When it comes to the art of manifestation, it really isn’t a one size fits all type of thing. Sure the basic principles are usually all the same: use your thoughts and feelings, be grateful, know it is done. But I firmly believe each individual person should listen to their own intuition and heart and figure out what methods and rituals (or non-rituals) feel best to them.

Some people love vision boards, others don’t bother. And both ways work.

Some people love making lists, others prefer visualizing. And both ways work.

Some love to just leave it all up to the universe, others prefer to be super specific. And both ways work.

That’s why I personally believe it’s so great to learn from a multitude of teachers. Read lots of books, listen to podcasts, follow different people you like on social media, and take what methods resonate with you and leave what doesn’t. Try out different ways, test them, and see what not only feels good but what gives you results.

I also recommend coming up with your own methods as well! When I first got into manifesting in 2010, I read The Secret, but relevant teachers my age on social media weren’t a thing (instagram wasn’t even a thing), podcasts weren’t a thing, and YouTube was mainly cat videos, so, to get more out of it, I experimented by intuitively coming up with my own practices and seeing what worked.

As the years went by and knowledge spread more, I definitely learned a deeper understanding of methods and practices from other teachers, but I still always integrated my own versions as well.

So, I wanted to share my personal methods, what works best for me, and the steps I usually follow, just to give you extra options of what may help you!

So for me, my best ways to manifest, usually vary based on if my goal is long term or short term.

Now yes, I’d like to point out that everything indeed is all just energy. So technically manifesting a slice of pizza is the exact same as manifesting true love. However, the difference is that with a slice of pizza, it’s not something you need. You’re most likely just treating manifesting that pizza as a fun experiment and you aren't putting so much pressure on it, it’s not make it or break it if you don’t get it, so that’s why it usually comes easier to you.

When it comes to something bigger like true love or lots of money, it’s something we usually want so badly so we unintentionally stress and worry about it. That unsettled anxious energy blocks us off a bit. So thats why I believe with the bigger things, it’s usually more helpful to go deeper first, to work on your worthiness, to rewrite your limiting beliefs, and strengthen your mindset so that way you can take the pressure off. It’s so important, too, with the bigger things to just trust so deeply in timing. Be patient and understand the Universe has a greater plan we may not be able to see at the time, but ultimately it’s always going to lead you to your dreams or better!

So for fun, short-term goals: like getting front row concert tickets or running into a celebrity while you’re in a major city, or things you’d like ASAP, like a parking spot, a free cup of tea, or allowing your obviously large suitcase to be allowed as carry on (hehe I’ve legit done that - it totally works!), here’s the method I usually use:

I feel so much gratitude. I repeat “thank you” a bunch of times and I raise my vibration by appreciating everything in my life. Then, I think about what I want to happen. I close my eyes and visualize this one thing going exactly how I want it all to go. I keep repeating “thank you” and I just know with all my heart it’s happening. I don’t stress or worry, I remove all forms of doubt from my mind and I just know. And then I let go, go about my day, usually I forget about it (or if it pops up in my brain again I just feel more gratitude for it happening). And then sure enough, usually later that day or within a few days, it happens. Exactly like that. Super magical.

There’s no extra work needed here, there’s no need to make it so hard for yourself. I just feel grateful and I know it’s going to happen.

It truly can be as simple as that without having to do any rituals.

Honestly manifestation can be as simple or as difficult as you expect it to be! You always get what you expect. Which means that for the people who say manifestation doesn’t work, they are actually proving it does work. Since you only receive what you believe, if you don’t believe, you won’t receive… and if they don’t believe and are not receiving, it 100% proves it does work!

Now, for longer term things or bigger things (like a new job, meeting the love of your life, manifesting lots of money, or just overall being happier) I personally feel called to do a bit more work.

First, I think it’s so great to analyze what beliefs you’ve been holding onto about the specific topic you’re on. If you’ve been struggling with love or money - ask yourself how you honestly feel about them. Make a list, journal it out. Write anything that pops into your head.

This way, maybe you discover you’ve been thinking it’s hard or you’re unloveable, or you feel jealous when others have more money.

Once you’ve discovered your limiting beliefs, it’s time to dismantle them. Prove them wrong. Ask yourself: Am I the first person in the world to ever think this? (This is great method I actually learned from Manifestation Babe who learned it from Tony Robbins!) Most likely the answer is no. So if it’s not your original thought, that means you picked it up from someone or just from society as a whole.

And if it’s not your original thought, it should have no power over you. It’s time to let it go and choose new, better empowering thoughts.

Choose to believe there are so many great people to date, that money comes so easily, that you have so many new job offers, that there are so many clients out there for you, etc. etc.

This is where affirmations can come in handy. Your words always become your truth, especially the words you say about yourself, so by either journaling affirmations or stating them in your head, you're putting that energy and those vibes out into the universe!

Since what you say and think about yourself always becomes your truth, going forward, you definitely want to be like a Jedi and be mindful of your thoughts and feelings. If you find yourself slipping back into your old patterns of thinking, it’s okay - you're human! It's going to happen. But ultimately just keep reminding yourself those unideal thoughts have no power over you, and instead choose to keep thinking better thoughts. Keep actively reminding yourself: what if it all works out better than I ever imagined?

Really truly be mindful of your thoughts and feelings, always. Even be mindful of the conversations you have with others.

When it comes to manifesting big changes, it’s all about embodiment. You really want to become the version of you who already has it, who knows it is done, who knows it has already happened for you, and you are already living it. The Universe doesn’t operate in past, present, future, it only operates in the NOW. It reads all of your energy in the present moment. So the version of you who has the love, the money, the career, the whatever - wouldn’t be worrying about it happening nor would they be speaking negatively about it to others. They’d be so happy that they were living it in the now!

Honestly it’s like all of us on planet Earth are actors. We’re just playing parts - so play the part of you as if you already were living your dreams. Feel that confidence surging through you.

And if you have off days where everything feels bad and wrong and you don’t feel confident - that’s perfectly okay! Always honor those feelings. Know that life is cyclic, and it’s normal and okay and it makes you human. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself. Do what you can to make yourself feel better and know that one day, you genuinely will feel better.

Along with being mindful of your thoughts and words, be grateful. The more gratitude and love you pour into the Universe, the more it comes back to you. I personally like to do daily gratitude journaling. I thank the universe for all that I have and all that I want to have (and write it down what I want in present tense as if it already happened!)

The Universe is truly abundant. This lack "either or" mindset is 100% society created. You truly can have it all.

Declare what it is you want. I personally find it helpful to focus on just one thing at a time, but others have found success trying to manifest three things or more at once.

I also find it helpful to make lists sometimes to fully flesh out what you want. For example: Make a list of all the qualities your dream job would have, make a list of all the qualities your dream partner would have, etc. These can be super helpful. (I made a list of my dream partner and when my true love manifested he genuinely had absolutely every trait on that list!)

Each day, you can also take sometime out to visualize how it’d feel to already have what you want. See it happening and feel exactly how excited you’d be. But of course, it’s okay if you miss a day. Somedays I personally don’t feel like doing visualizing, other days I love it. I also rarely do it on a weekend just to give myself a rest so it doesn't feel routine. It’s up to you, just go with what feels right and aligned to you in the moment!

Above all, you want to exercise patience. Trust that once you already put your wishes out into the universe via your thoughts and feelings and visualizations, know that the universe is already working on it. It’s like placing an order online. You put it in your cart, you checked out, you completed your order. Now you’re just waiting on shipping and delivery.

So still feel as if it’s happening, but let go of the timeline. Deeply, fully, completely trust that the Universe has a better plan and will always work in Divine Timing.

Just because your wish hasn’t shown up in a day, a week, a month, even a year - doesn’t mean it’s not working. It just means it’s on it’s way in the best timing possible. I legit just had a dream come true that I've been wishing and working on for ten years. Never give up if it feels good for you because you see, the Universe only ever has one of three responses to your wishes:

1. Yes, here you go.

2. Yes, but it’s not the right timing, wait until I can align it for your highest good so it can be the best it can possibly be.

3. That’s not for your highest good, so I’ll give you something better.

Never forget that! Reminding yourself of this is so incredibly helpful to reinforce that your manifestations are always on the way, and the Universe always has your back!

Let go of worrying, let go of the pressure, and the stress. Feel so neutral. I’ve found it’s so helpful to be in that energy of: “whatever the universe wants, is okay with me!”

When I personally thought: “Okay if the universe wants me to be single forever, I can still find happiness…” I started dating my true love for real within two weeks.

When I personally thought: “Okay, when it comes to money, whatever is fine, Universe, I trust you’ll always take care of me…” I wound up making my highest month’s revenue to date.

There’s such power in acknowledging you’d like something, but ultimately remaining neutral and leaving it up the Universe is even more powerful.

So overall, it’s really just like creating a wish list and then being “if the universe gets it for me cool, if not, also cool, I’m still going to have an amazing life regardless.” And that in my opinion, is the energy that makes it all happen!

Of course, another part of it too is to take some action! Ask your higher self, the Universe, your angels, for an action step you can take. Or look inwards and feel it.

Say you want to be able to travel the world. You set your intentions and put it out there. Then, you can ask for your next step and maybe you'll intuitively feel spirit give you advice on a new business you could start that would give you the freedom to travel and make money while doing it.

Say you’re trying to manifest your true love, and then you feel the urge to ask a friend to hangout that weekend - and that friend says they’re going to a party and asks you to come along, and then while there you meet the love of your life!

Say you want a new job, then you check with your intuition, and you suddenly feel inspired to search at that very moment for your job on a specific website and see your dream job was posted only 1 minute prior.

The Universe is always sending you signs and intuitive nudges, so listen to them and take action steps that feel good, that feel easy and natural, and aligned to you! Because you + the Universe can make any magic!

So those are my personal methods! I personally don’t really use vision boards anymore (though I know plenty of people who love doing them and find the work!), I don’t religiously do any rituals (yet plenty of people stick to ones and find they are so helpful!) Again, whatever works best for you! Try it all out and find your way!

Above all, I just feel gratitude every day and take some time to appreciate all my blesings. I take a few moments to visualize my dream life and/or journal when I feel called to. I heal myself where I need to be healed and work on improving my thoughts and beliefs around each subject. I leave it up to the Universe and take action where and when I feel inspired to.

I embody the version of myself who knows that no matter what happens, I can still find happiness. I trust my path, I trust the Universe has a greater plan, I keep myself open to magic and miracles and unexpected surprises.

I try not to worry and try to exercise patience, all knowing that of course the best things are going to happen, and if not I’ll get something better!

I hope that helps you and inspires you to try some things out for yourself! <3

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