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
EP48 Revisiting Be Freaking Awesome with Corrine Sudar
Angela is joined by Corrine Sudar to revisit what it means to Be Freaking Awesome. Listen in as these two talk about so many different things, including what it's like to work somewhere…
EP47 Sports, Marketing, and Success with Joe Zollo
Angela Belford hosts Josh Belford and Joe Zollo in a conversation about marketing, sports, and success. Listen in to hear Josh and Joe get nerdy excited about fantasy football and Angel…
EP46 Intuitive Eating Part 2 with Meghan Cahill
Join us for a second conversation about Intuitive Eating, this time with Josh Belford and guests, Angela Belford and Meghan Cahill. Listen in as they weave together eating habits, socia…
EP45 Intuitive Eating Part 1 with Ashley George
Josh Belford is joined by Angela Belford and Ashley George to talk about intuitive eating. Listen to the conversation as they talk about what it means to process our emotions around foo…
EP44 The Encourage Project with Amy Fairchild
Josh Belford is joined by Angela Belford and Amy Fairchild to talk about a plethora of things, really! From toxic positivity to encouraging others, join the discussion to think about ho…
EP 43 Communication, Sports, and Film with Anthony Bommarito
Josh Belford is joined by author, speaker, and coach, Angela Belford, and producer, director, and filmmaker, Anthony Bommarito. Together, they discuss how to improve your communication …
EP 42 Minimalism with Dara Zycherman
Listen to hear Josh, Angela, and guest, Dara Zycherman, talk about minimalism and how it can impact your life and worldview. The discussion covered everything from what is minimalism to…
EP41 Elevate Your Communication Skills
Josh Belford is joined by permanent guest, Angela Belford and this week's guest, Sami Kinnison to talk about Elevate, a new professional development division of The Belford Group. Liste…
EP40 Motivational Triad
Learn more about the motivational triad, a theory about human behavior and how our brain works, with Josh Belford and Angela Belford in this episode of the Be Freaking Awesome podcast.
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EP39 Writing Your Own Permission Slip with Jamie Berris
Jamie Berris joins our series regulars, Josh and Angela Belford, to talk about making a relationship with yourself and writing your own permission slip. In addition, they also pass on t…
EP38 Why New Year's Resolutions Should Start in September
Josh and Angela return from a hiatus to discuss setting "New Year's Resolutions" in September instead of January. Listen to learn more about goals and habits, how your brain works, and …
EP 37 Dealing with the Messy Middle
Join Josh Belford and his mom, Angela as they take a deep dive on what is the messy middle and Angela acts as a guide through what can be a really difficult situation.
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EP 36: How Chronic Illness feels like Dealing with Dragons with Kristen Girard
Join Josh Belford, his mom, Angela, and their guest Kristen Girard who is a luminary artist discuss "dragons", which are illnesses and traumatic injuries that leave you very different f…
EP 35 Dudes doing better at work: What is healthy masculinity with Jeff Harry
Join us for a conversation between host, Josh Belford; permanent guest, Angela Belford; and this week's guest, Jeff Harry, as we talk about what toxic masculinity is, how it impacts our…
EP 34 Inner Critic with Lisa McFadden
Join Josh Belford, his mom, Angela, and their guest Lisa McFadden who is a mindset coach who works with women writers who are blocked as they discuss how to deal with your inner critic …
EP 33 Grief with Dr. Mekel Harris
Join Josh Belford, his mom, Angela, and their guest Dr. Mekel Harris, who describes herself as a perfectly imperfect woman trying to navigate life and is an expert on grief - both throu…
EP 32: Female Rivalry with Dr. Amber Tichenor
Join Josh Belford, his mom, Angela, and their guest Dr. Amber Tichenor who has a Ph.D. in Industrial Organizational Psychology and has written "Behind Frenemy Lines" as they discuss fe…
EP 31: EPIC Impact - Keynote speech for Toastmasters
As we begin to think about the book launch in October, 2022, we would like to introduce you to the concepts of the book. In April 2022, Angela gave this keynote speech to District 43 To…
EP 30: Advanced Nervous System Calming with Dr. Cathy Holway
Join Josh Belford, his mom, Angela, and their guest Dr. Cathy Holway, internationally recognized physical therapist, educator, and author in the healthcare field of integrative manual …
EP 29: The Power of Breathwork with Liz Harris
Join Josh Belford, his mom, Angela, and their guest Liz Harris, trauma-informed breathwork facilitator for women entrepreneurs as they talk about the power of breathwork, what it is and…