Audacity: The Timeline Shift You’ve Been Waiting For
Big Conversations with Haley Hoffman Smith
Release Date: 05/05/2026
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_outlineIn 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 - choosing the version of you who just goes for it, even while fear is still very much present. Because spoiler: fear doesn’t go away. You just stop letting it be in charge!!
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90 MIN SESH: AUDACITY. SATURDAY, MAY 23RD 11AM-12:30PM ET.
MEOW!!! This session is a full reset around how boldly you show up to your life and those BIG DREAMS. We’re clearing the hesitation, self-doubt, overthinking, and that subtle feeling of “am I allowed to do this?” at the root. Because it’s NOT a lack of ambition - you know what you want!!!… it’s a lack of permission & full throttle confidence to do the bold, WOW thing. We’ll install a new baseline where boldness feels natural, action feels exciting, and going after what you want feels like a given…like, shut your laptop, and you’re off to the races! Time to send that cold email, promote yourself boldly, make the ask, share the thing, and put yourself fully in the running. 💋✨
VISUALIZATION: DIVINE PERMISSION SLIP | AIRING SUNDAY, MAY 10TH IN SUNDAY SLUMBER PARTY
We have 100fold the confidence when we know we aren’t pursuing our big dreams alone. This faith deepening visualization allows us to receive permission from God/Universe/Source FIRST…knowing our steps forward are blessed.
MONEY DATE: WHEN I ASK, IT’S GIVEN. | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH 7-8PM ET
This money date is your permission slip to ask for what you actually want financially! We’re clearing the hesitation around saying the price, making the ask, going for the raise, and releasing that quiet “what if they say no?” X “this might be too much…..” energy at the ROOT. Through tapping, we install a new baseline where asking feels clean, direct, and honestly kind of fun!!…. because you’re certain of your worth and ready to make a big number that lights you up. Expect to leave this session feeling bold, certain, and very “I’ll take THAT, actually.” ✨ This is the Big Bold Sister of the ‘You are Worth it’ 2024 Money Date.