Get the Magic Back: Fall in Love with Life & the Goal Pursuit
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
Release Date: 12/02/2025
Why Success Can Feel Unsafe (Even When It’s Everything You Wanted)
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
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...
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The Doors Theory: If It Didn’t Work Out, Listen to This
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
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...
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Your Full Potential Called...& Feels Misunderstood.
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
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: ), 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...
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You Have No Idea How Good It’s About to Get (Future Faith Boost)
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
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...
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Self-Optimization Became Self-Abandonment (Brutally Honest Realizations)
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
Your girl is in one of the most transformative seasons of her life - including my Saturn return gettin' started, a complete identity unraveling (back to 'factory settings' and who I really am), and (yay happy news!!)- getting engaged. And in the midst of it allll since last Fall, I realized something I never saw coming: I had become so good at optimizing my life/success that I accidentally optimized myself out of my true 100% genuine self expression & joy. In this deeply personal episode, I'm sharing the surprising subconscious patterns that shaped my ambition, how/why my body started...
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Audacity: The Timeline Shift You’ve Been Waiting For
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
In this episode, we’re getting back to a BIG conversation....big moves! Big AUDACIOUS moves! Like, stepping into a version of you who doesn't wait to feel ready, doesn't ask for permission, & doesn't overthink if it will work… you just MOOOVE. And that's how things start moving with you. When I really look back at my life, every major shift came from that type of audacity. NOT from certainty. NOT from having it all figured out before I dove in. Just from going and being brave. I had so much fun recording this episode and reminiscing. This episode is really about that shift -...
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Heart Coherence: The (He)art & Science of Changing Your Reality ft. Dr. Deborah Rozman
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
What if I told you that the key to feeling calm, clear, intuitive… and even magnetic was all in your HEART? In this episode of Big Conversations, I sit down with Dr. Deborah Rozman, behavioral psychologist, author, and CEO of HeartMath Institute, which is a pioneering research organization studying the connection between the heart, brain, and nervous system. We dive into the science behind heart coherence, which is a measurable state where your heart rhythms can shift from chaotic and jagged into smooth, flowing patterns. This directly impacts your emotional state, intuition, health,...
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"God, I'm Available": A Conversation on Creativity with Sarah Levy
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
In this episode, I’m joined by my dear friend Sarah Levy - you might remember her from when she came on the podcast back in 2022! She’s the author of Drinking Games, a fellow Brown alumna, and now we’re co-hosting a Cape Cod retreat together (May 29th–31st at the Ocean Edge Resort… which we talk about and are very excited about, obviously). We recorded this one in person, and it turned into the kind of conversation that just lingers in the best way. I walked away from it feeling so inspired and honestly a little more like myself again on the songwriting & creativity front —...
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What If Your Breakthrough Is One More Try Away?
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
In last week’s episode, I talked about something I call the hope wound: that quiet erosion of belief that happens after you’ve tried for something again and again without seeing the result you wanted. And when that wound happens, effort starts to feel pointless. Trying starts to feel exhausting. In this episode, I’m going deeper into that conversation and exploring the relationship between hope and effort. Because the truth is, we don’t quit their dreams because we're lazy! We tend to quit because we start to believe our effort won’t matter... because we've tried so much for so long....
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The Hope Wound: Why you Quietly Stopped Believing (& how to come back)
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
This episode is for the version of you who’s still “trying”… but secretly feels tired of hoping. I’m sharing what I didn’t realize I was doing this Fall: slowly shrinking my vision, losing my fire, and calling it “being realistic" / WORSE, not even realizing how much I was slipping. I discuss how the hope wound forms, why it creates stagnation (in your energy, your habits, and your creativity), and what actually restores hope in a way that feels peaceful instead of desperate. By the end, you’ll have a reframe that calms your nervous system, a way to detach without giving up,...
info_outlineWhere did the magic go? In this deep-dive episode, I share tangible suggestions and ideas to totally fall back in love with your life and the pursuit of your dreams and goals - as well as a roadmap to help you understand where/why you may have fallen out of it. MAGIC BOOST!
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DECEMBER DREAMAWAY: GET THE MAGIC BACK
90 Minute Session: GET THE MAGIC BACK (Inner Child Reunion) | Saturday, 12.13 1:30-3pm ET
Somewhere along the way, the things that once lit us up started to feel like boxes to check.
We traded wonder for “strategy,” imagination for optimization. But your inner child never went anywhere… they’ve just been waiting for you to loosen your grip and let them play again. Let’s get back into the FUN of it all. How would your life feel if you let your inner child take the driver’s seat of the magic carpet ride? Can you let more play, ease, and FLOW in? Think: tapping under fairy-light energy, laughter-through-tears, deep exhale, “I forgot how good this feels.” By the end, you’ll feel the shift head to toe and in the energy all around you….the same way a child does when they finally convince the adults to stop cleaning and join the giggles in the pillow fort. ;)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 7:30-8:30pm ET
Money Date: Enchanted Receiving Frequency (It’s All Possible)
Remember when you were a kid, and you wanted something REALLY big? Or, maybe even something that ‘doesn’t exist’ (for me, it was a ‘ring you could point at anything and it would instantly materialize something!…ya, that was in my note to Santa!)
Over time, we were taught to be realistic about what we ask for in life. To water down our fantastical wishes. Poise to give, and try to forget about receiving. But we CAN reclaim the enchanted miracle energy of childhood wish granting!
This money date is all about RECEIVING in the most magical way, believing 1) we are worth it and 2) magical, magical things can happen in 2026 and beyond.
Visualization: Eyes of Wonder. In this visualization, borrow the eyes of your inner child as you review your life. Your inner child holds so much vast wisdom for you. They can see your blind spots, what you’ve taken for granted, and where you can PLAY even more. This visualization will guide you back into the magic of make believe, seeing the world as your sandbox again. Expect deeper clarity and the ability to see more possibilities! (Sunday, 12.21, as part of the Sunday Slumber Party)
90 MINUTE REPLAY: Blissed Out | Saturday, December 6th 11:30am-1pm
SUNDAY SLUMBER PARTIES
Sunday, December 7th: My Money Works for Me x Subconscious Spellwork
Sunday, December 14th: Holiday Spending x Inner Child Security
Sunday, December 21st: Spending Salve x Eyes of Wonder (NEW!) x Capricorn Season Intention Setting Ceremony
Sunday, December 28th: It’s Okay to Want Money x Cord Cutting
BONUS: 12 Days of Magic. 12.1-12.12
Every day, unlock a gift of magic: a little prompt that you can easily do that day to feel MORE magic and MORE connected to your inner child.
Tapping Minis theme: ENJOYMENT & BLISS, RELEASING BLAH/DREAD