More In Mind (formerly How to Like Your Life)
More in Mind (formerly How to Like Your Life) is a podcast for ambitious creatives, performers, and visionaries who are ready to stop holding themselves back, and wire their brains to expand their capacity for more success, creativity, and alignment. Emilie Leyes—certified hypnotist, brain training specialist, founder of the Doddle Hypnosis App, and author of Hypnotize Yourself—helps you release inner resistance, increase confidence and motivation, step into visibility, navigate pressure effortlessly, and build a life and career of your dreams. Through science-backed conversations on modern hypnosis, neuroplasticity, nervous system regulation, and deep identity shifts, Emilie shows you how to re...
It's Time to Have The Audacity (Release Fear and Expand What's Possible)
It’s the season of AUDACITY.🔥
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In this episode, Emilie offers her own definition of audacity (rather than requiring more grit and discipline and pushing, audacity is a byproduct of rewiring the subconscious to trust that wild success is safe, and stepping into the identity of the kind of person who creates and attracts opportunities effortlessly). She walks you through the steps to reprogram your mind to make your audacity inevitable so you can boldly pursue your big ambitious goals.
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When You're Stuck Between the Old Life and the New Life (How to Navigate the Uncertainty)
One of the most uncomfortable places is to be is feeling like you've left your old life/identity, but you're still waiting to fully step into your new one. In this episode, Emilie chats about what's happening in the mind during this stage, and how you can support yourself as you sit with the unknown before things fall into place.
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How to Make ROOM for Your Big Dreams (How to Feel *Ready* for the Next Level)
So many of us subconsciously block our big dreams by avoiding taking the actions that would truly help us feel more ready for that next level. In this episode, Emilie walks you through a strategy to identify the ways in which you are holding yourself back, and shows you how to actually make ROOM for your big dreams in your life, your habits, and your mindset.
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Your Beliefs Are Hypnotizing You - It's Time You Learned to Hypnotize Yourself
What happens when your own beliefs, past experiences, and expectations hypnotize you to reinforce those beliefs again and again? Your mind is wired to reinforce what it already knows, and the way it's always done things.
In this episode, you'll learn why your own beliefs an stories you've told yourself have kept you feeling stuck all these years, and more importantly, how to hypnotize yourself to reshape the way that you see yourself, your reality, and what's possible.
This concept is the foundation (and a sneak peak of what to expect) for Emilie's new upcoming...
Why Perfectionism Is Actually a Fear of Being Seen (& How to Teach Your Brain That Visibility Is Safe)
This episode is all about procrastination's cousin - the "workin' on it" mode, how we get ourselves stuck in the trap of perfectionism, where we overcomplicate, overplan, and overwork on projects as a way to avoid visibility. We'll dive into how and why your subconscious avoids the spotlight, and more importantly, how to rewire your brain so that it can feel easier to show up, finally share the things you're working on, and feel SAFE being seen.
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Your Fear of Success Is Holding You Back (How to Expand Your Upper Limit)
Today's episode goes deep into the sneaky sneaky block that keeps us from achieving more: our fear of success. You'll learn why your brain protects you from a big life, why self-sabotage happens so naturally, how essential it is to start dreaming BIGGER, and, of course, how to reprogram your mind so that it feels easier to go after the big life you want for yourself (without so much resistance along the way).
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How to Fuel Your Ambition by Regulating Your Nervous System
The pod is back, and we're diving into an often overlooked but ESSENTIAL step to leveling up: regulating your nervous system. In this episode, Emilie delves into why nervous system regulation is essential for success and big goals, what happens when we're dysregulated, how to regulate in moments of stress, and how to hypnotize yourself to teach your nervous system that your big, exciting goals are SAFE.
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How to Be Consistent
This episode is a powerful deep dive into why it's SO hard to be consistent. We'll chat all-things subconscious resistance, self-sabotage, and - most importantly - strategies to get unstuck so that it can feel easy and effortless to stay consistent in the pursuit of your goals.
Click below to register for the upcoming hypnosis workshop, FALL INTO FLOW, which will guide you through the exact process I use with clients to reprogram subconscious blocks and take action easily and effortlessly. The workshop will be on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025 at 11am EST (a replay is available if you...
Why Liking Your Life Matters (& 6 Simple Ways to Start)
We're BAAAACK! This episode dives back into the basics: WHY it's important to like your life: how it improves your life-satisfaction, gets you closer to your goals, and also helps you navigate big scary things in the world. We'll also break down 6 super simple ways to start liking your life that take no extra time in your day.
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Guided Hypnosis Session (Joyful Energy Reset)
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BONUS: Guided Hypnosis Session (Joyful Energy Reset)
Enjoy a full length guided hypnosis session by Emilie Leyes to boost your access to joy and energy for the rest of the day!
NOTE: As this session is deeply relaxing, please do not listen to this recording while driving or standing.
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What is Hypnosis? (myths, FAQs, what it is, what it isn't, how to use it)
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Episode 25: What is Hypnosis? (dispelling myths, answering common questions, and understanding how to use it)
This episode is a deep dive into the tool that is talked about in nearly every episode - HYPNOSIS. This powerful tool gives you the ability to communicate directly with your subconscious mind to create rapid changes in your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In this episode, Emilie will cover:
What hypnosis isHow it worksFrequently asked questions (is it the same as meditation? Is it mind control? How does stage hypnosis work? Is it sleep...How to Cope (with Rage, Sadness, and Fear)
In this time in history, folks around the world are navigating rage, sadness, and fear. In this episode, Emilie walks you through the importance of these emotions, why we experience them, what functions they serve, and most importantly, science-backed tools to help you navigate these big hard feelings as they come.
Below you can find the article on anger that was referenced in the episode:
Anger Can Help: A Transactional Model and Three Pathways of the Experience and Expression of Anger
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*Walk off the Stress* (Guided Walking Hypnosis from the Doddle Hypnosis App)
In this episode, Emilie is thrilled to share one of her absolute favorite hypnosis sessions from the hypnosis app, Doddle! Walk off the Stress is a guided walking session designed to help you calm down and feel more grounded while you're on the move. So put on some sneakers, press play, and start to feel your mind and body relaxing instantly.
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How to Focus
A long-requested topic on this podcast, in this episode Emilie dives into practical strategies to help your brain focus. We live in a society that teaches our brains to default to distraction and buzzy thoughts, which makes it difficult to focus our attention onto the things that really matter to us. By the end of this episode, you’ll have some tangible techniques you can implement into your life that will help your brain focus more deeply into tasks for longer, and with less effort.
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How to Navigate Failure (what to do when things *don't go your way*)
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Episode 21: How to Navigate Failure
Life is messy, and nearly every day of our lives, it’s likely that something won’t go our way. In this episode, Emilie delves into the essential conversation of navigating failure - what to do when we face disappointment, frustration, and all the other big emotions that come along with not getting what we deeply desire. You’ll learn how to hold space for those emotions, while also reprogramming your mind to feel more confident when those inevitable moments come your way.
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How to Become Your Future Self (Future Self Journaling)
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Episode 20: How to Become Your Future Self
Your future self is the version of you who is living the life you’ve always wanted. The version of you who is confident, strong, certain, and the version of you who loves your life (and yourself). So many people say that they can’t wait for their circumstances to change because they’ll finally feel better, but this episode takes the opposite approach. In this episode, you’ll learn how to embody that version of you *now*, before you reach your biggest goals. Y...
How to Have a Fresh Start (and "The October Theory" Explained)
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Episode 19: How to Have a Fresh Start (and "The October Theory" - Explained)
We’re BAAACK! After many months away from this podcast, it’s time for a fresh start. This episode takes a deep dive into how to *start over*, how to do things differently, and how to get out of the rut that you’ve been stuck in. Emilie talks about the viral “October Theory” (why everyone feels like they get a fresh start in Octobers), and powerful strategies to set your brain up for transformation.
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How to Like Your Body
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Ep. 18 - How to Navigate Anger
When we’re faced with pain, illness, or physical insecurities, it can feel impossible to like or appreciate our bodies. In this episode, Emilie explores practical ways that you can repair your relationship with your body, offer yourself more compassion, and feel more at home with the body that you spend your life in.
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How to Navigate Anger
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Ep. 17 - How to Navigate Anger
Anger is an essential part of our human experience. However, when anger, irritability, and reactivity become chronic, that might be a sign of underlying nervous system dysregulation. In this episode, you’ll learn some strategies to navigate anger when it comes up, and calm the nervous system to reduce unnecessary stress and anger long-term.
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How to Overcome Perfectionism
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Episode 16: How to Overcome Perfectionism
It is so easy to get caught up in the pressure to be perfect. But guess what? *Perfection doesn’t exist.* In this episode, Emilie will walk you through practical tools to help you overcome perfectionism, embrace the beautiful messiness of being a human, and ultimately release the inner pressure to be the most perfect version of yourself so that you can enjoy more of the moments in your life.
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How to Increase Your Access to Happiness in Your Life
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Episode 15: How to Increase Your Access to Happiness in Your Life
When people hear the phrase “liking your life” they usually associate it with happiness. While liking our lives is so much more than that, this episode delves into six practical strategies that you can use to increase your access to happiness more often. Of course, all emotions are worth feeling, and all experiences are equally important. This episode talks about ways that you can open up your ability to feel more joy while still holding space for everything that life...
The Science of "Manifestation"- How to Train Your Brain to Get Closer to Your Goals
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Episode 14: The Science of "Manifestation"- How to Train Your Brain to Get Closer to Your Goals
This episode dives into “manifestation”, or the practice of using intention to bring your goals into your life. Emilie breaks down manifestation from a scientific perspective, and shares a step-by-step process that helps you retrain your brain to feel worthy of your goals, prime the brain to align you with what you want, and boost your motivation to get there. Whether or not you believe in the “woo woo” spiritual side of manifestation or not...
How to Rewire Your Brain to Boost Your Creativity
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Episode 13: How to Boost Your Creativity and Problem Solving Abilities
In this episode, Emilie delves into practical, easy, fun tools that you can use to increase your access to creativity. Just like any other skill, creativity is something that you can strengthen and build throughout your life, and it can be useful in your problem solving abilities, working toward your goals, and feeling more inspired in your life, whether or not you consider yourself a “creative”.
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How to Prepare for Something You’re Worried About
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Episode 12- How to Prepare for Something You’re Worried About
Liking our lives isn’t always about feeling joyful and wonderful all the time. Life brings hard moments, and with that, worry follows. In this episode, Emilie shares how you can utilize the power of mental rehearsal and visualization to feel more relaxed and prepared for future situations that are causing you worry or anxiety.
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How to Have More Energy in the Mornings
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Episode 11- How to Have More Energy in the Mornings
So many of us start the day feeling groggy and dreading our to-do lists. In this episode, Emilie walks you through tangible brain training and self care strategies that can help you rewire your brain so that you feel energized and optimistic from the moment you open your eyes in the morning.
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How to Get Out of a Funk
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Episode 10 - How to Get Out of a Funk
No matter how many tools we have, no matter how wonderful our mental health is, some days we just wake up in a *funk*. In this episode, Emilie shares five of her favorite practical approaches to self soothing and feeling better when you wake up in a bad mood, or just need a little boost.
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How to Train Your Brain to Increase Your Physical Strength and Energy
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Episode 9 - How to Train Your Brain to Build Physical Strength and Energy
Part of liking our lives involves feeling good in our bodies! So in this episode of How to Like Your Life, Emilie will break down some powerful self hypnosis and brain training tools that you can use to increase your energy and physical strength in your exercise routines. Whether you are going for leisurely walks, bodybuilding, or simply looking to increase your stamina throughout your day with smaller tasks, these practices will help you use the power...
How to Love Yourself
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Episode 8 - How to Love Yourself and Feel Worthy of Meeting Your Needs
In this episode of How To Like Your Life, you’ll learn practical first steps to self love: how to meet your needs (and really feel worthy of meeting them), how to start recognizing what it feels like to be loved, and how to implement small actions and make small choices that can start to train the brain to really trust that you are worthy of being loved. Loving and liking yourself is essential to liking more of...
How to Be More Mindful (and Why Mindfulness is Important)
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Episode 7 - How to Be More Mindful and Present in Your Life (and Why Mindfulness is Important)
In this episode of How To Like Your Life, Emilie unpacks the buzzy-yet-elusive topic of mindfulness: what it is, why it’s important, and how being more present in your life can help you actually like more moments of your life. You’ll learn how meditation actually works (hint: it’s not about silencing your thoughts), as well as some other powerful practices that can help you train your brain to become...
How to Identify Your Goals
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Episode 6 - How to Figure Out Your Goals and Identify What You Want in Life
In this episode of How to Like Your Life, Emilie walks you through strategies to identify and create goals for your future. Whether you have no clue what you want and are looking for guidance as a place to start, or if you want to dig deeper to reflect upon the goals you’ve already set to make them even more aligned with your priorities, this process will help you get in touch wi...
How to Create Habits That Will Help You Reach Your Goals (Habits Part 2 of 2)
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Episode 5 - How to Create Habits That Will Help You Reach Your Goals
This episode of How To Like Your Life is part 2 of a 2-part series on habits. In the previous episode, Emilie explored the keys to breaking unhelpful habits. In this episode, you’ll be guided through the process of creating supportive habits that will help you reach your goals. You’ll learn how to overcome resistance and create a sense of ease in your daily habits as you embrace the identity of your future self.
How to Break "Bad" Habits and Adopt More Supportive Ones (Habits Part 1 of 2)
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Episode 4 - How to Break "Bad" Habits and Adopt More Supportive Ones
In the episode of How To Like Your Life, you’ll learn how to break those unhelpful habits that you have in your life and replace them with supportive ones easily. This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the science of habits. You’ll learn why it’s so easy to keep “bad” habits around, how to reprogram your mind to finally get rid of them, and harness the power of self-hypnosis to teach your brain a new...
How to Navigate Overwhelm
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Episode 3 - When Things Feel Like They’re Just Too Much: How to Navigate Overwhelm
In the episode of How To Like Your Life, you’ll learn how to navigate big, scary, massive moments in your life that feel like they’re just too much (the good, and the bad). You’ll understand how you can harness your inner resources to navigate challenges, how to make big situations feel more manageable, and how to help yourself feel more okay and less stressed in each moment.
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Get Your Hopes Up: How to Feel More Optimistic
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Episode 2 - Get Your Hopes Up: How to Feel More Optimistic
In the episode of How To Like Your Life, Emilie explores the powerful (and sometimes controversial) topic of getting your hopes up for your future. You’ll understand why and how adopting a positive outlook can improve your wellbeing, increase your access to joy in your days, and combat pessimism, and what it means to use the possibility of a positive future to like more of your life today.
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Bonus: Emilie’s Story (How I Learned to Like My Life)
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Bonus Episode: Emilie’s Story (How I Learned to Like My Life)
In this bonus episode, Emilie shares her story about how she went from being a musical theatre performer to a brain training specialist and a hypnosis practitioner. She delves into her experiences with debilitating chronic illness, how she recovered using self hypnosis and brain training, and discovered so much more meaning in her life as a result of implementing these tools into her life.
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Things Are Going My Way: How to Enjoy More of Your Life
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Episode 1 - Things Are Going My Way: How to Enjoy More of Your Life
In the first episode of How To Like Your Life, Emilie delves into the powerful practice of taking in the good - retraining your brain to naturally enjoy positive moments in your life that normally pass you by. The episode explores what it means to like your life (and yourself) and delves into ways to find fulfillment in the present moment. You’ll learn why your brain naturally focuses on the negative experiences you ha...
Trailer: More In Mind (formerly How to Like Your Life)
More in Mind (formerly How to Like Your Life) is for ambitious creatives, performers, and visionaries who are ready to stop holding themselves back, and wire their brains to expand their capacity for more success, creativity, and alignment. Emilie Leyes—certified hypnotist, brain training specialist, and author of Hypnotize Yourself—helps you release inner resistance, step into visibility, navigate pressure effortlessly, and build a life and career of your dreams. Through science-backed conversations on modern hypnosis, neuroplasticity, nervous system regulation, and deep identity shifts, Emilie shows you how to remove subconscious resistance so you can take bold leaps forward and...
