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What if you didn’t have to choose between ambition and softness? Between motherhood and creative identity? In this rich and honest conversation, mindset coach and former Rockette Sam Harvey shares what it took to walk away from a picture-perfect marriage, grieve the life she thought she wanted, and begin again—on her own terms. We talk about the hidden layers of reinvention, the courage it takes to follow your truth before it makes sense, and the chosen grief that often precedes expansion.

Now pregnant, newly relocated, and building a completely new chapter from the ground up, Sam reflects on community, motherhood, and what it means to hold vision in the face of uncertainty. This episode is a powerful reminder that honoring your desire might just be the most radical thing you ever do.

Topics:

• Redefining motherhood and creative identity
• Pregnancy, visibility, and reinvention
• Community and emotional scaffolding
• Leaving old timelines behind
• Building a life from vision, not fear
• Being seen while still in process
• The courage to choose something different
• Joy, softness, and aligned ambition

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What if the Universe isn’t punishing you—it just wants to spoil you? In this vibrant, high-frequency conversation, manifestation coach and quantum embodiment guide Christine Michelle Hayes shares the bold, joy-filled practices that transformed her relationship with money, time, and possibility. She shares her signature “Aligned Soul” process for collapsing timelines, embodying your future self, and attracting abundance from a place of love—not lack. From shimmying your way into overflow to singing your affirmations out loud, Christine reminds us that playfulness is power—and life wants to blow your mind, if you let it.

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Topics:

• Manifestation without pressure
• Energetic alignment and play
• Money stories and financial expansion
• The “Aligned Soul” method
• Collapsing timelines through joy
• Shifting out of hustle
• Affirmations as song + somatic anchoring
• Radical self-permission and creativity

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We’re back!

In this intimate season opener, Jess and Melissa reunite to reflect on what the past twelve months demanded of them—personally, professionally, and spiritually. What began as a short break after Season 1 turned into a deep reckoning: with ambition, burnout, the myth of “readiness,” and the humbling reality of what it takes to live your dream.

Melissa shares the unfiltered journey of launching The Nova, a soul-centered community for women, and the hard-earned lessons of leadership that no business book prepares you for. Jess opens up about surrender, stillness, and the surprising love story that arrived on the other side of letting go.

Together, they reflect on the growth that comes through challenge, the illusion of being “ready,” and how being a “bummer dreamer” (yes, that’s a thing) can still lead to magic—and how everything aligned with your truth eventually finds its way to you.

This episode is a raw and hopeful reminder that even when it looks like things are falling apart, life may be quietly rearranging itself in your favor.

Topics:

• Burnout and rebuilding
• Starting (and restarting) a soul business
• The myth of “readiness”
• Surrender and the creative void
• Falling in love later in life
• Trusting uncertain timing
• Nervous system capacity and growth
• Life not going as planned—and still unfolding beautifully

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If you loved today’s episode, please leave a review and share your favorite takeaways by screenshotting this episode and tagging us on Instagram! We also have a free monthly community call on the first Wednesday of every month, join here!

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