The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
You can be grateful for what you have and still strive for more. The duality of gratitude and success is a difficult concept to grasp, but understanding it is invaluable in both your success and well-being.
On the Grateful Podcast, Jack and his guests explain how everyone has opportunities and choices to go after the life they want, and they owe it to themselves to do just that. You must recognize and be grateful for what you have in order to get the best out of yourself moving forward.
There are conversations ranging from business to mental health and everything in between as well.
The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
How To Lead Yourself to Freedom with Beejal Bilimoria | 68
The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 68
Guesting Beejal Bilimoria
What if everything you’re chasing is already inside of you?
In this deep and inspiring episode of The Grateful Podcast, host Jack Wagoner is joined by Beejal Bilimoria—a leadership and identity coach for purpose-driven visionaries. Together, they explore what it really means to lead yourself, heal the nervous system, and live a life of authenticity and expansion.
Beejal shares her personal story of walking away from societal success to embrace deep self-trust and freedom. The conversation moves beyond surface-level mindset work and dives into identity, energy, and embodiment—revealing how safety, surrender, and compassion unlock our truest power.
✨ If you’re navigating self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or simply want to feel more you, this episode is a guide to coming home to yourself.
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⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 – Welcome + Beejal’s intro: Leading with identity, energy, and embodiment
1:14 – Why our self-talk often mirrors childhood voices
4:49 – Children’s internalization of praise and rejection
6:46 – Duality, self-awareness, and unity consciousness
8:25 – “Imagine letting go of who you thought you had to be…”
10:07 – Nervous system safety & the hidden cause of self-sabotage
13:24 – Redefining freedom: from pushing to being
15:05 – Gratitude vs. ambition: How to hold both
18:35 – Identity work, inner voices & leadership from within
20:52 – Beejal’s story of leaving a successful life that wasn’t hers
23:42 – Authentic freedom: Why coming home to yourself is the goal
28:24 – Dynamic identity & cultural survival through adaptability
30:06 – Jack’s reflection: Can authenticity change by context?
32:16 – What happens when leaders aren’t leading themselves?
34:36 – Visionaries as expanders & the courage to walk first
36:40 – True leadership vs. traditional roles: “People don’t follow orders—they follow alignment.”
39:24 – Expansion through ease: the emotional fuel for growth
40:59 – Surrender as an active, courageous process
43:36 – Purpose isn’t what you do—it’s who you are when you do it
48:09 – Coming home to yourself
48:22 – What Beejal is grateful for right now
49:33 – Final reflections and closing blessings
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🔗 Links & Mentions
• 🔗 Follow Beejal on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beejalbilimoriacoaching/
• 🎧 Beejal’s Podcast: Authentic Freedom wherever you get your podcasts
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