The Limitless Life Podcast

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Welcome to The Limitless Life Podcast, the place where your inner world becomes your greatest strategy, and your next level becomes undeniable. Hosted by Brenda Johnston, Subconscious Strategist and Energy Mentor, this show exists for the woman who is done with surface-level solutions. Brenda has a gift for making the concepts that once felt abstract, like energy, frequency, belief reprogramming, intuition, and manifestation, feel grounded, practical, and immediately usable. After more than two decades in performance-driven corporate and advertising environments, she redefined her own relationship to success, identity, and self-trust. For the past 12 years, she’s worked at the subconscious and energetic level, helping women build the beliefs that support their growth, step into their true identity, and move fully into what they’re here to do. Every episode is an honest, often unexpected conversation about purpose, identity, inner authority, and what becomes possible when you stop outsourcing your knowing and start trusting yourself completely. This podcast is for every woman who feels the pull toward something more, whether you’re just beginning to hear it, in the middle of a major transition, or you’ve built the success and know it’s time to go deeper. If you’re ready for real transformation, and you’re willing to go deeper to find it, you’re in the right place. New episodes drop every week.

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June 10, 2026Episode 24044 min

Get Paid By God and Other Things We're Not Supposed to Say with Jaclyn Shaw

Some conversations challenge the rules you've been taught to follow, especially the ones you didn't realize you were still living by.In this episode, I’m joined by Spiritual Mentor and Entrepreneur Jaclyn Shaw for a conversation around truth, God, money, authentic expression, and what happens when you stop building your business around what you think you're supposed to say. Jaclyn shares her journey of honoring her voice, releasing external expectations, and creating a business rooted in alignment rather than performance.We also explore the intersection of spirituality and entrepreneurship, including money mindset, frequency, self expression, and what it means to build a business that feels deeply true to who you are. This conversation challenges conventional ideas around success and opens the door to a different way of thinking about abundance, purpose, and receiving.In this episode, you'll hear:• Why following truth over trends changes the way you build your business and life• What Jaclyn means when she says she's "employed by God"• How authentic expression becomes a powerful business strategy• The connection between energy, frequency, money, and receiving• Why owning your voice often requires releasing shame and external validationConnect with Jaclyn:• Website: jaclynshaw.ca• Instagram: @the.jaclynshaw • Facebook: The Jaclyn Shaw• Podcast: The Jaclyn Shaw Show Take the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

June 3, 2026Episode 23912 min

[ June Affirmations ] for Stepping Into Who You Actually Are

The version of you you're becoming isn't someone you need to create. It's someone you may be ready to stop hiding.This month's affirmations are designed to support identity shifts, self trust, authenticity, and stepping more fully into who you already are. They are intentionally created to work with your subconscious mind in a way that minimizes internal resistance, helping you create new patterns of thought, belief, and possibility.If you've been feeling the tension between who you've been and who you're becoming, this month's affirmations are for you. This episode is for the version of you that's tired of waiting for the perfect moment, shrinking to fit, questioning your own voice, or feeling like you're standing on the edge of something bigger but haven't fully stepped into it yet.Inside this month's affirmations, you'll be supported in:• Trusting yourself before you have all the answers• Releasing versions of yourself built around other people's expectations• Taking up space without apologizing for it• Strengthening self trust and personal conviction• Becoming more comfortable being fully seenEach affirmation is repeated three times in a row and cycles throughout the episode so you'll hear each one a total of nine times. For the deepest impact, return to these affirmations daily for 21 days or more.Take the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

May 27, 2026Episode 23840 min

The Art of Becoming with Artist Erin Rothstein

Building a creative life requires more than talent. It asks for self trust, discipline, resilience, and the willingness to keep becoming.In this episode of The Limitless Life Podcast, I’m joined by hyperrealist artist Erin Rothstein for a conversation about creativity, identity, entrepreneurship, and the evolution that happens when you fully commit to your work. Erin shares what it’s taken to build a successful art career, develop her unique artistic voice, and navigate the mindset shifts that come with creating a life rooted in authenticity.We also explore the emotional and personal side of becoming. From discipline and creative process to identity shifts and self trust, this conversation is a reminder that the work we create is often deeply connected to who we are becoming in the process.In this episode, you’ll hear:• How Erin built a successful career as a professional hyperrealist artist• The mindset shifts that support creativity, entrepreneurship, and personal growth• Why discipline and consistency matter in building a creative business• The difference between creating for validation versus authenticity• How personal evolution and self trust shape the art of becomingConnect with Erin:• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinrothstein• Website: https://erinrothstein.com Take the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

May 20, 2026Episode 23716 min

What I'm Learning About Upper Limits From Inside One

You've had the breakthroughs. You've done the journaling, the mindset work, the sessions. But there is something that keeps pulling you back to the same ceiling. In this episode, I get specific about what's actually happening when growth stalls: why it's not a motivation problem, or commitment problem, and it's not something more intention-setting will fix. I'm recording this one from inside my own upper limit, not looking back at one and I think a lot of you need to hear this.In This EpisodeWhat an upper limit actually is, and why most explanations of it keep it too surface-level to be usefulThe difference between what you want and what your system recognizes as safe Why doing identity work as your current self keeps you running the same program underneath every new intentionThe question I ask myself when I'm inside an upper limit, including right nowWhere to start when the tools you've been using aren't reaching the level where the pattern actually livesIf This Episode LandedThe Awakening Session A 90-minute live online experience for women who are ready to stop overriding their own inner knowing and start leading from it.Thursday, June 4, 2006 | 7 PM ETLive on Zoom, replay available for registered attendeesRESERVE YOUR SPOT HERETake the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

May 13, 2026Episode 23622 min

Your Intuition Has Never Been the Problem

This episode is the honest conversation I wish someone had with me when I was younger. We’re talking about what actually happens to your intuition when you’ve been doing the work, why you can feel something and still not trust it, and the specific reason the guidance that’s supposed to be the most natural thing in the world feels like trying to get a signal in a dead zone.What we cover:Why the intuition conversation, as it’s currently being had in the personal development space, is missing the most important pieceThe belief I carried for years that kept me dismissing my own signals as too small and too ordinary to countWhat the sequence problem is and why insight alone, even really good insight, cannot reach what’s running underneathWhat shifted when I stopped outsourcing my own access, and what that actually looks like in real lifeMark your calendar, June 18th at 7 pm Eastern. The Awakening Session is a free 90-minute live experience on Zoom where I’m going to show you exactly why everything you’ve tried at the surface level hasn’t been able to reach what’s actually running underneath, and then lead you directly into your own energy so you can experience what it feels like when the signal finally comes through clearly. Registration opens soon. Follow the show so you don't miss it.Take the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

May 6, 2026Episode 23522 min

Are You Deciding or Are You Reacting? How to Tell the Difference.

If you've ever made a choice and immediately wondered whether it was actually yours, this episode is for you.Twenty years in corporate marketing trained me to operate at a speed that felt like capability but was actually conditioned reactivity. When I left and built my own business, I thought I was finally doing things differently. Instead, I brought the entire conditioned nervous system with me, and just upgraded the external authorities I was outsourcing my decisions to.In this episode, I'm breaking down the difference between deciding and reacting, why they can feel identical in the moment, and what's actually underneath the pattern. This isn't a mindset conversation, it's an internal signal conversation.We get into:The four real-time checks for knowing whether a choice is actually yoursThe difference between a yes that feels like expansion vs. one that feels like relief, and why confusing them is costing youWhy the gap between where you are and where you want to be is almost never about strategy.How Human Design's defined and undefined energy centers play into reactive decision-makingWhat to look for in support that expands you vs. support that contains you, and why they can look identical from the outsideTake the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

April 29, 2026Episode 23416 min

[ May Affirmations ] for Trusting What You Already Know

MAY AFFIRMATIONSEach affirmation will be repeated 3x in a row, and then it loops so you hear each affirmation a total of 9x.As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program your mind, and your energy for success in all areas of life. You can choose to repeat these affirmations out loud, or in your mind, whatever feels right for you.For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.****************Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:I am choosing to trust my inner signal before I can explain it.I am in the process of unlearning the habit of outsourcing my clarity.I am the type of person who doesn't need to earn access to my own inner guidance.I am the type of person who trusts my energy. I am choosing to live from the deepest part of me, not just visit it.I am the type of person who lets my inner knowing lead. Want to listen on-the-go? Check out The Limitless Life Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Did you know the show is now ranked in the top 5% most popular shows globally!****************Let's get Social:Join me on Substack, The Limitless Life UncensoredBrenda on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonVisit the website: brenda-johnston.com*****************And if you want to look at what's actually running underneath, the subconscious or energetic patterns that might be shaping your results, that's what my Subconscious Strategy Session is for.It's 30 minutes. It's free. It starts with a few questions when you book, so I understand where you're at before we speak.You'll leave with a clear read on what's actually limiting your growth, a specific direction for addressing it at the root, and a sense of whether working together feels right for you.→ Book your Free Session HereTake the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

April 26, 2026Episode 23314 min

When Self-Awareness Becomes Self-Sabotage - ep. 233

You've done the work. You know your patterns, you can name your wounds, you have a whole vocabulary for why you do what you do. And yet....here you are. Still hitting the same wall.This episode is about the thing nobody in the personal development space really talks about: self-awareness, on its own, isn't transformation. What get into:Why self-awareness and staying stuck are not mutually exclusiveWhat productive tension is and why it mattersSpiritual bypassing vs. spiritual gaslighting The identity of "someone who does the work" and how it can quietly become its own trapThe one question to ask yourself that doesn't lieTake the next step:Book a free Subconscious Strategy Session — BOOK YOUR SESSION HEREJoin me on Substack — JOIN ME HEREConnect on Instagram — @_BrendaJohnstonTake the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

April 15, 202628 min

Why Can't I Remember My Childhood? The Science, The Patterns, and What To Do With It - ep 232

After Episode 231 on the beliefs you don't know you have, one question kept coming up in DMs, voice messages, and comments: if those beliefs were installed before I was seven, and I can't remember that time, how am I supposed to find them? This episode is the answer to that question. And it goes somewhere I didn't expect, because when I started pulling on the thread of childhood memory, I kept running into a narrative in the wellness and spiritual space that I think is causing real harm. We're talking about that too. What we cover: What neuroscience says about why those early years are a blur The specific pattern I've seen practitioners get wrong, and why being handed a story about your past is not the same as doing the work Why the beliefs from those years don't surface as memories How a thought journal functions as a diagnostic tool, not just a journaling practice Why the nervous system has to be on board for belief change to actually stick Take the next step: Book your free Subconscious Strategy Session → BOOK YOUR SESSSION Subscribe to Between the Lines on Substack → Paid membership — $97/year The Beliefs You Don't Know You Have And Why They're Running Everything → Listen to EP. 231 Find me on Instagram → @_brendajohnston Take the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.

April 8, 202615 min

The Beliefs You Don't Know You Have - ep. 231

What if thw beliefs holding you back aren't the ones you've already named. They're the ones you've never once questioned — because they don't feel like beliefs at all. They feel like facts. In this episode we get into why hidden beliefs are so hard to see, how your brain has been quietly reinforcing them for decades, and what the gap between what you consciously want and what you subconsciously expect is actually costing you. What we cover: Why the beliefs running your life aren't the ones you've been working on How confirmation bias keeps old beliefs alive long after the original experience What the reticular activating system (RAS) is and why it's filtering out the opportunities you say you want The gap between conscious desire and subconscious expectation — and why that gap is where all the frustration lives The two most reliable ways to start identifying what's actually running in the background Take the next step: Learn more about and book a free Subconscious Strategy Session: BOOK YOUR SESSION Read more on Substack: SUBSTACK Connect on Instagram: @_brendajohnston Take the next stepWhen the woman shifts, everything shifts. Twelve months of subconscious and energetic work, personalized to how you're actually designed, that creates real, noticeable change every month, so by the end of the year, you're not maintaining a new version of yourself. You are her: The Limitless Life Collective Your voice has a specific frequency. Find out exactly how yours is designed to work: Get your free personalized Voice by Design GuideReady to go deeper? Apply to work with meJoin the conversation on Instagram: @_brendajohnstonSubstack, The Limitless Life Uncensored, for deeper conversations beyond the podcast.