With Bianca Lee

On Embracing Your Inner Sensitivity

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the last episode of this project - yep - episode 8!! In this episode I'm talking about practical ways to help you better understand your energy and personality type.

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

Reflections on completing this podcast project
How understanding my energy and accepting my sensitivity transformed my life
The energy and personality spectrum
What a highly sensitive person (HSP) is
HSPs vs empaths and typical traits
Practices to support HSPs
Questions to help you better understand your energy

Thanks for listening - I'd love to hear what resonated (or not) for you, and answer any questions you might have:

Email me at info@withbiancalee.com

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Much love XOXOXOX

On Making Decisions

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Welcome to episode 7! In this episode I'm talking about 3 practices that have v much helped make me make more aligned decisions in life.

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

How to make decisions that actually FEEL good when it comes to shopping for clothes (and why I am the worst person to shop with lolol)
Practice #1: Establishing criteria and using a framework
Practice #2: Connecting with your body (+ a real-life example and a couple body-based practices)
Practice #3: Using play!
A few considerations (edit: light rant) when it comes to asking people for advice :)
Questions to help you develop your own set of decision-making criteria

On Doing Hard Things

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:00:00 -0500

Welcome to episode 6! In this episode I'm talking about my journey with doing hard things and 5 learnings that have helped me transform my relationship with the not-so-comfortable things in life.

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

A small rant on why read receipts need to be optional
Learning #1: We are all internally motivated in different ways
Learning #2: Being passionate about something doesn’t mean it’s always going to feel easy and/or amazing
Learning #3: The feeling we often seek come after we do something hard
Learning #4: Seeking fulfilment > seeking satisfaction
Learning #5: We can build inner strength and really great self awareness when we reflect on the hard things we’ve done
Questions to help you reflect on your relationship with doing hard things

On All Things Self-Love

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0500

Welcome to episode 5! Okkkkk I know the topic of self-love can feel so basic, cliche and overdone but it can *actually* be transformative when we explore it from a relational (and practical) lens... so that's what we're doing!

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

What inspired me to explore the v cliche topic of self-love
What is self-love? A relational approach
How we can learn to fall in love with ourselves
My fave (free) self-love practices
Some questions to help you explore your personal relationship with self-love

Resource: if you'd like to try out the dialoguing exercise (which I totally butchered explaining in the episode lolol), here is a prompt to follow:

"Dear Little (insert your name here), Thank you for being here. How are you feeling? (note: write out what he/she/they say to you for each of these questions) What do you need right now? What do you want to do with your time? Is there anything else you want me to know?"

After you ask them these questions offer them some support and love in writing i.e. I am here for you now and always. I love you as you are, etc.

Note: the intention of this is a dialogue to meet your inner child, get to know them and provide them with love and support.

On Transforming My Relationship With Anxiety

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:00:00 -0500

Welcome to episode 4! In this episode I'm talking about my personal journey with anxiety and 5 things that have helped me entirely transform this relationship over the last decade.

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

My long and spicy journey with anxiety
Thing #1: Studying the nervous system, triggers and the power of using anchors (also - questions to help you explore + understand your nervous system)
Thing #2: Revisiting my relationship with food, caffeine and alcohol
Thing #3: Changing my relationship with my phone
Thing #4: Nurturing my relationship with self and the therapeutic practices that helped me most
Thing #5: Understanding my energy and personality type (yin/yang, masculine/feminine energy and the introvert - extrovert spectrum)

I'd love to know from you: Have there been changes you've made in your life that have massively helped you?

Resource: if you'd like to try out the adapted one-day version of Vipassanā that I mention in the episode, here's the schedule that I use.

Disclaimer: Please note that the information in this episode is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. I encourage you to consult your doctor or other qualified medical specialists for any health issues or concerns. The information and insights provided here are not intended for any clinical or diagnostic purposes. Thank you for understanding.

On Exploring Your Vision And Goals

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0500

Welcome to episode 3! In this episode I'm sharing some of the personal challenges I've experienced when it comes to setting goals and having a clear vision, as well as some unconventional and creative methods I've learned that can help us in 2024 and beyond.

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

Why I've struggled to tap into a clear vision and set goals for the future
How to find inspiration for setting goals and visions (aka how a 15+ year old magazine clipping helped me tap into my vision)
Some creative (and unconventional) ways to start thinking about your vision and goals
How focusing on a feeling vs. material outcomes can help us better connect with our goals and vision
Some questions to help you zoom out and explore your own personal vision and goals

This podcast project is a part of a larger personal project - re-parenting my relationship with creativity and exploring who I become in the process of committing to an 8-week podcast project. Speaking has not been a strong point for me so this is a project to develop this medium (as I want to do more of it!)

On Creating Your Own Rules

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:00:00 -0500

Welcome to episode 2! In this episode I'm unraveling how societal and cultural conventions aka "the rules" have affected me as a 36-year-old single, childless woman who grew up in a super religious, immigrant Italian home (and then later spending over 12+ years in corporate banking). I'm also sharing things I've learned along the way through my own personal development that have helped me get to know the real me.

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

How I reframed recent triggering events (with the help of my therapist lol)
How to wake up if you've been inundated by societal rules and conventions
Sharing my personal experience with how I've created my own rules that have helped me get to where I am today (personally and professionally)
2 simple ways to start creating your own rules without necessarily blowing up your life
Some questions to help you begin exploring your relationship with rules and more

NB: Apologies my voice goes a lil alien for a few seconds at around 10 mins - I've since fixed the issue for future episodes - thank you for your patience :)

On Exploring The Creative Self

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:00:00 -0500

Sooooo, it's episode 1! And I'm exploring some things that often influence our creative expression in this world. Creativity truly lives within EACH of us, and when we can tap into this part of ourselves I believe we can ignite new levels of joy, aliveness and awe.

What you can expect to hear about in this episode:

Creative projects and commitment issues
How to nurture and re-parent a relationship with creativity
Exploring my relationship with creativity
My personal journey into creative entrepreneurship
Some of my fave words from Rick Rubin’s book on creativity
Early childhood conditioning + the value of creativity
Some questions to help you examine your relationship with creativity

NB: Apologies my voice goes a lil alien for a few seconds towards the end :)