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blogWelcome to the Beckon Blog — your source for high frequency living. Curated by interior designer, podcaster, and blogger Jaclyn Steele Thurmond, we focus on truly clean lifestyle content, Spanish & Mediterranean-inspired interiors, and mindset elevation that transforms the way you think, feel, and live.
43. Personal Development: 9 Reasons you need to spend time alone
In this episode, Jaclyn explores the powerful and often overlooked practice of spending time alone. She shares 9 essential reasons why solitude is crucial for maintaining a balanced and high-frequency life. From resetting your nervous system and clearing mental cobwebs, to deepening your connection with God and allowing inspiration to strike, Jaclyn highlights the many benefits of carving out solo time. She discusses how solitude provides the space to process life’s challenges, recalibrate, and reflect through journaling. Jaclyn emphasizes that taking time to simply rest, think, and do what fills you up is a vital part of nourishing your mind, body, and soul. Tune in for a conversation on why alone time is not just a luxury, but a necessary practice for growth and clarity.
38. Energetic & Chi Mastery with the extraordinary Banya Lim
Banya is a multi-generational healer and an expert in energy medicine and training. With over 30 years of experience in Oriental Medicine, she is passionately dedicated to teaching and guiding others in discovering their life's passions. Banya specializes in awakening the body's inner energy, empowering individuals to achieve their life goals.
Banya has worked directly with Sam and Jaclyn for almost 4 years and has been a truly transformational teacher for them.
37. Our experience with waiting to have children
In this episode, we dive into our journey of waiting to have children, sharing the background story that led us to this decision. We discuss the incredible experience of welcoming our little one into the world and how that has profoundly impacted our lives. While we explore the pros of becoming parents later in life—such as greater stability and maturity—we also candidly address the cons, including the challenges of energy levels and societal expectations. Ultimately, we reflect on how much we love being parents and the joy our child has brought into our lives, making the wait worthwhile.
32. Healing Your Mind: Transforming Thoughts for Higher Frequency Living
Today, we’re diving into a topic that has the power to completely transform your life: healing your mind by transforming your thoughts. So many of us live with negative or limiting beliefs that hold us back, but what if you could change those thoughts and start living from a higher frequency? Today, Sam and I will share practical tools and exercises to help you shift your mental patterns and begin operating from a place of higher energy. We’re not just talking about positive thinking—we’re talking about real transformation. We’ll also touch on the science behind thought transformation and how healing your mind can lead to emotional and even physical healing.
29. What happens after you achieve a big goal?
In this episode of The Freq Show, Jaclyn and Sam dive into the often-overlooked feelings that come after hitting a big goal. They discuss the sense of letdown, self-doubt, and purposelessness that can follow success, and offer insights on how to keep moving forward. With practical tips for staying in a high-frequency mindset and embracing rest and reflection, this episode encourages you to navigate the post-goal void with grace. As always, they close with a thought-provoking question to help you reflect on your own journey.
27. Letting Go Of The Need For Approval
Having ambition is a great thing. It encourages free thought and action and momentum, but where is the line between healthy ambition and constantly trying to prove yourself? In this episode, Jaclyn shares how she dabbled with letting go of this constant need to prove and how it transformed her approach to life and happiness.