You know that moment when something you once loved starts to feel complete, almost like a chapter gently closing while another waits in the wings. That’s where I landed at the start of 2025.

After nearly a decade of running one of the most-read manifestation blogs online, reaching millions of women every year, something inside me shifted. I still loved writing. I still loved connecting through words. Yet a small, persistent voice kept nudging me toward something new. Not because the blog stopped working, but because I had grown. My readers had grown. And I could feel the next version of my work needed a more intimate container, a space where I could speak to you rather than only write to you.

So I did something that felt both thrilling and terrifying. I started this podcast.

This isn’t just another platform for me. It feels like an actual conversation, something more human and honest. After years of teaching practical manifestation, I wanted a way to explore the deeper layers, the why behind the methods.

So this first episode is more than an introduction. It’s a reset. It’s the story of how I arrived here, what I’ve learned after helping over a million women manifest their dream lives, and why so much of the manifestation advice you’ve heard doesn’t actually work.

If you’ve ever done the affirmations, built the vision boards, followed every instruction, yet still felt stuck, this is for you. Because sometimes the issue isn’t belief. It’s wiring.

It took me a long time, and more failures than I’d like to admit, before I understood what manifestation really is. It’s not wishful thinking or waiting for the universe to drop your desires on your doorstep. Manifestation is goal setting and goal achieving, backed by the most powerful tool you have, your subconscious mind.

Before I walk you through how to make that mind work for you, we need to go back about fifteen years.

I was in my early thirties, standing in the rain outside a house I thought would be my forever home. I handed over the keys to my ex while holding two suitcases, heading into a future that looked nothing like the life I’d imagined. I moved back into my childhood bedroom, heartbroken, broke, and wondering how everything had fallen apart so fast.

That rock-bottom moment became the turning point.

If I was going to rebuild, I wanted to understand how change actually works. Why some people transform their lives while others repeat the same patterns. That curiosity pulled me into studying the subconscious, the hidden beliefs that quietly influence everything from money to love to self-worth.

And before I ever taught it to anyone, I lived it.

I tested every concept on myself. I paid off multiple six figures of debt. I landed a dream career. I met my soulmate, got married, moved into my dream home, and began traveling the world in first class, something I once believed was unreachable. None of that was luck. It was the result of rewiring how I thought, felt, and acted from the inside out.

After seeing what was possible, I coached other women one-on-one. Their results confirmed what I already knew, this worked. But I wanted to reach more women than I could in private sessions. So I took everything I’d learned and put it online. That’s how SelfMadeLadies was born, just me, my laptop, and a deep desire to help women stop waiting and start creating. Over time, readers came from more than 180 countries.

But that’s when I noticed a pattern. Many of these women were smart and self-aware. They were doing everything right. Journaling, visualizing, repeating affirmations. Yet their reality barely moved. I recognized that feeling because I had lived it.

And eventually, the truth became impossible to ignore. Most manifestation advice scratches the surface. It tells you to believe, but it never teaches you how to get your subconscious aligned with those beliefs.

That’s the gap I’ve spent the last decade closing. And it’s the reason this podcast exists.

Your subconscious drives over ninety-five percent of your thoughts, habits, and decisions. If it’s still chasing your old identity, no amount of affirmations will override it. Nothing changes until you shift the internal program.

Today, we begin that shift.

I’m not here to tell you to believe harder or wait for a sign. You’ve waited long enough. This space is about ownership, clarity, and reconnection. It’s about a form of manifestation that starts in the subconscious and ends in real-world results. If you’ve ever wondered why manifestation seems to work for everyone but you, this is where the missing piece finally clicks.

Together, we’ll unlearn the fluff and rebuild a version of manifestation that’s practical and personal. Something you can repeat anytime you desire a new chapter.

Why Subconscious-First Manifestation Works

For years, mainstream advice sounded the same. Ask, believe, receive. Decide what you want, believe it’s possible, visualize, then wait. And that waiting is exactly the problem. It turns manifestation into something passive and completely skips the most important part, your subconscious.

Your subconscious is the operating system behind every choice you make. If the programming underneath still carries stories like money is hard or love doesn’t last, no affirmation can overpower that. You can’t consciously outthink a subconscious belief.

That’s where so much frustration comes from.

Subconscious-First Manifestation reverses the traditional approach. It starts with action. Your subconscious doesn’t respond to words, it responds to evidence. It needs proof that change is happening. Instead of waiting to believe before you move, you move first. And that movement begins to rewire belief.

This is backed by decades of behavioral science. Research from Stanford psychologist Albert Bandura shows that action creates belief, not the other way around. When you take a step and see even the smallest result, your confidence rises. Your brain releases dopamine. Your subconscious updates its identity map.

Your mind wants your identity to match your behavior. So when you begin acting like the woman who already has the life she wants, your subconscious adjusts to make the identity consistent.

This is why small steps matter. You don’t need a leap. You need one aligned action that whispers to your mind, this is who I am now.

I created a framework called the Circle of Subconscious Change to explain this. Every aligned action sets a new pattern in motion. Your mind shifts, your emotions shift, your actions shift, and your external world follows.

If that still feels abstract, think of it this way. When you’re hungry, you don’t sit at the table and wait for food to appear. You get up, open the fridge, and start cooking. Manifestation works the same way. You don’t wait for the universe to prove you’re ready. You demonstrate readiness through action.

If you want a sign, this is it. Take one small aligned step in the next twenty-four hours. That’s when your subconscious finally pays attention.

A Quick Practice to Anchor This In

Close your eyes for a moment and breathe. Slow and steady. Bring to mind one goal that matters to you right now. Picture a single image that captures it.

Ask yourself, what old belief keeps pulling me backward here. Name it softly. Now choose a new one-sentence belief that feels grounded, like I make clear money decisions, or I follow through, or I attract steady love.

Last step, pick one tiny action that proves this new belief within a day. Send the email. Move twenty dollars to savings. Decline the thing you usually say yes to out of guilt. Write it down.

With that action, you reset your subconscious trajectory.

And now we need to clear up a common misconception, the idea of acting as if. You’ve probably heard it, be her now. The problem is that many people interpret it as faking it until they make it. Buying things they can’t afford or projecting a version of themselves they don’t feel connected to. That approach is rooted in lack, not alignment.

Acting as if isn’t about pretending. It’s about emotional alignment. It’s about behaving like the woman who already feels steady, safe, and worthy. Not performing confidence, but practicing it. Not signaling abundance, but embodying respect for your resources.

If your goal is financial ease, acting as if doesn’t mean reckless spending. It means treating your money with clarity and care. If you’re calling in love, it means holding standards and honoring your own energy.

These grounded actions tell your subconscious, this is who we are now. They come from power, not pressure.

Here are a few simple examples:

• For money, schedule a ten-minute money date each Friday. Review your accounts. Move a small amount to savings.

• For love, clear out the lingering almost-relationships that drain you and open space for connection.

• For career, update your headline or portfolio to match the role you’re stepping into, then reach out to someone you admire.

None of these require a leap. They require alignment. Your subconscious reads each one as truth.

Why You Get Stuck, and How to Finally Shift

Manifestation isn’t about forcing your dreams into existence. It’s about becoming the version of you who naturally attracts them. Most people treat manifestation as a single moment, ask, believe, receive. But the real process is an ongoing feedback loop between your inner world and your outer reality.

Life reflects who you believe you are. When something feels stuck, it isn’t punishment. It’s information. Your subconscious is still running on old coordinates that once protected you. Maybe you learned early that money is unpredictable. Maybe love felt unstable. Maybe success came with pressure. Those beliefs form your internal GPS.

If your new destination is financial freedom or deep love or confidence, yet the old map still says danger, your mind reroutes you every time. The solution isn’t to fight the detour. It’s to update the coordinates.

Once the new destination locks in, everything shifts. You stop pushing. You start being pulled. Small moments begin aligning, the right people, the perfect timing, the opportunities that feel almost too on-point to be coincidence.

Your subconscious stops arguing with your desires. It finally believes you.

That’s when manifestation becomes natural. Not something you do, but something you are.

The Science Behind Becoming Your Future Self

One of the most fascinating parts of this work is how closely it aligns with neuroscience. When you imagine yourself doing something, your brain fires the same neural pathways as if you’re physically doing it. Athletes rely on this. They rehearse in their minds before they compete, and their muscles respond.

Your subconscious doesn’t distinguish between imagination and reality. So when you repeatedly act like your future self or even mentally rehearse her behavior, your brain starts building new neural pathways to support that identity. Emotion deepens this process. That’s why small actions matter. They carry emotional weight.

I once worked with a woman named Anna who wanted more confidence at work. She tried affirmations and journaling, but speaking up still terrified her. So we kept it simple. She committed to asking one thoughtful question in every meeting. The first few times, her voice shook. But she stayed consistent. Within weeks, people sought out her input. Eventually she said, “I don’t even remind myself anymore. I just speak.”

Her subconscious had updated. I am someone whose voice matters.

That’s the heart of Subconscious-First Manifestation. Not instant miracles. Consistent action that teaches your mind a new identity.

If part of you wonders whether you have time or fears failing again, here’s the truth. You don’t need hours. You need consistency. Fifteen minutes a day will move you farther than a perfect plan you never follow. And you cannot fail at this. Every action gives feedback. Every block reveals the next thing to rewire.

This process meets you where you are.

When Manifestation Begins to Feel Inevitable

Once you start working with your subconscious instead of against it, you stop chasing alignment. You start embodying it. Your subconscious isn’t sabotaging you out of cruelty. It’s trying to keep you safe using an outdated map. Update the map, and the resistance dissolves.

Instead of forcing high vibes or pretending to be grateful when you’re overwhelmed, you take one grounded action that proves your new story true. Over time, those proofs become your new baseline. You stop asking whether it’s working. You simply notice that it is.

Opportunities arrive. People show up. Ideas click into place. And none of it feels random anymore. It feels logical, even inevitable. Because belief and behavior finally match.

You become the woman who leads her path instead of waiting for the universe to hand it to her.

And that’s what I want for you, a method that finally works with your mind, not against it.

Stepping Into What Comes Next

As we close this first chapter together, take one truth with you. Manifestation was never about waiting for magic. It’s about remembering the power you already carry, the power to lead yourself, to rewire your inner world, to act in alignment with who you’re becoming.

Subconscious-First Manifestation isn’t about chasing signs. It’s about understanding that the intelligence that shapes your reality is already within you. When your subconscious aligns with your desires, your outer world begins to shift with surprising ease.

If this conversation resonates, stay close. Follow the show so you don’t miss what’s next. We’re going deeper into subconscious rewiring, step by step, and I promise it will change how you manifest.

If you want to begin right away, my book Become the CEO of Your Dream Life is a simple, practical starting point. And when you’re ready to master this work at a deeper level, The Manifestation Practical Path is where we do the full process together. You’ll learn to reprogram your mind, take aligned action, and self-coach through any block.

Manifestation isn’t a one-time event. It’s a skill you’ll use for the rest of your life.

Thank you for being here. Your time and energy matter to me. You’re not behind. You’re not broken. You’re simply ready for a method that finally honors how your mind actually works.

Take one small aligned action today, and show your subconscious who’s leading now.

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