475: How Playing "Make Believe" Made Me Unrecognizable
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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What if I told you that the key to becoming the woman you're meant to be has nothing to do with discipline, willpower, or even strategy?
The secret to a new self-image is actually something you already know how to do… a little game you've already mastered as a child.
I'm talking about playing "make believe." This one practice (when done with intention) can make you absolutely unrecognizable in the best possible way. Every transformation I've experienced in my life, from building a multimillion-dollar business to living my dreams, started with this practice.
I promise you: This is the most practical, powerful tool you can use to transform your life.
Here's what we cover:
• Why "playing make-believe" is one of the most powerful tools for reinvention
• How acting as your future self rewires your brain and shapes your identity
• Real-life examples of becoming unrecognizable through intentional identity practice
• Why becoming the next version of you requires bold imagination, courage, and play
• How to stay committed when others doubt, judge, or misunderstand your evolution
• How living from your future (not your past) turns vision into reality and magic into results
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| 0:00.0 | What if I told you that the key to becoming the woman you're meant to be has nothing to do with discipline or willpower or even strategy? |
| 0:08.5 | What if the secret is something that you already know how to do? |
| 0:11.4 | Something you were probably an expert at when you were just five years old. |
| 0:15.1 | I'm talking about playing make believe. |
| 0:17.5 | And I'm going to show you how this one practice, when done with intention, |
| 0:21.1 | can absolutely make you unrecognizable in the best possible way. |
| 0:26.3 | Welcome to the School of Self Image, where our motto is simple. |
| 0:30.4 | Elevate your self-image, elevate your life. I'm Tanya Lee, your hostess, and I'll guide you |
| 0:35.5 | to become the woman who doesn't just dream bigger. |
| 0:38.2 | She lives bigger. |
| 0:39.6 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:42.7 | Happy New Year, my friends, I am so thrilled that you're here, because we are kicking off this year |
| 0:48.6 | with something that I truly believe can change everything. |
| 0:52.2 | Today, we are talking about how playing make believe made me |
| 0:55.7 | unrecognizable. And before you think I've completely lost it, I promise you this is one of the |
| 1:01.2 | most practical and powerful tools that you can use to transform your life. Here's what I want |
| 1:07.5 | you to think about. When you were a little kid, you knew exactly how to |
| 1:12.4 | become someone new. You didn't need permission, you didn't need proof, you just put on a tutu, |
| 1:18.3 | and you were a ballerina. You grabbed a stethoscope and you were a doctor. You wrapped a towel |
| 1:24.3 | around your shoulders and suddenly you were a superhero. You didn't question it. |
| 1:28.8 | You didn't overthink it. You just played make-believe until that character became real. |
| 1:34.0 | And somewhere along the way, we were told to stop, to be realistic, to stop pretending. |
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