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Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter

Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter

By: Bri Hosack
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 The 1st year: Daily raw podcast, Verbal journal for a year. The Next Chapter: A raw, real-time peek into the messy, powerful evolution of my own Suspending Disbelief journey. Subscribe for real stories, reflections, & leadership evolution as I navigate the impossible and help you turn your own unbelievable dreams into reality.

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  • Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter Episode 6 - FINAL

    Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter Episode 6 - FINAL
    Jan 4 2026
    Hello, hello! Welcome to episode 6 of Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter!This may be the final episode… I have no plans to continue, but knowing me, I may drop an episode or a post randomly in the future, so I make no guarantees. However, this episode is my farewell to this era of my life/business, as I take on difficulties well beyond what I imagined I’d be facing at this time. The last almost two years have been transformative in a completely different manner than I had envisioned, but ‘reporting’ on my progress was so, so useful to my awareness and the depth of understanding I had of my circumstances! I highly recommend it, and hope that by leaving these episodes and posts available ongoing, you will be able to listen and read along at exactly the right moment for you to be inspired and comforted and know that you are not alone.This part of my life and business has given me insights and understanding at a depth I can hardly put into words, but I will try to capture some of the most important here:* The universe (God, Goddess, Source, Spirit, etc.) is always working for us. Divine timing is not ours to control, and trusting in it (i.e. suspending disbelief) moves the needle faster than anything you could plan or force to come into being.* Gratitude is power. It is possibly the most powerful force in the world. Be grateful for hard things and the transformations and learning they bring you, and you can begin to feel peace and joy even in the darkest hours of your life.* There are untold depths - levels - of suspending disbelief that you can achieve. The more you do it, the more you discover. And every step or level of the way is worth it.* Let your plans change! What we think is best for us is not always (*ahem* usually) what we need most or what is in our highest and best good, especially not according to our own timeline. You’ll get there… when you’re good and ready. Letting yourself go through what needs to be gone through to ‘get there’ is the fastest route, and the one that will allow you to keep what you achieve.As I read through the list of insights I originally posted at the beginning of The Next Chapter, these two struck me as… Essential. Key. Instrumental… to achieving success on this path:Important question: Are you willing to go 6 months or more in suspending disbelief without results in exchange for your dream life? This is not a quick fix, there is a lot of inner work to be done. This process is SIMPLE but not easy. Remember that!My question for you:How long are you willing to go without results in exchange for your dream life?I am almost at the two year mark, and I have not achieved the ‘dream life’ I originally set out aiming for. But here’s the thing - my dream changed. What I thought was my dream, wasn’t. What I thought was important, wasn’t. Depending on how you look at it, I have achieved success beyond my wildest dreams, and if you look at it the other way, I have become happy anyway. In reality, to me, and I believe for us all - joy is the highest form of success we can aim for. If you are happy, you are living ‘the dream’. Can our circumstances be improved beyond that joy? Of course. Money can get easier and more accessible. Connections and power and fame and influence and alllllll the things can improve. But if you ever stop feeling the joy of the life you’re living? It might be time to take a step back and see where you went off track, no matter how much money or material success you’ve achieved.Comment what your takeaways are, and definitely let me know if you are on the Suspending Disbelief train, no matter when you’re seeing this or how long it’s been since I stopped updating! Paid subscribers - You can let us all know in the chat - what are the parameters of your experiment in Suspending Disbelief this year?XOBriGo Deeper:* Start at the beginning: Suspending Disbelief - A Challenge - 365 Days of my Raw Journey Day 1* Final reflection for the first year of Suspending Disbelief: Days 345-365* Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter (Year 2) - Episode ONEP.S. You can find all Suspending Disbelief episodes & posts here and you can upgrade your subscription to support my work and dive deeper into all topics, here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brihosack.substack.com/subscribe
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    14 mins
  • Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter Episode 5

    Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter Episode 5
    Oct 22 2025

    Hello, hello!

    Welcome to episode 5 of Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter!

    Yes, I'm still standing... it's been almost two months, but listen to this one with a trigger warning (physical violence, young person's death, mental health, physical health, and goddess knows what else!)

    The #1 thing that is working right now for me is trust. Which really just amounts to Suspending Disbelief. With everything being thrown my way this year, I haven't been able to work almost at all, but we haven't lost our home, and myself and my children are all safe and relatively healthy.

    I am so grateful, and I guess that would be the #2 thing that works... gratitude is always there to be found if you look for it.

    #3 is fur babies... which I forgot to mention, we got three more (bunnies). But soft, furry snuggles are an epic solution to nervous system and emotional struggles, of which there have been many.

    Comment what your takeaways are this month, pretend I didn't skip a whole month (ha!), and definitely let me know if you are on the Suspending Disbelief train!

    🎶WOO WOOOOO ALL ABOARD🎶!

    The podcast and the written posts will remain part of the free subscription. (If you want to be notified of all new episodes and posts, make sure you’re subscribed!)

    BUT: I will be opening up the paid subscription for just $5/month for anyone who wants to be a part of the chat and share their stories privately with others who are on the train, actively suspending disbelief, working towards a specific goal/manifestation.

    Pick a free or paid subscription today!

    You can let us all know in the chat - what are the parameters of your experiment in Suspending Disbelief this year?

    Make sure you’re subscribed and reading the weekly posts on Substack for much more in depth details of the progress as it’s happening; it helps to not feel alone on the journey.

    And that’s what I’ve got for you this month, so I will talk to you all again next month!

    XO

    Bri



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    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brihosack.substack.com/subscribe
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    24 mins
  • Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter Episode 4

    Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter Episode 4
    Aug 10 2025

    Hello, hello!

    Welcome to episode 4 of Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter!

    This month’s episode is short, not that sweet, but fully honest and raw, as always. If you want to know more about what I have been up to, go check out The Simplified Year on Substack!

    I will talk to you all again next month!

    XO

    Bri



    Get full access to Suspending Disbelief: The Next Chapter at suspendingdisbelief.substack.com/subscribe

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brihosack.substack.com/subscribe
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    5 mins
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