Ep 18. The Up-Level Reset (Part 2) Upgrade Your Beliefs

This week, I’m continuing my four-part mini series, The Up Level Reset: Four Simple Shifts for a Stronger 2026 created to help you start the new year feeling intentional and grounded.

This is Week 2, and we’re going a level deeper.
 If last week was about where you place your attention, this week is about what you believe, about yourself, your life, your teen, and what’s possible for you in 2026.

I talk about how beliefs act like an invisible blueprint, how they shape your emotions and choices, and how to start rewriting the stories that keep you stuck so you can step into a more expansive version of yourself in the new year.

If you haven’t listened to Week 1: The Focus Shift yet, I recommend starting there first — this series is designed to build week by week.

In this episode, I cover:

  • How beliefs quietly shape what you notice, expect, and believe is possible
  • Why your current perception is often limited by past experiences and conditioning
  • How to spot limiting beliefs in moments of stuckness or overwhelm and use bridge beliefs to shift into more supportive thinking
  • A simple look at thought work and the CBT TEB cycle (Thoughts → Emotions → Behaviors → Results)
  • Tools from Byron Katie, Martha Beck, and Brené Brown to question painful thoughts and choose a kinder, truer story for 2026

At its core, this is identity and belief work:
When you change the story, you change what becomes possible next.

Journal Prompts

  1. Where in my life might I be seeing only a limited slice of reality right now? What is another, more supportive possibility I haven’t fully considered yet?
  2. When I feel stuck, overwhelmed, or discouraged, what is the thought underneath it? What am I believing right now that is making this feel impossible?
  3. Choose one stressful thought and walk it through Byron Katie’s questions, then write one turnaround that feels honest and helpful.
  4. What’s a story I’ve been living inside lately — about myself, my teen, my relationships, or the future? What might be a kinder, truer, or more empowering story I want to bring into 2026?

Guided Meditations & Affirmations

Want support with staying consistent on the 5-minute daily affirmation/meditation challenge?

👉 YouTube Playlist (Guided Meditations & Affirmations) 

Let’s Stay Connected

I’d love to hear your biggest takeaway or how your belief reset is going as we close out 2025.

👉 Come say Hi on Instagram:
@jasmyne.guidedpassages

Send me a DM and let me know what story you’re choosing to release and what new story you’re stepping into for 2026.

Want to Learn How We Can Work Together?

If you’re feeling called to go deeper — for yourself, your teen, or your whole family — here are a few ways we can connect beyond the podcast:

Each of these offerings is designed to support deeper confidence, emotional awareness, purpose, and connection — so you and your teen can step into 2026 feeling more grounded, empowered, and aligned.

 

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Kerrick Gooden

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Kerrick was raised in the Hill Country of Austin, Texas where he studied at the University of Texas. After some travel, he moved to the Rogue Valley of Oregon with a vision to farm and support youth. He completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Applied Cultural Anthropology with Honors in 2004 at Southern Oregon University, and devoted over a decade supporting youth and their families navigate  local and state social service programs. During this time, he and his partner cultivated a food forest at their home and founded Verdant Phoenix as an educational mini-farm in 2016.

Verdant Phoenix Farm became an expression of a way of life for Kerrick. He is interested in the relationships between humans, soil, microbes, plants/trees/shrubs, food, culture, time, and the web of life. As these elements inform his horticultural practice, Kerrick enjoys supporting landscapes, gardens, farms, and their people who are interested in belonging to the land.