The Hope Wound: Why you Quietly Stopped Believing (& how to come back)
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
Release Date: 03/03/2026
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
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info_outlineThis 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, and a few concrete steps to start moving again....even if you’ve been stuck for months.
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90 MIN SESSION: THE HOPE WOUND: Clearing Disappointment & Abandonment | Saturday, March 21st, 1-2:30pm ET
There’s a specific kind of heartbreak that doesn’t just hurt… it changes how you hope. When you’ve experienced abandonment, betrayal, rejection, or long seasons of disappointment, your nervous system quietly learns:
“Don’t get too excited.”
“Don’t expect too much.”
“Protect yourself from believing or opening your heart again.”
That’s the Hope Wound. It’s the place where your heart still wants something deeply… but your body braces for loss.
In this 90-minute deep-dive, we’ll gently uncover how abandonment experiences (loss of a dream, abandonment by another, a core rejection) have reshaped your relationship to hope. We’ll dissolve the pattern of dimming your desire to avoid pain and rewire the subconscious belief that expecting good things makes you naive or unsafe. This session is about becoming brave enough to believe again. Because hope deferred makes a heart sick - and it’s safe to get our hopes up and believe the best of the future again.
MONEY DATE: Divine Trust Fund | Tuesday, March 10th, 7:00pm ET
Imagine: what if you’re totally, spiritually funded? And will ALWAYS be okay financially forever?
This money date tends to the fear that your money might ‘run out,’ or that you won’t always be provided for. Because any prophecy of doom or gloom is NOT from the Divine. When we clear this learned fear from the root, we step into true peace and optimism about our financial stories and what’s coming next.
This is full hope restoration for our finances.
Visualization: Timeline Restitching | in Sunday Slumber Party March 22nd
A guided journey back to the moment disappointment changed how you hope and caused a fracture in your timeline. You’ll revisit a past memory where your heart braced, infuse it with divine presence and new meaning, and gently rewire the belief that it defined your future by restitching divine truth into the situation.