Episode 1 - What Manifestation is and what Manifestation is Not Intro: Welcome to the Let's Manifest podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Alissa Esposito, a certified life coach and manifestation expert, dedicated to helping you design and live a life that you absolutely love. Together, we're diving into the magic of the law of attraction, quantum physics, and powerful personal development techniques. Whether you're new to manifestation or seeking inspiration, this podcast offers clarity, motivation, and actionable insights. So are you ready? Let's make it happen. Episode 1 Content: Welcome. As this is the first episode for this podcast, you are likely here to learn the skill of manifestation. And I thought I'd start with the topic of what is manifestation and what it is not. Now you might be new to the world of manifestation. If so, then perhaps you think it's full of a bunch of woo woo and wishful thinking for people who are desperate and delusional. Maybe you even roll your eyes or snicker inside when you see some video telling people all they need to do is recite some mantras x number of times and voila, something's supposed to appear or happen. That their life is supposed to change, that they win the lotto, receive a huge inheritance, or even that special person magically shows up in their life. Well, perhaps that's not what you think now, but maybe that was your initial impression of manifestation before you learned more. So that leads me into what manifestation is not. Manifestation is not just positive thinking and repeating mantras. I was one of those people who thought it was woo woo. And by that, I mean empty positive words and wishful thinking. A bunch of made up BS that just gave people false hope. I think we all know that you can't just wish and hope that you change your way into making this amazing life or just making more money. While positive thinking is important and a part of manifestation, it's not the full picture. If you're thinking positively, but your underlying beliefs, emotions, are rooted in fear, lack, or doubt, that energy is going to override your positive thinking, and it will result in what you attract. Manifestation requires doing the inner work, addressing the limiting beliefs, healing emotional wounds, aligning with the feeling of already having what you desire. This is one reason why just reciting mantras over and over doesn't work. Your brain has to believe what you're reciting to yourself. It's not going to believe you if you keep saying, I'm rich, I'm rich. If your underlying feelings are rooted in scarcity and lack. So if you log into your bank account and it's always negative or it's low and your stomach just drops and you feel frustrated, down, ashamed, worried, and stressed every time you logged in, just repeating these positive mantras is not going to do anything. In order to manifest, you actually have to believe it. You have to believe in something. So honestly, if you have to repeat these mantras to yourself, it means you don't believe in it, right? What do we do then to change our belief? Well, you have to build up to those thoughts in small little increments. What could be the next believable thought? Maybe it's, I have everything I need right now. You can see just by switching your thought to that, it feels a little better than I should be rich. I should be off than I am now. I shouldn't be in debt. It's likely a thought that you can believe right now versus I am rich. Eventually, you work your way up to a higher vibrational, more abundant thought that actually feels true to you. This is shifting your belief and shifting your energy. Okay. Let's move on to number two. Manifestation is not magic. It would be super awesome if it was that easy, but it's not. There's more to manifesting. I used to be a huge Harry Potter fan. Okay, I might have been Hermione for Halloween for like a decade, but let's be honest, who wouldn't love magical powers, right? As much as I wish it was, and all I had to do was wave a magic wand, manifestation isn't magic. Things don't just appear, there's actually science behind it. The science behind it is based in quantum physics. It explains how the law of attraction actually works, how manifestation actually works, the why. I'll cover this utterly fascinating topic in a future episode. But having a background in science, when I understood the why and the how, it all made sense. That's how my brain works. It just likes to know the why and the how behind things. And in a way, I think everybody does. It helps us to strengthen our beliefs. Manifesting can take time, and it takes trust, and it requires you to come in alignment with your thoughts, your feelings, your energy, and your actions. That brings me to number three, manifesting is not a substitute for action. Manifesting does start in the mind, however, it requires more of you. It's not about sitting back and just waiting for things to happen. But it's also not just all about the hustle ...
