How to Like Your Life
How to Like Your Life is a brain training podcast for mindset transformation, hosted by brain training specialist and hypnosis practitioner Emilie Leyes. Each episode provides step-by-step tools in brain training and self hypnosis to rewire your brain to like more of your life. Topics include cultivating joy and gratitude, navigating stress, adopting habits, boosting motivation, and building a positive mindset. Listeners leave with practical tools to empower themselves and feel better each day.
Episodes
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.Try Doddle Hypnosis App Free for 7 Days (and check out
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. Try Doddle Hypnosis App Free for 7 Day
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 hypnotiz
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
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 resi
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
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 exa
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.Get instant access to the HOW TO LIKE YOUR LIFE brain tra
Guided Hypnosis Session (Joyful Energy Reset)
How To Like Your Life PodcastBONUS: 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.Try Doddle Hypnosis App Free for 7 Days (and check out the hypnosis session specifically
What is Hypnosis? (myths, FAQs, what it is, what it isn't, how to use it)
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 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
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 Ca
*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.Try Doddle Hypnosis App Free for 7 Days (and check
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
How to Navigate Failure (what to do when things *don't go your way*)
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 21: How to Navigate FailureLife 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 h
How to Become Your Future Self (Future Self Journaling)
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 20: How to Become Your Future SelfYour 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 take
How to Have a Fresh Start (and "The October Theory" Explained)
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 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 every
How to Like Your Body
How To Like Your Life PodcastEp. 18 - How to Navigate AngerWhen 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.Try Doddle Hypnosis App
How to Navigate Anger
How To Like Your Life PodcastEp. 17 - How to Navigate AngerAnger 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
How to Overcome Perfectionism
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 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
How to Increase Your Access to Happiness in Your Life
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 15: How to Increase Your Access to Happiness in Your LifeWhen 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
The Science of "Manifestation"- How to Train Your Brain to Get Closer to Your Goals
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 14: The Science of "Manifestation"- How to Train Your Brain to Get Closer to Your GoalsThis 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
How to Rewire Your Brain to Boost Your Creativity
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 13: How to Boost Your Creativity and Problem Solving AbilitiesIn 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
How to Prepare for Something You’re Worried About
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 12- How to Prepare for Something You’re Worried AboutLiking 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
How to Have More Energy in the Mornings
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 11- How to Have More Energy in the MorningsSo 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.Try Doddle Hypnosis App Free
How to Get Out of a Funk
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 10 - How to Get Out of a FunkNo 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.Try Doddle Hypnosis App Free for 7 Days (and c
How to Train Your Brain to Increase Your Physical Strength and Energy
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 9 - How to Train Your Brain to Build Physical Strength and EnergyPart 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
How to Love Yourself
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 8 - How to Love Yourself and Feel Worthy of Meeting Your NeedsIn 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 br
How to Be More Mindful (and Why Mindfulness is Important)
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 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:
How to Identify Your Goals
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 6 - How to Figure Out Your Goals and Identify What You Want in LifeIn 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 t
How to Create Habits That Will Help You Reach Your Goals (Habits Part 2 of 2)
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 5 - How to Create Habits That Will Help You Reach Your GoalsThis 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 over
How to Break "Bad" Habits and Adopt More Supportive Ones (Habits Part 1 of 2)
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 4 - How to Break "Bad" Habits and Adopt More Supportive OnesIn 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 rep
How to Navigate Overwhelm
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 3 - When Things Feel Like They’re Just Too Much: How to Navigate OverwhelmIn 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 m
Get Your Hopes Up: How to Feel More Optimistic
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 2 - Get Your Hopes Up: How to Feel More OptimisticIn 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 mea
Bonus: Emilie’s Story (How I Learned to Like My Life)
How to Like Your Life PodcastBonus 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 mu
Things Are Going My Way: How to Enjoy More of Your Life
How To Like Your Life PodcastEpisode 1 - Things Are Going My Way: How to Enjoy More of Your LifeIn 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 fi
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, navigat
