Episode 10
How to Trick Your Brain into Manifesting What You Want
Your brain is blocking your manifestations, and you don’t even realize it.
In this episode of The Solo Coach Podcast, we’re diving into how your brain is wired to sabotage your manifestations and, more importantly, how to outsmart it so you can finally create what you desire.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the “right” things, visualizing, setting intentions, taking action, but your results just aren’t showing up, or you can't seem to focus enough, this episode is for you. We’ll explore:
● Why your brain naturally fixates on the past and worst-case scenarios (and how that affects manifestation)
● A 60-second brain reset to instantly shift into manifesting mode
● Daily practices to rewire your brain for success and abundance
As a solo coach, entrepreneur, or manifesting enthusiast, this episode will empower you to train your brain to focus on what you want, rather than what you worry about.
What You’ll Learn:
● How your brain’s survival instinct actually blocks manifestation
● A simple brain reset exercise to stop over analyzing and start manifesting
● The 3 key habits that make manifestation easier (no more fighting against yourself!)
Resources Mentioned:
● The Happy & Successful Business Mastermind
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Transcript
So you know what you want.
Speaker:You want more money, better health, better relationships, a thriving business.
Speaker:And you visualize, you keep a vision board, you take.
Speaker:You state affirmations, you take action, but somehow your brain keeps
Speaker:directing you away from.
Speaker:Taking your focus away from what you want to manifest is really frustrating.
Speaker:So what's the problem?
Speaker:Well, it's not you.
Speaker:The biggest block to manifesting is actually your brain.
Speaker:I know, I know.
Speaker:It's the very thing that's running the show.
Speaker:And yet your brain is wired to block manifestation.
Speaker:Yeah, I know.
Speaker:That's disappointing to hear.
Speaker:I know this very well of my own brain.
Speaker:It's not designed to create what you want.
Speaker:It's actually designed to keep you safe.
Speaker:And that means at least safe to your brain.
Speaker:Or my brain is sticking to what's familiar, obsessing over worst case
Speaker:scenarios and generally being a total buzzkill to your dreams.
Speaker:That's your brain day in and day out.
Speaker:It's my brain at least.
Speaker:But I hear this all the time.
Speaker:I hear this in the conversations I have with coaches and the doubts
Speaker:and the fears and the worries.
Speaker:That's their brain being the total buzzkill to their dreams.
Speaker:So this is the way that your brain is wired though.
Speaker:It's wired to keep you alive and to keep you safe.
Speaker:Here's how your brain keeps you stuck.
Speaker:It fixates on the past of what used to be.
Speaker:Or it dredges up old failures and makes you feel the pain of them all over
Speaker:again, again and again and again.
Speaker:So not helpful.
Speaker:It worries about the future, spinning up worst case scenarios, taking your mind
Speaker:where you never wanted to go again.
Speaker:It scans for threats, locking in on problems instead of possibilities.
Speaker:Which is why you're still over analyzing that awkward client call from last week.
Speaker:Your brain is constantly redirecting your focus to the exact opposite
Speaker:of what you want to manifest.
Speaker:Because why make things easy, right?
Speaker:Don't worry, I have some suggestions for you.
Speaker:So just hang on.
Speaker:Let's do a 60 second brain reset.
Speaker:This is a simple exercise to instantly snap your brain out of its survival
Speaker:loop and shift into manifesting mode.
Speaker:The right here, right now. Reset.
Speaker:Close your eyes.
Speaker:Take a deep breath.
Speaker:Name three things that feel really good in this exact moment.
Speaker:Like your warm cup of coffee, cozy socks, or the fact that you didn't have
Speaker:to set an alarm this morning.
Speaker:Hey, small wins count Smile.
Speaker:I mean literally smile.
Speaker:This forces a physiological shift in the brain.
Speaker:Even though I'm sure if you could see me right now, that looked really odd, but
Speaker:hey, it does something in the brain so smile and then whisper to yourself.
Speaker:Or you can shout it out loud depending on who's around or if you
Speaker:even care who hears it.
Speaker:Right here, right now, all is good.
Speaker:In this moment.
Speaker:Right here, right now, all is good.
Speaker:This exercise grounds your brain in the present moment, stopping the past
Speaker:future spiral that blocks manifestation.
Speaker:Simple and effective.
Speaker:Do this as often as you need.
Speaker:I recommend that you do it as much as you can.
Speaker:So let's move on to how do we actually trick your brain into
Speaker:manifesting what you want?
Speaker:Instead of being super vigilant of all the threats that exist all
Speaker:around you all the time.
Speaker:Since your brain is naturally wired to focus on what's not working, you
Speaker:have to trick it into cooperating.
Speaker:And here's how.
Speaker:1. Positive emotion saturation.
Speaker:Your brain is like a sponge.
Speaker:It soaks up whatever it's exposed to the most.
Speaker:And since it defaults to soaking up stress, fear and that create cringe moment
Speaker:from way back in 2014, you have to flood it with feel good emotions daily.
Speaker:So you can blast your favorite music.
Speaker:You can move your body.
Speaker:Yes, even a dramatic stretch can count.
Speaker:Celebrate small wins like you just won an award.
Speaker:Body posture.
Speaker:There's been a lot of studies on body posture and how that can actually change
Speaker:your perspective, your emotions and your brain.
Speaker:2. Mental venting.
Speaker:Your brain needs an outlet for its constant noise, its constant rant.
Speaker:So instead of letting those worries sit in your head on a playback
Speaker:loop, dump them onto paper.
Speaker:Write out everything that is weighing on you.
Speaker:Then rewrite it as if you were coaching a friend through it.
Speaker:Because you know he they don't talk to your bestie the way you talk to yourself.
Speaker:At least I hope not.
Speaker:While it's drift in any direction during your next meditation till
Speaker:they all just go silent.
Speaker:Yes, it can happen. I promise.
Speaker:So you know, in meditation, we're often taught to meditate with the
Speaker:purpose of silencing your thoughts.
Speaker:So a lot of people experience this resistance and this frustration because
Speaker:they are trying to silence their thoughts, right?
Speaker:They're meditating and thought after thought continues to bubble up and pop up
Speaker:in their head and they just can't find a quiet second or moment.
Speaker:What if you just let that happen?
Speaker:You just let the thoughts go, let them bubble up to the surface.
Speaker:Let the mental rant ensue.
Speaker:The mental venting.
Speaker:Just let it go until.
Speaker:I promise it won't go on forever.
Speaker:Until it begins to dissipate.
Speaker:3. Happiness cultivation.
Speaker:A happy brain is a manifesting brain.
Speaker:And no, this doesn't mean focusing or I should say forcing positivity 24, 7.
Speaker:It means actively choosing joy, even if it's only in small doses.
Speaker:Look, happiness is a skill.
Speaker:I am a firm believer that becoming a happy person is a skill.
Speaker:Start your day with one thing that makes you feel happy.
Speaker:Give yourself permission to enjoy the present moment without
Speaker:turning it into a to do list.
Speaker:Yeah, that's something I had to work on.
Speaker:Make a list of all the things that make you feel happy.
Speaker:You have to actively practice being happy.
Speaker:You have to practice cultivating happiness.
Speaker:You have to practice finding happiness and exposing your brain to it.
Speaker:More and more and more.
Speaker:The daily practice that keeps your brain aligned with your desires.
Speaker:Here we go.
Speaker:Manifesting is about training your brain, as I said, about practicing to hold the
Speaker:desired energy, vibration or frequency of what you want to experience.
Speaker:Let me repeat that.
Speaker:Manifesting is about training your brain to hold the desired energy, vibration or
Speaker:frequency of what you want to experience.
Speaker:The three Minute Future Lock in exercise every morning.
Speaker:Imagine the moment your manifestation arrives.
Speaker:That moment, that glorious moment.
Speaker:Focus on how it feels, not just what it looks like.
Speaker:Carry that feeling into your day.
Speaker:Your brain will start seeking ways to match it.
Speaker:And when I say carry that feeling into your day, I know that that can
Speaker:be a rather generic statement.
Speaker:And you ask the question how?
Speaker:And what I don't want you to do is fake it.
Speaker:Just imagine that moment that your manifestation arrives.
Speaker:Feel.
Speaker:You know, even if it's for like a split second, you feel something really
Speaker:wonderful and then you try to fake that wonderful throughout the day.
Speaker:That's not what I'm talking about.
Speaker:I don't want you to force anything.
Speaker:What I mean by that is when you have that moment that you're imagining that your
Speaker:manifestation arrives and you can tap into what that will feel like.
Speaker:And there's some excitement there, right there.
Speaker:Maybe there's relief, there's happiness, joy, celebration, whatever that is.
Speaker:At any point throughout your day, I want you to make a conscious effort to recall
Speaker:that memory that you have created for yourself and feel it again.
Speaker:Even if it is literally 1 1,000, 2 1,000, 3 1,000.
Speaker:Good. Okay.
Speaker:This is where discipline is required.
Speaker:This is where you have to practice it, right?
Speaker:You literally have to practice feeling these emotions and exposing your
Speaker:brain to this over and over again.
Speaker:This isn't just woo woo bs.
Speaker:Your brain literally filters the world based on what it expects to see.
Speaker:So make sure it's looking for what you actually want.
Speaker:No more letting it distract you or take your focus away.
Speaker:Because it will. It's going to.
Speaker:That's what it's designed to do because it seems to think it knows best.
Speaker:If you're struggling to focus on what you want to manifest, it's not a you
Speaker:problem, it's a brain problem.
Speaker:And you can actually outsmart it.
Speaker:Train your brain to stay present, feel good, and expect the best.
Speaker:Even though we know we can't control everything and we'll handle whatever comes
Speaker:our way, we can stay present, feel good, cultivate happiness, and expect the best.
Speaker:And watch how quickly things begin to change for you.
Speaker:If you want healthier finances, pull the happiness you're
Speaker:cultivating into that thought.
Speaker:If you want more clients, more success, pull that into your thoughts
Speaker:during your daily practices.
Speaker:If you are out having coffee with a friend and your friend says something really
Speaker:funny and you, both of you are laughing to the point of tears, I want you to recall
Speaker:that moment and that incredible happiness.
Speaker:And I want you to pull that into the thoughts about wanting healthier
Speaker:financial situation or more clients or more success or to lose weight.
Speaker:I want you to pull that happiness in.
Speaker:I call this borrowing joy.
Speaker:To become good at anything, you have to practice, and manifesting is no different.
Speaker:Practicing honing your focus despite your brain's natural tendencies,
Speaker:that's the goal.
Speaker:So let me repeat that.
Speaker:Practicing honing your focus despite you your brain's natural tendencies,
Speaker:that's the goal.
Speaker:As you get stronger, you can keep your focus on what you want to manifest longer.
Speaker:And I think you'll find that your life and business begins to change.
Speaker:Try it.
