Manifestation Advice That Actually Makes Sense (Backed By Science, Not Just Vibes...)

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

Dear Media and Big Little Feelings

Big Little Feelings, After Bedtime, Deena Margolin, After Bedtime With Big Little Feelings, Kids & Family, Parenting, 105161, Kristin Gallant

4.7 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Try Activations for 2 Weeks Free: activations.com/feelings. If you’ve been running on fumes (hi, us too), this episode will hit home. Kristin and Mimi Bouchard get real about burnout, identity loss, and how to rebuild your energy without needing a solo vacation to Bali. It’s about finding little moments that refill your cup, even when tiny humans keep draining it. But this isn’t just self-care fluff. We’re breaking down the science of manifestation—how your thoughts, habits, and nervous system literally shape your reality.

You’ll learn how to retrain your brain to attract what you want (without toxic positivity), reconnect with your intuition, and take grounded action that actually moves your life forward. Relatable, funny, and surprisingly motivating, the pep talk your tired soul didn’t know it needed.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:05.5	Besties, welcome to another episode of After Bedtime.
0:09.1	Today's episode is selfish. It's for me.
0:12.8	I recently became obsessed with this very random app that's called Activations.
0:20.3	Okay, don't close out yet. This is a true story. I have been
0:24.5	a fan of manifesting really only since the beginning of big little feelings. The very first time
0:33.8	I ever manifested because I thought it was total bullshit. I'll be very honest. I found some
0:39.0	random thing on Instagram and I tried it for a few minutes and I went in the bath up and I lit a candle
0:44.9	and I did the instructions exactly as this little Instagram thing told me to do. And that was the first time I ever
0:52.2	manifested, 2019, New Year's Eve.
0:55.9	And by three months from then, we had launched Big Little Feelings.
1:00.5	I didn't even have a name for it when we were manifesting.
1:03.4	Dean and I hadn't even gotten together and had an idea yet.
1:06.2	But by three months, we had launched it.
1:08.3	Six months, we had almost a million followers, started my own
1:12.0	business, husband could leave his job. Like, this shit worked. And it wasn't just that I manifested
1:18.7	that one time. I was really committed to trying to manifest every two or so weeks, if I'm being
1:26.4	very honest, in that beginning period. Now, let me just say
1:29.8	research actually does back manifesting. For whatever reason, it's not just this mystical thing.
1:37.3	What manifesting really is is tapping into the feeling of what you want in your future. Okay. And it's not that woo and it's not that
1:49.7	crazy. And I am such a fan of it that when I found this app, Activations, I knew I needed to find
1:56.9	whoever made it. And no surprise here, it was a woman. Her name is Mimi Bouchard. And she founded
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