Manifestation Advice That Actually Makes Sense (Backed By Science, Not Just Vibes...)

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28:29This is really what sets Nuna apart and why we have stuck with them for 10 years. The other part that I love about it is that it's honestly just made for parents with real life. We don't have time to wrestle with buckles and buttons and instruction manuals. Everything that they have is easy. Their car seats click with one hand. Their strollers fold down with a single motion. Their travel systems, they're just intuitive. I fight for my life with a stroller. I'm going to tell you that. The amount of times I have been in a zoo parking lot swearing, okay, while people probably maybe recognize me because this is kind of embarrassing, but if I go to a zoo, I'm like Lady Gaga at that zoo, okay?

29:11I go to a normal place. I am not recognized. I am a normal person. I am just this lady on the internet doing a parenting thing, You know what I mean? I walk into a zoo, never been recognized more in my life. So here I am at the zoo trying to get a stroller to go down, to put it into the back of the car. The baby is screaming. They need a nap. No, no, no. This is why I will never go with anything but Nuna, because Nuna is the only one that even I, who doesn't understand how to make any gear work, Even I can do it, okay? So is Nuna worth it? Absolutely. It's gear that's easy to use, built to last, obsessively safe, and crafted with premium materials that respect your child's well-being and the world around them.

29:57Whether you're prepping for your first baby or upgrading for your third, Nuna is one of those rare brands that delivers on every promise. And in the world of parenting, that's priceless. Visit NunaBaby.com to learn more or visit your local Nordstrom to test out the gear. I think a lot of us, especially, especially busy moms, it's not that we have given up because that's what I think society thinks is like, oh, we just gave up and now we're just we're busy. We're just we're really busy. But I also know that what you said is true, where I became an entrepreneur early on in my motherhood journey.

30:38Actually, funny story. I manifested big little Feelings, our company, I manifested it on New Year's Eve before three months before we launched. And I had a candle. I didn't know how to manifest. I just like did it. I put on cinematic music. And then I just wrote down everything that I would have or that I would create or that I would help and then how it would make me feel if I got it. And that was crazy. That was crazy to think and crazy to do. And in no way did I ever think it was going to work. But I, you know, I pretended like it was going to work. I think that motherhood and mothers are natural entrepreneurs.

31:20I think that everyone listening right now, if they wanted to do something, there is no one more equipped than somebody who can get shit done, get it done in 10 seconds or less, do it amazingly. The amount of executive functioning and task switching and cutting through the bullshit and all of the noise. If you're listening right now and you're thinking you want to open a bakery or a therapy practice or go back to school or I know you can do it. And I think a lot of us don't even know where to start or we haven't even really were like, wait a minute, where do I want to be in two years? I don't know.

31:59Where do I want to be in three years? So what do you recommend for somebody who is feeling like, I know I want more. I feel a little bit stuck right now. Maybe I'm not, you know, suffering. I'm just kind of like, I'm just kind of stuck. I'm just apathetic. Where do they start to even kind of unpack or start to visualize what they may want? They might not even know what they want yet. Yeah. So I have a very simple two-step process and it really just condenses all of this work because personal development, achievement, success, transformation, it sounds so complicated, but really when you dial it down, it comes down to just these two steps.

32:41The first step is clarity. You must first get crystal clear on the woman you want to be, on your future self. And guess what? This future self, that's the most authentic you. That's the real you, the deep down you, who you already are. So it's actually more about unbecoming what you're not, you know? So the first step is clarity because you need to know where you're going before starting whatever action you want to take. You know, you need direction. So the first step is clarity and how to get clarity. I personally think that journaling is an incredible tool for that. I know sometimes it's time consuming, but it really just takes like an hour one morning or one afternoon on a Sunday to just sit down and brain dump on paper.

33:28Who do I want to be? Who is my favorite self, my future self, my best self? Who is she? And what does she have? And how does it feel to be her? Okay. So this is a very important one. How does it feel in your body to be your future self. That is the key. You can't just think it. You need to feel it because you need to get very familiar with this vibration, this feeling, this frequency inside of you. Right. And once you get crystal clear on who your future self is, your best self, your favorite self, however you want to call it, once you get that clarity, the next step is becoming. You must then be her now in everyday moments, whatever way that you know how, whether that is just putting away your phone in the morning and waking up a little bit earlier to have that 10 minute morning coffee outside while you're thinking about how beautiful life is, whether that is listening to a podcast or an activation or music that makes you feel a really great way, whether that is, you know, doing that cooking class you've always wanted to do or carving out time in your schedule to do something for you, being her now becoming in this moment, stop waiting to have what you want to be, who you want to be.

34:48It doesn't work that way. You know, why hate yourself to a life you love? It doesn't work that way. The best way that actually expedites you getting there is by being her now. Those three words, be her now, those words really changed my life. And whenever I feel off, I remember Mimi, it's simple. Stop overcomplicating it. Stop overthinking it. Just be her now. Something bad happened or that person pissed you off, whatever it is, just be her now. How would your future self act in this moment? How would your future self hold herself when you're in line for school pickup and you just have five minutes to spare?

35:27Would she be scrolling mindlessly on her phone or would she be feeling her body, feeling positive, feeling abundant, thinking good thoughts, thinking beautiful, confident thoughts about herself, being in a good mood? What decisions would she make? How would she treat herself? How would she treat her body? How would she speak to her children? How would she act? How would she live? How does it feel being her? Okay. So that is then the key because what happens when you get familiar with being her now is that you will notice that you begin to make the right choices with way more ease. It actually makes everything a lot easier because when you have the self image of someone who is happy and successful and balanced and healthy, then you naturally start to do those things that that person does.

36:19I've noticed this in my own life. I used to have, you know, a lot of negative thoughts around body image and food. And I always thought to myself, huh? Like, I wish I could have a healthy relationship with food while living in a body that I enjoy being in. Right. So, um, and then I had to condition myself. Okay. I intuitively eat. I have no restrictions, but I also feel really good and how I, you know, and I did that over a few years and now it's like a crazy transformation. So, and that that's in every area of your life. You can do that in physical, financial, mental, you know, spiritual, any social, any of the areas of your life, you can, you can transform, you can change, you can start enjoying deeply.

37:01Because you become that person. If you slowly, slowly be the future you, you will then become future you if you practice it enough. It becomes easy. Like it's not, I don't, I was never very consistent, you know? So back in the day, let's just keep using like health and fitness as an example. Back in the day, I would not move my body and I did not want to eat the healthy option. I was just like, why would I want that? You know, it doesn't feel, but, but I, I actually got to a point where I would prefer to do that now because it's just who I am. If you identify as the type of person that treats themselves in a certain way, you will feel weird if you do not do that thing that you quote, feel like you should do.

37:49Right. So it's all about your identity and this work kind of like, it's like the shortcut to getting there. and it creates actually, it creates these new neural pathways in your brain. When you start thinking these thoughts and flooding your brain with this new information, these new thoughts and beliefs, it's actually crazy. You know how cool our brains are. I like to use this analogy, all of our thoughts and the way that we think and our negative beliefs and all that in our brains, it's like this, you're walking down a paved road. Okay. You've walked this road before. It's very familiar. It's easy to walk down this road.

38:25And when you begin to transform, you actually, it's kind of uncomfortable at first, but then it gets kind of easy very quickly because you start taking this bunny trail, you know, just off to the side of the paved road, there's a forest, let's say, and then there's a little bunny trail. And then you're, you're going to take it once. It's going to be kind of uncomfortable and, you know, bend down when the branches come. But then very soon, if you keep choosing that bunny trail, it becomes its own trail, its own paved road at one point. And then if you keep taking that, that new road, then that old paved road, it will have cobwebs and, you know, trees have been grown there.

39:01You don't want to take that road anymore. It's easier now to take the new road. So it's really just, it's not as complicated and it's not as difficult actually, as most of us think. It's in those small daily moments where big change can happen. hmm I went to do you know about the Hoffman retreat it reminds me of something from the Hoffman retreat oh no I've never heard of it okay yeah I I went on a retreat it was phenomenal it has nothing to do with this it's not activation by any means it's more of like a healing your childhood um okay I have this phrase and it's be do have and that is because most people do it backwards where they say, I want to have a mansion.

39:45I want to be happy. I want to have a perfect relationship. I want kids who I feel connected to. I want a boat. I want a, you know, I want a safe house. I want this. I want that. I want this. And if I just do, do, do, do, do. So if I hit my whole to do list, if I do this, if I do that, if I do that, then I'll be happy. Then I'll be successful. Then I'll be at ease. Then I'll be at peace. And the whole concept is to switch it backwards. So first, be. So be happy. Be at ease. Be confident. Be whatever it is. Then you will have, I think it's the new have or you know what it is. Then you'll do the things necessary.

40:31I love this, by the way. I'm going to use this. yeah you should they said we can because they're all about like spreading the word and whatnot yeah you know so yeah so then you naturally when you are a person who is at ease and who is confident and who is passionate and who is all these things you naturally then do the things because you just you want to it's just natural for you to do all of the things and once you do the things then you get the mansion you get the relationship you have the family that you've always wanted so do it backwards be that person. It totally reminds me exactly what you're thinking of.

41:02That concept blew my mind for me, blew my mind because I am so guilty of doing the opposite. And it feels so hard. We're all just like hitting our heads against the wall, waiting to be happy until I get all of these things in the future. When it like and we're just stuck on this treadmill. So it's like, okay, do, do, do, do, do, do, because then I'll be happy. No, you're so spot on. It's crazy. I think the biggest motivation for success focused women like us, and this is from personal experience, the biggest motivation is knowing that if we just feel the feelings now, we actually get there faster.

41:44So just that fact alone, I think is the most motivational for us to feel the feelings now. and of course when you then start feeling the feelings and you're just in bliss but it is true that we punish ourselves because we think that we need to punish ourselves to get to where we want to be but it doesn't actually work that way the way it works is that we be her now you know and naturally we become a magnet to that future life that we desire and then in the process us. We're enjoying our one life, right? Why waste your one shot at life feeling crappy and down and shameful and guilty? Like that is not how I want to live my life.

42:29So, you know, just reminding ourselves as well. I think of our, our mortality. I know it's a little grim, but that really helped me. I think back in the day, remembering that life is quite short, you know, and we don't, tomorrow is not promised. And sometimes we need to remember that to really kick us into gear and to make us remember, you know what? I'm just going to start now. I'm going to start enjoying my life now. I'm going to start respecting myself enough right now to do what I know I want to do in my life. I'm going to start carving out these little moments. I'm going to stop distracting myself and numbing every opportunity I can.

43:06I want to start loving life again. I want to get that spark back, you know? And the beautiful thing is that it actually doesn't need to take a long time for you to get that spark back. So anyone listening that feels like they've lost their spark or that feels like they're kind of in this process of rediscovering themselves, just know that it actually can happen quite quickly. You know, just a week of like doing a few things that you really have been putting off and maybe deleting social media for the week, getting clear, maybe waking you up a little earlier and trying something that makes you feel good, you know, stretching or listening to an activation while you're getting ready or writing in a journal, whatever it is, like that kind of thing can really shift you quickly.

43:53And what do you think gets in the way? Like what I mean, my my instinct or my gut is, is it fear? Is it not enoughness? Like I feel a lot of people, myself included, are just like this could never happen for me or I could never work. Like they could never even, you know, imagine dreaming of the only reason I manifested or dreamed of the company I own now is because my best friend is my business partner and she is brilliant and she is a therapist and she is beautiful. And I was like, well, she can definitely do this. So I should I should say yes to this because now but I would have never, ever thought I could do this.

44:31It would have never happened. Is that correct? Like, what do you think holds most people back from starting or from believing, you know, the things that they want could happen and could come true. It's old negative thought patterns. That's it. And it is a self-image and a personality that you've just taken on that isn't actually you that is holding you back because our self-image, our personality, our confidence, our self-belief, that is all malleable. That is all something that you can learn. It is not something you're just born with. And I think we get into these patterns that are comfortable and it's sometimes a little difficult to change because it's like just getting out of our comfort zone, but you'll find a moment where you get a little bit of a reality check, whether it's listening to a certain podcast or hearing something or seeing something online that just sparks something inside of you in that moment.

45:26If you just take a little bit of action, you're going to start to take that bunny trail that we spoke about. So, So, you know, it doesn't have to be this. I'm mentioning this again because I used to think transformation happened on this big day and it would just happen all at once. It actually doesn't happen that way. It happens in these small kind of compounding moments. And then it can happen very quickly when you just kind of lean in. Right. So we doubt ourselves because of these negative thought patterns. We tell ourselves, oh, this can't happen to us. Why not? There's someone that started off in a way worse place than you that got to where you want to be.

45:59So why not you? That's crazy to think that it wouldn't be you. And also those beliefs of you being a victim and it can't happening to you because poor you, those beliefs are literally holding you back. Why do you want to subscribe to those? You got to change those beliefs and reprogram your mind by listening to things that make you feel different or writing in your journal, like repeating things that make you feel because repetition is everything. When you start to consume new content or do a new practice in repetition, that's actually a real good way to reprogram your brain. New neurons will start firing and wiring together when you start doing something new over and over again, right?

46:40So it's a belief thing. It's a self-image thing, and it is so changeable. It is so changeable.

46:50Besties, I know not all of you are like me, but holla if you feel me when I say I feel super uncomfortable in a room with strangers and there is no more uncomfortable of a room than a workout studio. I'm just saying, I'm saying it. That's why I prefer to work out at home and that's why I am a huge fan of Peloton. Me and Kristen, fun fact, got our first Peloton bike about 10 years ago and we absolutely love it. It's still here in our garage putting on miles. Well, I guess we're putting on the miles on the bike. We're both putting on miles. There's miles to be had. That's why I was so excited when I heard that Peloton is shaping the future of fitness with their brand new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus powered by Peloton IQ.

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48:10That way I don't have to guess if If I'm hitting my lats or my delts or my tris or all of it, I don't even know. I don't even know what those muscles are, but I know I'm probably doing it wrong. So that's why I'm so stoked to have this extra feature now so I can train safer, lift smarter, and make every rep count. Let yourself run, lift, sculpt, push, and go. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus at OnePeloton.com. Besties, I know this may be hard to believe, but I am not in my 20s anymore. Don't let my youthful charisma fool you, but I am actually in my late 30s. Being in my late 30s, I find that my batteries drain quicker throughout the day, and that's what's reminded me, oh, foolish, foolish, Tyler, you are not in your 20s.

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50:18It's a pain in my knee. I've had it for about a month and it's pretty uncomfortable. In fact, it hurts right now while I'm talking. And I'm actually going to see my doctor next week to get it checked out. But one of the things that I'm wondering is if it's rheumatoid arthritis. I'm getting older and these are one of the things that happens. What I literally just found out today though is that rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease. Who knew? Not me because I would have been a very bad doctor. Anyways, I've talked to you about function health before and there are tests for over 100 biomarkers from hormones to toxins, markers of heart health, inflammation, and stress and they actually have testing for various autoimmune disorders as well.

51:00One of those is the rheumatoid factor. And lo and behold, I'm going to be checking that out because I like to have as much data about my body as possible. With Function Health, you can also get access to MRI and chest CT scans for an additional fee, and they're all tracked in one secure place over time. It's in your 360 degree view to better see what's happening in your body. That's why top health leaders like Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Dr. Jeremy London are all behind Function Health. Autoimmune issues are often missed until symptoms become severe. And I know I don't want to have to wait that long to take action.

51:36Function gives you access to these advanced tests so you can detect imbalances early, protect your energy, and support long-term health. Learn more and join using our link. Function is a near 360 degree view to see what's happening in your body. And our first 1 ,000 listeners get$100 credit toward their membership. Visit functionhealth.com slash feelings or use gift code feelings100 at sign up to own your health. It almost feels like the best way to start, by the way, if you're feeling really intimidated, it's like first, maybe even just rewrite your own negative beliefs. Because I mean, it's just the instinctual response, like the backpack going through security, where it's like starting to notice good things, starting to say the words out loud.

52:21I forgot who said this. Is it Louise? I don't know. Some manifesting person that was like, just say everything is going my way. Just say that. Just say that throughout the day. Anytime something is you've got a parking spot, you're like, oh, things go my way. Like just start, you know, the I am worthy, you know, reframing that. I only have a few more minutes with you, which I'm very sad about. But then I'm just going to go hear your voice anyways on your app. But I also want to say and I'm curious if you've heard any stories with your with their people. I'm wondering what a profound impact this work must have on the next generation, because our talk, we always talk about a big little feelings that the way we talk to our children comes their inner voice.

53:07And most of us would actually never say the things we say to ourselves, to our children. We're very intentional, which is amazing. We're usually like, you can do anything. You are amazing. You are worthy. Nothing you could ever do could make me love you less. We want them to be resilient in frustrating situations. We teach our children to notice when good things happen. But what's hard is that then our children hear us in real life. And sometimes those don't match what we're teaching our children. And so how amazing would it be for our children to hear us say out loud, things are going my way today when you're sitting in traffic for our kids to say, wow, you know, whatever it is, what a profound gift for our children, because it's not just our voice that becomes their inner voice in talking to them.

53:56It's also us talking to ourselves. So if we're beating ourselves up, you know, God, I forgot the lunchbox again. I'm so stupid. And they hear that that becomes their inner voice. right? Yeah. So have you heard anything from the moms where they've slowly also been changing how they talk about life and themselves out loud and it has an impact on their kids? 100%. I've had so many stories every day. We get so many amazing user testimonials from, from our users. And so many moms say that they use activations in front of their kids, but I'm going to give you an example from actually one of my staff members.

54:39She is a mom to three young kids, and I love hearing how she uses activations. She was actually a user before I ever hired her and she's brilliant. So, um, she would often listen to them while she was breastfeeding and kind of when they were really young, but now that her kids are older, she loves to play these positive, more affirmation activations. Cause we have so many different types. We have some that are just affirmations and then others that are more guided, but but she loves to play like the calming, positive affirmations track while her kids are eating and getting ready for school. And she tells me that it impacts all of their energy.

55:15And she says it truly just sets the tone for their day. She also does the same before bed. She'll like put a calming or peaceful activation on over Bluetooth. And she also said that it helped so much and sort of subconsciously calming her kids and staying connected to herself. in a busy stage of life, you know, her health, her habits, her magnetism. She really feels like this is like, she's a super user. And I love that she works on the team because she's obviously so aligned. It's definitely something that she has noticed. And she'll always send like a little message in our Slack with like her kids listening to it.

55:54And, and, uh, she says it's really shifted like the entire household, actually, she'll just play it on to the speakers. And, and even if you're not listening to the words, it gets into your subconscious. It acts like a subliminal. It's really incredible. And then she's, we've had actually, I don't know if it was her or someone else that wrote in, but one of the moms that I spoke to said that her kids have just like started saying things that they'll hear in the, in the activation. Like there was one kid that I think it was something like in the car, what the activation wasn't even playing, but you know, it had played previously in previous days.

56:26And the kid was like, I feel really positive and magnetic today. Like I'm going to have a great day. And like, you know, it helps with their confidence, like playing it in the background. So it's helping you and your babes, you know? So I just think it's really sweet. So yes, like a hundred percent, you know, I I'm definitely thinking when I enter that stage of life, like how can we even create more content like for kids? So that's kind of in the projection of the next couple of years, but really now like the app, has, you know, no profanity or anything in it. So you can definitely play any of it in front of kids and it's inspiring and positive.

57:00I love that. That's amazing. I'm actually going to do that, especially the affirmation ones. That's a great idea. Those are just easy, you know, and there's more music. It's just affirmations, the music affirmation. So those are just easier to listen to. They're less like the intense guided, you know, walking activations. Those are a bit more like let's have a transformation happen. You know, we have so many different types, like there are over 700 activations in the app. So there's, there's literally something for every moment. Absolutely. Well, Mimi, thank you. I could talk to you all day. I really appreciate this conversation.

57:32I feel inspired. I'm going to go wind down and listen to your voice and, and bring myself back to life right now. That's what I'm going to do truly for the next seven minutes. I love that Kristen. You're, you're on fire. You are magnetic. And I just, I love how into this work you are. I feel like you're radiant. So I love it. Oh, well, I am sure this is not the last time we'll talk, by the way, because I would love to keep talking to you. Yeah, I would love that, too.

57:58Wow. I am walking away from this episode feeling like I can do this. I feel like I can do anything and I don't always feel that way. But Mimi just made me feel that way. And also, I swear their app, whenever I listen to it, which now at this point I do try to listen every day, some of them are only two minutes, some are like 20 minutes and I'll do it before bedtime. I feel like I just need to be reminded that I can do this. I feel so, I'll be very honest, bogged down by the day-to-day tasks. Like I really do have a pretty bad habit of just getting swept up in the to-do list and all the things that I'm not doing and all the things that I still have to do and just really these minute details.

58:50And I don't really anymore zoom out for this bigger picture. Like, what do I want? Where do I want to go? What do I want to feel like every day? And I'm feeling really inspired. I hope you're walking away feeling inspired too. I hope that you'll try activations, especially because you have a discount. This is not just me saying it. I really do do it now every day. And I'm kind of getting back into that mindset, which is so nice of feeling like I'm prioritizing myself a little bit and I'm walking towards, you know, exactly where I want to be, which is nice rather than kind of just being in survival mode every day.

59:35All right, besties. Don't forget just for us. There is a limited time offer, a massive discount activations.com slash feelings. Okay. If you want to try it and I don't know what I'm going to do. I guess I'm going to literally go and listen to one right now because I'm feeling like amped up. I'm feeling buzzed. I'm feeling energized. I'm ready to rock besties. All right, besties. Love you. I'll see you next week, babes.

1:00:31Thank you.