Manifest showed you it's possible to change your life. Now Dive Deeper will show you every step you need to take to get there. Despite all that, I love her ways of talking about emotion and comparison in step six. As we always live in a culture of comparison, envy/jealousy must be something that takes a toll on us. Dealing with hostile emotions is a process for us to learn to validate those feelings so that they won't negatively impact our manifesting process. Although step six just sounds verbal with no practical practice, it does pique my attention with her inspiring words.

While manifestation’s popularity on social media has improved people’s awareness of the practice, its effectiveness can often be misconstrued and provide false hope. For example, last year’s viral 3-6-9 Manifestation Method on TikTok focusses on the importance of numerology, which is the pseudoscientific belief in a mystical relationship between certain number and events. The method encourages users to write a goal down on a piece of paper three times in the morning, six times during the day, and nine times before going to sleep. Tiktok users who have used the method claim to have had almost immediate results, from receiving a text message from an ex to acquiring money. Nafousi agrees, noting that you must try to reset how you feel and think about yourself. ‘We manifest not from our thoughts, but from our beliefs about what we are worthy of which means that self-love is the driving force behind manifesting,’ she says. ‘To attract anything into your life, you must first believe you are worthy of having it.’One of the biggest problems surrounding manifesting is people believing that it’s a passive process ‘or that visualising one’s dreams is enough’ to see change, says Nafousi. For example, by constantly telling the universe you want a new car, you’re not miraculously going to find a shiny Ferrari on your driveway without doing some practical work to achieve that goal. ‘There is no substitute for hard work!’ she adds. I am so passionate about this practice. I’ve hosted hundreds of talks on manifesting and done even more interviews, and I’m still just as excited now. I never get bored of talking about manifestation because I truly love and believe in it so much and see the positive impact it has not just on me but on other people. With the New Year upon us, Nafousi says one of the biggest rules for manifesting in 2023 is to learn to say 'no'. 'Saying "no" is empowering, liberating and it frees up so much time and energy for us. It’s a big part of Step 4: Overcoming Tests from the Universe. Get into the practice of saying "no" to things that don’t align with your future self or that don’t serve your best interests! I promise it gets easier the more you do it!'

I love the approach as it contains simplicity and is broken down for you but I've trouble fully resonating with the steps given because it feels repetitive and too surface. And sometimes, it's like a workbook with too many pressing questions and less action. Do you get what I mean? This book is the essential guide to anyone and everyone wanting to feel more empowered in their lives. A big criticism of this sort of manifestation practice, is that it fails to recognise the inherent negative thoughts some individuals may have as a result of mental health issues, like anxiety and depression. ‘Assuming positive thinking will result in positive experiences is quite a reductionist approach, and does seem to ignore the reality that not all our thoughts are positive,’ says McMahon. Some of the practices I recommend which help to raise my vibration are yoga, meditation, exercise, a plant-based diet, surrounding myself with positive and inspiring people, sleeping and waking early with eight hours of sleep, listening to self-development podcasts, journaling and practicing gratitude.’ It has a few good ideas and ways to change your way of thinking. It is the sort of book that you will need to have access to for a long time after you’ve read it through, there are places for diary entries and it actively encourages you to plan things and write down different ways to go about achieving what you want out of life.Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown Moon Onyx Starr, a wellness entrepreneur and host of the Over the Moon Retreats in the UK, delved deeper into manifestation during the pandemic during a period of what she describes as a ‘great instability’ in her life. For her, manifesting is about ‘breathing life into your goals through thought, action, emotions and belief. You must be clear about what it is that you want to manifest and then take inspired action to help make those dreams a reality.'