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05/29/2026

How can you zig when everyone else is zagging?..Use creativity as your biz tool of choice!

Liz Wilcox relies on her creativity everyday...
She has turned a $9/month membership into a six-figure business using her creative mindset and the willingness NOT to follow all the latest trends.

In this week's podcast of "Create Today,"
Liz Wilcox shares how she thinks differently with her biz ideas, and how you can too, no matter your role or industry.

Here's some of the creative tea that's spilled:
- Non-negotiables are the fuel that creates possibilities
- Action breeds confidence, not the other way around
- Celebration is a creative must — even for the tiniest win!

If your drafts folder is full of unsent emails, your ideas keep getting pushed to the warming drawer, or you've been waiting to feel "ready" before you start — this one is for you.

🎧 Episode 128 with Liz Wilcox:
https://youtu.be/djS5Wo-WE-0

05/28/2026

What does creativity have to do with success...or making money?

Everything.

On the latest podcast episode of Create Today, I sit down with email strategist Liz Wilcox — who went from RV blogger to a six-figure business from a $9/month membership — and we talk about Liz's creative mindset that made it possible.

A few things she talked about that are golden:
- Her "non-negotiables" that protect her creativity
- Why being flexible is so darn creative
- How Celebrating — even the small stuff is sooo important to your confidence...and success.

If you lead a team, run a business, or have emails that never get out of your drafts folder — this conversation is for you.

Listen to Liz Wilcox in Episode 128!
https://youtu.be/djS5Wo-WE-0
Enjoy, and then...get creative my friend!

05/22/2026

Revive. Realize. Refine. Release.
That's my Going FourWords Framework.

Four words that let you:
Rest when you need it.
See possibilities you've been missing.
Do the work that matters.
And let your goodness out into the world.

It's for your whole self. Heart. Mind. Body. Soul.

Because when YOU feel better?
Your work gets better.
Your relationships get better.
Everything you're building right now...gets better.

The latest Create-Today episode takes you inside all four words.

Listen to the Create-Today with Beth Buffington podcast on Apple or Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
And watch the creative goodness on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/GHkTsacpU4c

05/21/2026

Busy day? (Probably.)
The aim for all our busy days?
Get stuff done. (And make progress doing all the stuff.)

I think, we would all agree...
We spend our busy days getting stuff done to...
go forwards with dreams and plans.

Forwards...is a super great direction.

But, often we feel stagnated.
Like our wheels are spinning – taking us nowhere.
Or, we feel like downward spirals are tugging us backwards.

What if FOUR words...could help you go forwards?

The latest Create-Today episode explains how my
"Going FourWords" Framework helps you,
well... go forward.

Listen to the Create-Today with Beth Buffington podcast
on Apple or Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
And, you can watch the creative goodness on YouTube.

Links are in the comments. (To make life easy during a busy day)
~xo Beth

What if just 4 words could change everything... your happiness, your health, your energy, your joy, and your sense of purpose?In this special episode of Crea...

05/18/2026

What are you holding onto?

The dream you haven't shared.
The work you keep deciding... is not quite finished.
An outgrown version of yourself you haven't let go of yet.

We hold onto "things" because it feels safer than letting go.
We worry about judgement...what will people say?
But holding on...will not allow you to reach for growth and goals.

Release is the fourth and final word in my "Going FourWords" Framework.
Learning to open your hands—to let go... of even one thing you're holding onto... that's where everything starts to move again.

Listen to this life-releasing episode of Create-Today with Beth Buffington.
Find it anywhere you listen to podcasts —or watch the goodness on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/RyFIDQoXna4

05/15/2026

How many things are sitting in your almost-done pile right now?

The email in drafts.
The project labeled "final_final_last edit".
The conversation you keep rehearsing in your head...

Most of us think we are procrastinating.
We are not. We are holding on.

And this difference matters.
Because you CAN learn to release what you're holding onto.

That is what this week's Create Today episode is all about.
RELEASE
Release is the fourth and final word in my "Going FourWords" framework.

This is the stage where everything you have been building... is released out into the world –to do whatever it was made to do.

Release is not giving up. Release is courageous.

Go listen and then share with me: what is one thing you could RELEASE?
Watch how you can RELEASE on YouTube:

What You're Holding Onto… Is Holding You Back. (It's time to RELEASE it!)Is there something heavy you’ve been carrying around for a while?A project that neve...

05/14/2026

Ever have a project that you can't stop tweaking?
Ever have an important email sit in your drafts folder...because it isn't "quite right" yet?

Ever replay a horrible meeting or conversation over and over and over in your head?

If you thought...yep...that's me...
It's time to understand the power of the word "RELEASE"

It's time to RELEASE...and let go of:
That project that is almost done.
The email sitting in drafts.
The pitch you keep rehearsing but never actually pitch.
The dream you keep almost pursuing.

Here is what I have come to understand after years of working with creatives...

Most procrastination is not a discipline problem.
Most perfectionism doesn't actually revolve around being perfect.

It is fear of the RELEASE.
Fear of the judgment, rejection, or perceived failure of your precious work and dreams...and self worth.

NOTE: This fear (of letting go) has a real cost.

In this week's podcast episode of Create Today,
I am sharing the fourth and final word in my
"Going FourWords" framework.

I think it might be the most useful word in the "FourWords" framework word quartet.

The word is RELEASE.

Here's your takeaways:
• Why your nervous system cannot tell the difference between a real threat and one you're only imagining
• How self-compassion outperforms discipline every time when it comes to moving forward
• Seven practical (simple) ways to release what you are holding onto—to catapult you FOURwords. (Pun intended)
• Why "enough" and "done" is not giving up – it is courageous.

If you have been carrying something you were never meant to hold onto forever, this episode is for you.

Find "Create-Today with Beth Buffington" wherever you listen to your podcasts, or watch the creative goodness on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/RyFIDQoXna4

05/07/2026

Ever break a promise to your best friend?
Probably not. Or not very often.

Ever promise yourself...I'll rest, sleep better, move more...tomorrow?
Hmmm... seems like maybe you have broken a promise.

It is not a mystery that we need to pull away from our screens and social media...that we need to get outdoors (more)...that we need to move (more)...but most of us just promise ourselves that we'll do it...later.

You know something needs to change.
And still, nothing changes.

In the latest episode of Create Today, I am exploring exactly why knowing you need better self care is not enough, and what actually moves the needle on wellbeing that can be accomplished (consistently).

It comes down to one word: Refine. And it is not what you think.

Check it out. You'll find it might be easier than you thought to keep your promise of self care...to you (your best friend.)

copy paste and watch the latest episode!
https://youtu.be/I4VsqO6NVg0

xoxo ~Beth

05/01/2026

What if the life you're waiting to live... is already happening?
But...you're missing it...

It's slipping past you – Right now.
In the middle of the mundane.
During the commute.
As you sip your coffee.
In the conversation you half-listened to this morning.

The problem isn't that your life is missing something.
The problem is that autopilot is ghosting you...in your own life..

Science backs this up.
Your brain is literally wired to filter out what you can streamline.

It's efficient. But, it can also be expensive.

Because, so often...guess what gets filtered out?
Joy. Presence. Appreciation. Gratitude.

Those sweet, small moments that, strung together,
make a life feel full.

In the latest "Create-Today" episode we explore the second word of my "Going FourWords" framework.
The word is: REALIZE.

This "Going FourWords" episode will show you:
- Why your brain is designed to miss the good stuff
- How to outsmart it
- How creativity acts as a circuit breaker for autopilot
- 7 practical ways to REALIZE the joy that's already in your day

You don't need a new life.
You need new eyes to discover the life you're living now.
Watch on YouTube :)
https://youtu.be/CrWvp2Z7ecg

04/30/2026

Ever drive to the store or work... and realize you barely remember making the trip?

Somewhere between your driveway and the parking lot, you sort of... disappeared...in mind and spirit.

You're ghosting yourself. That's autopilot.
And most of us are living a shocking amount our day(s) on auto pilot.

In today's new episode of Create Today, we explore the second word of my Going FourWords framework.
The word is: REALIZE. 🌿

Here's what I truly believe...
Most of us don't need a different life to feel better.
We need a different way of SEEING the life we already have.

In this episode, you'll discover:
• Why your brain is actually wired to miss the good stuff
• The surprising way creativity helps you snap out of autopilot
• 7 simple ways to REALIZE joy in your everyday life

Whether life feels heavy right now, or you just want to feel more awake and aware, this episode is for you.

Listen to the REALIZE episode:
https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149200757

04/29/2026

For decades I worked on deadlines and overtime.

The days were a blur of come in early. Stay late. (Really late)

I never missed a deadline.
But I missed a lot of sleep.

I existed on coffee.
I believed sleep was an extra bank of hours to use when deadlines needed more time.
I thought I could catch up on some zzz's on weekends.

But. I was. Wrong.
I was pretty much...always, chronically—tired.

Ask yourself:
When was the last time you felt truly rested?
Not just a little better.
Not “I sat down for a few minutes (but also read emails.)”

I mean... Actually rested.

If you're thinking “I honestly don’t remember”
I see you.
Episode #123 of Create Today was made for you.

I’m kicking off a series built around my
"Going FourWords" Wellbeing Framework.
Those four words are:
Revive, Realize, Refine, Release.

We start with the word most of us skip over—even when we’re running on empty:
REVIVE.

Here’s what I’ve learned in my own life and through coaching others...
People who feel stuck and overwhelmed...
They are NOT lacking discipline,
They are NOT procrastinating
They are NOT lazy

They’re depleted.
(Is this you?)

In episode I’m sharing the science behind what exhaustion does to your brain.

You'll discover a simple 60-second energy check-in
and seven practical ways to start restoring your energy today

These are things you can do now...NOT after things calm down 💚 (because let’s be honest, they never really do).

https://youtu.be/8yPOqbdB7dM