When we hold on to things too tightly, we can't let in and receive what is meant for us.

Hey guys, you're listening to the Big Conversations podcast. I'm your host, Haley Hoffman Smith. I'm an

entrepreneur, a best-selling author, and a Forbes most influential speaker. You're in the right

place if you're ready to step into the bigger life that you were destined for, because we're

about to get real on how to do so. So let's get started with today's big conversation.

Hello, my sweet friends. Welcome back to big important conversations.

I'm very excited about today's conversation because it's a topic that I've honestly

been using as a muse for a lot of my recent content on Reels and TikTok.

And that is the concept of surrender and letting go, honey.

So much easier, sad than done. And I wanted to explain

why I feel like it's so important, how you let go, and what it can create the space for.

So I wanted to actually start with this quote that I read yesterday. It's from Brianna Weist.

She is the author of the book The Mountain is You. And I was actually just trying to find a

quote by her for my newsletter because I love her stuff and I just kind of felt like I felt called

to Google some of her quotes. And this one really, really spoke to me. Okay. It says,

holding on will not make something come back. In my experience, it actually pushes it farther away.

You cannot go back and undo what's done, my friends. You can only move forward. And if your deepest

compulsions and instincts tell you that you're meant to be with that person or doing that thing,

you should let go and move forth and see how life takes you there.

Clearly, things aren't going according to your desired plan already, so why not throw caution

to the wind and see where you end up? Ow, ow! My favorite part of that quote is definitely the

part where it says, if your deepest compulsions and instincts tell you that you're meant to be

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