How To Reinvent Yourself & Overcome Limiting Beliefs | Mimi Bouchard

Alright, so this is my first in-person interview here with Mimi. Mimi, thank you so much for coming. How are you doing?

I'm good. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be doing this.

You've flown all the way from the Bahamas.

Yes.

I don't know if I'm supposed to reveal that.

Yeah, people know I live in the Bahamas.

Is Texas as beautiful as the Bahamas?

Uh, no. We're looking at the water right now and it's kind of mucky here, whereas in the Bahamas it's crystal clear and beautiful.

Yeah, we're looking at some— yeah, mucky is a good word. You know, a little green. It's the lake here in Austin. We're in Austin, Texas recording this. And I'm excited because you're someone who's really— you've reinvented yourself on multiple occasions and have grown and changed your career path. And you just launched an amazing new app. And I'm curious, so when it comes to reinventing yourself and growth and becoming Anyone that wants to grow, you can't be the same person. You have to continuously become a new person. And you went from— you're on a reality TV show, and then you started doing influencer stuff, and then you got into meditations. Now you have this app. How do you go about reinventing yourself? How do you get rid of the doubts and the connection to the person you were and grow into the person you're becoming?

Great question. And that's what this work is all about. I feel like I've gone through probably like 10 rebirths over the past 5 years. And it just comes with the constant evolution of wanting more and trying to find myself even more and not settling. One of my biggest fears is settling. And I think that's a big driver for me. It's feeling like I can just actually tap into my ultimate potential and knowing that I can, because the truth is you and I and every single other person listening right now can get everything that they want in their life and more. It just depends on how much they're trying or how, how much they're willing to do the work and to change and evolve and try new things and be open to failing. That's one of the biggest things I think as well. I've been very okay with failing in my life. I've tried many different things and with every situation it's just catapulted me forward. And even if I've had a monstrous fail, it teaches me, it teaches me something about myself and I always come out feeling more me. But yeah, no, I've been through definitely a lot of transformations and I think that comes with just my lifestyle and just always wanting more and seeking more in my life and trying to figure it all out. So, constantly seeking and evolving. But yeah, we met years ago, right? 3 years ago, I would say.

Yeah.

And yeah, you've seen me, I've seen you through change as well. We've both seen each other through a lot of change. We were at the Dr. Joe Dispenza week-long event together in January. And we definitely saw each other change a lot there too. Like, do you remember that day that I had that crazy meditation and you were like, what is wrong with you? But I couldn't speak for like 4 hours. Yeah, um, yeah, like just crazy. I don't know, I, I just— to answer your question in short, I just, I always feel like I want to test the boundaries and I want to see how me I can become because I know what my potential could be, just like how everyone has this huge potential inside of them. And I don't want to stop until I get there. And I know perfection does not exist, but I want to get as close to it as possible. Not the perfection you're thinking of, but perfection in the sense of, you know, me being the most authentic me, like the ultimate Mimi. And I know that exists. And I've had, you know, the more growth that I do, the more— the closer I get to it every single day. And when I stay consistent with the habits that I know make me thrive, I'm basically there. I just need to maintain that. So I think I'm at the point now where I'm kind of— I'm, I'm done with the rebirthing every couple months, and I'm more in this really great place. And I'm just trying to kind of refine it. But yeah.

Great. Yeah. So where do you think change begins? Is it in external part of your life? Does it start inside? And adding on to that, How do you get over feeling like you're not enough? You're throwing events and you're having hundreds of people show up and you're executing on them and you have that confidence. How do you feel like you're enough to do these things?

I'll tell you something that I do. And to be completely honest, I don't always feel that confident, but I always act as if, like I pretend in my mind that I am that person that does these things because naturally the person that does these things has the life that I want. So honestly, if I'm feeling really low or not good enough, I just act like I'm like pretend to be an actress. I'm like, you know what? I'm just going to do it because I'm acting as if. And then the more you act as if, the more you actually become that person. And over time you just suddenly wake up in the morning and that's who you are. So for years I acted as if. And I do get this thrill before doing something that pushes me out of my comfort zone, like the event that you were talking about. I planned that like 3 weeks before I did it, and I just did it, and it was super successful. And I actually did it, um, obviously because I wanted to do an event, but I also really wanted help funding my new app because I was doing it all by myself. And, um, so I was like, okay, you know what, instead of not doing the app because it's really expensive, I'm just going to do whatever I can to raise a bit of money and I made a good chunk from it and then I put that back into the business. I'm very resourceful. I'm good at figuring out ways to do things when people tell me no or when situations don't really align. I'm really good at being stubborn and getting what I want.

I'm sure after doing that a few times, it becomes the new norm. In the beginning, I'm sure there's more self-doubt. But when you're saying you're acting as if, does that start like, do you start to try to feel as if first through meditations or is it, how do you act as if?

I'll tell you the moment where I feel like I am just on top of the world, like I could do absolutely anything is right after meditation. And you know the meditations that I like to do. We've been to the Joe Dispenza seminar together and his are very powerful, but Mine I created because I didn't want something as spiritual and something a bit less long and intense every day just to kind of get me back into that state, prime my mind. And Superhuman, which is my app, those meditations are for that. So when I do my meditations and I still do Joe's once in a while too, but they're for a different craving of mine. Like it's more for like that really intense depth. Mine are just like priming every day. So the question acting as if is it is in the meditation, but then also I've learned how to do it with my eyes open, which is the most important. As you know, it's like if you can practice being your best self with your eyes closed in meditation, that's great. But if you open up your eyes as the exact same person as you were before, you're never going to see real change. So what I decided in my creative mind, I decided one day to start making new types of meditation. So on Superhuman, I have meditations for every time of your day, you know, when your eyes are open, walking meditations, grocery shopping meditations, cleaning meditations, cooking meditations, you know, literally every time of the day that you're, you know, doing something. And it's just that has helped me honestly in the background of my life, having this reminder, this kind of like, you know, how to prime yourself when you're in a meditation, but then having these reminders throughout your day kind of conditioning your mind in everyday activities, which also is so powerful because when you connect new thoughts and emotions and feelings to activities that you do daily without even thinking, that's when your life really changes. Our life is built up of small moments. So for example, you know, like the Pavlov's dog theory.

Yeah.

You know, where Pavlov, he rings the bell and then feeds the dog. And so the more he does it, the more he realizes that when he rings the bell and he doesn't feed the dogs, they still salivate, right? Because they've been conditioned.

Yeah.

Our brains work like that too. So if you're walking and every time you're walking instead of listening to music, you're listening to a walking meditation, you're going to start walking with like your posture nice and straight, feeling physically, emotionally different. And soon enough, the more you do that, the more you're going to just start walking without the meditation, feeling like your best self, cooking, cleaning, mundane everyday activities. Like that's where the real change happens. And don't get me wrong, like seated meditations every morning without a doubt. And that's like my baseline. But throughout the day, I often used to feel like I would just lose that, that feeling I had in the morning after my meditation. So I had to create another way with these innovative meditations that I have on my app. And yeah, that's what gets me there. So yes, to answer your question, acting as if it starts in the meditation, you need to intensely visualize using mental rehearsal how you want your life to be, how you want your day to be. And actually feel it emotionally, what it would feel like to be the kind of person that has those things, that lives that life, right? Like, what would that be like? Like, feel it. Like, what does it feel like to be wealthy? To look in your bank account and be like, holy crap, like, I'm fucking rich, right? Like, what does it feel like getting excitement because you got that call and you made that deal? And you know, what would it feel like being in an amazing relationship where you're so in love? And that's kind of, you know, that's how I got everything in my life.

And you can feel it, then your brain subconsciously starts to create it, the thoughts that you need to attain it, right?

Yeah. And so you just naturally start becoming this different person. You're giving your subconscious just this direction. And you obviously know about like the RAS, reticular activating system, in your brain, which essentially decides what you focus on. You know, for example, if the car you just bought that we were just in, insane G-Wagon. Okay, so when you were thinking of buying it, if there was one that passed you on the street, obviously you'd notice it because you'd be like, wait, that car. Just like if you're wanting to buy a red car, you're on the highway, you just notice the red cars. That's your RAS working because you're feeding your mind of something and then it starts noticing more like it. The more you feed your mind what you want, the better you're gonna get it because you're going to start noticing new opportunities and new circumstances and new you know, things to utilize in your life you might not have seen before. So that's been massive for me as well, just seeing the new potential through doing this work.

So I've felt it, you know, we went to the 7-day Joe Dispenza meditation retreat. I was feeling amazing doing the walking meditations. I think by day 6, I had breakthrough ideas for my company. It was like, it was an incredible experience, but it comes down to consistency, right? So like when you get home, you got to keep it going. What kind of tricks or like, you know, mindset hacks or mental tricks do you use to keep yourself consistent to do it every single day? Because it's really easy to be like, "Oh, I feel pretty good from yesterday. I'm not going to do it today." And then, "Oh, I didn't do it yesterday, so I'll do it maybe tomorrow," and you slip off. How do you keep yourself consistent on the meditation?

Honestly, I am not perfect and I need to put that out there that I am not I try so hard to be so consistent. And even if I have this app that helps thousands of people do that, like, I, I don't do it every single day. And I need to be honest about that because so many people think that I'm like this perfect person. And the truth is that I still struggle with keeping my habits in check. But when it all comes down to discipline, because when I'm more disciplined, I feel so much better. So that's something that I'm currently trying to work on as well. But, you know, as humans, at the end of the day, it's not complicated. So I think the biggest thing that helps me is just to uncomplicate things. Why are we making this complicated? We know that waking up and doing a meditation right away changes our day. So just sticking to that is just the most important.

It's just you're battling your mind though. Your mind is convincing you, oh, I don't need to do that. And then, but your true self knows that you do. So how do you battle the mind? Like, how are you slaying those thoughts?

I'll tell you. So sometimes I'll negotiate with myself. So for example, if I wake up in the morning and I'm like really resisting my seated meditation and I have to get ready and go somewhere and I'm telling myself I don't have time to do a seated meditation, I'll listen to one of my chill-in meditations when I'm getting ready. I'm doing something else because often when I don't want to meditate, it's because I'm feeling like I have other things I need to do.

I need to rush. Right, right.

And then you just have to— So I'll do that and then I'll feel a bit better. But then, you know, I really think getting one seated meditation in every day, even if it's like 5 minutes.

Right.

I think that's the thing. Creating consistency in your habits, but not telling yourself it needs to be a 30-minute meditation every morning. If you're going to do a 2-minute meditation in the morning, it still counts.

Better than nothing.

Just creating that habit so every day you do it, whether it's for 2 minutes or 30 minutes.

Yeah. And then, you know, when you stick with things, you start to believe in yourself because you said, hey, I'm going to do this and you do it. And that builds up that, you know, so your discipline builds up your confidence, right? Because now you've done this for yourself so many times. When an opportunity comes along, you believe in yourself to be able to achieve that. What are your thoughts on discipline? Like, how do you keep yourself disciplined?

I think it's— I actually love discipline. I think it's a beautiful thing to have, and I don't see it in a negative way. I'm not scared of it. I embrace it and I invite it in. Um, discipline is the be-all end-all. Like, it's the number one thing you need. And of course, using this work to align your energy with what you want and to become the person you want to be before it becomes manifest and all this stuff. It's all great, but if you don't put the work in and you don't actually sit down and discipline yourself to do it and to work towards it, then you're never going to get there. Hard work will pay off.

You got to do the work.

You got to do the work. You can't do it without the work. But then if you teach yourself to love discipline, and change your self-image around whether or not you're a disciplined person, and that's a whole other story, that's how you get it easily, right? So everything you want in your life, you can actually get effortlessly. This is something I've learned. And this is something that I've really wanted my whole life to have what I want effortlessly, 'cause I don't wanna feel like I'm putting in like just so much work and it's hard.

You're tired, it's hard, yeah.

I'm tired, I'm stressed, like that's what I don't want. I wanna do the work, but I want it to be effortless. Like I enjoy doing it. I've conditioned my mind and I've changed my self-image. I used to think that I wasn't disciplined. I used to think I was lazy. I honestly used to think that I was many things that I'm not and I just had to change how I saw myself because then I started doing different things. Again, how do you change your self-image? Journaling and meditating. Writing is so important. Journaling, I journal every morning without a doubt. I'm more consistent with my writing than I am with my meditating.

Yeah. I think it's so important because we live in a— world where there's so much distraction and there's so much information and it's all floating around your head all the time and then you're trying to do something and you have 15 thoughts floating in your head, you have an ambient discomfort. You're feeling bad and then it's like when you have to go do something, you don't feel like you have the energy to go do it. I feel like journaling probably alleviates that.

It does. It clears your mind. I have a theory and It is the less you do the numbing things and the more you do the things that make you feel alive, the happier you'll be. Mindlessly scrolling on social media, overeating, drinking, doing drugs, sleeping in, all those things that make you feel numb. Those are the things you want to avoid most of the time.

But why does your mind tell you to do it? Why does your finger open Instagram?

Because First of all, that's an addiction. Instagram's an addiction, but your mind loves being on autopilot. Like, it doesn't want to do work until you condition it that you can change your self-image, that, you know, mindlessly scrolling is boring and it's just not something you do, you know? And the most intelligent people and the most successful people in the world, they do less of the numbing things and more of the things that make them feel alive and in the moment, whether that's, you know, waking up early and like being in nature and meditating and moving your body, sweating. And working towards something and being in the flow. Spend more time evolving than numbing and wasting your life because essentially when you're numbing, you're just wasting your life. You're never going to get that time back. A little bit is okay. Listen, that's one of my biggest struggles at the moment is technology. I feel like crap when I'm on my phone too much and then it ruins my whole day.

I told you I was at a comedy club last night and they made us put our phones in a case that you can't open. And there's so many instances where I was like, oh, I'm gonna grab my phone, I wanna grab my phone, and it just came out of nowhere. So what are your thoughts as far as meditation and what it does to you energetically? There's chi, there's prana, there's, you know, life force, there's chakras, there's so many different things and philosophies. What do you think happens to yourself energetically when you meditate?

I actually don't like talking about the spirituality part of things because I think that loses people often. And I am spiritual, but I'm also not like— I'm way more pragmatic and just— I love learning about the science, and that's why my meditations aren't that spiritual. They're more motivating. And so to answer your question, I know for a fact, and science can prove, we have energy fields around us, like about 5 feet around us. We have our energy field right now. We're sitting next to each other, like our energy fields are mixing right now so we can sense each other. Your energy field will change when your thoughts change because thoughts are energy and everything is made up of energy. And, the field around you actually influences your physical body. It's not the other way around. It's not your physical body influencing the field. We learned this. It's the field influencing your body. And, I'm actually reading a great book right now that has so many research studies proving this called "Mind Over Matter" by Dawson Church. It's amazing. Joe Dispenza wrote the foreword of it. This guy is a scientist, And, they have proof and they've recorded this that the field around your body is influenced by your energy. And, it's not matter influencing everything. We live in a world that is way more energy than matter.

Well, some could argue it's all energy.

It's all energy, yeah.

If you zoom into an atom, where's the mass? There's 0.001% of an atom is mass, fully energy.

It's all energy. If you can harness your energy to match what you want, or to— for you to become the kind of person you want to be, I guess, like, completely on a selfish level, if we won't bring it down to just you as a person, not even thinking about what you can have in your life, but if you harness your energy to be— to feel abundant and happy and full of bliss and awe and just like you're a lucky person, I have a belief I'm a lucky person.

Yeah, I have that same belief.

Yeah. Like, where has that brought us in our life? We get opportunities and we see opportunities because we have that belief. If you have a belief that you're not a lucky person, that nothing good ever happens to you, are you going to see that opportunity sitting right frickin' in front of you? No, because you're not conditioned to. But anyway, going back to energy, like, it's a thing. It exists. We can't avoid it.

It's just like, you know, we can't see it, feel it, touch it, smell it, taste it with our senses. But we can't do that with Wi-Fi either. You never would have thought you can speak on a little box with waves flying through the Earth. So, it's not that crazy to think that energy exists.

Yeah, it isn't and it's true, but people, I guess, doubt the power of it, I think. And, I can tell you firsthand that I have seen the most insane changes in my life since doing this work. And, there is no doubt in my mind that it's true. That you first going to the stem of the problem is changing your old limiting patterns and beliefs and working on your own energy and self-image through meditation, through acting as if, through mental rehearsal, it will change your entire life. And that's what it did to me. Like you said, I've had crazy, you know, past 7 years of my life and I've grown really quickly and I've done a lot of things. I've lived 30 years in the past 7 years, I feel. Literally, I left home the moment I could and I was 18, moved to London by myself, hustled like crazy. I always want to kind of share from the beginning because a lot of people see me on Instagram and they're like, oh, you came from a rich family. I came from nothing. Like, my parents, bless them, love them, they gave me no money. I didn't have any money. And I always want to say that because a lot of people sometimes doubt it because they have their own limiting beliefs that are—

I had that same limiting belief. I had that growing up because I grew up with very little as well.

Yeah.

And I always thought, I can't do it because I came from nothing. It was a limiting belief of mine. But throw that right in the garbage.

It doesn't matter. You actually— I feel like I'm, I'm really happy that I'm seeing success without having any help at the beginning. It makes you feel so much just more pride around it, right?

Right.

And, um, yeah, so anyway, going back to it, like, you know, been through a lot. Like, I kind of just pushed myself into many circumstances at a young age and just, yeah, I tried out that TV show. Honestly, I needed a visa to stay in London. I never thought reality TV was in my path, and it was very unaligned, and I was very young and naive. And it was—

how old were you?

I was like 19, and I was on it. It was years ago. And, um, yeah, but it was a good platform for you, right? Yeah, but to be honest with you, most the followers I got from that show I've lost by now because now my audience is way more US-based. Before, my audience was all UK and then literally since I left the show 3, 4 years ago, I have lost like 20,000 followers a month but then gained like 20,000. So it's all these people leaving and all the new ones coming in, which is good because they weren't really my target audience anyways. Like going from reality TV to like a meditation teacher, like that's kind of a very big jump. So I don't blame them for unfollowing. But yeah, so I would always kind of see the opportunities I could and even getting onto that show in the first place, it was like so much work trying to network. Like, I didn't think it was that show I wanted to go on to. I thought I was— I wanted to do presenting when I was in London. Um, when I got there, essentially I was working like 4 jobs, really hustling to make ends meet because London's so expensive. Yeah, expensive. So I got there, I was like working at a juice bar from like 6 AM to noon, and then I would travel to the other side of town and intern at the styling agency, getting paid $8 an hour. Um, because I wanted to do a fashion blog back then. I've told you been through many different career paths. And, um, and then I would come home and nanny for this Italian family, and then at night when the kids went to bed, I would work on my blog. So it was like back to back, and that was for a year. And then when I was working at the juice bar in the morning, I decided, okay, I want to renew a visa and I don't know how to get it, I need to be sponsored. So I want to do something in TV presenting maybe, because I like being on camera, I'm doing YouTube and stuff. So when I was at the juice bar, I would in my spare time, go on my phone and copy and paste the same DM to like hundreds of people that worked in TV. I would Google every single day like people that work in TV in London, Matt Broad, and I would just DM hundreds of people. And out of those like 500 people I messaged, and it was consistent, I was like, I just need one yes. And basically the message said, hey, can I take you out for coffee? I'm new to London, I want to get into the TV industry, um, I'll take you for coffee, like please, kind of thing. And yeah, one person, or One or two people answered and one of the people, this girl named Olivia, she brought me to my first event and then from there I met people and then from there I met people because I was reading a lot of personal growth books at the time as well. And one of the principles that I learned was that your network is your net worth. And that was the chapter in the Success Principles by Jack Canfield. And I was like, okay, I need to meet people in this industry.

Right.

So I met, you know, and then long story short, my old agent said, I'll start representing you right away if you get onto this show. You're not going to get into presenting. You don't have a British accent and it's really hard to get into in the UK. So just do this, they'll give you a visa. And I did it and it was fine. It was unaligned and scripted and not me, but it taught me a lot of lessons. I can't be ungrateful for it because it definitely introduced me to so many new people and I did a lot with it. But yeah, you know, and then I left the moment I couldn't and many other businesses I've tried and failed at and then things I've been involved in. And, you know, but I'm definitely at the point now where over the past year and a half, um, Superhuman, my meditation app, used to be called Mimi Method, and it started as a very different platform. And I just, I'm really good at evolving things and I'm impatient. So when I see something not working, I change it right away. I'm very good in that way. Um, so yeah, and then now we're sitting here and over the past year I've built a really good business that I never thought in a million years it could grow this big in a year with no outside marketing other than my social media. And I'm so blessed. I really am.

Yeah, I've been watching your career blossom since we've met. Yeah, I remember when we met in London, you had something that you were selling. I think it was like—

Oh yeah, I was going to do an e-commerce brand.

You were doing that. You had that and you also had like an ebook.

Yeah, I've done like so many things.

And what was cool is I knew you were into meditation. I knew you were, you know, aligned with me on beliefs as far as how to grow. So I've been like vicariously, you know, I want to see if Mimi grows quickly because I'm also on the same page and I'm still in the process of proving to myself that all this stuff really works, even though I believe it. And I've been seeing— I mean, your, your career has blossomed just so quickly, which is amazing. Now, have you always seen that next chapter of yourself, or did it come like— did you always have a vision of where you're going to be, or did it just kind of happened unexpectedly?

This is a good question. I didn't know the specifics, but I knew the feeling. And that's something—

I love that.

Yeah, no, really anyone listening, if you want to get into whatever work this is, like I don't want to call it spiritual, I don't want to call it meditation-y, I just want to call it like just personal development work. Yeah, you just need to get so familiar with the feeling and emotion of your desired future.

Of who you're gonna be.

Yeah, of who you're gonna be.

I always say that.

It's so important because affirmations and just talking is worthless if you don't have a feeling physically attached because you need to project a feeling into your field to have the energy collide. And not even just that, like that's what changes you. That's what your body remembers. Your mind and body are so interconnected. So yeah, I knew the feeling. I didn't know what I would be doing. I knew it was something that I was doing myself, but I was open. This is the great thing about me being young and naive and this whole thing I was doing a few years years ago, I was open to anything. I was just doing. I was doing as much as I could, learning as much as I could, constantly growing. And I knew it would fall into place, but I had this vision and I knew how much— I knew I wanted a lot of money because money motivates me. And I have no problem saying that. I love money and I have a great relationship with money.

Money is good.

And if you feel triggered by that, that's a money belief you need to work on because I have some of my friends that are like, oh, like I can't say that I want money. It's like, yeah, you can. Money is great. You can help the world with it.

Right.

And I wanted money. I wanted to live somewhere amazing. I wanted— like, before I met Ben, I was visualizing the partner I wanted, and he looked exactly like it. Yeah, like weird things like that. Like, I was very good at getting specific with the emotion that I wanted to feel as well. So, you know, I would tap into my meditations to what it would feel like just like being so abundant and wealthy and like what it would feel like. And I would get emotional in my meditations thinking about this is like giving my parents money if they needed it or like buying things for my family if they needed it. And like getting into those like emotional like triggers of like, because I really wanted to do that. Like I wanted to give back to them and—

Just imagine doing it and then that brought the feeling and the feeling attracted it in. In real life.

Yeah, exactly. And also just who I am as a person. Like, I, I visualized it for so long that I am definitely currently the person sitting next to the, the person I was visualizing a year ago. And now I'm visualizing this next version of me. So it's ever-evolving. But I also always say that there's this sweet spot that you want to live in, and it's living in the moment but also striving for more. Because, you know, when people say live in the moment, I get that, but part of me is like, no, I like working towards something greater as well because as human beings, we're striving animals. We always want better and more and we grow and that's what we're meant to do. So, I think it's so powerful being in this beautiful moment of being in the moment but also working towards something greater and being so grateful for where you are and what you have but wanting more. So, that's where I kind of try to live in that sweet spot.

Yeah, I think the takeaway is really instead of trying to figure out what you need to do, figure out who you need to be and feel it. And kind of surrender it. And you don't know, like, for example, like when my first business took off, I didn't know what was going to get me to the next phase, but I did learn about personal development and I got really deep into feeling like the next level of myself. And then things kind of spontaneously happened. A lot of people here know my story, but I didn't expect any of that. I more so just felt it and then released it and surrendered it. I think that's a cool takeaway. Now, Everyone has limiting beliefs, right? I have many limiting beliefs and I've overcame a lot of them. What were some of your most limiting beliefs and how did you overcome them?

Oh, that's such a good question. Okay, I'll be happy when. That was my number one. I'll be happy when. So for so long, and I still kind of struggle with it, to be honest with you, but way less than I used to. My biggest living belief was that I only deserve to feel happy and in the moment when I've achieved that net worth, that body, that this, that— it was always, I'll be happy when. And that actually stopped a lot of my creation process because I wasn't living it and I wasn't happy. So for a long time, I was building all these things and I just wasn't happy. And I was doing a lot of the work, so I was happier than I used to be. Um, because, you know, back when I was even like in my late teens, like, I really wasn't happy. I did everything very young, was partying a lot when I was that age. And even when I first moved to London, just partying too much, and it just messed with me. I'm not the kind of person that can drink and do drugs. I'm just not. I'm just not that kind of— it doesn't do well with my body and with my mind, and it's just so unaligned. I just was so far away from who I was supposed to be. And it was around that same time I was doing the show and it was a really low point in my life. And then I just, I had to get up and just like forget about it and just, you know, keep going. But to answer your question, you know, that was the biggest limiting belief is I'll be happy when. But then also, you know, I always had great beliefs around money. Like I've always been very good at manifesting money for myself or creating new opportunity around that. Like I always knew I was going to be good with money, but I think personally I had issues, my limiting beliefs, like not feeling good enough if I didn't look a certain way yet, like being really insecure and projecting a fake confidence. That was a big limiting belief of mine that I didn't deserve to be happy until I looked a certain way. But now I just don't even give a shit anymore. And that's something I couldn't even tell you I'm so happy to have gotten rid of this past year. I just don't even care. I'm just so happy with who I am. And that's something I worked on for so long.

It takes time, right? It takes a lot of work. It's not like you could just decide, all right, I'm done and it's done. Well, you could decide and you could make that decision, but your mind keeps coming back and telling you those things.

It's an addiction, right? Our old thoughts are addictions.

It's an addiction to the old thought.

Right. Addiction to the old self. Right. So that was definitely something. And for sure, I still have moments of that, but I'm just, yeah, I'm a lot happier than I used to be. And I think the more I do this work, the happier I get. And that's why When people say to me, why do you just need to keep growing and evolving? I'm like, because it makes me happy. Like, it's just what I'm meant to do. And, you know, it's not just benefited me in my life because I have created the, quote, dream life for myself, but it has also helped thousands of other people. Like, I have so many Superhuman members saying how I've changed their life. And that in itself is the number one thing that I want to hold on to. And it's worth more than anything. So.

That's amazing. Yeah. Being able to have a business that actually, you know, genuinely helps people and changes their life and that mission being tied together is such a blessing in general. What other kind of obstacles like— so, so I'll be happy when— okay, I get that. But like, what else? Like, for example, for me, one of my main limiting beliefs was like, I didn't come from money, so I can't. And I knew it wasn't true. I didn't really know how to overcome it. Another one was like, oh, I'm not organized, right? Did you have any other obstacles that you've had to like, like specific ones?

Yeah. You know, sometimes I doubt myself because of my age. So that's a big one of mine. Like now when I meet big business people, like I get sometimes insecure when we're talking about, you know, big terms or whatever. I'm like, oh, like, you know that, like, I just, I feel stupid sometimes because of my age, right? You know what I mean? But I, I, I've learned so much in my years and I feel like I have no reason to not be confident. And look at what I've created. And I just turned 25 and I've created this really big business and I shouldn't feel that way at all. So these days I've been getting praise from people that I would usually have put on a pedestal and I'm like, oh wait, I'm actually doing well. So sometimes I do wait until I get that kind of Approval. Approval. Yeah, but I, you know, it goes in and out honestly, Jared. I feel like some days I feel like unstoppable, on top of the world, no limiting beliefs, and other days I'm like totally feeling—

what do you think causes that? Why do you think so? Like, I'm the same way. Yeah, I'll have like a day and then I'm like, I'm crushing, and I'm going to bed and I'm like, everything's amazing. And then I wake up in the morning and I'm like, oh my God, I have all these problems.

Yeah.

And I'm like, is it my sleep? Is it the food I ate? Is it the supplements I took? Like, what changes the way I wake up and feel? Do you have any idea?

I'll be honest with you, I think it's kind of a human thing.

Okay.

I think we're just human. I think we're just human. And although my app is called Superhuman, you know, it's to seek being superhuman, but I haven't had one day, Jared, over the past 6, 7 years where I've been doing this work where I've had a perfect day. I haven't had one day where it's been completely 100% of the day perfect. I've had days where it's been 99% of the time perfect, but there's still that thought or still this thing. And for so long I was like, I'm not good enough because I'm not having perfect days. But it's like looking back on what I've built now, you don't need any perfect days. You just need to keep going.

Right.

And to be honest, one of my biggest things now is trying to be more regimented with my schedule. And I think that in my experience has helped me a lot. So knowing just having consistency, we live lives where we're entrepreneurs and we're not living the same day, every single day. And, and sometimes it's good to have a bit of consistency, right? To wake up at the same time, do the same things in the morning.

It's your foundation.

It's your foundation. And then the rest of the day, be creative and do your thing. But I think that's the biggest thing that I have seen a difference and change in my life when I do, and I feel better in my day-to-day, is when I have my consistent routines that I stick to. So I'm still working on that.

Yeah, I'm on the same page. Like, the more So I, The 5 AM Club, Robin Sharma, I reread that book.

I need to reread it.

I just, I reread it like 2 weeks ago because I was going through a time where I was like, I was just like really comfortable and I was like, I'm going to sleep till 7:30 and I'm going to work out maybe 3 days a week. And I was like, what am I doing? Like, what am I doing? What am I here for? I'm just going to mosey through life like No, and I was starting to feel like not good about it.

Yeah.

So I'm like, I read, I reread The 5 AM Club and I was like, I get it. It's like waking up at 5 AM is not like you wake up and you feel amazing because it's 5 AM. It's getting yourself out of bed at that time and getting yourself up multiple days in a row just builds your confidence. It's like I was able to do that 7 days in a row. I had to go on a bachelor party, so I cut it. But after those 7 days, I felt, yeah, really good. So that, and then also other things that are consistent in your life, like, you know, if you're making juice, make it every day, or if you're going to make your bed, make it every day and start to lay out that foundation. Then you could build on top of it because a lot of people, their lives are scattered. It's like they're traveling all the time. They're waking up at different times. They don't have a calendar set up. They don't have a project management system. They don't They're just kind of all over the place. And how do you build your career on top of a foundation that's wobbly?

And how you do one thing is how you do everything in life.

That's been sticking with me a lot lately.

How you do small things is how you do everything. So the days that I don't do the small things correctly, or if I skip them out, it impacts the rest of my day. It's the perfect—

But why don't we do them correctly? Why, if I'm making my bed, I want to do it half-assed? Why don't I want to do it fully?

That's a really good question. I think, to be honest with you, it's laziness. It's laziness. And I think maybe it goes back to conserving energy or something.

No, that's an excuse. My mind is like, oh, you should conserve energy for something more important because it's lazy. Because everyone goes through this. And what you just said, how you do one thing is how you do everything, is so important. People think that only certain things are important, but being the person that you need to be is what manifestation is.

Yeah.

People think manifestation is like sitting on the couch eating Doritos and just imagining a life and waiting for it to happen. But it's like, no, you need to be the person that you see yourself as on a daily basis.

Yeah.

Do you have any finishing words of motivation? Somebody who wants to get started with this work, any other words of encouragement for people that are just like, that haven't really gained control over them? I mean, you've been in it now for a while, so you have a good control over your grasp on your mind. Me as well, but a lot of my friends don't.

Yeah.

How would you get somebody on the right track to consistency and discipline?

At the beginning, especially, you got to be obsessed with it. Obsessed. Be obsessed. When I first started in this, I was obsessed. It was all I did. I actually didn't see friends for months and I was just obsessed. And I would listen to Tony Robbins all day. I would read all the self-development books. I was just so clear and motivated and I'd wake up in the morning and my mission was to work and to figure out what the fuck I wanted and to gain clarity and to come up with a game plan. And I was hungry. I wanted it. And what scared me was the realization that if I didn't do something different, I would end up like everyone else around me. And I was at— I was 18 years old at the time, looking at the friends I had back then. You know, I still have— I think I speak to one or two people from that time, but the rest of them I don't want to end up like. I don't want that life. I don't want a townhouse with 9-to-5 job and retire at 65, and I don't want that life, right?

So you can't be around people that are having those.

I repel people like that now. I just— it's so— I, I can't live an average existence, and I appreciate people that want that, right?

And it makes you happy.

Totally fine with it. Do whatever makes you happy. My, my mission on this planet, my, my like whole being cannot have that life. And, and I know that any single person out there can get what they want. They just need to become the kind of person who has what that person has.

As David Goggins says, you know, if you want to be average, if you want to sit on the couch and drink beer, Merry Christmas.

Yeah, do it. Good for you. Merry Christmas.

But if you don't want to be average, you know, you have to just start taking action.

And one more piece of advice that I wish I was told earlier in life is don't take advice from anyone who doesn't have what you want.

Right. Oh, that's good.

That's, that's one of my favorite because I remember when I was about to move to London, I was sitting at this big family dinner and one of my uncles said to me, oh yeah, you'll be home in a few months. You're not going to make it. You're, you're going to fail whatever business you're trying to do with fashion blogging, even though that blog didn't— I stayed there and I made something of myself. So I remember back then being really upset and there was this quote friend in my uni as well when I went for a semester and she laughed at me when I said I was starting my own website and she was like, "Haha, you're gonna fail." And I remember that very vividly. But you feel some sort of peace when you understand that if you don't take advice from people that don't have what you want, it won't affect you. Taking their advice will only do you harm because they don't know how to get there.

And it's just a reflection of them. They're looking at you as if it's them and doubting themselves.

Also, they're frightened by you, right? Like, I'm sorry, all of those quote friends that didn't believe in me, that didn't support me, and only started messaging me when I started gaining followers. Yeah, those people, like, I don't know, they're just not—

they're threatened by the— by not becoming who they want to be. So like, a lot of people that you think love you, a lot of people that you think support you, they didn't take those risks. They're, they're looking at you right? And they want you to do well, but they don't want to prove to themselves that they didn't make the right choices. Yeah, because if they see you win, then they're like, oh shit, that is possible, even though they told themselves it wasn't. Yeah, subconsciously don't want to see you win.

Most people speak through a lens just of their own selfish thoughts. Yeah, right. So it's never like— it's really rare to speak to someone where they're giving you advice and telling you things to help just solely benefit you. Everything that people say most the time is for them to come off a certain way, or, you know, because they, they don't want you to be successful or something because subconsciously it'll make them feel like a failure. Like, there's always many layers to it. So it's rare to find someone that will really just truly want the best for you. And I find that the successful people that I've gotten advice from are the ones that already have everything they want, so they're happy to have others succeed too, right? So I only take advice from successful people, honestly. And, and it sounds Like, again, it sounds like I'm treading the line here, but I don't give a shit because that's what I want.

So where can everyone find you?

Okay, well, Instagram is where I hang out most of the time. If you see me mindlessly scrolling, yell at me. Just @mimibouchard. And Superhuman, you can check out on the App Store and you just type in Superhuman and it'll come up first. And if you want to look at the website and see more about it and learn more about it, just go to superhuman.app and that's it.

Superhuman is beautiful. You put so much effort and money and energy and time and everything into it. If anyone listening, you know, wants to start doing this work, wants to start learning, I highly Highly recommend it. But yeah, Mimi, this was awesome.

Yeah, thank you so much.

Yeah, thank you for coming on.