. I reflect on my personal experiences on what I went through and the aha moments it took for me to realize what trouble I was in. Importantly I end it off with what I learned and what I can take…
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Redirecting Your Energy Where It Belongs
In this episode, I discuss how redirecting your own energy can save you the drama and feelings of being drained. Don’t we all want to shift our focus where it truly belongs and not in other places and people who don’t serve us? Let’s talk about our energy, how to direct in appropriate places, and...
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Building Your Self-esteem & Incorporating Positivity
In this episode, I speak on what self esteem means, the causes and effects it has on us and how we can work towards building up our self esteem to overall be more satisfied, happy, and positive people. Isn’t that what we all want? So let’s discuss the reality of self esteem issues and work on...
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Getting Your Life In Order: Developing Structure & Routine
In this episode, I speak on my life update and perspective on lack of order and structure in your daily life. We all sometimes get scrambled and all over the place with our responsibilities. Let’s bring this into conversation to normalize that’s it’s okay to lack order. However, it’s important to...
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5 Lessons I’ve Learned In 2021: Advice For 2022
In this episode, I speak on some of the major lessons I’ve learned this year. These include: Learning and starting your healing journey, finally letting go of anything negative associated with your past, mastering the art of being alone, timing is everything, and bringing change into your life. I...
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Getting back into the dating market and assessing your singleness
After a long hard or toxic past of relationships failing, you may choose to stay single for a while. This gives you a chance to find yourself and heal. Although, after some time you might be stuck in the middle on whether to start dating again or staying single. In this episode, I talk about this...
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Learning how to forgive others and let go
Forgiveness is a strength that most of us struggle to uphold. There’s a lot of resentment and hurt we keep around that hinders positivity in our lives. In this episode, I will generally speak on what is forgiveness, signs that it is time to forgive, and how to gravitate towards that state of...
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Self-care leading to Self-love with Rita Farruggia
Self-care can lead to self-love when you incorporate a range of wellness, mental, spiritual, and emotional health techniques to get you closer to overall life satisfaction, well-being, and happiness. In this episode, Rita Farruggia and I speak on our self care journey and how this leads to self...
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Letting go of people pleasing behaviors
People pleasing is all about doing any and everything for others and failing to please yourself. There should be a healthy balance in being supportive and kind and taking care of your own needs as well. In this episode, let’s dive into what is people pleasing, where it stems from, and my approach...
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Coping with the loss of friendships/relationships
Friends and romantic partners come into your life and they also leave your life. Depending on the depth and severity of the friendship/relationship itself and the loss of it, it is overall not pleasant. I will discuss my experiences around friendships/partners, how I personally cope, and how to...
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Healing: Starting and understanding your healing journey
Healing has been a very common topic discussed everywhere in our society. We are all now becoming adults and recognizing the importance of healing to grow closer to our best selves. This episode will discuss an overview of healing and my personal approach and experiences. Along with some tips to...
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Protecting your peace
In this episode, I will discuss my approach to protecting your peace, how to navigate towards that state of peace, and ways to maintain your peace. Let’s start practicing today as this is significant to our self love journey.
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Social media effects on mental state and Self-growth
Social media is a major part of our lives. However, I want to speak on my experiences with it and how it could be affecting our mental health and ability to grow individually. Let’s shift our perspectives on how we perceive the media.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Inside Brea’s Thoughts will discuss topics around self-care, personal development, healing, growth, and transformation. A young black woman using her voice to bring awareness around mental and emotional health. Along with lifestyle topics regarding today’s society that will contribute to our self-growth as we emerge into adulthood. Let's talk about reality as adults and coping with the challenges, experiences, and situations life throws at us. What can we do about it? How can we become the best version of ourselves?Twitter page: @IBT_podcast
HOSTED BY
Brea Smith
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