Unpacked & Unfiltered | Travel, Modern Spirituality, and Real Girl Talk
By: Bexx & Noie
Language: en
Categories: Society, Culture, Relationships, Places, Travel, Health, Fitness
Welcome to Unpacked & Unfiltered, where best friends Bexx and Noie talk about the messy middle of being a woman who’s still figuring it out—on purpose.They’re the kind of friends who will hype you up in Tulum, pull cards in the kitchen, and admit when life feels like too much. From divorce, grief, and loss to travel, sex, motherhood, money, and starting over at 30, 40, or 60, they explore what it really looks like to reinvent yourself without apologizing for it.Join them for explicit, unfiltered girl talk about change, shame, “being too much,” value beyond a paycheck, modern spirituali...
Episodes
Leveling Up Without Losing Yourself | Peace and Progression in the New Year
Jan 08, 2026In this episode, Noie and Bexx kick off the new year centered on one theme: leveling up without sacrificing peace. They strive to move away from grind culture and explore what growth looks like when it’s rooted in honesty, intuition, and self-trust. Through personal stories and self-reflection, they unpack how slowing down and choosing alignment creates more momentum moving forward.
Noie and Bexx reflect on the lessons of the past year and the energy they want for the year ahead. Their discussion highlights how resisting change often creates more anxiety than embracing it. With insights drawn from as...
The Truth Behind Why Affairs Happen | A Conversation with Our Friend Nic
Jan 06, 2026Hosts Bexx and Noie have an honest conversation with their friend Nic about infidelity, emotional disconnection, and the complexity of long-term relationships. Rather than focusing on blame or justification, they explore what happens beneath the surface when needs go unmet inside a partnership. They unpack how these experiences shape identity, decision-making, and personal growth over time.
With stories from their own lived experience, the trio reframes difficult topics like affairs, divorce, and betrayal as moments that often arise from unresolved pain and neglect. Not from cruelty or lack of care. Bexx, Noie, and Nic highlight the importance of...
Goals Not Resolutions | How to Find Your True Self and Start the New Year Aligned
Jan 01, 2026At the start of a new year, it’s easy to fall into cycles of resolutions, guilt, and the feeling that you somehow fell short of who you meant to become. In this episode, Bexx and Noie slow that pattern down and offer a different perspective, that the version of you that feels whole, grounded, and honest already exists.
Through thoughtful conversation, personal stories, and spiritual reflection, the two explore self-honesty as the foundation of growth, how conditioning and generational patterns shape identity, and why curiosity is the key to real change. They also talk about relationships, intuition, cou...
Learning to Rest Instead of Rescue | The Problem Solver with Chantel Horn
Dec 30, 2025In this episode of Unpacked & Unfiltered, Bexx and Noie invite their fiercely smart and daring friend Chantel Horn to the mic. Listeners get to meet the woman who rarely raises her voice but constantly raises the bar, teaching herself whatever she needs to know, figuring things out when life doesn’t hand her a roadmap, and saying yes to experiences most people would never even consider. Through laughter, honesty, and beautifully vulnerable storytelling, Chan opens up about the mindset that shapes her decisions, the courage it takes to step into the unknown, and why curiosity has carried her through motherhood, fi...
Duration: 01:18:43Rebirth After Hitting Rock Bottom | Finding Yourself Again
Dec 25, 2025Bexx and Noie explore how rock bottom looks different for everyone, yet almost always forces a reckoning. They talk honestly about what happens when life strips away the identities, relationships, and stories you thought defined you, along with the emotional and spiritual lows, the loneliness that often accompanies deep collapse, and the moment when survival mode gives way to clarity and self-awareness.
Rather than framing rebirth as a glow-up or instant transformation, this conversation centers on the slow, uncomfortable rebuilding that happens when you stop performing and start listening to yourself. Bexx and Noie unpack shame, grief, and...
Practicing Surrender | Reflection, Release, and What We’re Carrying Forward
Dec 23, 2025As the year comes to a close, Bexx and Noie slow down and get radically honest about what this past year asked of them, and what it changed. In this reflective episode, they explore the emotional weight of endings, the clarity that only hindsight brings, and the quiet realizations that surface when you finally stop pushing forward and allow yourself to look back.
Rather than focusing on resolutions or reinvention for appearance’s sake, this conversation centers on integration: what they’re proud of surviving, what they’re no longer willing to carry, and how grief, growth, and self-t...
Don’t Screw Up the Gift | What Your Present Really Says
Dec 18, 2025In this holiday episode, Bexx and Noie return with champagne, laughter, and honest takes on gifting culture. With a mix of humor and heart, they explore why gifts can feel so wildly misinterpreted depending on the intention behind them. From designer bags to last-minute grabs, their conversation leans into the emotional subtext of gift-giving and how it reflects back on the gift-giver.
Bexx and Noie talk through love languages, experiences versus material gifts, and the difference between gifts given with care versus guilt. They share personal stories that remind listeners why the best gifts often aren’t about pr...
Dreading the Holiday Season? Listen to This Episode
Dec 16, 2025The holidays are supposed to be magical, but for many women, they’re also exhausting, triggering, and overwhelming. In this episode of Unpacked & Unfiltered, best friends Bexx and Noie sit down in the middle of the holiday chaos to talk honestly about the pressure, expectations, and emotional labor that so often lands on women’s shoulders this time of year. From financial stress and grief to overstimulation and unrealistic traditions, they unpack why the season can feel heavy even when it looks festive from the outside.
Through personal stories, unfiltered laughs, and hard-earned wisdom, Bexx and Noie explore how...
Resilience Through Change | Divorce, Death, Abuse & Rebuilding Identity
Dec 11, 2025In this deeply personal episode, Bexx and Noie sit down with their friend Heather Torres for a raw, unfiltered conversation about the moments that break us open and the unexpected ways we rebuild. From early marriages and religious pressure to marital abuse, addiction, sudden loss, and raising children through chaos, Heather shares how she survived some of the darkest chapters of her life. The three women reflect on what it means to lose yourself, rediscover who you are, and rebuild from a place of truth instead of fear.
This episode is a testament to humor, resilience, friendship, and...
The Truth About Girls Trips | Boundaries, Friendship, and Finding Your People
Dec 09, 2025Bexx and Noie go all-in on one of their favorite topics: girls trips—why women desperately need them, how they can transform friendships, and what actually happens when you escape real life with your closest women. From emotional burnout to everyday overwhelm, Bexx and Noie unpack why uninterrupted female connection heals in ways romantic relationships can’t. They talk hype culture, safety, boundaries, and what it looks like to show up for your women in real time.
The hosts dive into stories from their own trips, from chaotic nights out and unhinged table dancing to soul-cracking breakdowns, genuine frie...
When the Universe Speaks Back | Signs, Synchronicities & Moments That Change Everything
Dec 04, 2025In this deeply personal and unfiltered episode of Unpacked & Unfiltered, Bexx and Noie explore the mysterious, comforting, and often shocking ways the universe sends signs when you need them the most. From quiet nudges to undeniable cosmic billboards, they explore what it feels like to ask for guidance and then actually receive it. This conversation unpacks the difference between everyday synchronicities and the big, life-altering signs that reroute your path, heal old wounds, and remind you you’re not as alone as you think.
Noie opens up about the stories that shaped her spiritual awakening, including the rainbows th...
The Hype Queen | How Real Women Build Confidence and Celebrate Each Other
Dec 02, 2025Bexx and Noie sit down with their friend and ultimate hype woman, Caring, to unpack the origins of her magnetic confidence. Her “vibe check” superpower is a highlight in her social media posts, and the conversation highlights the life lessons that shaped her bold personality. Through stories of childhood challenges, awkward school transitions, and her mother’s relentless encouragement, Caring opens up about how she learned to embrace her quirks and become the woman she is today.
The conversation dives into authenticity, friendship, boundaries, and the beauty of women hyping each other up without jealousy or competition. Caring shares...
Life After Religion | Thoughts on Leaving Previous Faiths and Spiritual Healing
Nov 27, 2025Noie and Bexx open up a raw and intimate conversation about growing up in deeply religious communities and the long-term emotional and cultural impact of leaving those religions. Through candid storytelling and personal reflection, they explore everything from secret crushes and confessions to the complex rules, shame cycles, and rituals embedded in their childhoods.
This discussion highlights the unique perspectives of both hosts—Noie, raised in the FLDS by six mothers and one father as one of more than 30 children, and Bexx, raised in the LDS church, navigating her own spiritual evolution. Together, they examine the parallels and dif...
Are Boyfriends Embarrassing? | Thoughts on Dating and Self-Worth
Nov 25, 2025Dating in your 30s, 40s, and beyond can feel like a rollercoaster of intuition, red flags, shadow work, and the occasional “oh god, did I really text him that?” In this honest, unfiltered conversation, Bexx and Noie dig deep into the Vogue article, “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” The conversation starts with addressing questions from the article and giving their insights from experiences from their own dating life. The two talk about the positive and negative things they have learned from past relationships and how they have changed because of them. They talk about the judgments women face—both from other...
Duration: 01:03:57Welcome to Unpacked & Unfiltered
Nov 20, 2025When life has handed you more than your fair share of grief, loss, and plot twists, it can feel impossible to believe you’ll ever feel light again. In this intro to Unpacked & Unfiltered, Bexx and Noie pull back the curtain on why they started this podcast and what they hope it becomes for the women who find it. They talk about being drawn to each other not because life was neat and tidy, but because they recognized that rare combination of depth, darkness, and a very real, very stubborn light that refuses to go out.
Instead of pr...
The Power of Change | Being “Too Much,” Judged, and Starting Anyway
Nov 20, 2025In this vulnerable and fiercely honest episode, Bexx and Noie unpack what it truly means to start over—and why the fear of judgment often hits harder than the change itself. From divorce and loss to rediscovering identity and freedom, they talk about the courage it takes to rebuild your life on your own terms. The conversation weaves through grief, guilt, joy, and rediscovery, asking what happens when you stop trying to meet everyone else’s expectations and start listening to yourself instead.
This episode dives into how women are natural shapeshifters, constantly evolving and reinventing, yet often held...