850. You Need to Stop Trying So Hard: Why Forcing Is Blocking Your Flow

Almost 30

Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Education

4.5 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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What if the clarity you’ve been searching for isn’t in your mindset—but in your heart? In this conversation with Kimberly Snyder, we explore heart coherence, emotional regulation, intuition, and why so many high-achieving women are stuck in the “propelled heart” phase of constant doing. Kimberly shares the five stages of the heart + how stress, ambition, trauma, and ego keep us disconnected from our true power. We talk about nervous system rewiring, hormonal balance, and how dropping from the mind into the heart can change your relationships, health, and magnetism. From manifesting her husband in six weeks to building a wellness empire while raising two kids, Kimberly reveals how living from the heart creates ease, intuition, and alignment. If you’re tired of forcing, hustling, or overthinking your next move—this episode will feel like a reset. We also talk about: The five heart stages: dark heart, propelled heart, steady heart, devoted heart, and clear heart Heart coherence and its impact on cortisol, DHEA, hormones, and longevity Why “manifestation culture” often keeps women in the mind instead of the heart Healing grief + how tragedy can open your heart Ego vs. authenticity in relationships The difference between emotional reactivity + true heart connection Nervous system regulation through heart-focused breathing Intuition vs. overthinking How partnership accelerates spiritual growth Magnetism, energy fields, and how your heart affects others Redefining success beyond hustle + achievement Why ordinary moments can feel extraordinary when you’re embodied Resources: Website: mysolluna.com Book: The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts: Empower Your Thoughts, Balance Your Emotions, and Unlock Vibrant Health and Abundance Order our book, Almost 30: A Definitive Guide To A Life You Love For The Next Decade and Beyond, here: https://bit.ly/Almost30Book. Sponsors: Ka’Chava | Go to https://www.kachava.com and use code ALMOST30 for 15% off your next order. Ritual | Don’t settle for less than evidence-based support. My listeners get 25% off your first month at https://www.Ritual.com/ALMOST30. Hero Bread | Hero Bread is offering 10% off your order. Go to https://hero.co and use code ALMOST30 at checkout. Revolve | Shop at https://www.REVOLVE.com/ALMOST30 and use code ALMOST30 for 15% off your first order. #REVOLVEpartner BetterHelp | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/almost30 and get on your way to being your best self with 10% off your first month. Chime | It just takes a few minutes to sign up. Head to https://www.Chime.com/ALMOST30. Paleovalley | Head to https://www.paleovalley.com/almost30 for 15% off your order! Our Place | Visit https://www.fromourplace.com/ALMOST30 and use code ALMOST30 for 10% off sitewide. Fatty15 | Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to https://www.fatty15.com/ALMOST30 and use code ALMOST30 at checkout. Our Place | Visit https://www.fromourplace.com/ALMOST30 and use code ALMOST30 for 10% off sitewide. To advertise on this podcast please email: partnerships@almost30.com. Learn More: https://almost30.com/about https://almost30.com/morningmicrodose https://almost30.com/book Join our community: https://facebook.com/Almost30podcast/groups https://instagram.com/almost30podcast https://tiktok.com/@almost30podcast https://youtube.com/Almost30Podcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: almost30.com/disclaimer. Almost 30 is edited by Garett Symes and Isabella Vaccaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are now tuned into almost 30 podcast. Welcome to the show. We're glad you're here or grateful you're here. This is Lindsay Simpsic. This is Krista Williams.
0:22.9	And you're listening to a podcast and conversation I did with Kimberly Snyder, who is a New York
0:26.5	Times bestselling author on the Hidden Power of the Five Hearts. Empower your thoughts,
0:30.7	balance your emotions, and unlock vibrant health and abundance. This is a book that we talked about
0:35.1	a few months ago and where I think sometimes in our space
0:38.5	you can kind of overlook the heart because it almost feels like the heart can get in the way
0:43.1	or the heart isn't as strong or powerful as the mind or even as like our psychic centers or
0:48.1	our voice. The heart was something I wanted to explore more because I know the happiest
0:53.4	moments in my life and the moments
0:54.9	that felt like they had the most peace and coherence and even the most power I've had in my
1:01.4	life of manifestation of alignment has been when I'm in my heart. So I think demystifying the
1:06.4	heart space from a spiritual perspective, from a scientific's perspective, was a conversation that I really
1:12.2	wanted to have for myself and even for our audience. So I'm excited that we get to unpack it with her
1:17.1	today. Yeah, I would agree. There have been so many moments in my life where I truly know what it
1:24.1	feels like to be in my heart. And it's like, it's usually, it brings me to happy
1:29.9	tears. It's usually just like this, it almost reminds me of when when we first at ayahuasca.
1:36.2	And like I kind of experienced that feeling of just the like omnipresence of God, you know. And
1:43.0	it's, it's such a God moment for me when I like really feel in my
1:47.5	heart. And I think as I've gotten more aware of what that feels like, I also know what it feels
1:54.3	like not to be in my heart. So when it feels a little like rigid or closed, I get, yeah,
2:00.8	I get bumped. I know how to get there, but it's also like,
2:04.5	ah, what closed that? You know, just getting curious kind of about that mechanism of like
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