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[ LoA 101 Series ] What Is Manifestation?

by: Jenn

[ LoA 101 Series ] What Is Manifestation?

As you have likely noticed by now, I’m a full-on #manifestationjunkie! I’ve been actively studying and playing with the Law of Attraction for about 6 years now.

I still am wildly obsessed with the concept. I LOVE anything that helps to empower people to dream big and make their lives as amazing as they should be.

That’s mostly because I think a lot of us are selling ourselves short. We’ve stopped believing in our own innate creation power. So these days I’ve made it my job to help you all remember just how powerful you really are.


Manifestation is simply the process of making an intention real. It’s about taking something that’s just an idea in your mind and calling it into this physical plane.



And to be honest, that’s something we’re doing all the time!

Just take a look around you: everything you see (that’s manmade) originated as an idea in someone’s mind. Which is truly wild! Humans are crazy powerful, even though most of us don’t wake up feeling that way every morning.

With that said, I know what your next question is: what’s the difference between manifesting and–you know–just regular goal-setting stuff?

Honestly, the two are not that much different! You pick a target and head out.

One is simply consciously manifesting and the other isn’t. One is trying to do everything itself and the other is a lot more chilled about the whole process.

They both take you to the same place ultimately but you’ll have a lot more fun along with way when you operate from faith!

With the Law of Attraction, we know that there’s a secret invisible force behind the scenes. We know that we’ll get help along the way. And because we have full faith in our own power, we operate with a sense of confidence.

So it’s also true that you don’t really need a special teacher to start manifesting. You are a born manifestor. Your very nature is manifesting!

However, you likely haven’t explored this power. You’ve probably been shown by the world at large that if you don’t hustle and sweat, you’ll never achieve your dreams. You’ve been told that money is difficult to earn, that men come and go, that people like you just can’t live the life they really want to (insert reason here).

(And now you can see what I’m really fighting against!)

Your attitudes and beliefs about yourself and the world around you are what actually create your life!




So by teaching manifesting, I’m not actually giving you some superpower that you didn’t have before. I’m just opening your mind and heart to the array of possibilities in front of you.

To be honest, many spiritual people seem dead-set against dreaming big and setting goals. They want to just float and take life as it comes. And to a certain degree that’s cool–if you’re aware of the potential downfalls! But here’s where I think this goes wrong:

Humans are meant to live in expansion mode. That means constantly learning, growing and changing. The Universe itself is in a state of constant expansion so it only makes sense that we should do the same!

However, most of us shirk this notion. We’ve been conditioned to believe that you go to school, find a job and stay there forever. Of course, now we’re beginning to understand just how outdated that concept is!

Yet many of us still hold this up as the standard. So when life throws us some unexpected curveballs we take it personally. We’re not living up to the ideal so there must be something wrong with us–right?

Sometimes we stop setting goals because we think we’re past that stage. We’re adults now. We’ve checked all the boxes. The pushing part of our life is over.

But purpose is the opposite of depression!

When we stop having a focus, when we stop growing, we’ll one day wake up, look around and wonder “Is that all there is?” It’s so common to have this feeling of waking up in someone else’s life because you’ve gone on autopilot for months or years at a time. You’ve stopped listening to your soul–but when the soul wakes up, it’s going to confront you with the truth: something has gone deeply wrong.

Manifestation works hand in hand with growth. Manifestation asks that you constantly assess where you are so you can figure out where you want to go. And manifestation offers you a way to make all those dreams of yours a reality–but without the intense struggle and push that you’ve been conditioned to believe comes first.

In my world, successful manifestation is 10% intention and 90% mental work. So the people that literally want to sit on the sofa watching Kardashian marathons and not doing anything, will probably click away from this post right now!

But those of you who are really committed to growth might find this comforting. That’s because:




It isn’t a matter of just not being able to do it.
(Because you’re always doing it!)

It isn’t a matter of not being good manifestor.
(Because you’ve been manifesting your entire life!)

It isn’t a matter of not being lucky.
(Because you can create your own luck!)



Manifesting lets you control all those variables you’ve been told are out of your control! It’s truly just about consciously creating your own life. It’s about deciding what you want and believing that you’re good enough to have it. It’s about throwing out your own unhelpful mind programming, beliefs and stories so you can start fresh.

Manifesting truly does create a wild new world of possibilities! So if this is your first introduction to the world of the Law of Attraction, welcome to the club of Conscious Creation.




I hope that post helps you whether you’re just becoming familiar with the Law of Attraction or whether you just needed a refresher in order to get excited about it again.

As always I’d love to hear your comments and questions, so please feel free to drop them below. Thank you so much for reading & I’ll see you back here next week!




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And now for a quick message from your Higher Self: And now for a quick message from your Higher Self:Love yourself enough to LET IT GOBreathe deep & have a happy Sunday my beautiful babes!
You are magic itself.And your desires have meani You are magic itself.And your desires have meaning for the WORLD.So if you really KNEW that you were here to feel happy and do the things that bring you joy, what would you be doing differently?If you’re like me, it’s too easy to forget our true divine nature.It’s too easy to believe our worries and limitations more than we trust ourselves and this beautiful journey.But if you could trust your magic for just a moment, what would change?If you knew your dreams where a matter of WHEN not if, how would this moment be different?All the magic you ever needed is IN you already. All you need to do right now is TUNE into it!
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with love + miracles ✨
~ Jenn
Identity shifting is KEY to manifesting.Because Identity shifting is KEY to manifesting.Because you ALWAYS manifest from your subconscious mind.Meaning you WILL play out old programs and ideas over and over again.Until YOU decide enough's enough! And do the work to REPROGRAM your mind to reflect what it you want and who you need to be.But sometimes, this work doesn't FEEL like it's doing anything.Those little tiny shifts on the inside are close to invisible--which might even make you doubt that it's happening at all.But trust me gorgeous, it IS.Keep taking tiny steps forward.Keep doubling down on who you WANT to be.TRUST the process and understandThat little by little, bit by bitIt all adds upUntil one day you look around and realize: I'm already there.
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with love + miracles ✨
~ Jenn
What would it be like to TRULY be enough for yours What would it be like to TRULY be enough for yourself?💜To not CRAVE that outside approval or validation?To forget about other people's opinions or what they say behind your back?To not motivate yourself to move TOWARDS something only because you cannot stand where you are?This just goes to show that as much as we all LOATHE to admit it, so much of what we do is based off of artificially leveraging ourselves UP.If so-and-so would only say "good job"If that person would LOVE meIf I finally did [ insert arbitrary goal here ]THEN I could finally feel good and actually TRULY love myself.Sometimes we all get our wires crossed on this at times. (Myself included!)We focus on the future fantasy that our issues will MAGICALLY disappear once X/Y/Z happens.And we chase the things outside of us, forgetting that the ONLY place our true happiness lies is within ourselves.I'm here to warn you:You could run the whole race of life and NOT get what you think you need from other people.You could meet milestone after milestone and still NEVER feel like you measure up. 😩ORYou could start being enough, right here, right now.Enough = you as you are, flaws, mistakes and all.Enough = you without anyone else.Enough = you.💗Happy Thursday Conscious Creator friends!
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with love + miracles ✨
~ Jenn
It's a FACT of life: you're simply NOT going to fe It's a FACT of life: you're simply NOT going to feel good all the time.And that's okay!Not gonna lie: the last month or so has been rough for me.The darkness of winter + strict lockdowns/limited holiday celebrations were TOUGH.I've definitely had my moments of letting it all get to me.But that doesn't mean anything has gone wrong.It doesn't mean that I'm somehow failing.And it definitely does NOT mean I'm putting more space between me and my manifestation goals.Even with the BEST of intentions, life is 50/50. Expecting perfection at any time will ONLY set you up for disappointment.Feeling frustrated, down, exhausted: those are all normal feelings for anyone experiencing a pandemic (plus general winter blues/ political chaos etc.)So while I don't want to create MORE of those feelings, I'm also not going to judge myself for having them.Making your feelings WRONG does not speed you up back into feeling better. It only creates self-loathing and resistance.Are you feeling the same? Here are a few things that are helping me right now:- Just letting myself cry if I feel like it (Sometimes 10 minutes of a good cry is a sufficient release!)
- Concentrating on pandemic-lockdown friendly goals that I CAN achieve (Doing pilates every day, meditation + Manifestation Journaling)
- Taking a break from drinking (I only drank about once a week anyway! But why not try going without it for a month?)
- Doing more behind-the-scenes entrepreneur stuff (The kinds of things that are so easy to put off for "someday")
- Using my SAD lamp every morning! (I only just got it but I swear it's helping)
- NOT judging myself too harshly if I suddenly don't feel up to doing the work I had planned or posting as much I "should" (Being an entrepreneur brings an EXTRA level of potential self-judgment that's hard to get out of at times.)This is all just a great example of one of the most important lessons of LIFE.You don't get to choose all your circumstances. But you DO get to choose what you do WITH them.What are you choosing to create right now? Whether you're in lockdown or not, I'd love to hear it!

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