- 18
- Episodes
- 2026
- First episode
About Reset with Beth
You're not broken. You don't need fixing. You need a reset. Reset with Beth is the podcast for brilliant, capable women who are done pretending they're fine and ready to feel like themselves again. Beth Hammond is a Reset and Confidence Mentor with 20+ years of experience and a life that's genuinely tested every tool she teaches. Brain tumour. Divorce. Solo parenting. Neurodiverse family life. She's not reading from a textbook. She's lived it. Short, unfiltered episodes. Real talk. Practical tools. Zero fluff. Your comeback starts here.
- Publisher
- Beth Hammond
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Mar 2026
- Latest episode
- 16 Jun 2026
Latest episodes
18 episodes in the feed.
16 Jun 2026
Why This Chapter Is Your Best One Yet - Reset with Beth Season 1 Finale
You have a 100% success rate of managing life so far. That's worth something. Nobody told us about this bit. The hot sweats, the hormones, the chin hair, the feeling of slipping into invisibility. But nobody told us about the other side either. And in this season finale, that's exactly where Beth goes. Because this chapter, with everything you now know about yourself, what you will and won't tolerate, who you are and what you actually want, is the one with the most potential you've ever had. And the only thing standing between you and it is worry. Beth reads another unedited blog post written after her brain surgery. This one is about the worrier. How to meet it at the door, have a chat on the doorstep, and send it on its way without letting it in. Including the and so what plan, the freedom pathway, and the line that might be the best thing she's ever written. So long, fuckface. This is the last episode of Season 1. Thank you for being here. Season 2 is coming. The treasure is in the box. This episode helps you open it. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram @reset_with_beth
9 Jun 2026
How To Stay Positive Without Toxic Positivity (From Someone Who's Tested It)
Beth found out her brain tumour had grown back on a dog walk. Here's how she stayed positive. Not a motivational speech. Not toxic positivity. Just a very honest conversation about what it actually takes to keep your head straight when life keeps throwing things at you that you didn't ask for. In this episode of Reset with Beth, Beth answers the question she gets asked most. How do you stay so positive? And the answer is practical, specific and completely free of fluff. In this episode: Why pragmatic optimism is completely different from toxic positivity The moment Beth found out her tumour had grown back and how she processed it The control bubble and why your beliefs, thoughts and reactions are always yours Brain dumping at 3am and why you never need to read it back Meditation for an ADHD brain that refuses to go quiet The cars on the bridge analogy that changes how you handle dark thoughts Why negativity is boring and how to stop letting it into your world Short, honest episodes for women who want practical tools, not platitudes. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram @reset_with_beth
2 Jun 2026
Be Kind To Yourself: The Language You Use Is Shaping Your Life
The words you say about yourself, you say so many more times inside your own head. Are they kind ones? Beth has made "I'm terrible with tech" her personal truth for years. She said it so often, to so many people, that it became a narrative everyone believed, including her. And it kept a podcast kit in a box for four years. In this episode she talks about the language we use towards ourselves, how a throwaway joke or a self-deprecating comment becomes a belief, and why the way we speak to ourselves matters more than almost anything else when life gets difficult. She also reads another blog post written in the days before her craniotomy. Not about fear or uncertainty this time, but about kindness. The healthcare assistant with the enormous knockers and the Geordie accent. The 84-year-old woman who hobbled over to hold her hand. The taxi driver who looked up brain food on Dr Google while he waited three hours in a car park. Build the toolkit before you need it. This episode is part of the toolkit. Would you speak to your best friend the way you speak to yourself? This one's worth sitting with. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
26 May 2026
The Loneliness Nobody Talks About: When You're Surrounded By People But Still Alone
You don't have to be isolated to feel lonely. Sometimes it hits hardest when everyone else seems to be getting on just fine without you. Beth is an extrovert with a great support network and a lot of people around her. She never expected to feel lonely. And then she found herself eating a Sunday roast alone in her kitchen, her girls watching telly in the other room, and it hit her like a wall. In this episode Beth talks honestly about the loneliness that doesn't look like loneliness from the outside. The kind that comes after a divorce, after a health crisis, after the calls stop and the weekends empty out and everyone else disappears back into their neat little family units. And then she gets practical. Because loneliness breeds more loneliness unless you take action. What she actually did about it, why Sunday brunches changed everything, and why most people aren't ignoring you. They're just waiting to be asked. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
19 May 2026
What Not To Say To Someone With A Brain Tumour (And What To Say Instead)
What Not To Say To Someone With A Brain Tumour (And What To Say Instead) "At least it's not cancer." "Could be worse." "You'll be fine." Please. Stop. When someone is going through something really difficult, most people mean well. They really do. But meaning well and saying the right thing are two very different things. In this episode Beth shares the things people actually said to her after her brain tumour diagnosis. From the woman in aisle three of Tesco who hadn't been in touch for years, to the person who cheerfully mentioned their friend with a brain tumour died. All well-meaning. All spectacularly unhelpful. But this episode isn't just about what not to say. Beth gets into the practical how-tos of actually showing up for someone going through something hard. The phrases that open a door instead of closing one. Why saying "I don't know what to say" is one of the most powerful things you can offer. And why fixing, reassuring and shutting things down is the one thing people need least. We all deserve to know what to say in difficult times. This episode will help. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
12 May 2026
How To Handle Uncertainty When You Can't Control The Outcome
You don't need to control everything. You just need to control your bubble. Uncertainty is uncomfortable. Not knowing what's coming, not being able to plan, not having the answers. For women who are used to holding it all together, that feeling can be completely destabilising. In this episode Beth talks openly about living with uncertainty, including what it's actually like to be on watch and wait with a brain tumour that has regrown. Not knowing if anything will happen. Not knowing when. Just waiting. She shares the tools that genuinely help, including the bubble of control concept she uses with her clients every day. Your beliefs, your thoughts, your reactions. That's your bubble. Nobody gets in, and you don't need to reach outside it either. Because you can't always change the destination. But you can absolutely choose your experience of the journey. It's okay not to have all the answers. This episode will remind you why. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
5 May 2026
Toxic Positivity vs Real Optimism: Why "You'll Be Fine" Isn't Helpful
"It'll be fine." Sounds kind. Isn't. Beth is irritatingly positive. She'll own that. But there's a world of difference between genuine optimism and toxic positivity, and in this episode she's drawing a very clear line between the two. Toxic positivity isn't kindness. It's a shutdown. It tells the person sharing something difficult that their feelings are too much, that they're overcomplicating it, that they should just think brighter thoughts and move on. And if you've ever been on the receiving end of it, you'll know exactly how that lands. Beth talks about what real support actually looks like, why most people just need to be heard rather than fixed, and how to show up properly for someone who's struggling, without reaching for the "don't worry, you'll be fine" get out. She also explains what she actually means by pragmatic optimism. And why finding pockets of joy in the dark is nothing like pretending the dark isn't there. There's a difference between choosing your lens and invalidating someone else's feelings. This episode explains it. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
28 Apr 2026
Late ADHD Diagnosis: Why Knowing Who You Are Changes Everything
Isn't everyone a little bit ADHD? No. And if you think that, Beth has some thoughts. At 47, Beth got her ADHD diagnosis. Not from a formal assessment she'd booked. From an educational psychologist she happened to be talking to, who took one look and said, you're off the charts, aren't you? And suddenly a lot of things made sense. In this episode Beth talks honestly about what a late ADHD diagnosis actually means, why it matters even when it hasn't held you back in obvious ways, and what happens when you finally understand why your brain works the way it does. This one is also for anyone who's been fighting for their kids in a system that keeps telling them everything is fine. Beth has been there too. She knows exactly how it feels to be armed with information and pushing against people who should know better. The more you know about yourself, the more you can choose how to show up for yourself. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk (mailto:beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk) Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk (http://resetwithbeth.co.uk/) Instagram: @reset_with_beth
21 Apr 2026
Nothing Bad Happens To Good People. And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
Nobody is exempt. Not you, not Beth, not anyone. When Beth was diagnosed with a brain tumour, people kept saying the same thing. "Why you? That's so unfair. You're so kind, so positive." And Beth kept thinking the same thing back. Why not me? In this episode, she reads another unedited blog post written in the hospital, before her craniotomy. A gloriously honest, funny, surprisingly uplifting list of reasons why her uninvited guest, the tumour she never asked for, had actually brought something with it. This isn't toxic positivity. It isn't pretending everything is fine. It's something much more useful. Acceptance. Not the same as being okay with it. Just being clear-eyed enough to ask, right, this is happening. What am I going to do about it? Why not you? And when it is you, what tools have you got? Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk (mailto:beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk) Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk (http://resetwithbeth.co.uk/) Instagram: @reset_with_beth
14 Apr 2026
The opinion that really matters
Ask ten people. Get ten different answers. And still no closer to what you actually want. Opinions are everywhere. And most of them are noise. In this episode Beth talks about the white noise that quietly erodes your ability to make confident decisions. The pinging phones, the well-meaning friends, the expectations of people who aren't living your life and never will be. She's made some of the biggest decisions of her life, health, divorce, advocating for her kids, her own late ADHD diagnosis, without asking a single person. And there's a reason for that. Because when you really know, you go quiet. It's the small stuff where we invite everyone else in. And that's where confidence starts to crumble. Whose opinion do you actually value? And is the white noise louder than your own voice? Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk (mailto:beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk) Website: resetwithbeth.co.uk (http://resetwithbeth.co.uk/) Instagram: @reset_with_beth
7 Apr 2026
Before her brain surgery, Beth wrote a list. Juicers in. Suckers out.
In 2019, sitting in a hospital bed waiting for a craniotomy, Beth started writing. Not notes for her surgeon. A blog post about the people in her life who was fuelling her and who was draining her and what she was going to do about it. In this episode of Reset with Beth, she reads that post out loud for the first time since she wrote it. Unedited. Unpolished. Completely real. Because a brain tumour has a way of cutting through the noise and showing you exactly what and who matters. In this episode: - The juicers and suckers theory and which one you are - Why we stay in draining friendships out of habit, guilt and fear of being disliked - Beth's unedited 2019 hospital blog post, read live - Why you don't need a health scare to start culling the suckers - The tonics that kept Beth going and what yours might be Short, honest episodes for women who are ready to stop giving their energy to the wrong people. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Email: beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk Website: www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
31 Mar 2026
Where Does Everyone Go After The Crisis Is Over?
When life falls apart, people rally. The lasagnas arrive. The messages flood in. Everyone wants to help. And then slowly, quietly they go back to their own lives. Because you look fine. And if you look fine, you must be fine. But that's exactly when it gets hard. In this episode Beth talks honestly about what happens after the crisis the invisible recovery, the unseen weight, the stuff nobody thinks to ask about. And why strong, independent women are often the worst at asking for what they actually need. This one is for anyone navigating the aftermath. And for anyone who wants to be a better friend to someone who is. New episodes dropping weekly - hit follow so you don't miss one. beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
24 Mar 2026
I Had a Brain Tumour at 41. Here's What It Taught Me About Resetting
Beth Hammond didn't plan to start a podcast by talking about brain surgery. But here we are. At 41, Beth was told she had a large brain tumour. A month later - divorced. Two neurodiverse daughters, no driving licence, and a life that needed rebuilding from the ground up. In this first episode of Reset with Beth, she shares the unfiltered story of how she tested everything she'd spent 20+ years teaching and why self-trust isn't a nice idea, it's a survival skill. New episodes dropping weekly - hit Subscribe so you don't miss one. beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
24 Mar 2026
Why Being Busy Is Bullsh*t (And What To Do Instead)
Still telling yourself you're just "a bit busy"? Beth's calling it out.If your calendar is rammed, your resentment is quietly building, and everyone around you thinks you're absolutely fine you're not busy. You're maxed out. And it didn't happen by accident.In this episode of Reset with Beth, Beth tackles one of the biggest things she sees in the women she works with: the addiction to busyness, and the uncomfortable truth that most of it is a choice.Subscribe so you never miss an episode.beth@resetwithbeth.co.ukwww.resetwithbeth.co.ukInstagram: @reset_with_beth
24 Mar 2026
Pockets of Joy: How To Find Happiness Even On The Darkest Days
Joy is everywhere. But somewhere along the way, most women stopped looking for it. Life can get heavy. The decisions, the responsibilities, the relentless doing. The belly laughs with girlfriends get fewer. Things start to feel flat. And it's easy to think, especially on the really hard days, that there's just nothing joyful left. Beth disagrees. Loudly. In this episode of Reset with Beth, she shares what pockets of joy actually are, why finding them is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself, and the story of the woman in a hospital room who proved that joy turns up exactly when and where you need it most. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
24 Mar 2026
What Would You Do If You Stopped Worrying What People Think?
You're not being judged. You're being self-conscious. There's a difference and it's costing you.How many decisions have you held back on because of what someone might think? How many times have you stayed in your comfort zone, kept up appearances, or quietly shelved what you actually wanted just to avoid imagined judgement from people who aren't even thinking about you?In this episode of Reset with Beth, Beth unpacks why fear of judgement is one of the most common things keeping women stuck and why the fix is simpler, and more uncomfortable, than most people expect. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
24 Mar 2026
When You Know, You Know - How To Trust Your Gut And Act On It
You already know. You've known for a while. So what's stopping you from acting on it? Most women don't have a clarity problem. They have a trust problem. They've been so busy, so overloaded, and so often told that everything is fine, that they've stopped listening to the one voice that actually matters. Their own. In this episode of Reset with Beth, Beth talks about how to reconnect with your gut instinct, what it physically feels like when your body is telling you something needs to change, and why slowing down isn't a luxury, it's how you hear yourself think. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
23 Mar 2026
Welcome to Reset with Beth
You already know. You've known for a while. So what's stopping you from acting on it? Most women don't have a clarity problem. They have a trust problem. They've been so busy, so overloaded, and so often told that everything is fine, that they've stopped listening to the one voice that actually matters. Their own. In this episode of Reset with Beth, Beth talks about how to reconnect with your gut instinct, what it physically feels like when your body is telling you something needs to change, and why slowing down isn't a luxury, it's how you hear yourself think. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. beth@resetwithbeth.co.uk www.resetwithbeth.co.uk Instagram: @reset_with_beth
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