I used to be the queen of vision boards.
I started making them in 2012 after watching The Secret.
I still remember what was on them.
My fake check from the universe for $10 million,
A thriving chiropractic business,
A happy couple dancing,
Abs and a big booty,
And of course,
The million-dollar mansion with a pool.
I'd spend hours cutting out pictures,
Gluing them to my poster board,
Complete with inspirational quotes,
Trying to tell the universe,
This is what I want,
Please bring me this life.
And sometimes things did happen.
I'd get little synchronicities,
A new opportunity,
A boost in clients,
A bit more income.
I took these as signs to continue,
So I kept slogging away with my boards,
Visualizing myself,
Having the things,
And how happy I'd feel when I had all of them.
It took me 10 years to question this method of manifestation,
10 years of grasping for these goals before I realized something so simple.
What I wanted wasn't what I needed.
The vision board was like ordering from a limited menu instead of letting life cook up something infinitely better for me.
Let me say this again.
Sometimes what we want isn't what we actually need,
And what's meant for us can be far more beautiful than anything we could have planned.
If I'd stuck to my old vision boards,
I'd probably still be forcing my way into some version of success that wasn't meant for me,
A big chiropractic business,
Probably a giant mortgage,
And a solid gym routine.
Now there's nothing really wrong with any of that,
But I now know myself well enough to see that that life simply would not have made me happy.
Right now,
I'm sitting in a penthouse in Chiang Mai,
Northern Thailand,
With views of the mountains.
This year I've been to Australia,
France,
And Japan,
With many Thailand trips in between.
I started my morning with Qigong,
No alarm,
And now I'm here in my cozy office,
Feeling so excited and whole as I record this track,
Sharing my truth and knowledge.
Later on in the day,
I'm going to dance and then have dinner with my friends.
I know I'm living one of my highest timelines,
And I never once put any of this on a vision board.
All of this was able to happen because I let go of the vision boards.
I let go of trying to manifest specific things.
I thought I wanted $10 million in my business,
But when I looked deeper,
It was never really about money.
It was about freedom,
And it was about safety.
It was about wanting to wake up and feel like I could create and live without any pressure.
And when I let go of that fake check for $10 million,
Life gave me everything I needed to feel safe,
Free,
And creative.
I started listening to my body and following my excitement.
I quit my job as a chiropractor in Australia,
Travelled the world by myself,
And eventually found a new home in Thailand.
Here,
I was led to my partner,
Someone who genuinely loves to provide.
I don't have to hustle anymore.
I get to create when I feel inspired,
See the clients who resonate with my energy,
And spend my days dancing,
Learning,
And creating.
It so turns out I didn't need $10 million to have the freedom and safety I desired.
I went from reaching and grasping for things to relaxing my hand into an open palm,
Ready to receive.
I went from forcing and manipulating to absolute surrender.
Now surrender doesn't mean giving up.
It means giving over,
Handing the steering wheel to something wiser than our conscious mind.
Our ego says,
I want this specific thing because only then I'll feel safe.
But the universe says,
I'll bring you safety in a way that frees you completely.
When we stop chasing the picture of the thing,
We make space for the essence of it to come in.
This is what I teach in my course,
Manifestation Through Surrender.
It's how to shift from trying to control the universe to learning how to co-create with it.
Real manifestation,
I now realize,
Is not about vision boards,
Scripting,
Saying affirmations in the mirror.
It's about becoming available to the energy of what you truly want.
When you focus on the deeper feelings you desire,
Freedom,
Love,
Safety,
Etc.
,
Life can meet you there.
And often,
It looks nothing like your vision board.
It looks better.
If you've been manifesting for years and still feel like something isn't clicking,
Maybe it's time to surrender to this new idea.
I would love to see you in my course,
Manifestation Through Surrender.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this point of view.
Please leave a comment in your track review.
Thank you so much for all of your donations and for listening to my tracks.
See you in the course.
