What if the secret to changing your entire life is to start becoming your future self… before anything in your outer world changes? 👀✨ In this episode, I'm joined by the incredible Mimi Bouchard @mimibouchard, founder of Activations, for one of the most inspiring conversations about visualization, self-image, magnetism, and stepping into the version of you who already has everything you desire. Mimi shares her story of going from broke, unhappy, and living paycheck to paycheck to creating a life that once felt completely out of reach. And the way she began changing things is SO fascinating: she started recording her own guided visualizations, pairing them with cinematic music, and practicing the feeling of being her future self during the most ordinary moments of her day.

We get into alllll of it—from how to embody the energy of the person you want to become, to why your *bounce-back rate* might matter more than perfect consistency, to what it actually looks like to make abundance, confidence, love, and success feel NORMAL to you.

One of my favorite takeaways from this conversation is that you don't have to wait for the money, the relationship, the opportunity, or the external proof to begin experiencing the feelings you've been associating with that future. What if you could start practicing that identity TODAY? While you're making coffee, going on a walk, getting ready in the morning, or simply living your life? Because maybe becoming your future self isn't about waiting for some magical day when everything finally clicks into place. Maybe it's about learning how to BE HER NOW. 🥹✨

I'm also especially excited to share this conversation because I've personally been using Mimi's Activations app for years (I've done over 150 activations!!), and it's become one of my favorite ways to get excited about my future and reconnect with that feeling of possibility. SPECIAL GIFT FOR BIG CONVERSATIONS LISTENERS! 🎁 Mimi is generously offering you *2 weeks FREE* of Activations, followed by a special discounted offer!

💗 Try Activations: https://activations.com/conversations

Put on your headphones, press play, and get ready to meet your future self. She's closer than you think. ✨

What if your life could look completely different three months from now? Like… genuinely. 👀✨ I don't mean because you made a giant list of goals, felt wildly motivated for four days, and then quietly forgot about all of them lol (easy to dooo). I mean actually creating enough momentum in one area of your life that you can look back 90 days from now and KNOW something shifted. In this episode, I'm walking you through exactly what I do when I'm ready to lock in and make things MOVE - from choosing the one thing you're going all-in on, to setting yourself up to stay consistent when the initial motivation wears off, to working with the subconscious patterns that can quietly pull you back into what's familiar. Because sometimes you consciously want something SO badly…and then somehow find yourself falling off, procrastinating, getting discouraged, or snapping right back into old patterns. We're getting into alllll of that. (WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/HUVJw-GBuzE)

But this also isn't an episode about grinding your way into a new life. We're talking about the ENERGY of these 90 days too: getting yourself into what I call the "miracle frequency," putting things on your calendar that make you genuinely excited to be alive, tracking the tiny wins you might normally overlook, letting yourself get better as you go, and leaving some room for the HOW to completely surprise you. 🥹

P.S. If you want to go deeper into the subconscious piece with me, you can try Dreamaway free for 7 days! I specifically talk about the Boomerang Stabilizer session in this episode, which is SO juicy if you've ever wondered why you can be doing amazing, gaining momentum, feeling consistent…and then suddenly find yourself snapping back into an old pattern.

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Sessions mentioned in this episode — find them inside Dreamaway:

• Boomerang Stabilizer: https://dreamawaymembership.com/programs/boomerang-stabilizer

• Consistency: https://dreamawaymembership.com/programs/consistency

🧘‍♀️ I Already Am — Morning Meditation (the one I mention in this episode): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJysLaNRp8E

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1. The More You Chase Results, The More You Lose Yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOpceYfkVOs

2. The Self-Image Rebrand: Feel Different About Yourself ASAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Bp7TqI9W8 3

. Become Your Future Self ✨ | I Already A.M. Morning Meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJysLaNRp8E

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What if I told you that the fastest way to lose the magic in something you love is to start needing it to give you something back? In my official favorite episode I have recorded to date (Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GOpceYfkVOs), we're talking about the difference between being fully in the LIVED experience of going for your dreams vs. constantly measuring whether they're working. Is it growing? Is anyone noticing? Am I getting the validation? Am I there yet?

I'm sharing some very emotional stories from my own relationship with music, creativity, and success - including real talk about the season when something I loved became consumed by striving and optimization, and what it took to find my way back to creating from joy, fulfillment, and truth. Because somewhere along the way, we can accidentally abandon the experience of our own lives while waiting for the outside world to tell us we've arrived. If no one else in the world ever validates this… can this still be enough for me? Maybe you don't need to try harder. Maybe you need to come home to you. You have the magic, after all! 💗

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What if the way you experience your life has less to do with what's happening around you…and everything to do with the version of YOU who is interpreting it?

In this episode, we're doing a full-blown self-image rebrand!! My intention is that you actually start feeling different about yourself TODAY after listening. We're talking about the assumptions you hold about who you are, what you believe other people think of you, the old experiences that may have quietly shaped your identity, and why you can sometimes have incredible evidence right in front of you…and still struggle to actually receive it.

DREAMAWAY SESSIONS MENTIONED…

Self Image Reconstruction: https://dreamawaymembership.com/programs/higher-self-self-image-reconstruction-2c4394

I Am Certain - Self Image Certainty: https://dreamawaymembership.com/programs/higher-self-i-am-certain-self-image-certainty-67c4e5

I'm sharing one of my favorite (and honestly WILD) stories from my own self-image work as a singer-songwriter, when I was convinced nobody cared about a song I had written......only to discover that the evidence I desperately wanted was quite literally sitting somewhere I "hadn't seen it." That experience completely changed the way I think about internal validation, assumptions, and the evidence our current self-image allows us to notice.

Then we're getting PRACTICAL. I'll walk you through creating new internal dialogue, giving yourself the evidence within first, making your own Future Self visualization, practicing the identity of the person you want to become, and going full Nancy Drew mode to start collecting evidence for your new story. You don't have to wait for the outside world to give you permission to feel confident, talented, magnetic, successful, worthy, iconic, or like the person you've always wanted to be.

Give yourself the evidence first. Then start noticing what changes.

HYPNOSIS NIGHTTIME EPISODE MENTIONED: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-your-future-self-reprogram-your-reality-bedtime-hack/id1494643478?i=1000715320496

Watch this ep as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/s0Bp7TqI9W8

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My book: youhavethemagic.com

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What if you've spent years dreaming about more success, visibility, abundance, and expansion… only to finally start getting it and realize that part of you is a little bit terrified because of that whole BELONGING THING? 👀✨

In this episode, we're exploring one of the sneakiest subconscious fears around thriving: the fear of what success might cost us in our relationships and sense of belonging. We're talking about why you might find yourself shrinking your wins, downplaying your excitement, worrying about outgrowing people you love, or even unconsciously holding yourself back because some part of you has learned that being successful = being less relatable, less supported, or more alone.

I'm sharing some very real stories from my own "come up" era (including friendship dynamics I absolutely did NOT see coming 😂), why "lonely at the top" does not have to become your story, and the practices that helped me completely change my relationship with thriving - so that success, visibility, love, support, and belonging could all exist in the same reality. Because they CAN.

You are allowed to thrive.... and to be wildly, deeply loved & celebrated as you do.

Watch this ep as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CjzrLi3u9bQ

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90 MIN SESH - Safe to Thrive: Beyond the Gray | Saturday, September 26th 1-2:30pm ET

Back in 2022, I hosted a widely beloved Slingshot session called Going Beyond the Gray, all about the fears that can arise when we leave what Robin Sharma calls "the cult of mediocrity" and allow ourselves to become more successful, visible, and fulfilled. Because thriving can bring up surprisingly deep questions around belonging: What happens when we begin to thrive in areas where people we love are struggling?

Especially when we have big hearts, it can feel selfish or inconsiderate to fully inhabit our joy when someone else is going through a difficult season. We may shrink, downplay our achievements, or leave our own thriving energy in order to remain relatable. We may also FEAR thriving in the first place because of this. In this potent 90-minute session, we'll clear fears around standing out, being judged, outgrowing others, and what people might think or feel as you step into thriving. You don't have to choose between belonging and becoming everything you're meant to be.

MONEY DATE - Next Wealth Normal: Beyond the Financial Gray | Tuesday, September 15th 7-8pm ET

In the theme of feeling safe to thrive, we have to talk about what happens when our subconscious considers skyrocketing to a whole new level of income….and what we believe it might mean to start making significantly more money than the people around us. Because our subconscious minds are hardwired for belonging, we can accidentally adopt the financial ceilings of our families, friends, or communities simply because exceeding them can feel unfamiliar, isolating, or even unsafe. In this Money Date, we're going beyond the financial gray: exploring the invisible upper limits you may have inherited, releasing fears around what others might think or expect of you as you become wealthier, and beginning to make a whole new level of wealth feel normal, safe, and available to you.

My book: youhavethemagic.com

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What if the thing that didn't work out wasn't proof that your dreams aren't happening for you….just proof that you simply couldn't see the whole picture yet? In this episode, I'm sharing what I call The Doors Theory: a perspective that has completely changed the way I process rejection, disappointment, closed doors, and those painfully specific things I was sure had to work out. We're talking about healing the "hope wound," releasing our attachment to exactly how and when our desires arrive, rebuilding trust after disappointment, and remembering that we never actually know what's waiting behind the door that didn't open. Maybe the vision wasn't wrong. Maybe the "casting" was. This is your invitation to hope again, surrender the specifics, and trust that what is truly meant for you can arrive in a way even better than the one you imagined. 🌟

Watch video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jRC_WFOIF6E

Dreamaway Hope Wound Session: https://dreamawaymembership.com/programs/higher-self-the-hope-wound-844ebd Dreamaway The Best is Yet to Come Session: https://dreamawaymembership.com/programs/best-is-yet-to-come

Try Dreamaway's Aligned Tier free for 7 days: www.dreamawaymembership.com

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What if your "full potential" isn't the perfectly optimized version of you who wakes up at 5am, never misses a workout, checks every box, and somehow does it all… but the version of you who feels the most *alive*?

In my FIRST VIDEO episode (!!!) (see on YT here: https://youtu.be/kLj515XsV-8), I'm rethinking everything we've been taught about reaching our potential....and exploring the difference between optimizing your life and actually, deeply meeting it/yourself. We're talking creative flow, alignment, discipline vs. self-connection, the seasons where your potential might look completely different than you expected, and why the moments you feel most expressed, connected, and like *yourself* may be the moments you're already living it. Your full potential called… and would really like to clear some things up!

Try Dreamaway's Aligned Tier free for 7 days: www.dreamawaymembership.com

@haleyhoffmansmith on Instagram & TikTok

My book, You Have the Magic: https://haleyhoffmansmith.com/book

What if the season you're worried about right now is one you'll someday look back on and think, little did I know? In this faith-boosting episode, I dive into why our brains project the past onto the future, how fear fills in the blanks of what we can't yet see, and the beautiful possibility that things are already lining up in ways we could never predict. Through incredible full-circle stories from my own life, I'm intending to help you loosen your grip on the "how," trust the unknown, and remember: you have no idea how much good could be ahead.

This episode is inspired by August 2026 in Dreamaway and the session I hosted on Saturday called "The Best is Yet to Come: Releasing Fear of the Future." We're now in DREAMAWAY 2.0! You can purchase this session one-off (OR of course join the Higher Self tier and access it that way) - https://dreamawaymembership.com/programs/best-is-yet-to-come

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My new YouTube vlog with the reveal for this podcast's UPLEVELLL (Coming majorly soon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsVO-E4ZsV4