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#140: Yvonne Tchrakian: How to use manifestation to change your mindset and create your dream life
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In this episode of the Kate Hamilton Health Podcast, I sit down with the incredible Yvonne Tchrakian, a manifestation coach, to demystify the true essence of manifestation. We go far beyond the buzzwords and viral trends to explore the neuroscience of manifestation, actionable mindset shifts, and how you can align your thoughts with your reality. Whether you're manifesting a career change, better health, or deeper self-belief, this episode is packed with transformational insights.
Yvonne shares her seven-step manifestation method that blends clarity, visualisation, and gratitude with grounded neuroscience principles. We dig into the fears that often block our desires, the importance of releasing control over timelines, and how cultivating belief and emotional alignment are the real catalysts for change. If you've ever wondered how to make manifestation work for you in a practical, sustainable, and heart centered way, this conversation is for you.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
[0:00] - Welcome and setting the stage for today’s powerful conversation on manifestation
[0:31] - Meet Yvonne Tchrakian and her journey to becoming a manifestation coach
[1:01] - Breaking down the science and misconceptions around manifestation
[2:27] - Career pivots, personal transformation, and using manifestation as a life tool
[3:55] - Everyday manifestation: from small wins to big life shifts
[7:19] - Finding harmony between career and personal passion
[13:14] - How to identify fear-based blocks and embrace uncertainty
[26:47] - Insight into my own coaching services and how I support clients holistically
[37:12] - The impact of inner child healing in manifesting with intention
[38:52] - Why self-compassion is key in the manifestation process
[41:20] - Neuroscience insights: how your brain supports or sabotages your manifestations
[43:13] - The role of visualisation, aligned action, and daily practice
[49:43] - Linking manifestation with wellness goals like fitness and nutrition
[58:30] - Yvonne’s Seven Steps to Manifestation explained
[1:07:24] - Closing thoughts on gratitude, self-belief, and trusting the process
Links & Resources:
- Connect with me on Instagram here
- Connect with Yvonne on Instagram here
- Learn more about KHH coaching here
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Transcript
Introduction and Guest Overview
00:00:08
Speaker
hello everyone and Welcome back to another episode of the Kate Hamilton Health Podcast. I'm really excited to share this episode today. This was another one of those magic episodes for me where I really, really connected with the guest and just the topic that we are discussing might not be for everyone, but I do ask that you listen to this with an open mind.
00:00:31
Speaker
So in today's episode, I interview Yvonne Trachian, Yvonne is a manifestation coach and she is based in Dublin. We talk all around the topic of manifestation.
00:00:45
Speaker
And I know some people listening at first will hear the word manifestation like no, but please do hear us out because manifestation is much more than just dreaming big and wishing for things to happen.
00:00:56
Speaker
And in this conversation, we really do talk all around the art of manifestation. We talk about what it is, how it works, what the neuroscience is behind it.
00:01:06
Speaker
We talk a lot around career changes, fertility manifestation, fear and what like other things that block us from actually achieving what we set out to achieve.
Manifestation and Personal Impact
00:01:18
Speaker
And this can be adapted to any aspect of life, whether you are dealing with fertility, that you're trying to make a career change, whether you're trying to grow your business, whether you are on a health and fitness journey, whether you're trying to lose weight, this can be adapted to any type of goal or anything that you want to bring into your life.
00:01:34
Speaker
Yvonne talks through her seven steps of manifestation during this as well. I literally was like a student with a pen scribbling down loads of notes through this She has so many amazing manifestation products as well. And she often does events and challenges and definitely go check her out if you find this podcast helpful, because I just one thing I'll say about Yvonne, I'm just drawn to her energy. Her energy is just so enthusiastic.
00:02:03
Speaker
It's so get up and go. It's so positive and She's a mom, she's a business woman. She's actually still a corporate lawyer at the minute. She is moving away from law into doing this full time, but her energy is just amazing.
00:02:20
Speaker
And I really think you are in for such a treat. So enjoy.
00:02:27
Speaker
Yvonne, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. Thanks for having me. This is a really interesting story, isn't about how we've kind of connected. I thought I'd just start the podcast by kind of sharing a little bit about kind of what my connection to you seems to be, because I'm the one who's reached out to you to come on to this podcast.
00:02:44
Speaker
So if I actually first was introduced to you at Elevate Fit Fest last year, So I was there. I went to your talk that you did on manifestation.
00:02:54
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And I was there with my friends. And I remember sitting there thinking. And it was kind of the end of the day, wasn't it? but i think it was the last event I went to in the day. it was definitely the afternoon. I can't remember. I think I was heading home after that. So it would kind of been a long day. I was tired.
00:03:07
Speaker
And then it was just like, it just woke me up, like listening to your talk. And what it was, was your energy. It was like your enthusiasm, your excitement, your energy, your, you know, it just...
00:03:18
Speaker
it It kind of connected something with me, ah particularly that kind of energy that I had when I first started making my career changes and, you know, building my business. And I was just like, yes, like this is my kind of energy. And it always kind of just stuck with me.
00:03:30
Speaker
And then that was fine. That was last September. It went about my year. And I was in Ibiza in June with my daughter. And for some reason, i the hotel Instagram, I happened to click on their stories and you had tagged them in ah something that you were there at the same time.
00:03:48
Speaker
i was like i know that name and I clicked and was like oh my god it's a manifestation lady I thought that was so funny and then i thought I was thinking about you I didn't see you or anything when I was there but I was thinking about you one of the evenings or whatever I was thinking about your talk and I remember you talking about Sarah Blakely who is the founder of Spanx isn't that right yeah Spanx Spanx Yeah.
00:04:08
Speaker
Yeah. And i remember you talking about how you were like really trying to get a meeting with her or get a meeting with her dad or you ended up having her dad on your podcast, didn't you? yeah That you were like this, this focus, are you know, and so I started following her afterwards. I was like, why what an amazing woman. She is amazing. But I opened my Instagram that evening.
00:04:25
Speaker
No, sorry. I didn't start following her. I started following her now. I opened my Instagram that evening after thinking about you and Richard Branson had a post up and he had mentioned something about Sarah Blakely.
00:04:37
Speaker
And he'd done it like some sort of carousel post and it was something that Sarah Blakely was doing. I can't remember. And I was like, oh, my God, that's so weird. So I clicked. And so I started following Sarah Blakely, which I'm really inspired by now. She's amazing.
00:04:49
Speaker
But I was like, Yvonne, I need to message her because for some reason, the universe is bringing her into my attention. So that's when I reached out to you. And because I know that you're like, yes, you'd agree with me. There's some we don't know yet, but our paths are aligning for some reason.
00:05:04
Speaker
Oh,
Career Transitions and Manifestation
00:05:05
Speaker
100%. And it's so funny because, you know, i can hardly remember what I had for breakfast, but I remember being in Ibiza with the girls. I was on a girls trip. Oh my God, it was so good for my soul, I swear.
00:05:17
Speaker
But I remember... having, i really like time by myself. I'm a total extrovert, but I really like to be by myself for a little bit of time in the day. So i was going down, i was having breakfast by myself and just one of my girls came in and sat beside me and you and your daughter walked into the breakfast room. And I remember saying to my friend,
00:05:39
Speaker
Oh, look at the two of them. How cute. Because I think you had, your daughter was almost matching outfits kind of, or like something similar. It was just, it just looked like such a lovely mother. And I don't remember anyone.
00:05:52
Speaker
So when you reached out, I was like, oh my God, I saw you in Ibiza. And I remember you specifically, because I remember thinking that's her. That's so funny, isn't it? now Yeah, my daughter, she's 12. So she's now she's just started secondary school this week. So she's already starting to turn on me.
00:06:09
Speaker
But it was lovely time together where she she's still, like when we'd be on holidays, she'd enjoy us kind of, she'd be like, yeah, you wear your orange bikini today and I'll wear my orange. We'd wear our white shirts together. and you know So she still likes to be matching sometimes. But like I have a feeling that is never going to happen again.
00:06:24
Speaker
Maybe when she's an adult. should do it i did I have four and a half year old and I was just thinking, how nice it is now not realizing that you had other kids as well but to get that one-on-one time with one of your your kids you know that was a real first having that holiday with her but it just worked out it was actually a business trip that was that was canceled and i had it all booked and i was like i would still want to go so i brought her with me instead because she was finishing primary school and it was just was really nice it was once kind of i suppose once in a lifetime kind of thing but she's my only daughter i have two boys so it is nice to have that
00:06:55
Speaker
different relationship and I think as my kids are getting older they were little off topic but anyway I'm learning that it's really really important to have that little bit of one-to-one time with each of them which is so hard when we're trying to do everything so yeah yeah it's ah it's ah it's impossible I've got three boys and a girl so I hear you'll have that same dynamic as she gets older you'll have that girl time yeah yeah yeah yeah But anyway, look, would you like to just tell everyone a little bit about you, what you do, a little bit about your backstory?
00:07:24
Speaker
And then we can kind of dive into talking about the things that you are expert in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. so i am I was born in Cary and then the 80s were quite tough in Ireland. So my parents moved to LA and we lived in LA till 1996. And in 1994, there was a really, really big earthquake.
00:07:45
Speaker
So my mom was like, I am getting out of here. So we left in 96 and I came home and I started, i would have started secondary school in Lestol. I have always been very sporty, very active. I'm the second child, very competitive and feel like i was raised like um myself, glass kind of half full always, even though I came from a family that it was not like that at all. like you know, because my parents went to the States for work and stuff, it would have been, we don't have enough, you know, the money mindset wouldn't have been there. There would have been a lot of scarcity, lack.
00:08:24
Speaker
Both my parents came from farming backgrounds. So it was like, I always had a different mindset and I always knew, you know, i remember thinking when I was a kid, when my dad was saying something about money, i i remember thinking,
00:08:38
Speaker
I'm never going to have to worry about money when I grow up. Because I just had this focus and dedication that like, I'm going to do what I want. And my i remember my aunt in California had said to me when I was five, it's my earliest memory. And I think it shows the importance of us teaching our kids like positivity and belief in themselves and gratitude and manifestation. She said, someday you're going to be a lawyer or a doctor. And I just took the lawyer piece and I ran with it. And I studied really, really hard, but I didn't get the points I wanted to to go to the college I wanted. So I ended up and in Galway and I did arts.
00:09:15
Speaker
And so I did law and history. And then I went on to do a master's in Dublin. So that's what brought me to Dublin. But I've always been hugely into... like wouldn't say self-help books, but kind of, you know, positivity and mindset sort of things, very into health and fitness.
00:09:34
Speaker
And so then I, it was 2008 when I needed, when I started working and I needed to get a traineeship in a law firm and I couldn't get one. It was so hard because i didn't get the top points in school and I didn't go to Trinity and do straight law. I kind of went a different route.
00:09:51
Speaker
And I remember thinking, I'm going to get into one of the top law firms, going to get in, but I didn't know how. And eventually anyway, I worked my way in through a contact and I started as a paralegal and that just launched my legal career.
00:10:05
Speaker
I worked my way up and then I got a job in kind of a public company. But when I started to like get really into manifestation,
00:10:16
Speaker
which is what I do now. So I am a corporate lawyer still, and I'm finishing up corporate law in September and going all in on manifestation. And that's a wild story in itself.
00:10:30
Speaker
So you were at Elevate in last year in 2024, Yes. And at Elevate 2024, I said Orla, who does a lot of my kind of backend stuff, newsletter, helps me out and everything. I said, I had this gut feeling. i was like, I don't know what it is, but in September, 2025, my life is going to change.
00:10:49
Speaker
My career is going to change. I don't know what it is, but I think it's career related. And then in May of 2025, our company didn't get good clinical trial results. I work for a biotech. So they were doing a restructuring and my role is being made redundant and I'm finished in September of 2025.
00:11:09
Speaker
So like I just knew and it's funny because I had started to see... in March, 555 everywhere, the numbers, like the number 555. And I've always seen like 444, 111, like most people see, you know, 222. I'd never seen 555.
00:11:27
Speaker
And I was doing a podcast with Matt Cook, who's another manifestation coach in the UK. And I said to him, I keep seeing 555 everywhere. And this was in the March. And he was like, it's change, expansion, growth, travel.
00:11:43
Speaker
And then in the May, I found out I was being made redundant. And I was like, that's it. It was all the signs were there. And I'm telling you, i feel like I'm being pushed out of law this year. i forgot to make pay my law society fees. They were late.
00:11:57
Speaker
ah There's a whole chaos around that. I got audited by the law society for my continuous professional development. was like, oh my God, get me out. Get me out of law. I'm supposed to do this.
00:12:08
Speaker
So... You know, the business and the brand really started after the loss of a baby during pregnancy, which was in May of 2020. And that's when it all really kicked off when I started kind of creating products more for myself, the gratitude box, and then the manifestation box.
00:12:29
Speaker
Because people would say to me all the time, oh, Yvonne, you are the queen of manifesting. You get everything. Like, how do you do it? And then, so I just created these products to teach people.
00:12:40
Speaker
And then it just kind of started rolling on and taking on going from there, you know? So it's something that I'm hugely, hugely passionate about. Like I... I know this is the path that I am supposed to be on.
00:12:55
Speaker
I know 100% from my own stories that your thoughts, your feelings, your beliefs are creating your reality without a doubt.
00:13:06
Speaker
I couldn't agree more. And it's so lovely to get this background on you as well, kind of before we i kind of dive into kind of the whole topic of manifestation, because I know there'll be some people listening, they'll be like, yeah, this is all woo-woo stuff.
00:13:17
Speaker
And we're really going to challenge that, I think, in this conversation. But in relation to the career change, just before we move on, did so like in when you said this in September 2024, had you any intention in leaving your career in law? Like, is it always something you were kind of like, oh, I'd love to just be able to move away from this?
00:13:33
Speaker
Do you know what? It's so funny. Like I actually love my job as a lawyer. i have a great job. I work for an American company. Well, it's an Irish company, but my boss and the team are all in, in, in California. I love what I do. Like it's a little bit of everything, corporate employment, data protection, everything.
00:13:52
Speaker
But when I returned to work in 2024, had four kids. I was going back having doubled my family.
Manifestation as a Lifestyle
00:14:00
Speaker
Like, so I had twins, which I manifested, by the way, it's a wild story. People are like, you can't manifest a baby. I'm like, you should hear the stories.
00:14:07
Speaker
You should hear the stories that people send me. And I'm talking about like, I have been... diagnosed as clinically infertile because I had ovarian cancer and I am now pregnant. like That's the sort of stuff that that I'm getting. It's unbelievable. I'm like, yes, you can, but the challenge is you don't believe it's possible or you have doubt or whatever. But anyway, that's going off. but So I love my job as a lawyer. Love it. I think it's great. I have a great company. I love law, actually.
00:14:37
Speaker
But going back to work as a mom of four, you're constantly juggling, you're totally stretched. And what was happening was I was having like events or going to WellFest or speaking at Elevate or holding my own events or doing my own manifestation challenges.
00:14:52
Speaker
And I was just getting through them. So there was no joy in the actual event or the talk or because I always had to move on to the next thing. I was always busy. I had lost myself in like zero fitness, right? Like I was not exercising, not even not exercising. I had no motivation to exercise.
00:15:17
Speaker
Because I was just so busy. And then I was blaming perimenopause. Oh, I'm 42 in October. So it must be perimenopause. And I'm also have got four kids and I'm busy. But you know what it was? It's the phone.
00:15:30
Speaker
Being so busy, waking up in the morning, throwing up my Instagram reels, going on stories, that dopamine hit of... of of the phone. But anyway, I'm kind of going backwards. So what I knew, i knew that I couldn't keep this up.
00:15:45
Speaker
And I said to my husband, I cannot do this. Like when 2025 came, I was like, I cannot do this anymore. It's just, I can't. Like, and he said, well, you're not giving up your job anyway.
00:15:58
Speaker
Like your legal job. No way. You know, like you earn well, you earn a big salary. And look, it's, you know, it's really hard. Like when you have, I don't think a lot of people talk enough about how hard it is to get your career off the ground, how hard I worked coming from the background that I came from. I did not come from money.
00:16:18
Speaker
I did not have any lawyers in my family. I did not have any doctors or any, I was the first one to kind of go down this path. So it's not something that it's easily given up.
00:16:30
Speaker
Right. And then also my husband is really amazing. He's a tax lawyer, but we're very 50, 50 when it comes to the family, which is unusual. And he's like, listen, Yvonne, if you are not going to do any of the shopping, any of the cooking, any of buying the kids clothes, like you gotta be bringing in the money, at least doing something. So like, but I was like, I just can't do, I have to choose one. i have to choose one.
00:16:54
Speaker
So I just kept on saying this little prayer. And when I talk about the universe, The universe can be anything for anybody. Like the universe can be you, your higher self, angels, or God. For me, I actually do believe in God and I believe there's something more, but I just call it universe to make it really inclusive, right? I get a few Catholics who like, it's always the Catholics that get like, You should be, throw they're throwing Bible verses at me. I'm like, hello, Matthew 21, 22, whatever you ask in prayer, believe and you shall receive. It's in the Bible, folks, right? We're all talking about the same thing, no matter what- all talking about the same thing. Who cares?
00:17:34
Speaker
You choose you, you do you. I don't judge here. You want to call it God? Go ahead. you want to call your angels? Go ahead. You want to call it your higher self? It doesn't matter. There's something more.
00:17:44
Speaker
There's energy. We know this from neuroscience. But I used to say this prayer every single every single night. I say a couple of prayers at night, like just in my head. Universe, put me on the right path.
00:17:56
Speaker
Show me the way. Put me on the right path. And one of the steps in manifestation, I have seven steps. One of them is you don't know how it's going to happen. So if you say, well, I'm just gonna quit my job and I'm gonna do manifestation, that is a way. But for me, I just put it out there and I said,
00:18:15
Speaker
Put me on the right path, show me the way. And I knew when the company was restructuring, i was like, okay, everything always works out for me because that is my motto. So if I am not made redundant, if I am kept on, that is my sign that I am not ready yet to go all in, that I just keep on chipping away, keep going, keep going.
00:18:38
Speaker
But if I'm made redundant, it is my sign, you are going all in on yourself. And I was made redundant and I'm finishing up on September 19th, but like, it's kind of a win-win because they've kept me on as a non-exec director. So like, it's just really good, good, good for me.
00:18:58
Speaker
It's worked out in some ways, just absolutely say perfectly. And September is the ninth month. So endings, One is new beginnings, nine is ending. So September 19th, because it's really weird. I was meant to have an earlier date and then it became, and I had an international kind of angel expert, Sinead DeHora on the podcast. She's like, what?
00:19:19
Speaker
September 19th, it's the ninth month. That's endings and 19th is new. So I feel like the universe has put me on this path and I trusted the timing.
00:19:31
Speaker
I knew this is where I wanted to go. I kept taking action in my business, the podcast, the selling the products, the showing up for events.
00:19:41
Speaker
And I knew it would all work out whatever way that would ultimately be. I can relate to this so much Yvonne, because my own backstory, I come from a teaching background. So I was a primary school teacher for 15 years before i changed career and like that.
00:19:59
Speaker
I worked really hard to get that degree. I worked really hard to move myself up within the staff, get on the the board of management. And you know then I was on the in-school management team and you know I kind of was like trying to climb, climb.
00:20:12
Speaker
And it all just kind of happened by accident. I started to get into personal development. I started to get into fitness, you know and a little bit then of yeah of that kind of spirituality and yoga side of things as well.
00:20:23
Speaker
And as I've learned through this, ah Suddenly, it was during COVID really, like when I had that space and that time to think, it was like, I don't want to do this anymore. And I had started doing like, you know, a PT course and I'd started doing a nutrition course and I was like, so enthusiastic. I was working till 11 o'clock at night, studying and learning and putting together, you know, programs and all of this stuff. And I was like, I would never do this with school stuff ever. Like I would go and I would do what needed to be done during the school day and whatever needed to be done after school, then I was gone and I was switch off mode. So it was this like fire, like lit inside me.
00:20:58
Speaker
And I think I had all this person to but personal development stuff and kind of universe stuff going on the background. I was listening to a lot of podcasts, reading a lot of books. And I just kind of like that. I was like, everything is happening for a reason. I just need to kind of surrender and then take action when when things come in front of me. So that led to me going on a job sharing path. So I was half teaching and then I was half coaching. I was working in the gym.
00:21:21
Speaker
Then I was like, all right, I'm going on a career break because with teaching, it's great to get that opportunity where you can come back to your exact same job, exact same position. You can take up to five years if the board of management will let you. So I took two years career break.
00:21:33
Speaker
And what I did during that time is I went and I got a job in the local gym and I was doing some personal training face to face for a while with people. And then I was working kind of behind the desk at the gym and, know, wiping down machines and all of that.
00:21:44
Speaker
And I was building my online business in the background and what happened then is I found working face to face with people was taking a lot of my energy. So I stopped personal training in person.
00:21:56
Speaker
And like all of this stuff ah made absolutely no sense to anyone, what I was doing. And then it was like, so I was just working in the gym, which I really loved. I worked behind the desk. I got to know the members. We, know, it was really, really good energy, good fun.
00:22:07
Speaker
And then when I was like cleaning showers or I was cleaning machines, I had my earphones in and I was listening to business podcasts and It was just like that energy that like fire in me. But like it was a lot of work because I was literally the moment I got up to the moment I went to bed, it was constant go like was constant hustle, but it wasn't forced, if that makes sense.
00:22:26
Speaker
And built and it built and it built. And then I was like, I need to cut the safety net. So I like left my permanent job that I'd had for 15 years and my parents thought I was having an absolute breakdown, I think.
00:22:39
Speaker
And and that deep like, so I relate to you when it's like, you know, you've worked so hard for this degree or this, you know, in your case, this masters, you know, and everyone thinks like, I remember my grandparents being so proud of me that I got this degree and that I was becoming a teacher and, that you know, so well-respected this job.
00:22:54
Speaker
So it was really like unlearning a lot of limited, like kind of, you know, what's the word, conditioned Yeah. But I just knew that this all needed to happen. So then it did. And so even when I jumped in, I remember having a conversation with a friend who's an accountant and she was like, no, you need to make sure before you make any type of career jump that you've got X, Y, and amount of money.
00:23:15
Speaker
I have no money behind me. And I was like, no, don't care. just, didn't tell anyone. And I just. found Oh my God. They're so risk averse. Yeah, I know, I know. And you know what, like I need an accountant in my life as well, because I'm too much of a dreamer. So, you know, like I need an accountant to be like, Kate, calm down or you're going under like, you know, so that's good to have. But it was like I just went against everything that like, you know, would have made sense.
00:23:40
Speaker
And it's it's led me to where I am. And it's been an absolutely amazing journey, a whirlwind journey. So I really relate to where you're at now in relation to your business that you're moving towards is probably more established than mine was at the time when I made that jump. But it's a hard thing to do as a mother and someone who's paying a mortgage and, you know, who's like, you know.
00:24:00
Speaker
Yeah, well, I think you're really brave. I really think that the people that actually... cut that tie and make that decision, no, no, I'm going to do this regardless, are super, super brave. And I always say to people, like don't quit your job immediately. like see you know like go down like For me, for example, I had start said when I went to the company, I only want to work a four day week. And that was because on the fifth day I was doing the podcast, I was doing my own business. So just like you, you started with the job sharing.
00:24:28
Speaker
Because what happens is you could go you could quit and then all of a sudden you start to panic about money thoughts and this vibration, negative vibration of around money. And then like you just get overwhelmed and you'll just give up.
Balancing Passion and Practicality
00:24:42
Speaker
So doing what you did even is like, you know, going on the job chair and then actually taking a career break. having processes and in place. Like, cause I have heard a lot of people say, you don't like your job, just quit your job and off you go. It's like, well, like, let's be a little bit practical and logical about manifestation too.
00:24:57
Speaker
Things do take time and we have to, we do have to live and we have to pay mortgages and we have to feed our kids and et cetera, et cetera. So like, and a lot of people won't start manifestation cause they're like, well, I don't have the money.
00:25:10
Speaker
No, I'm telling you, you start working on what you're passionate about and the money will come. And you don't know how the money will come or the opportunities will come or someone will knock on your door. You do not know how it's going to show up. How is not one of the seven steps.
00:25:25
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You just start taking a little bit of action every day. A lot of people say to me like, oh, I really want to do, you know, I really have a lot of knowledge on kind of like, I don't know, Reiki or healing or this or that, but like, I don't have any money to start the business. And I said, social media is free.
00:25:42
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The biggest thing that I should have done prior to launching my business, I should have been talking about manifestation years before that because I was always into it. i should like I waited until I had a product to launch to really start talking about manifestation. like i like I don't have a huge following. I've 18, 19,000, almost 19,000 now, right? But I started at 400 when I launched my products. like the The year before I launched was 400, and then the year I launched was about 1,400.
00:26:12
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But I should have been doing this the whole way up. and then once So there are things that you can do taking action. Even if you don't have the money and I am telling you, if you follow your passion and what you truly love, the opportunities or the money or the connections with people will just start to show up.
00:26:31
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Yeah, I couldn't agree more. And I think the point you made there about like being a little bit practical about things as well. And I think the reason why that is so important is because what's the one thing that's really going to ruin manifestation is fear.
00:26:47
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00:26:57
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00:27:16
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00:27:32
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00:27:50
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00:28:03
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00:28:19
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00:28:40
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00:28:59
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00:29:16
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You'll be able to book your spot for the next intake there. And I will chat to you all then. fear and overthinking. And if you don't have enough money to pay your bills, you're going to be living in fear and you're going to be living in lack because you have to, because you have to survive.
00:29:32
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So it's- 100%.
Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt
00:29:34
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is getting that balance, which can be quite tricky. And when you start a business, there is a lot of fear. And I've been working with a mental performance coach to really work through my fears And, you know, learning that there's a certain amount of leaning into it and doing it anyway, which is what stops a lot of people.
00:29:51
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But I'd love to hear your thoughts on fear in relation to to manifestation and how it gets. Like, I mean, it came up for me recently. i have an event in the Sugar Club and I was manifesting that I wanted to do an event. I actually went to a psychic if anybody's into psychics, but like some people are, some people are not, but I'm like,
00:30:07
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Yeah, I'll try, you know, and he said to me, do your own events. You need to do your own events, Yvonne. And I was like, okay, I'm going to do one of my own events. So I decided I was going to do one of my own events and I wanted to be in the sugar club. I wasn't really sure why, but it was like the sugar club was on my mind and I was going to do it with Matt Cook.
00:30:23
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And we finally got in touch with the sugar club and really I was running it, you know, like it was my event and Matt was coming over. He was kind of the co-host, but like I was picking the venue and all that sort of stuff.
00:30:35
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And then I put the tickets on sale and I told myself, this is going to sell out in July. We're going to sell out in July. we're going to sell out in July, which is number one, I always say don't put timelines on stuff because the fear will start to come in.
00:30:49
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Stop putting a timeline on it. Like i'm going to have a baby by December. I'm going to have a house by January. You work towards it, but let go of your timeline. It's not your timeline. Timelines will only increase your fear and doubt.
00:31:01
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So we put the tickets on sales and sure, I didn't know what I was supposed to accept expect and in terms of ticket sales, but this is what happened. Week one, 26 sales. I was like, oh shit, there's 150 plus tickets to sell here. Like 26 tickets, following week, 34 tickets.
00:31:18
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I'm starting to panic. The following week, 34 tickets, no sales. And I'm like, oh, holy shit. So then this the fear starts to come in. na One, am I going to be able to sell these tickets?
00:31:32
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Two, am I going to look like a total idiot? It's like a failure to like put out this event, talk about manifestation. And I had just done a manifestation challenge saying what I wanted to do was sell out the event and get sponsorship and all of this stuff.
00:31:51
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And I'm like, if I can't even manifest that, I'm going to look... So stupid. And i remember saying, you know, thought I'm just going to pull the event. I'm just pull the event. No, I'm just going to say i have like, you know, I'm being made redundant in September. I've got lots of stuff going on. This is not just good. I'll just pull it and I won't look stupid.
00:32:11
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And I thought about it a bit more. as I was like, Yvonne, you can't do that. Like you can't do that to yourself. Like you can't self-sabotage. So I'm not, I haven't done any inner, like I'm, I had a girl doing inner child Robin on my podcast and I thought she was amazing. So definitely inner child work is something that I want to do more of. And I remember thinking, okay, Yvonne, like, what would you tell your younger self if this didn't work out? Like, what is, what is the fear there, Yvonne?
00:32:42
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And I was like, the fear is I'm going to look stupid, you know? and I thought about it more and I was like, well, that's the ego. And so i just thought about it, like, what would you say to your younger self? And I just thought, I was like, I'm proud of you for trying.
00:32:55
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I'm proud of you that you put yourself out there, Yvonne. You put yourself out there, you put tickets on sales. Maybe it didn't work out, but like, I am proud of you. for even trying because for anyone, anyone that puts out a podcast or puts on an event, oh my God, it takes so much courage or a book. It takes so much courage to put yourself out there.
00:33:19
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And then I just thought, yeah, Okay, I'm proud of you for putting out there. Well, let's go. Let's keep going. So then the following week, 44 tickets sold. And I contacted Matt and I was like, Matt, we 44 tickets sold only. I said to him on the phone, well, we only have 44 tickets sold. I voice messaged him and he brought back and was like, that's great, Yvonne.
00:33:37
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Stop using the word only. It's 44 tickets. You're going to sell these. We're going to sell out. It's fine. Surrender and let go. And i was like, oh yeah. Yeah. Why am I not practicing what I preach here?
00:33:50
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I'm not practicing what I preach because everybody has something to work on. And I, like from childhood, my probably thing is this worthiness. I needed to get to law. I needed to prove myself.
00:34:03
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I didn't, like I said, I didn't come from a background of a family that had, it was this constant proving. And then like having that support system around you of people who are going to support you when you're freaking the hell out, because even when you're a manifestor like me, and I believe everything,
00:34:21
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works out everything. You still need those friendships or people who are going to be like, you've got this Yvonne, you can do this. So Matt was one of them and another girl called Olivia Hunt was like, Yvonne, you're going to sell out this event. Will you just relax and like supports you.
00:34:37
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And the event sold out last week and we've like two and a half weeks ago, people are looking for tickets, but it taught me a lot of lessons myself of like, don't self-sabotage, feel the fear and do it anyway.
00:34:52
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If you're not scared, you're not dreaming big enough. You should be scared. You should be scared of putting on an event that's bigger than anything that you've put on before. You should be scared launching your podcast.
00:35:04
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You should be scared leaving your job. If you're not, then you're you're staying small. you're You're not dreaming big enough. But you have to work through that fear and keep questioning it. But like, why is it there? Why it's is it there? And a lot of the time, fear comes back to...
00:35:21
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what other people are going to think and say, which is we place so much dependence on, and I would always say, I don't really care what anybody thinks of me. Right. I'd like, I really don't care. But when you peel it back to like putting yourself out there and putting on an event, it really shows up of like, oh shit, I don't want to look stupid here.
00:35:41
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You know? Yeah. And I think that goes back to like our survival in like, you know, it's ingrained in us as humans, you know, to be welcomed by the tribe. Like, so as much as we logically don't, you know, we're comfortable in who we are and we're confident and we we don't worry too much about what other people think of us.
00:35:59
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At the end of the day, deep in our core, we also don't want to be shunned. I think that's nature really, isn't it? Like it's it's in all of us, I would say. Yeah, and I think that the biggest thing with when you're manifesting or on any sort of self-development journey is you're always questioning yourself. Like I was questioning myself everything, but why, but why? And even when it came down to like, you haven't even paid the deposit, Yvonne, you have paid in full. I paid in full in April, the full amount.
00:36:27
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Was I worried about losing the money? No. i because Because money and abundance is not my trigger point. you know I was just like, it's fine. If the money if like if I lose the money, I don't even care. I'd rather lose the money than not look stupid.
00:36:40
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And that was such a huge lesson for me. Imagine if I had canceled that and not gone ahead because I was afraid that I would look stupid and not sell the tickets.
00:36:52
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And I think that maybe, maybe all the tickets, let's say this, all the tickets didn't sell. There was only 75 sold. You still should show up as if you are that person that has sold out.
00:37:03
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You still should show up online as if millions of people are watching you, even if you only have 400. And people might say, well, i feel so stupid. I'm only talking to 400 people. Well, act as if.
00:37:13
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You know, so it's that we're always learning. We are always learning about ourselves. And we, I feel like sometimes I always say the universe is throwing us these lessons, but like you have, you have to question yourself constantly. Why is it this making me feel like that?
00:37:29
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Why, why, why? And then acknowledge them. And I think the inner child work is really good for that. It just gives you more kind of self-compassion. I actually, why was it in, no, wasn't Elevate Fit Fest. I was at, I'm like a serial Fit Fest goer. I'm not really, actually only ever been to two, but I was at the one in Dublin. Yeah. What's it called?
00:37:46
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Welfast? Welfast. Yeah. And Gary Hussey was doing, which I interviewed, manifested my interview with him. He came on the podcast there a couple of weeks ago, but he did a talk at Welfast. It must've been the same year actually.
00:37:58
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And he did inner child work. i went And there was a big tent full of people and sitting there with my friend. And when I tell you, i not only were tears streaming down my face, I was like blubbering. I couldn't, i was like, Kate, you are in power. public calm down oh my god and it was like all this emotion and anytime I've done any inner child meditations like you know just online ones or you know if I've been to like I don't often go to a meditation class but I have been to one before where the inner child work was done and every time I do it it brings up this huge amount of emotion and there isn't any significant trauma in my past which made me never think about thinking about it if that makes sense and I'm like
00:38:40
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holy shit, there's some amount in here that that isn't resolved or there's there's a little girl in there that has a lot that needs to be resolved. And I'm so interested in inner child work now because because of that.
00:38:51
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Yeah, why you should talk to Robin Taft. she's She's brilliant. She was on my podcast and she yeah when I did a manifestation challenge, a reset, she came on and did a meditation and it was she was just brilliant.
00:39:04
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and But she talks about her fertility journey and how much she struggled and She said that, you know, a lot of people assume that inner child work is for people who have a lot of traumatic back history, you know, but that's just not necessarily the case. She had a great childhood, really loving parents, but still things come up from people. We always, you know, there's always something there that we have to do.
00:39:30
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work on, which usually, as we know, start stems from childhood or adolescence, teenage years. So we all have stuff to work on. And no matter who you follow or what manifestation coach you follow, or it doesn't matter, everybody has something.
Neuroscience and Visualization Techniques
00:39:47
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Everybody has something that they need to work on. And remember, everyone is a normal human being just like you. You know, nobody should be elevated or put up on a pedestal.
00:39:58
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The more I talk to people, the more I realize, oh, wow. we're We're the exact same. had a call yesterday with Matt Cook, who's half a million on Instagram. And we were saying the same things about our talk on the day.
00:40:13
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We're like, are the same people, some of the same people, go should we repeat those stories? Should we not? Like we're thinking the same things. Our thoughts are the same. Even other things that we chatted out about in our personal lives, very similar.
00:40:24
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We are all the same. And it's funny, matt Cook, I'd never heard of Matt Cook until you mentioned him before. I don't know when it was we were talking about the podcast when I when I had DM'd you and you'd mentioned something about him. i was like, Matt Cook, I don't know who he is. And I looked him up and I've been following him since.
00:40:41
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And oh, my God, I love him. He is amazing. I love his little posts that come up. I can't wait for his book. I listened to your podcast with him it. And i was like, this guy is amazing.
00:40:52
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But in a really simple kind of I can do this kind of way. Yeah, he's such a beautiful soul and he's got such a calm way about him. I think that we're actually a good duo together because I'm like, let's go.
00:41:05
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ah vibe, like loud and bright and colorful. And he's just like, no, let's calm down. y gone This is all going to work. out and but we get to the same place now he's extremely into like like i've manifested everything the twins the soulmate the house the abundance the dream jobs everything and i believe anything is possible right anything and i can explain it and i know the seven steps and i can explain a lot of the neuroscience of it like the brain and how the brain works and how it tags
00:41:36
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important information to you. Like whoever's listening today, choose your choose a sign. Like, you know, I have so many signs for different things. Let's just say for an example, you know, a BYD card car was my sign that we'd sell out the event, a BYD car. So I'd see the car and I'd be like, we're going to sell out a red Tesla as I'm going global.
00:41:55
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That's what I say. a Dalmatian blog is my podcast going global. I guarantee you, you choose your sign today. You are going to see it. Like, but choose something that you don't see too, too, too often. Matt is just a calm, a calm and I'm a storm.
00:42:11
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We get to the same place, but he does a lot of quantum physics and quantum mechanics. And that for me, I'm just like, oh yeah, the vibration, this, that, the other, the physics, so like everything. And I'm like, yeah, I don't, I don't, ah it's not that I don't get it.
00:42:27
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Yeah. I kind of don't get it. Like it's, it's, I, it's so technical from a scientific perspective, but but we still get to the same place. Do you know what I mean? Yeah.
00:42:37
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And I think it's really important to have different people channeling it in different ways so that it reaches more people. So that, you know, interestingly, like both of you resonate with me in different ways, like, but, you know, someone who's new to manifestation might, you might resonate, but you know, it depends on personalities and how people explain things. and And even that book that you recommended to me, I read it, the Tara Swart book.
00:43:00
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um What's it called again? The Source? so Yeah. flo I listened to it when I was on holidays and it really helps put a scientific perspective on manifestation as well so that we can understand it a little bit more.
00:43:13
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So when we get into that a little bit, because I know we've been talking about talking around manifestation here, but I suppose... like Is there a definition of manifestation, first of all?
00:43:24
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And then what, like in ah briefly, what's the neuroscience behind what we're what we're doing with it? God, I don't know what the definition is exactly. It definitely, it in 2024, it was put into the Cambridge, it was the Cambridge word of the year.
00:43:37
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I think it's like, ah It's bringing something into existence. It's creating something. It's bringing something into existence. But I think everybody, no matter what, who you speak will have a different definition of what manifestation is.
00:43:53
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So my definition of manifestation, manifestation is your vibe. It's a lifestyle. It is who you are. And it is how you show up in this world, right? So I always say you don't manifest what you want.
00:44:06
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You manifest who you are. So who you're becoming. So let's say, for example, you want to manifest, you want to be abundant, you want to be able to pay your bills, you want to be financially independent. And by the way, for those people who do want abundance in their life, in Ireland, if you're listening, ah we, you know, historically have a very like...
00:44:25
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oh, don't you have enough? Or isn't it greedy to want more? And i get a lot of people being like, but like, isn't don't I have enough? And I feel guilty wanting more money. Money gives you choice.
00:44:36
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Money gives you freedom. Money gives you flexibility to do the things that you love. you know So that's the way I see money, money as as energy. But if you want to manifest more abundance into your life, but you keep talking every day about how expensive everything is and you're so broke and there's another bill and...
00:44:54
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everything is so hard. Well, then you're just putting that vibration back out to the universe and that's what's going to come in your way. So I always say it's who you are and who you are becoming, but there's a lot of neuroscience to man. I would get into the quantum physics and mechanics, but the neuroscience of manifestation is the power of our brain.
00:45:16
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There's also the heart as well. Like the heart is a very core organ for vibrational frequency. So like, you know, when coincidences happen and you see other people, like therere there is a vibrational frequency there from the heart. But the brain is all about sifting information effectively. So the brain is going to tag information that is important to you. So it's called value tagging. So, right, if you make a decision that you want to manifest getting fit and healthy, that is important to you. You're going to start to see like, it's like the algorithm, right? You're going to start to see like,
00:45:53
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you know, commercials or ads for the the drinks, the protein drinks. So you're going to start to see like all these gyms starting to show up, right? Because the brain is tagging it as important to you.
00:46:05
Speaker
But at the end of the day, if you're not going to take any action towards your goal, Nothing is going to happen because manifestation, despite what people think, is not magic. You're not just going to throw up a vision board with an engagement ring because you want to meet a soulmate, you know a a dream job, a car, a house, and just expect it to appear.
00:46:26
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We still have to work towards it. We have to take action and get aligned. But the process of that also involves visualizing. having it, seeing it, the brain tagging it as important as important to you. So visualization is huge, huge, huge for me.
00:46:46
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I visualize everything that I wanted, even going back to the twins, you know, when I... had three pregnancy losses, three miscarriages. And i remember i also was in Jerry Hussey's tent and i was crying and I said, what do you do when you're you're struggling to have a baby? And he said he said, you need to surrender and let go. You need to let go.
00:47:09
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was like, but how do you let go when you want something so bad? And I think a lot of people get confused by that. You're still taking action, but you're not attached to it. You're not consumed by it. You're not obsessed.
00:47:22
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You're not obsessed with it. I always give the example of like going, let's say going to Abita. Manifestation is... My first step is what do you want? Well, I want to go to Ibiza.
00:47:33
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The second step is why do you want it? Well, I want a girl's trip. I want sunshine. i want time by myself. What do you see? i see myself like sitting by the pool. i see myself like having dinners out with my friends.
00:47:46
Speaker
What do you hear? Like, oh, I'm so excited. We're going on vacation, <unk> cetera. What action are you going to take? Well, you're going to book your flights. You're going to book your hotel. You are going to start packing your bags. You're going to get your passport ready, right?
00:47:59
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But along the way, you're going to be challenged. The flight might get delayed. Your bag might get canceled. Your room might not be ready when you get to the hotel. Things might not go your way, but you still know, like let's say the flight is canceled.
00:48:16
Speaker
You're still going. You are still going and you know that. So you don't have this, but like, now i'm not going on holiday. No, no, you are still going, but...
00:48:29
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maybe on a different flight, maybe a little bit. It's kind of like not being so attached to the expectation as that is. I think that you expect it's going to arrive.
00:48:41
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Like, so you expect it's going to be arrived, but you don't have any attachment to how it's going to come. yeah Right. So like, let's say when you order your coffee,
00:48:53
Speaker
You order your coffee in the morning and you're like, what do I want? I want a flat white. Okay. You're not standing there saying to the barista, how do i how do you, how do you make the coffee?
00:49:04
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When is the coffee come? Did you, did you get my order for the coffee? Did you get it? Did you get it? I wonder when the coffee's coming. You know, that kind of, you know, when you're waiting for something, wait, and a lot of people will understand this when they're, when they were trying to, trying to get pregnant, they're waiting, they're waiting, they're waiting. They're like so attached to it.
00:49:21
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but it's knowing that it's going to happen for you and trusting the timeline of when it's going to happen because we don't know the timeline. We have to get aligned with it for for it to come. I think a lot of the time you expect it's going to arrive, but you just don't know how or when.
00:49:40
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You're just working towards it. Yeah. And I can relate to this, you know, with like the women that I work with in relation to, you know, health, fitness, fat loss, like, you know, and if someone is on a long journey and they want to lose five stone, let's say, and when things aren't happening quick enough or they're like, oh, I set myself this goal that I was going to be at my goal weight by Christmas and now it's September and I'm running out of time and.
00:50:01
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You know, and then we kind of we tell ourselves the story that we're a failure. It's not working and we self-sabotage. Whereas and what you said there about the about goals and about, you know, manifestation and about I actually wrote it down. No timelines. Let go it.
00:50:14
Speaker
This is what I tell my clients. I'm like, just lose yourself in the journey, know where you want to go, lose yourself in the journey, enjoy the process, enjoy the person you're becoming while you're doing it and let and let go of the time limits. It's like, and I always say to my clients, I'm like, it's not because I'm trying to keep you extra long, you know, and keep you as a member extra long. It's just, it takes time.
00:50:35
Speaker
It will ah like, and I think it's, is it Alex Ramosi who always says it? He's like, it will always be harder than you think. And it will always take longer than you think. I just think that's so true. And that timeline Taking that away, stop gear putting an end date on it. It's just so, so, so powerful.
00:50:50
Speaker
Yeah. And also when it comes back to health and fitness, right? If you are taking action and you are staying consistent and you are following the process and you are following the plan, then it is going to work.
00:51:02
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Now, it might not work in December, but it could be January, February, where you you hit that actual long-term target that you get. but what i i also Sorry to interrupt. I also find that what happens for a lot of people is, yes, they know what they need to do, but there's the underlying things, the limiting beliefs, the the inner child stuff, perhaps, a lot of deep stuff.
00:51:24
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that stops where they self-sabotage and they can't stick to it. So this is what we do. Like we really dig deep and kind of help people work through or just to realize the time it takes to even sometimes develop habits after years of bad habits.
00:51:37
Speaker
And that's why really taking the the time, be like sometimes it could take a few months to even just get your habits under control before you actually start to notice ah physical changes. But you've done, at then then what I find is it builds momentum, it compounds over time. And suddenly you look back you're like, wow, what happened?
00:51:56
Speaker
Oh, but completely. And also I think like manifestation, the health, like in our manifestation box, our two samples are health and fitness.
Practical Manifestation Tips
00:52:05
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And the second one is manifesting your soulmate.
00:52:07
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And it's like health and fitness is such a great one for manifesting because it's like you have a goal as in you have a ah semi goal in your head. You know where you want to go.
00:52:18
Speaker
you can see it. You're visualizing it. You show up, you take action. You're consistent. Yeah. But the reality is manifestation is you. It is your responsibility. You have to take responsibility for yourself.
00:52:32
Speaker
No one is going to kick your ass out of the bed in the morning when the alarm goes. Nobody is going to force you to drink the water. No one's going to force you to do that workout. Now, great if you have an accountability, a coach and all of that. that That really helps. And we know that if you write it down, you take action and you have accountability, you're 73% more likely to achieve your your goal. So someone that's going to you is probably 73% more likely to achieve it than somebody that's trying to do it on their on their own, especially if they have an issue with accountability and consistency.
00:53:05
Speaker
But what people re realize is you don't need to do a detox for two months. Stop with the quick fixes. It's the little changes that you need to do daily. I so i started on...
00:53:18
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Monday, I was like, I'm doing a seven day getting back my health and fitness. I have gone off the rails. I'm eating dark chocolate all day long. I drink in too much coffee. I'm not drinking water.
00:53:30
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I'm not exercise motivated to exercise. So these are all the changes I'm going to make. And I did this acronym called AWAKE. So A was for alarm. So I set my alarm and I set five alarms during the day, like but they're fun alarms. Like Universe, show me how good it gets. I'm the luckiest manifester ever. Everything always works out for me.
00:53:49
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And when that alarm goes off, it is my sign. You've got to drink. You've got to have gotten to half a liter of water, then a liter, then a liter and a half, then two liters, then two and a half. Like it's my, so you know, it's my like ah signal.
00:54:03
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And so a is for alarm. And also when the alarm goes in the morning, get your ass out of bed. Like, you know, snooze, right? Get up. W is for water, A is act as if. So act like a healthy person.
00:54:15
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I'm not gonna preparing my meals every single day, right? I'm i just not, like I'm busy and I'm gonna go into the office and I might go to Sprout for lunch, but what am I gonna get? Am I gonna get the healthy salad bowl or am I gonna act like, what would a healthy person choose today? K is keep track.
00:54:31
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So keep track, keep a record, especially in the beginning when you don't know what you're eating, you'd be surprised what you're putting down. And E is exercise. Try and get the exercise in because that is what's going to lift your vibe.
00:54:44
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I have drank and I swear i was desperate for drinking water. Three and a half liters of water a day, taking a wheatgrass shot, taking my Braggs and my supplement to Sisterly.
00:54:54
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I have had also made one rule, which was when I wake up in the morning, I am not allowed look at my phone, social media until after I exercise. That has been an absolute game changer.
00:55:07
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I was blaming perimenopause, kids, all that on lack of motivation. i was like, I don't even want to do the gym. I don't even want to be at the gym. I'm not enjoying this. And then I realized, why why am I not enjoying it? Because I like i did kickboxing in college. I trained with the trained with the world champion kickboxer. I loved health and fitness. It was my thing.
00:55:29
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And I re realized that there's a lot of neuroscience around scrolling before you sweat. And it should be sweat before you scroll. It has a massive impact on our dopamine in our brain. It's huge.
00:55:42
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And I have done workouts this week and I'm like a totally different person. And it's the phone. And now I'm really smug. I'm like, I was onto my cousin this morning. i was like you've got to stop looking at the phone in the morning. You've got to stop looking at the phone. And like, I know we are addicted to our phones.
00:55:59
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We are. We're on social media. We've got a podcast. We've got to put up clips. We've got to get back to people. We've got to be seen, but you got to get the exercise in. Yeah, no. onation Because you're just going to be higher vibe and the higher the vibe, the more you're going to bring into your life.
00:56:15
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And that's what I loved about the book, the source by Tara Swart as well, was that there's a good bit about looking after your body and how important to exercise and good nutrition and hydration. And like she goes into the science of how much that helps tie everything together. So it's it's amazing. I just think we always think of things as separate, like manifestation, exercise.
00:56:35
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eating, even you know protein, carbohydrates, fats, gut health, brain health, mental health. like We think about all these things, but it's all just combined in this like squiggly thing that is us. 100%. say to people, I'm sorry, but like if you can't get your diet or exercise together, like please have number one sleep on your list because you are going to be, if you don't sleep properly and you're not getting enough sleep, your diet's going to go to shit.
00:57:03
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You're going to be cranky. Your vibe is going to be low and you're going to make bad food choices. So start, I always say, I don't know you know what you recommend, but I always say start with sleep. Yes. Get your sleep in. And if you don't sleep well at night, well, sleep in in the morning and don't. And then skip that If you need to skip that exercise or do it later, do it later. But sleep is so important.
00:57:25
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And you're right, Kate. Like I say, manifestation is who you are. it is everything. It's your sleep. It's your diet. Because your sleep, your diet, your water intake is what is dictating your attitude and your thoughts.
00:57:38
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And your thoughts are creating your reality. So if you are cranky and you're not motivated and you're sluggish, well, that's what you're putting out. And have you looked at yourself? Have you thought?
00:57:50
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And we can all make excuses, guys. We can all make excuses, but excuses never manifested anything. I did 15 minute workout this morning. 15, that was it. A 15 minute, like kind of a cardio hit, 15 minute power session.
00:58:06
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Over 2000 steps in that. I felt really good after it. i I don't have time to spend, I used to spend like, I used to go to the gym twice a day pre-kids. Can you imagine? Twice a day.
00:58:18
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like And now if I can get in a 15 minute, it's better than nothing.
Seven Steps of Manifestation
00:58:23
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And its consistency just beats intensity every single time. 100%. one hundred percent Let's talk a little bit about your seven steps.
00:58:30
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Oh yeah. Manifestation steps. Because you you use do you use these seven steps for everything that you've done in your life? saying Everything that you want, whether you want to get fit and healthy, you want to reduce anxiety, you want to make more friends, you want to have abundance, meet a soulmate, get pregnant, whatever it is these seven steps will work it's regardless, right? So the first step is what do you want?
00:58:55
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You got to be clear. Like, what is it that you actually want in your life? And I always say to people, like our manifestation box has your top three things you want. And I say, look at six to 12 months out.
00:59:08
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Like I want a villa in Portugal someday, right? But that is long-term. That is at the back of my mind. I am not prioritizing that. So what do you want in like roughly in the next six to 12 months? Like I'd like to get a new job or I'd like to...
00:59:22
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you know, it's not a set timeline, but it's something that you would like. What would you like? Oh, this is my universe. Show me how good, good again. 11, the amount of times people stop and they're like, what is, what is that alarm going off? I'm like, it's universe. Show me how good. See, these are little things I do to set myself reminders.
00:59:41
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Cause you got to make manifestations fun. It's gotta be fun or you won't keep up with it. So what do you want? Why do you want it? This is a big one. Like, why do you want the soulmate?
00:59:52
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Why do you want more money? Why do you want it? You have to be clear on your why. Like, and this why has to be strong because if your why is not strong, you are not going to stick with it. Let's give an example of in health and fitness.
01:00:07
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I was always going to the gym to look good for somebody else. like some guy that I thought was cute or whatever it was. It was never for me.
01:00:18
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Now i get out of bed because I know I'm far more patient with my kids. yep So I do it for me. it My why is different. And when I started Pause Penny, the brand was started after the loss of Polly. And that was my strong why, like knowing that people could live their best lives and inspiring them.
01:00:39
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And then when I got the negativity and the people saying to me, why are you selling boxes for at that the, you know, over 20 euro and you're a corporate lawyer. Like, are you crazy? Like, would you just let it go and just be your corporate lawyer? And I would say, well, my why is strong.
01:00:57
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I'm passionate about this. I love this because if I wasn't, I would have given up because I've gotten lots of rejection. Lots and lots of rejection and lots of comments from both friends and family kind of members, you know, that would say like, really, do you really need to do this?
01:01:17
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So your why needs to be strong. The third step is what do you see? Like, what does it look like for you? If you want to get... fit and healthy, what does that look like to you? Do you see yourself in, you know, the gym, ah lifting weights or running on a treadmill? Do you see yourself in a particular outfit? If you want a baby, what do you see? What does that look like? I always say visualize the end result.
01:01:39
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You see yourself pushing a buggy. If you want a soulmate, what does that look like to you? Are you traveling together? Are you living together? Are you going to the gym together? What do you see? And like we talked about earlier,
01:01:50
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your brain will start to tag that as important to you and opportunities will start to show up, you know, and you'll meet people and you'll be connected. Like i recently said, and want to get more sponsorships and brand deals and I want to do more hosting events.
01:02:09
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And i was like, I see myself doing some hosting events. Like I really can visualize it. And I just got ah um an email from Penguin Publishing House yesterday saying, would you interview one of our authors at an event in September?
01:02:21
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i was like, I could, I was visualizing that. What does it look like for you? The next one is what do you hear? So like, what does it say? Firstly, does this this is two parts. Like,
01:02:33
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What do you hear? Like if you're getting fit and healthy, you hear yourself saying, I'm so fit, I feel amazing, I feel so good about myself. or maybe you want you know your podcast to go to number one, you hear yourself saying, my podcast went number one, my podcast got X amount of downloads, whatever. Like, what does that sound like? Think about the conversation that you would have with your friend, you're telling them your news.
01:02:54
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What does it sound like? I'm pregnant, i the went sale agreed. But on the flip side, what are you saying to yourself? I realized that I was saying stuff to myself. I'm like, I want to get fit and healthy. I want to give, and I was in the gym and i was like, I'm so unfit.
01:03:09
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I am so unfit. And again, this self-sabotage. So I did an event with a run club and nut butter. And they asked me, will you run the 5K?
01:03:22
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And I was like, no way. Like in my head, I was like, no way I'm going to look like I'm i'm not, gay I'll die running 5K. I'm not fit anymore. And I said it to my husband and and my husband is so supportive of me in the business, but he he said to me,
01:03:37
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Oh, Yvonne, will it look terrible for your brand if you can't complete the five days? Because I want to give a talk after it. So like if I was like way down the canal.
01:03:50
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But when he said that, I was like, oh, hello. I'm running that 5K. I'm the first girl in. And I was the third person in, but I killed myself on the run. Like everybody else was jogging slowly and I like killed myself.
01:04:04
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But we we can self-sabotage again on that. Like, I'm so unfit. I can't do it. I, oh no, I don't want to look stupid. So I'm not ah not going to do it. I did an event for a makeup company. And I remember a girl was speaking to me afterwards.
01:04:18
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And she said, when she goes for runs by herself, she hates going for the runs because she thinks that when people are running towards her, that they're thinking, oh my God, that girl has so much weight to lose.
01:04:32
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And I was like, that is just not true. We think all these people are thinking about us and talking about us. Nobody gives a shit about your dream life. No one, except for you.
01:04:43
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But what are you telling yourself? You want to meet a soulmate and you're saying stuff like, I'm never goingnna meet anybody. It's so hard to meet somebody, right? There's nobody out there.
01:04:54
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I'm getting older. I'm never going to meet somebody. So We have to be very conscious of what we are telling ourselves. And sometimes that's that subconscious programming where just that's what we say. i'm so broke.
01:05:08
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I live paycheck to paycheck. But using affirmations and stuff will help you get get out of that. You need to become aware of what you're hearing. So what do you want? Why do you want it? What do you see? What do you hear What do you feel?
01:05:21
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so like act as if. Like think about what you're manifesting. So I was, I remember I was manifesting selling out in the sugar club and like in the morning I would pretend like, oh, I just sold out the sugar club. Like, and really felt it, even though I hadn't, I would feel those feelings, right?
01:05:40
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Like, so feel it. If you want, If you want to feel feel what you're manifesting, get excited. Act as if it has already happened for you and really feel it and have more joy in your life.
01:05:56
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and I always say to people like, when was the last time you actually had some fun? The fastest way to manifestation is to actually have a little bit of joy. And then what action are you gonna take?
01:06:08
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Like, you're not gonna just sit on your ass and manifest losing five stone. Like not going to happen. It's just not going to happen unless you take some other route. you you don't You know what I mean? Like you want to manifest your business exploding, manifest starting a podcast, manifest selling out an event or so writing a book or meeting someone. Well, what are you gonna do about it?
01:06:32
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I was walking, I went to the sugar club And I was walking down the street and I had heard these really young girls behind me, really young, ah maybe in their early twenties, gorgeous looking girls from abroad. And they were talking about how hard it is to make friends.
01:06:47
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like, it's so hard. Everybody's so busy. I'm in a new country and it's so hard. And I thought to myself, I wonder what they're doing to try and make friends. You have to put yourself out there, right? You have to show up for yourself.
01:07:02
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Even at my events, I tell people, come solo. You will find your tribe. Don't join a run club to meet people if you hate running. Join something you love. The yoga class, the cookery class, the book club.
01:07:16
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We have to take responsibility for ourselves. We have to show up for ourselves. So what action are you going to take? And then the final step is what are you grateful for? Because a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles and manifestation. And i practice if I only was to give your listeners one tip, it's to start a gratitude practice today.
01:07:36
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One thing a day, write down one thing you're grateful for. There's so much neuroscience about the positive effects of gratitude. Gratitude was our first product i created and during the time of the loss when I was grieving. And there's a lot of neuroscience that talks about how gratitude helps you with any past trauma.
01:07:57
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and any future trauma helps you reframe it. And now i'm not talking about like, oh, someone died, I should be grateful, but it helps you see things from a different perspective. And I know from my loss of Polly, this would have never have happened if she didn't pass away.
01:08:11
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Never. I would never be on this track, right? So there is always, always something to be grateful for. And the more grateful you are, the more grateful things you will start to see in your life to be grateful for.
01:08:26
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you know just ah It's just circular. So it's seven steps and I'm telling you, anything. It can be used for anything and everything.
Engagement and Resources
01:08:35
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But you know what? Just like anything, you can have a gym membership.
01:08:38
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You can have the manifestation box. But if you're not going to get your ass up and go to the gym or actually do the work, then you're not going to make any changes. I love that. That is, I just think this is such, like I could talk to you for another hour, but I won't.
01:08:52
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I won't because and I will, I definitely will let you, we will finish up so I can let you go. But like I think this is such a great way to, to finish with those seven practical steps.
01:09:03
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I think for some people now, that's going to be that will have blown their mind. They'll be like, whoa Okay. ah There's so much to take in here. You also have, ah you've mentioned you have products and resources that can help people and you have events that you do. ah You've got a community.
01:09:19
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Where is the best place for people to but to source all of this? So pausepenny.com is the website. we have ah My next manifestation challenge is starting in January and the pre-orders start today, actually, on the 28th of August. I know it's early, but it's like there's an early bird and all of that.
01:09:39
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But if you're new to manifestation or you have a block in manifestation or there's something that you really want, you're struggling with it, You can even be advanced, but you're struggling with it.
01:09:50
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The Manifestation Challenge is the best challenge. It's 21 days. We've three Zoom calls. I take you through the seven steps, but we also do so much fun stuff along the way.
01:10:01
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have a good WhatsApp community group where... We do things and you get my time as well. If you've got questions, you're able to question. And then you feel like you're part of something. There's people that are there manifesting a baby and they're struggling or they need abundance or health and healing, whatever it is, people getting fit.
01:10:20
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And that's a really good place. I think if someone's looking like, no, no, I want to start this. And I know, for example, people are like, but that's just January's ages away. Like, what am I supposed to do?
01:10:32
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In the meantime, I have the podcast. You've got free, you listen to manifestation episodes on the podcast. We've got free manifest tools on the website under manifest tools. So follow along on Instagram. You'll get some daily inspo.
01:10:47
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And what is your handle on Instagram? Yvonne Trachian. Last name is T-C-H-R-A-K-I-A-N underscore manifest. Perfect. That will all be shared in the show notes anyway as well for everyone.
01:11:00
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I think we'll leave it at that, Yvonne. Like I said, I could keep going. I could talk to you. we could have We didn't even really get a chance to get into your different manifestations and you know the but the story of of the babies and everything as well. But I think...
01:11:14
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There's so much to take from what we've talked have talked about this time. And maybe we'll do a part two another time. can get into it in little bit more detail. But thank you so much for your time. This has been so, so helpful. umm I actually feel so motivated. I'm lit up now after this conversation. So thank you much. And just a reminder to everyone, anything is possible.
01:11:32
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Anything when you believe. So dream big and be delusional because that's where it's at.
01:11:40
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01:11:54
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01:12:10
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