The Stories We Make Up — And How They Stop Us From Our Calling
In this episode, Bonnie exposes the invisible stories we all create in our minds — the ones that quietly, subtly, and powerfully block us from stepping into the work we know we’re meant to do.
These stories feel true.
But most aren’t facts.
They’re familiar lies we’ve rehearsed for years:
• “I don’t have the skills.”
• “I don’t have the money.”
• “I don’t have the time.”
• “I don’t have the right people.”
• “My age limits me.”
• “My health holds me back.”
• “My past disqualifies me.”
• “I need to be perfect before I start.”
Bonnie breaks down how these narratives get formed, why they feel so convincing, and how to examine them like a detective so you can uncover what’s actually true.
She unpacks:
• Upper limits and why we sabotage the good (Benjamin Hardy)
• The comfort of staying the same — and why familiarity keeps us stuck
• How emotional and even generational pain can create “remembered suffering”
• Why the feeling of “running out of time” is usually a lie
• The danger of waiting to be perfect before you begin
• Why encouragement and friendship can unlock purpose faster than strategy
• Why freedom isn’t something you wait for — it’s something you claim
• Why your calling won’t leave you alone
• And why even imperfect beginnings lay down the tracks for your future greatness
This is a breakthrough conversation about courage, clarity, and taking the smallest viable step toward the life you’re meant to live.
If you’ve ever felt behind, unprepared, or not enough — this episode will set you free.
Show Notes :
00:00 Why we tell ourselves limiting stories
02:15 The lies that feel like truth
06:20 Familiarity vs transformation
10:45 Upper limits and emotional resistance
14:30 The pain we inherit and the meaning we add
18:50 The myth of running out of time
21:40 Why perfection delays purpose
26:10 Friendship, encouragement, and finding your people
30:00 Claiming freedom — even when life isn’t ideal
35:20 What’s actually true for you
40:10 Your calling won’t leave you alone
The Spark Joy Podcast is for high-potential men and women who know they are meant to create meaningful work in the world. If you feel old dreams rising again or sense something new forming, this is your space to gain clarity, confidence, and momentum. This podcast offers a grounded and strategic approach to transformation that brings your potential, purpose, and long-buried desires back into focus.
Wondering what a more aligned life could look like, this podcast will meet you where you are. It speaks directly to the deeper layers of your inner world: your desires, your fears, your calling, and the parts of you that are ready to move forward. When you pause long enough to identify what you truly want and acknowledge what has held you back, everything opens. These moments reveal what you are resisting, what you are attracting, and what you are being invited to strengthen or release.
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• Step into the work you were born to lead
• Create meaningful work in the world with clarity and confidence
• Reawaken long-buried dreams and see them with fresh perspective
• Lead with spiritual intelligence and grounded decision making
• Build a more spacious, fruitful, well-designed life
• Strengthen your identity, purpose, and personal leadership
• Shift out of survival thinking and move into intentional growth
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Welcome to The Spark Joy Podcast — the space where high-potential women and men return to their purpose, reignite old dreams, and step boldly into the life and work they were born to lead.
Hosted by Bonnie Brown, this show is a powerful blend of joy, clarity, spiritual intelligence, personal leadership, and practical transformation. Whether you’re full of faith or have zero faith background, you’ll find conversations here that surprise you, strengthen you, and speak directly to the deeper part of you that knows you’re made for more.
Inside each episode, Bonnie opens the door to a new era of living — one where joy leads, clarity expands, and your inner world becomes the fertile ground for fruitful increase. You’ll learn how to reconnect with long-buried desires, navigate fear with confidence, and rise into the identity, influence, and purpose you’ve sensed all along.
Here, nothing is wasted. Every dream, every setback, every delay, every detour — it all becomes material for your next breakthrough. Bonnie draws from her own story of endurance, reinvention, leadership, and creative calling to bring wisdom that is both deeply human and powerfully uplifting.
On this podcast, you will:
• Reignite old dreams that have been dormant
• Strengthen your spiritual intelligence — without religion, fluff, or pressure
• Lead with confidence, identity, and clarity
• See your life through a fresh, joy-led lens
• Learn to create your work in the world — the work you were uniquely born for
• Move from confusion into purpose, momentum, and bold action
• Live in your “spacious place” again — mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and creatively
This podcast is for those rebuilding, redesigning, and choosing to rise. It is for the ones who know there is more inside them and are ready to develop a life and body of work that reflects who they truly are. The Spark Joy Podcast will support you as you evolve, expand your thinking, and create a future built on clarity, alignment, and purpose.
About Bonnie:
Bonnie Brown is a transformational coach, entrepreneur, and creative content producer who helps high-potential men and women step into the work they were born to lead. With a background in business development, leadership, real estate, coaching, and creative direction, Bonnie offers a clear and sophisticated perspective on personal and professional transformation. Her work blends clarity, strategy, spiritual intelligence, and grounded wisdom to help people rise, rebuild, and reinvent themselves with purpose and confidence. She is known for her direct yet deeply supportive approach to identity, leadership, and meaningful work.
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