Raising the Bar for 2023 - 10 Tips On How To Manifest
Blog post by Michelle Minke, Psychic Medium
January is the perfect time to manifest the New Year but there is something about the New Year, New You thing that never really resonates with me. Isn’t it a lot of pressure to re-invent myself after I have been in my pajamas for a week, over stimulated by parties and get togethers, and have a major sugar hangover? Sure is.
What manifestation has come to mean to me is:
How can I take myself to the next level?
How can I step more into my destiny?
How can I embody more of my highest self?
2 years ago I left a very cushy job, with a cushy paycheque as a music teacher and professional opera singer to fly into the unknown world of spiritual entrepreneurship with zero guaranteed income. Was it risky? You bet. Was is terrifying? 100% . But how did I do it?
I learned how to trust the universe.
Here is what I have learned along the way about manifesting and raising your vibration in order to take yourself to the next level:
“Manifesting is not about attracting what you want. Manifesting is an awareness and an understanding that you attract what you are. - Wayne Dyer”
1. REFLECT
Reflecting on what there is to celebrate from the previous year. What did you accomplish? What were you proud of? When we take the time month by month to review the highlights, we witness how much there is to be grateful for.
2. RELEASE
Releasing what didn’t serve you. What can you forgive yourself for? How did you sabotage yourself? We must let go of the past before we can move into the future.
3. GRATITUDE
Understanding the Law of Attraction- The Universe will never give you what you want if you are not grateful for what you already have. The universe does not support negative belief systems. So having a gratitude mindset, keeping a detailed journal of all that you have changes your internal system which allows you to express yourself externally. When the universe sees you are grateful for what you have, it will meet you there and give you more.
4. RAISE YOUR VIBRATION
Everything vibrates at a frequency, including us. When we live in fear, guilt or shame our vibration is low and that is what we attract more of. When we raise our vibration, things that are resonating at that higher level will meet us. Some of my favourite ways to raise vibration are:
Be grateful for what you have now in this moment
Be curious about what new belief systems you don't know about yet
Align yourself with like minded people
Connect to nature
Do things to nourish the mind, body and soul
Use scents, lighting, spiritual tools
Listen to your favourite music
5. BE AWARE OF NEGATIVE SELF TALK
When low vibrational thoughts intervene and get in the way, “ you can’t ask for that” or “ that will never happen”, notice them with awareness. No matter what you set your mind to, there will be resistance but that is where the lesson is.
Why did you say that to yourself? Is there another way you can word that? Noticing the negative is a powerful way to speak directly to it- “ I see you, and I don’t think like that anymore, I believe that the Universe is providing everything I need”.
6. YOU CANNOT MANIFEST ANYTHING YOU WANT
Unfortunately there are things like soul contracts and karma that get in the way of some of the wildest things we could imagine. If we are poor today we cannot assume we will be a millionaire by next year. But what we CAN manifest is :
Desiring higher
Purposefulness
Compassion
How to be of service
Be whole
How to heal
7. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART FOR WHAT YOU TRULY DESIRE
Sure the majority of people want exciting trips, toys, health, wealth but when we are still and listen to the core of our heart- what do we really want? To feel like we belong, To feel loved, to feel like we have purpose.
What are the things that you could list that reflect those core values for you? Perhaps, spending more quality time with your loved ones, less social media, time to workout, friendships…
Our relationship with the Universe is very much like a dance. We don’t make demands of it - we ask it to assist us and in return ask how we can serve it.
8. WRITE IT OUT AND SPEAK IT OUT
Putting an external visual to the abyss of our minds is a crucial element. When we write it out , our guides can see our thoughts in a different way. When we declare our desires in spoken word out loud - it is heard by our ancestors. Your soul hears it echoed back to you and the vibration of it resonates at a deeper level.
Making a list of your desires, declaring out loud, making a vision board, or a Canva video with visuals will create a feeling in your body as though it is already happening. As your feel it, your vibrations rises, and the Universe responds. To feel it, is to believe it.
Create a mantra for your year or post words of affirmations of your desires around your home. The more you say it, the more you feel it, your vibration rises, and the Universe responds.
One of my favourite Mantras is:
I call in my highest timeline now
I am aligned with my soul purpose and highest path now
I call in clarity and guidance from my spirit team
For the greatest good of all
And so it is
And so it be
9. MANIFEST WITH OTHERS
When we gather with like minded people, we are unstoppable. If you are surrounding yourself with people who do not support your visions, your goals or your aspirations it makes it so much easier to go back to the old way of thinking. Limiting people limit us. Are your friends and loved ones supporting you and affirming what you want for your life? If not, when we release those people, it makes way for the new people to enter that are here to assist you in your next chapter.
10. RELEASE THE OUTCOME
”The secret to everything in life is to release the outcome”- Gabby Bernstein
My favourite analogy of this is Amazon. When we order something we like, we click yes, pay and assume it will arrive the next day. It is the same thing with our desires - once we declare them, we trust that they are heard and will be arriving. If we add fear, anxiety, our own timeline, pressure, or control around it, it delays in arriving to you.
Other tools I love are:
Vision Board
Manifest Video you create or an inspirational youtube video to watch
Have inspirational wallpaper on your desktop or phone
Mantra placing around your house
Mirror Work
Meditation
Sometimes the most simple things are the ones that make the biggest impact . A heart full of gratitude for what you do have, listening to your heart, speaking it to the universe and allowing yourself to receive all that is meant for you.
Magic is already happening, can you feel it?
Here is a workbook you can work through to make this your most abundant year yet:
