You don’t need a better mask. You need permission to take it off.
You’ve spent enough time being who everyone else needed you to be. What if you got to find out who you actually want to be?
Welcome to Authentic Alchemy
Where self-discovery meets neurospicy nonsense, theatre kid energy, practical experimentation, and the occasional existential plot twist.
Because understanding your patterns is one thing. Actually changing how you show up in relationships, work, creativity, and everyday life? That’s where the magic happens.
And no, you don’t need to become an entirely different person.
You might just need to stop auditioning for everybody else’s approval.
Which role has been running your show?
Tap a card to see what it’s been costing you.
The Audacity Academy is an 8-week interactive group experience for people who are ready to stop living on autopilot, recognize the roles they’ve learned to play, and build a life that reflects who they actually are.
Think identity work meets character development, with real-world experiments, creative challenges, supportive community, and tools for getting out of your head and into your actual life.
Less collecting information about why you are the way you are. More discovering what happens when you start doing something different.
Recognize your patterns. Reclaim your choices. Re-enchant your life.
And yes, you get to be weird here.
The quest map
- PrologueYour Save PointLearn how to play, choose a pace that fits your real capacity, and name what you want these weeks to make possible.
- Week 1Before the MaskNotice the roles already running the scene, and meet the player behind them. Build your first Character Sheet.
- Week 2The Script You InheritedRead the fine print on old rules, figure out whose voice is talking, and rewrite one that no longer fits.
- Week 3Your Operating SystemMap how your brain and body actually work, and design the conditions that make starting easier.
- Week 4Character CustomizationSeparate needs, wants, and inherited shoulds. Practice wanting something without justifying it.
- Week 5Dialogue TreesBuild options for real conversations, rehearse in Tutorial Mode, then say one honest line out loud.
- Week 6The Visibility QuestVisible isn’t the same as available. Share one real thing at a level you choose, and keep the evidence.
- Week 7Two Things Can Be TrueDifference isn’t danger. Stay connected to yourself through a no, a disagreement, or a disappointed someone.
- Week 8 · FinaleVillain EraNot cruelty: audacity. Write your Audacity Code and make one self-authored move toward the life you named in the Prologue.
A peek inside
What’s included
- Live group calls every other week (60–75 min): practice, improv, and people who get it
- Two private 25-minute 1:1s with Heidi to make the work fit your real life
- Short lessons released weekly, each with a one-page companion
- One core tool each week: Character Sheet, Preference Lab, Dialogue Tree Builder, and more
- Community support between calls
- Bonus side quests: meditations, comedy exercises, and real-life dares
This is for you if…
- You’re the one everyone calls, and no one asks how you are.
- You can read a room in two seconds and lose yourself in it just as fast.
- You’re ready to practice, not just understand.
It’s not for you if…
- You need therapy, diagnosis, medical treatment, or crisis care. This is coaching and creative rehearsal.
- You want a quick fix or a whole new personality.
- You’d rather keep learning about change than try it.
Be one of the first eight players.
This is the founding round of the Audacity Academy. You start on any Monday, get private 1:1 time with Heidi, and help shape what this becomes for everyone after you.
- Spots open
- 8 / 8
- Start
- Any Monday
- 1:1s with Heidi
- 2 × 25 minutes
- Group calls
- Every other week
- Investment
- $275 · payment plan available
Hello, I’m Heidi Umi.
Former professional shape-shifter. Current enthusiast of being gloriously, unapologetically human.
I spent a lot of my life becoming whoever the situation seemed to require. Turns out, being really good at playing a character doesn’t necessarily mean you enjoy the role.
I’m a neurodivergent creative, performer, storyteller, and voiceover enthusiast, and I built Authentic Alchemy so you don’t have to abandon yourself to belong.
Read my full story →Ready to stop playing a part in your own life?
You don’t need to arrive polished. There are no “good client” answers.
Apply for the Audacity AcademyFind out which coping character is running the show.
Fair warning: your coping character will probably tell on you.
Take the Archetype Quiz