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Haley Hoffman Smith, manifestation teacher + EFT tapping practitioner, joins us to talk about mindset, personal growth, and the courage to pursue the dreams that won’t leave you alone. She shares how she stopped playing it safe + became the woman she knew she could be.

From music to money, identity, and faith, Haley breaks down the beliefs that can keep us stuck—and how EFT tapping, subconscious rewiring, and the law of assumption helped her change what she believed was possible.

She also gets real about surrendering control, trusting God’s timing, and letting go of the need to know exactly how your dreams will happen. If you’ve been afraid to hope for something again, this episode is a powerful reminder that your next chapter might require you to believe differently before you can live differently.

We also talk about:

How Haley found her way back to music after years of suppressing that dream

Why rejection can create subconscious beliefs that follow us for years

How EFT tapping can help change your relationship to painful memories

The power of “mind movies” for creating new emotional evidence

Why manifestation is less about forcing an outcome + more about embodying a new identity

Haley’s journey from motivational speaker to creator, musician, and spiritual teacher

What it means to trust God when the opportunity you want doesn’t work out

Why she believes it’s safe to hope again after disappointment

The spiritual practices she returns to, including EFT tapping, prayer, and reading the Bible

Letting yourself evolve instead of feeling like you need to have all the answers

Resources:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haleyhoffmansmith/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@haleyhoffmansmith

Website: https://haleyhoffmansmith.com/

Order her book + journal: https://haleyhoffmansmith.com/book/

Join Dreamaway: https://haleyhoffmansmith.com/dreamaway/

Listen to her podcast Big Conversations: https://haleyhoffmansmith.com/podcast/

Listen to her music: https://haleyhoffmansmithmusic.com/

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Seven weeks postpartum, Lindsey is back with a deeply honest look at going from one child to two—and the emotional well-being, self-awareness, and personal growth that have come with becoming a mom all over again. She shares what no one prepared her for about this transition.

From physical recovery and breastfeeding to overwhelm, guilt, identity shifts, and learning to ask for help, Lindsey gets real about what this season has demanded of her. She also opens up about stepping away from Instagram to protect her intuition and make space for her own inner knowing.

Then there’s motherhood the second time around: watching Mav become a big brother, becoming a daughter-mom, and realizing how much her choices now shape the woman her daughter will grow into. It’s messy, beautiful, challenging, and a powerful lesson in letting go of perfection.

We also talk about:

What Lindsey’s birth experience was like + the subtle signs she noticed beforehand

How postpartum recovery compared to her first experience

The support, nourishment, rest, and childcare that have helped her recover

Why going from one child to two has felt unexpectedly emotional

The guilt + self-judgment that can come with splitting your attention between children

Rebuilding mindfulness, movement, and a sense of self in early motherhood

Why Lindsey deleted Instagram + how it helped her trust her intuition as a mom

Mav’s adjustment to becoming a big brother + making intentional one-on-one time with him

What becoming a mother to a daughter is bringing up around self-worth, boundaries, body image, and how she moves through the world

The identity shifts that can happen when your family, body, and priorities change all at once

Resources:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseysimcik/

Substack: https://momplex.substack.com

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In this episode, Krista pulls back the curtain on her journey from self-improvement skeptic to life coach, sharing what coaching actually is, why she finally trusted herself enough to become one, and what she’s learned about helping women transform.

She gets radically honest about the shadow side of coaching, the difference between a coach, therapist, mentor, and consultant, and why doing your own personal growth work is essential before you try to guide someone else.

From finding your niche to setting boundaries, building self-worth, and knowing when you’re actually ready to coach, Krista answers the questions so many aspiring coaches are afraid to ask—including how to make coaching feel authentic instead of cringey.

We also talk about:

How therapy helped Krista become more open to coaching

The coach who changed Krista + Lindsey’s relationship with themselves + each other

What finally made Krista feel ready to become a coach

The difference between coaching, therapy, consulting, and mentorship

Why your own healing work is part of becoming a great coach

How Krista protects her energy, nervous system, and boundaries while coaching

What countertransference looks like + why coaches need to watch for it

How to know who you are actually meant to serve

Why shy, sensitive, or introverted people can make incredible coaches

Krista’s advice for getting trained, finding clients, building confidence, and charging what your work is worth

Resources:

Instagram: @itskrista

Website: https://itskrista.com/

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In this episode, Regena Thomashauer, bestselling author + founder of The School of Womanly Arts, joins us for a bold conversation about pleasure, the nervous system, self-worth, and feminine power. She shares why reconnecting with your body can change the way you move through your entire life.

Regena opens up about her own trauma, the moment she realized success couldn’t heal what was happening underneath, and how pleasure became an unexpected path back to herself. She also shares what it means to trust your desire, even when life hasn’t unfolded on the timeline you imagined.

This episode is a reminder that you are not here just to achieve, caretake, and hold everything together. We explore what becomes possible when you let yourself feel more, receive more, and reconnect with the part of you that knows you’re meant to be fully alive.

We also talk about:

Why women are taught to disconnect from their bodies + pleasure

How shame around the female body can disconnect us from confidence + intuition

Why Regena believes pleasure can help regulate the nervous system

The difference between sexuality + erotic aliveness

What happened when Regena realized her identity had become completely wrapped up in helping other people

Her “on our knees” moment + the decision to finally turn inward

How grief, fear, and desire can coexist during periods of deep uncertainty

Using movement to help emotions move through the body

The stories of Lilith, Psyche, Demeter, and Persephone + what they can teach us about feminine power

Why women don’t have to shrink themselves to be loved or accepted

Resources:

Website: https://mamagenas.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamagena

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mamagena

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In this episode, author, activist, and speaker Dr. Najwa Zebian joins us for a deeply honest conversation about relationships, healing, self-worth, and boundaries—especially what happens when a relationship slowly disconnects you from yourself.

We explore why leaving a toxic relationship can feel so impossible, how manipulation can erode your ability to trust your own decisions, and why the first step toward healing may be much smaller than you think.

From rebuilding your identity to learning what healthy attachment actually looks like, this episode is about becoming your own source of clarity again. We get into communication, self-awareness, autonomy, reciprocity, and the difference between being deeply connected to someone + losing yourself inside them.

We also talk about:

Why “just leave” can be the worst advice for someone in a toxic relationship

How toxic dynamics can take away your ability to trust your own decisions

Rebuilding your sense of self through small, everyday choices

Why staying in a painful relationship does not make the pain your fault

How to forgive yourself for staying longer than you wanted to

The difference between taking responsibility for your healing + blaming yourself

What healthy relationships actually require: transparency, communication, alignment, and reciprocity

How to be securely attached to someone while still remaining fully yourself

Why you do not need an apology, closure, or validation from the person who hurt you

Najwa’s new book, The One Who Broke You Can’t Heal You

Resources:

Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722356/the-one-who-broke-you-cant-heal-you-by-najwa-zebian/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/najwazebian/

Website: https://najwazebian.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NajwaZebian

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