https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/keep-it-brief--5093164enSelf-ImprovementCopyright Bryana Woodardhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e5fbce2b03519abfcc1ebeab861d4645.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/keep-it-brief--5093164Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:28:01 +0000Bryana WoodardBryana Woodardboomers_bry@icloud.comKeeping it Brief or Bryf if you will ;) is simply that. Bry, taking topics that cross her mind, and discussing them with you, briefly.trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-it-brief-is-back--67574407
Catch up on life with me and see what is coming in this next season!

I am so excited. Thank you for being here!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67574407Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:27:40 +0000Bryana WoodardWe're back!  Catch up on life with me and see what is coming in this next season! I am so excited. Thank you for being here!
Catch up on life with me and see what is coming in this next season!

I am so excited. Thank you for being here!]]>689false31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-people-doing-the-best-they-can--59281145really doing the best they can? Your stance and mindset surrounding this topic can impact your relationships and your peace of mind. So let's talk about it. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59281145Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:46:29 +0000Bryana WoodardWelcome back! Today I'm talking about a topic that I think is releavent in the lives of everyone, and that is, are people really doing the best they can? Your stance and mindset surrounding this topic can impact your relationships and your peace of...really doing the best they can? Your stance and mindset surrounding this topic can impact your relationships and your peace of mind. So let's talk about it. ]]>1002mindset,relationshipsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/therapy--57743021
I hope you are doing well and thank you for being here!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57743021Tue, 21 Nov 2023 04:10:53 +0000Bryana WoodardSo yeah I'm back and bringing the heat. Therapy is something that is so stigmatized and looked down upon. It is not easy and for me, it has taken multiple tries and I am here to share my experiences and opinions. I hope you are doing well and thank...
I hope you are doing well and thank you for being here!]]>1746self-help,therapyfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/successes-and-failures-feat-zac--57296500https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57296500Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:13:40 +0000Bryana WoodardLittle did I know that when I started this podcast, I would have as many listeners as I do now. I also did not know that one of my very first listeners that I had never met, would go on to be so special to me. Anyways welcome Zac! I hope you all enjoy...2737falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-out-of-a-rut--56896795
Thanks for being here]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56896795Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:46:14 +0000Bryana WoodardOh my word it has been so long, hi! This episode was really fun to record. I had a terrible week last week but I was able to utiliza strategies I set up for myself to get out of a funk so I wanted to share those with you! Thanks for being here
Thanks for being here]]>1311false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-get-what-you-give--53716641Thank you for being here.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53716641Tue, 02 May 2023 13:53:14 +0000Bryana WoodardI'M ALIVE! It has been entirely too long since I released this! But don't worry I give a long life update before we jump into our topic for today. The topic is one that has been bothering me ever since I heard it and that is the saying "You get what...Thank you for being here.]]>1105falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leaving-and-taking--52274844https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52274844Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:45:05 +0000Bryana WoodardWow it has been a minute! For this episode I wanted to focus on the lessons I am taking iwth me into 2023 based off the lessons I am leaving in 2022. It was great to be back recording again so hopefully I can get episodes out more frequently in 2023!1370false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-year-in-review--51419694https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51419694Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:18:15 +0000Bryana WoodardWow. It has officially been a year since we lost Jaden. IT SUCKS! But I made it a year so color me impressed. This is such a random episode filled with big feelings, so please make sure you have the space to listen before you hit play. Thank you for...2030grief,hope,lossfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-things-love-feat-momma-woodard--51023965https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51023965Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:17:41 +0000Bryana Woodardlove in any form is a very difficult topic so who better to have share her thoughts about it than my lovely mom, the most loving woman i know. here we will share our thoughts about defining love, when we feel loved, and the difficulty of receiving...2382lovefalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-okay-to-be-okay--50575340https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50575340Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:02:11 +0000Bryana WoodardI think I talk a lot about how it is okay to NOT be okay, but something that I have been struggling with is accepting when I am okay! I am learning to be just as i am and stop worrying about what I think I should be feeling because that is EXHAUSTING....1269being,okayfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vulnerability--50105421https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50105421Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:58:24 +0000Bryana Woodardone of my many many vices is my resistance to being vulnerable, even with the people I love. this episode is just me talking through this and explaining why I think it is necessary to be vulnerable.1431vulnerabilityfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/children-and-such--49646529https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49646529Fri, 13 May 2022 17:25:14 +0000Bryana Woodardto birth or not to birth that is the question. For those who identify as female, the narrative of motherhood has been breathed down out necks ever since we can remember. I am so excited to discuss this with my amazing sister Kendal McCall. We have...2054children,motherstrue2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heartbreak-and-healing--49587646https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49587646Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:37:28 +0000Bryana Woodardheartbreak, romantically or platonically, is painful! it is a common experience yet healing is hard. let's talk about it1464healing,heartbreakfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/doubts--49320592
Can I just go back to who I was
I’m nervous because

I don’t know if I’ll be proud of the new me
I see signs of things I don’t want to see

Doubt, questions, faith unmasked
I wish I never would’ve put forth the questions I’ve now asked

But here I am and its too late
What if I turn into something I hate?
Lost, searching, scared
I wish I never would’ve cared

But I wanted the truth to be more than something that simply stayed confined
Within my self-acclaimed sure mind

So I let myself put a few items on the table
And this left me shaken, uncertain, unstable

Would I join the ranks of so many others I’ve witnessed walk away
When it came down to it would I be held and would I stay

Terrified
I watched as my perfectly preserved faith shriveled up and died

In front of my face
And I would not face

The fact
That I lacked

The power to preserve it
The perfection to deserve it

I had a sword but no shied
So when arrows came I simply concealed

Myself behind a blockade of assurance
Wrapped up in my story of endurance

Through trials and pain
Storms and rain

claiming that I made it
No space to debate it

A champion a victor a winner
No space for the pondering of a timid beginner

I was strong
And getting it right was fueled by my fear of getting it wrong

So I did everything I was supposed to do
Sealing up any gaps where unbelief could seep through

Everything was locked
As I clocked

In but never out
Until I lost vision of what this whole thing was even about

Falling, pleading, please don’t let me go
Is this even real, there’s so much I no longer know

I pull away from what I always believed was in my heart
But if that were true how did I so easily fall apart

Faded-fading
Needless debating

Within my own being
I’m seeing

the unworthy unrighteous, side of me
The debt is due, and I’ve no funds to pay the fee

The pride I wore now seems disdainful
Hanging like dirty rags on this frame of a shameful

Facade
Oh God

Take
this fake

I give you the key
to the deepest places in me

Come
let me unravel, let me be undone

until all of who I thought I was is shaken to the core
and what remains is something worth living for

Life to the fullest-freedom-light
Walking straight into the darkest of night

Not based on rules, but based on desire
With faith that’s being tested true by hell’s fire
-Mary Beck]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49320592Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:37:11 +0000Bryana WoodardAn episode with Mary Beck, my older sister! This one is really special to my heart and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Below is the poem we referenced! Can I just go back to who I was I’m nervous because I don’t know if I’ll be proud of...
Can I just go back to who I was
I’m nervous because

I don’t know if I’ll be proud of the new me
I see signs of things I don’t want to see

Doubt, questions, faith unmasked
I wish I never would’ve put forth the questions I’ve now asked

But here I am and its too late
What if I turn into something I hate?
Lost, searching, scared
I wish I never would’ve cared

But I wanted the truth to be more than something that simply stayed confined
Within my self-acclaimed sure mind

So I let myself put a few items on the table
And this left me shaken, uncertain, unstable

Would I join the ranks of so many others I’ve witnessed walk away
When it came down to it would I be held and would I stay

Terrified
I watched as my perfectly preserved faith shriveled up and died

In front of my face
And I would not face

The fact
That I lacked

The power to preserve it
The perfection to deserve it

I had a sword but no shied
So when arrows came I simply concealed

Myself behind a blockade of assurance
Wrapped up in my story of endurance

Through trials and pain
Storms and rain

claiming that I made it
No space to debate it

A champion a victor a winner
No space for the pondering of a timid beginner

I was strong
And getting it right was fueled by my fear of getting it wrong

So I did everything I was supposed to do
Sealing up any gaps where unbelief could seep through

Everything was locked
As I clocked

In but never out
Until I lost vision of what this whole thing was even about

Falling, pleading, please don’t let me go
Is this even real, there’s so much I no longer know

I pull away from what I always believed was in my heart
But if that were true how did I so easily fall apart

Faded-fading
Needless debating

Within my own being
I’m seeing

the unworthy unrighteous, side of me
The debt is due, and I’ve no funds to pay the fee

The pride I wore now seems disdainful
Hanging like dirty rags on this frame of a shameful

Facade
Oh God

Take
this fake

I give you the key
to the deepest places in me

Come
let me unravel, let me be undone

until all of who I thought I was is shaken to the core
and what remains is something worth living for

Life to the fullest-freedom-light
Walking straight into the darkest of night

Not based on rules, but based on desire
With faith that’s being tested true by hell’s fire
-Mary Beck]]>1749doubt,faithfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/random-encouragement--49238048https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49238048Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:58:08 +0000Bryana WoodardI was in need of some encouragement today and here are some things that helped me :)807false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/needing-help--49016734https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49016734Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:43:11 +0000Bryana Woodardasking for help in any form, is scary. but I’m learning that i don’t have to be strong enough, but that does not mean that i am not enough!1078false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-all-the-pets-i-ve-loved-before--48756877https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48756877Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:17:24 +0000Bryana WoodardThis is very silly. I think it is a good way to work through your childhood through and I had fun with it! Hopefully you will get a kick out of it too!419childhood,petsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-existence-warrants-rest--48337137https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48337137Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:13:03 +0000Bryana WoodardI don't know about you but I've always struggled with periods or times of rest. I would be uncomfortable in it if I felt like I did not do enough to earn or deserve it. But I am learning that my being is grounds for rest. Your existence warrants rest.1030restfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recapping-the-worst-year-ever--48124861https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48124861Fri, 31 Dec 2021 21:50:42 +0000Bryana Woodard2021. Some nice highs and the lowest of lows. Can't wait to say goodbye to this year.1031newyearfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-toxic-comparison-of-trauma--47953839https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47953839Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:30:05 +0000Bryana WoodardYou are the only person that can do all that you do and go through all that you go through. Read that back again.938mental,self-care,traumafalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-passion-of-mine--47556263https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47556263Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:50:10 +0000Bryana WoodardThis one is a bit different. It’s just me talking about something i love! It’s good to acknowledge your passions and talk about them every once in a while! Hope you enjoy!989music,passion,songsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-wya--47125721https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47125721Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:09:05 +0000Bryana WoodardAs always, not very coherent but just my thoughts and recent thoughts surrounding my faith.1457christ,faith,strugglefalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strength--46688039
This one is a little raw and honestly just me sharing my thoughts recently. Thank you for being here :)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46688039Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:00:43 +0000Bryana Woodard“I’d rather the world speak softly. I’d rather the world love me.” -AK the Poet This one is a little raw and honestly just me sharing my thoughts recently. Thank you for being here :)
This one is a little raw and honestly just me sharing my thoughts recently. Thank you for being here :)]]>903false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-downfall-of-bandaids--46437051https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46437051Thu, 09 Sep 2021 01:48:29 +0000Bryana WoodardBandaids are so awesome. But can keeping a bandaid on for too long do more harm than good? Let’s talk about it.975bandaids,healing,mindset,recoveryfalse1full