I still remember the first time I created a vision board. I didn’t think too much of it—just images that felt beautiful and aligned. Months later, one by one, pieces of that vision began to come true. That was the spark that opened me to the power of manifesting. And once I began to study it, apply it, and clear away my own resistance, I realized manifestation isn’t luck—it’s intentional living.
My girlfriend Allison dubbed me “the Queen of vision boards” because of my passion for using my manifesting secrets, along with my vision board method to create what you want in life, really works and works quickly.
Lately, the things on my board have been popping into my life almost instantly!!!! Whoooa?!?!? I’ll even go as far as to say, I had to cover up and change some things on my board because it manifested faster than I was expecting it to. Needless to say, I am pretty passionate about the topic. I love everything about manifesting the life you want.
I didn’t always understand manifestation the way I do now.
Like many people, my first introduction to manifestation came through vision boards and affirmations. I loved the idea that your thoughts could shape your reality, but at the time it still felt a little abstract — something inspiring to think about, but not always easy to apply in real life.
I remember sitting with one of my old vision boards and realizing how many of the images had quietly become part of my real life. At the time I created it, those things felt distant and uncertain. Looking back, I could see how clarity, belief, and consistent action had slowly turned those ideas into reality. It is a gradual process, there are 8 phases of the manifestation journey and when I began to understand them, it started to feel effortless.
Over the years, my understanding of manifestation deepened through experience. I began to notice how the things I focused on expanded in my life — opportunities, relationships, ideas, and even income streams often began as quiet intentions long before they became visible results.
I now teach a very specific and strategic method of manifestation inside of my private membership.
Having said that, the biggest changes in my life didn’t start with action plans or perfect strategies. They started with clarity — knowing exactly what I wanted — and learning how to align my mindset and daily life with that vision.
Manifestation is often misunderstood as wishful thinking or magical thinking, but in reality it is a practical and deeply personal process. Manifestation is about becoming the version of yourself who is ready to receive what you desire.
It is the process of turning inner intention into outer reality.
And once you understand how manifestation really works, it becomes something you can practice intentionally instead of hoping it will happen by chance.
This guide will walk you through what manifestation really means, how manifestation works in real life, and how you can begin manifesting in a way that feels grounded, natural, and aligned.
What Is Manifestation?
At its core, manifestation is about bringing your inner world into alignment with your outer world. It’s the process of becoming so clear, so grounded, and so intentional about your desires that your life naturally shifts to reflect them.
It’s not magic, though it can feel magical. It’s not just repeating affirmations. True manifestation involves:
Clarity – Knowing what you truly want.
Belief – Trusting that it is possible and that you’re worthy of it.
Alignment – Shaping your thoughts, emotions, and actions to support your vision.
Patience & Faith – Allowing the timing to unfold without forcing.
At its simplest level, manifestation is the process of turning an internal vision into external reality. It involves aligning your thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and actions so that they support the life you want to create. Manifestation is not just positive thinking — it is the gradual process of becoming the person who naturally lives at that level.
What Manifestation Really Means
Manifestation is the process of bringing your thoughts, intentions, and desires into physical reality through a combination of clarity, belief, emotional alignment, and action.
At its core, manifestation begins internally before it ever becomes visible externally.
Every change in your life begins as an idea — a vision of something that does not yet exist. When you consistently focus your attention on that vision and begin making choices that support it, that inner idea slowly becomes an outer reality.
Manifestation is not about controlling the universe or forcing outcomes. Instead, manifestation is about aligning your inner world with the direction you want your life to move.
When your thoughts, emotions, and actions move in the same direction, progress becomes much more natural.
Manifestation is often described in spiritual language, but it can also be understood in practical terms. The things you believe influence the decisions you make. The decisions you make shape your habits. And your habits shape the results you experience.
This means manifestation is not separate from real life — it is happening all the time, whether you are conscious of it or not.
Once you become intentional about what you focus on and how you direct your energy, manifestation becomes a conscious process instead of an accidental one.
HOW MANIFESTATION ACTUALLY WORKS
And what manifestation really means.
Manifestation works through a combination of attention, belief, emotional alignment, and consistent action.
Many people assume manifestation is only about thinking positively, but true manifestation involves a deeper shift in how you see yourself and what you believe is possible for your life.
One of the most powerful aspects of manifestation is focus. Whatever you consistently direct your attention toward begins to take up more space in your awareness. You start noticing opportunities, ideas, and possibilities that align with your goals.
This is one reason manifestation can feel almost surprising when it begins to work. The opportunities were often already there — you simply became more able to recognize them.
Beliefs also play a central role in manifestation.
If you believe something is impossible or out of reach, you will naturally avoid the risks and opportunities that could move you closer to it. When your beliefs expand, your choices expand as well.
Emotional alignment is another important part of manifestation. When you feel connected to your vision instead of doubtful or resistant, it becomes easier to take consistent action.
Manifestation is not about pretending to feel positive all the time. It is about gradually shifting your inner state so that your goals feel natural and believable.
Action is what ultimately grounds manifestation into reality.
Clear intentions and strong beliefs create direction, but consistent action turns possibility into results. Even small steps taken regularly can move you closer to the life you want to create.
Manifestation works best when intention, belief, emotion, and action support each other.
When these elements come together, change begins to feel less forced and more aligned.
6 CORE MANIFESTATION PRINCIPLES YOU MUST KNOW and start using immediately:
1. Clarity Creates Direction
Manifestation begins with clarity.
It is difficult to create change in your life if you are not clear about what you want. Vague desires often lead to vague results, while clear intentions create a sense of direction that helps guide your decisions and actions.
Clarity does not mean you need a perfect plan. It simply means allowing yourself to honestly acknowledge what you want, even if the path forward is still unfolding.
Many people avoid clarity because it can feel vulnerable to admit what they truly desire. But clarity is the starting point of manifestation because it gives your energy a place to move toward.
When you become clear about what you want, your attention naturally begins to organize around that vision.
Over time, clarity turns into momentum.
Practice: Set aside 10 minutes in a quiet space. Ask yourself:
What am I craving right now in my life?
How would it feel to have that?
Why does it matter to me?
The more you practice tuning into your intuition, the easier it becomes to separate true desires from outside noise.
It’s important to write things down when you are looking to manifest them. According to neuroscience, scripting is one of the most powerful ways to bring your intentions into existence.
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER:
The things in your heart are meant for you. God put them directly in there for you to experience in this life. Yet, sometimes, it is hard to hear the whispers of our heart when the loud voice of the subconscious mind takes over. Learn how to train your subconscious mind inside the Manifestation Queen Membership.
Think about a time when you stayed in a relationship or friendship with someone who judged you or put you down (emotional abuse, ahem.) and you began to believe the things that they said were actually the truth and the voice of your inner wisdom.
Or perhaps you had parents who gave you specific guidelines for how to think, act or behave in life and you adopted those rules as your own and voila they now were the voice of your inner guidance.
The problem lies in all the subconscious programming within your mind that tells you what you want. It can make or break your manifestations. So, before you whip out those magazines and begin to make your vision board, you must know your intuition is on your side (not the side of all the lies and subconscious beliefs that don’t serve you).
Like if your parents pushed you into a career that you don’t truly love, but you’re pretending its what you want…..thats blocking you from being able to manifest anything your heart desires. I teach you specific tools to work through your blocks inside the Membership.
You really want to spend some time working on this. Spend time alone, working on yourself and testing all the things that you want. Ask yourself why you want something? How will you feel after you get it? What is it about that thing that will make you a better, happier, more fulfilled person? And really check yourself. Honor your desires and feel good about what you want.
Listen to this podcast episode for more on intuition:
2. Belief Expands What Feels Possible
Belief is one of the most powerful forces behind manifestation.
Your beliefs shape what feels realistic, attainable, and available to you. If something feels impossible on a deep level, you will naturally hold yourself back from the actions and opportunities that could bring it into your life.
Belief does not require blind optimism. Instead, belief grows gradually as you begin to see evidence that change is possible.
Sometimes belief begins with small shifts — allowing yourself to consider that a different outcome might be available to you than the one you expected.
As belief expands, your choices expand as well. You begin to take steps that once felt intimidating or unrealistic, and those steps create new possibilities.
Manifestation often accelerates when belief and action begin reinforcing each other.
Common blocks:
“I’m not worthy of this.”
“It’s too big—it could never happen.”
“Other people get what they want, but not me.”
Shift the energy: Notice the thought, name it, and gently ask: Is this true? Do I want to carry this belief forward? Replace it with something kinder, like: I am open to receiving new possibilities.
It all begins in the mind. We have monkey minds. Minds that will react, judge, overthink, control, make excuses, think the worst, etc. The thing is, your mind controls your emotions, so when you allow all of those negative thoughts to take up space in your brain, they will send you off on a roller coaster of negative emotions. These negative emotions will cause you to behave in ways that don’t support your best life.
Have you ever gotten paranoid that your boyfriend was cheating on you and then treated him like shit because of it? Did that create bliss in your relationship? Probably not. Or have you ever gotten an inspired business idea, like starting a website but then hesitated because something wasn’t perfect? or you don’t have the time? or some other idea that keeps you blocked from making the move towards that dream?
Well, that is your monkey mind at work, telling you all of the lies about why you should not go for your goals and dreams. Your monkey minds only job is to keep you stuck, holding on for dear life to survive the big scary world out there. It’s human survival instincts. But, like, what are we so afraid of?
I have worked EXTENSIVELY on my monkey mind. I even worked with a therapist for over a year to help me get really good at watching the thoughts that pop into my mind so that I can learn the tools and skills to overcome all the fear and doubt.
Even to this day, if I allow it, my thoughts will go off on tangents and create false evidence to appear real and quite frankly its pretty scary how far our minds will go. Sometimes it takes an outside person to show you that what you are afraid of, isn’t actually even real.
I have learned the value of working on the mind for your mental health. It is just as important as your physical health. In fact, your mental health has a lot to do with your physical health. Things like anxiety, depression and stress come from your monkey mind running wild and wearing your physical body down. They say Dis-ease leads to disease.
It is so necessary to be DILIGENT in keeping a positive & productive mindset. Your life experience will resemble the thoughts going on in your mind. It controls your weight, your bank account, your relationship status, your success, your home, etc. It controls everything so you really want to be programming yourself to catch any limiting thoughts or beliefs and talk yourself out of them immediately, especially before you act or react on them.
3. PATIENCE IS A MUST.
I would be remiss if I did not emphasize the importance of understanding the concept of patience. With all of your heart, you must know that what is meant for you will NOT miss you. You must believe that to your core and you also must posses the ability to believe in Divine Timing. Have you ever looked back at a situation where you missed something and it actually worked out in your favor?
Like that time on Sex and the City, when Charlotte was so desperate to find a husband and was out on a blind date that went terribly wrong but she ran away from the blind date guy, almost got hit by a cab and lo and behold, she met her future husband. Or one time my friend was heartbroken and so on a whim, we decided to board a plane to Vegas and on that plane ride, we sat next to a group of guys and as fate would have it my friend ended up marrying the guy on the plane.
These serendipitous stories happen all the time. (Now, watch your mind for all the negative judgemental thoughts that pop up here like “that would never happen for me” or “that’s a bunch of bs”. These are lies!!!!!) But seriously, these things happen all the time, I see them happen to me and people around me. BUT, they happen when a persons mind isn’t cluttered and busy with all the negative, fearful thoughts. It’s when they make a decision to let those limiting beliefs and the thoughts that are holding them back, go. When you let go of holding on to something, forcing something, needing something to happen in your time, they will magically begin to come your way.
So, try to get your mind wrapped around the fact that what is meant for you will not miss you. It will come your way when you are ready. If something doesn’t work out the way you want it to, just give it time.
The more you think about the fact that you haven’t manifested it, the more you keep it away from you. So, lay down the desire from your obsessive thoughts and TRUST, when it’s meant to come it will. Understand this universal principle because your life depends on it.
4. Emotional Alignment Supports Manifestation
Manifestation is not only mental — it is emotional.
Your emotional state influences how you experience your life and how you respond to opportunities and challenges. When your emotions are constantly tense or resistant, it becomes difficult to stay connected to your vision.
Emotional alignment does not mean forcing yourself to feel positive all the time. It means allowing your emotions to move while gradually creating a more supportive inner environment.
When your inner state feels calmer and more grounded, it becomes easier to move toward your goals with consistency.
Many people overlook this part of manifestation, but emotional alignment is often what allows manifestation to feel sustainable instead of exhausting.
A strong spiritual practice will help you work on this principle. Meditation, working with crystals, yoga, chakra balancing, prayer, worship, connection with your higher power will help you know that the Universe, God, the divine, has your back.
My 21-day course, Soul Aligned, will help you on your spiritual awakening journey.
5. Identity Shapes Results
One of the deeper levels of manifestation involves identity.
Manifestation is not only about attracting things into your life — it is also about becoming the version of yourself who naturally lives at that level.
For example, someone who sees themselves as capable and resourceful will make different decisions than someone who feels uncertain or limited.
Identity influences how you show up in your work, your relationships, and your daily habits.
As your self-concept evolves, your life often begins to reflect that change.
Many manifestations happen gradually as your identity shifts to support the reality you want to create.
6. Consistent Action Grounds Manifestation
Action is what brings manifestation into the physical world.
Intentions and beliefs create direction, but consistent action transforms possibility into reality. Even small steps taken regularly can create meaningful change over time.
Manifestation does not require constant effort or overworking yourself. Instead, it works best when your actions feel aligned with your goals and values.
Aligned action often feels steady and sustainable rather than forced or frantic.
When intention, belief, emotion, identity, and action begin to support each other, manifestation becomes a natural process rather than a struggle.
LIVE AND OPERATE YOUR LIFE AS IF .
At this point your mind should be free of all the negative drama and monkey mind thoughts. So my advice would be to use this free space in your mind to play with manifesting. Talk yourself into the belief that you can have whatever you want and feel, act, behave, talk and live like it is already done.
Use your free time to cultivate a blissful environment around you. Surround yourself with the things you love, Feng Shui and declutter your home. Get the energy of your surroundings in line with the life that you want.
If there is something that you really, really want, allow yourself to step into the alternate dimension of reality where you actually ALREADY HAVE what you want. (think about it like a time travel machine)
So, if you want a new car……feel, do, be someone that just got a new car. What would you do today if you had just gotten your new car? Would it be washed and full of gas? ——> go do that right now with the car you have. Would you go pick up friends and drive around? ——-> go do that right now with the car you have. Would you roll around like a confident bad ass with your windows down and music blasting? ———-> Go do that right now with the car you have.
This game of playing in an alternate reality where you experience what you want will COLLAPSE the timeline to getting whatever it is that you want. (this is what athletes do when they prepare to compete and win)
Negative thoughts will come up. Life will throw curve balls and things will happen to hold you back. Fight for your mindset like your life depends on it. Play the game with ease.
I recently read this book by Richard Dotts, called It is Done. It really helped me better understand how to really let all of it go and I think its helped me manifest more with ease. I love reading books on this topic. Here are a few of my favorites, my complete list you can find inside the membership.
WHY MANIFESTATION DOESN'T WORK FOR MANY PEOPLE
Manifestation is often presented as something simple and effortless, but many people feel frustrated when they don't see results right away.
In most cases, manifestation doesn't fail because the process itself doesn't work. It struggles when there is a disconnect between intention and daily life.
Understanding the common obstacles can help you approach manifestation in a more realistic and supportive way.
Trying to Force Outcomes
One of the most common misunderstandings about manifestation is the idea that you have to push harder in order to make something happen.
Manifestation works best when your efforts feel aligned rather than pressured. When you try to control every detail or rush the process, it often creates tension instead of momentum.
Learning to move forward steadily while allowing space for timing and growth is an important part of manifestation.
Lack of Consistency
Manifestation is not usually the result of a single moment of inspiration.
It develops through consistent attention over time. When your focus constantly shifts from one desire to another, it becomes difficult to build momentum in any one direction.
Consistency does not mean perfection. It simply means returning to your intentions regularly and continuing to take small steps forward.
Over time, consistency allows small efforts to build into meaningful results.
Limiting Beliefs
Sometimes manifestation feels blocked because of beliefs that operate quietly in the background.
If part of you believes that success is unavailable or undeserved, it becomes difficult to fully move toward what you want.
These beliefs often form over many years, which means they take time to shift.
Manifestation becomes easier when you begin to recognize these patterns and gradually replace them with more supportive perspectives.
Emotional Resistance
Strong desires can sometimes bring up fear or uncertainty.
Even when you want something deeply, part of you may feel nervous about change or unsure about what the future might bring.
This emotional resistance can slow the manifestation process because your inner state is moving in two different directions at once.
Creating emotional safety and self-trust often helps manifestation feel more natural and sustainable.
Expecting Immediate Results
Many people expect manifestation to happen quickly, and it can be discouraging when results take longer than expected.
In reality, many manifestations develop gradually through a series of small shifts and opportunities.
Sometimes the early stages of manifestation are not visible yet, even though progress is happening behind the scenes.
Learning to trust the process while continuing to take aligned action allows manifestation to unfold more naturally.
✨ A Beginner’s Manifestation Ritual
Here’s a simple practice you can try this week:
Set the Scene – Light a candle, make tea, or create a cozy environment.
Write Down Your Top 3 Intentions – Frame them in present tense, e.g. “I am calling in loving relationships,” “I am creating financial stability,” “I am living in a calm, peaceful home.”
Visualize Them – Spend 3–5 minutes imagining these intentions as real.
Release & Trust – Say aloud, “I release these desires with love and trust in divine timing.”
Take One Aligned Step – Choose one small action that moves you closer
📚 A few really good books to get you started
Check out my list of my top 12 manifestation books here.
Manifestation is not about forcing. It’s about becoming—a shift in who you are and how you see yourself. Begin with clarity, practice patience, and trust the process. Even one small intention can ripple through your life in the most beautiful ways.
Your dream life isn’t out there somewhere. It begins right here—with you.
I hope you enjoyed these tips. I am always interested in hearing what you have to say about them. Let me know your favorite manifesting tips too.
Common Questions About Manifestation
Can anyone learn to manifest?
Yes — manifestation is a skill that develops over time through clarity, awareness, and consistent action.
Some people naturally think in visionary or intuitive ways, but manifestation does not require special talent or spiritual experience. It begins with learning how to direct your attention intentionally and make choices that support your goals.
Over time, manifestation often becomes easier as you develop stronger self-trust and a clearer sense of direction.
Is manifestation spiritual or religious?
Manifestation can be approached in either a spiritual or practical way, and many people combine both perspectives.
Some people see manifestation as a spiritual practice that involves intention, intuition, and trust in a larger process. Others view manifestation as a psychological process involving focus, belief, and behavior.
Manifestation does not require any particular religious belief. At its core, it is simply the process of intentionally shaping your life through awareness and action.
What is the difference between manifestation and goal-setting?
Goal-setting focuses primarily on planning and measurable outcomes, while manifestation focuses on the internal changes that support those outcomes.
Traditional goal-setting often emphasizes strategies and timelines, while manifestation places equal importance on mindset, belief, and emotional alignment.
Many people find that manifestation and goal-setting work best together. Clear goals provide direction, while manifestation helps create the inner conditions that support lasting change.
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Why does manifestation sometimes feel slow?
Manifestation often feels slow because meaningful change usually happens in stages.
Before visible results appear, internal shifts often take place first — new beliefs develop, habits change, and opportunities begin to emerge. These early stages may not always be obvious at the time.
Many manifestations that appear sudden are actually the result of steady progress that has been building for a long time.
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What should you focus on first when learning manifestation?
The most helpful place to start is clarity.
Understanding what you truly want creates direction for everything else in the manifestation process. Once your intentions become clear, it becomes easier to notice opportunities and make decisions that move you forward.
Many people find that writing down their intentions or creating a vision board helps turn abstract ideas into something more concrete.
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