Be Freaking Awesome Podcast
Tired of surface-level conversations and sugar-coated advice? You’re in the right place.
Be Freaking Awesome is not your average personal growth podcast. Hosted by Angela and Sami, an insightful mother-daughter duo with a gift for keeping it real, this is the space where authenticity, emotional intelligence, and radical self-awareness come together.
We’re not here just to inspire you. We’re here to equip you with tools, stories, and soul-level truths that will help you grow in the real world, not some Pinterest-perfect version of it.
Each week, we open up the real stuff: the messy middles, the limiting beliefs, the grief we never processed, the boundaries we were never taught to hold, and the dreams we’re still afraid to say out loud. From navigating burnout and setting healthy boundaries to healing your relationship with money and learning how to sit with hard emotions, we go deep and we do it with compassion, humor, and zero judgment.
This show is especially for the big-feeling, high-achieving, people-pleasing, growth-obsessed folks who are ready to stop pretending they’ve got it all together and actually start living aligned. If you've ever said, “I know there’s more for me,” or “I’m tired of carrying all this alone,” this podcast was made for you.
We bring two generations of experience, two distinct but complementary perspectives, and one shared mission: to help you stop settling, start healing, and live a freaking awesome life.
You’ll hear from a mix of powerful guests including trauma-informed financial coaches, creatives who turned pain into purpose, and business leaders with heart. We also share solo and co-hosted episodes where we dive into our own struggles and triumphs from the therapy room to the boardroom to our own kitchen table.
We’re not into quick fixes or perfectionism. We’re into progress, emotional regulation, nervous system safety, redefining success, and showing up with more courage, joy, and clarity than you ever thought possible.
No matter where you are on your journey, whether you’re starting over, in transition, building something bold, or just feeling a little lost, we’re here to remind you that you are not broken, you are not too much, and you are capable of far more than you’ve been led to believe.
Take a breath. Hit play. And get ready to do the deep work of becoming who you were always meant to be.
This is your space to grow, heal, laugh, cry, question, and transform. Because life’s too short to settle for anything less than freaking awesome.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 188
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
EP68 Adventures in Travel-Volunteering with Felicia LaTour
In this episode, Angela Belford and Sami Kinnison sit down with Felicia LaTour to explore the world of travel-volunteering, and how it can be an affordable way to explore new places whi…
EP67 How Family Shapes Us with Corinna Dranow
In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of family systems theory with Corinna Dranow, a licensed therapist. We talk about how our families impact who we are and model examples of…
EP66 Fifty and Flourishing
In this special episode, we're celebrating a milestone birthday for one of our hosts - Angela is turning 50!
Angela shares her insights on life, aging, and personal growth. She reflects …
EP65 Talking to Kids about Death with Dr. Mekel Harris
Welcome to Be Freaking Awesome! In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Mekel Harris, a licensed psychologist with a long-standing career in mental health, to explore the topic of navigat…
EP64 Breaking Through the Internal Critic to Find Belonging with Greg Murray
In this episode, we sit down with Greg Murray, life coach, to explore the meaning of belonging and how it can impact our personal and professional lives.
Throughout the conversation, Gr…
EP63 Cultivating Meaningful Friendships in Adulthood Part 2
In this episode, we sit down with Sami and Angela to explore the topic of cultivating meaningful friendships in adulthood.
Sami and Angela share their experiences and insights on how to…
EP62 Making Friends as an Adult
In this episode, Sami and Angela explore the challenges of making friends as an adult. They share their own personal experiences of trying to build meaningful connections and offer prac…
EP61 It's Okay to Die: with guest Nathan Wainwright
On today's special episode of the podcast, Angela is joined by Nathan Wainwright in a challenging, educating, and funny episode (no really, it is!!) about what it's like to die. Whether…
EP60 Lessons from Traveling Light: Costa Rica Edition
Angela shares lessons that she gathered during her recent, month-long trip to Costa Rica and her and Sami discuss how the lessons we pick up along the way while traveling can help us im…
EP59 Having Hard Conversations
This week, Angela and Sami talk about having hard conversations, why it matters, and how you can approach tough talks. They share some stories about their hard conversations and real ti…
EP58 Storytelling with Michael Davis
"From a business standpoint, one of the biggest tragedies there is are people who don't get ideas out there that can improve the world because they have fear. They're afraid and I just …
EP57 Being Foolish with Alex "Nemo" Hanse
Has anyone ever called you foolish for chasing your dreams? Or, have you ever thought someone else was being a fool for not choosing the "traditional" path? This inspiring episode with …
EP56 Relationships with the Husbands of BFA
Angela and Sami are joined by their husbands, Barry Belford and Chris Kinnison, to talk about relationships and marriage advice. Listen in to this fun, Valentine's themed episode where …
EP55 Your Relationship with Money with Sarah Mac
Sarah Mac joins Angela and Sami to talk about our relationship with money, one of the few relationships we can never really walk away from. Listen as they talk about how your childhood …
EP54 Syndrome or Superpower: Perfectionism
Angela and Sami finish up the syndrome vs. superpower series and discuss perfectionism. From the pros, the cons, how to address it, and their personal stories about how perfectionism ha…
EP53 Syndrome or Superpower: ADHD
Sami and Angela continue the conversation about "Syndrome or Superpower" and discuss ADHD, the impacts it has had on their lives, and lessons and coping skills that they've picked up al…
EP52 Syndrome or Superpower: Imposter Syndrome
Angela Belford and Sami Kinnison start a new series: Syndrome or Superpower. In the first of three episodes, they talk about imposter syndrome. What it is, why it can be bad for you, an…
EP51 Reflections on the New Year and New Season
Join Sami Kinnison and Angela Belford as they reflect on the new year of Be Freaking Awesome. Whether you already have detailed goals lined out for the year or you still can't believe i…
EP50 A Year in Podcasting: Looking Back at Season 1
Listen to the last episode of Be Freaking Awesome Season 1. We reflect back on some of our favorite moments, lessons learned, and transition hosts from Josh to Sami, as Josh takes on a …
EP49 What do parenting, life, and editing a book have in common with Gwen Rockwood
Josh Belford hosts Angela Belford and Gwen Rockwood as they discuss what editing a book is like. Whether you're editing a book or not, you can find a way to apply the editing process to…