Episode #6 Shifting Your Identity — Manifesting from Who You Are

Last episode we talked about the role emotions play in manifesting what you desire. 

If you didn’t get a chance to listen to that episode make some time to do so as it will correspond well with this episode.  And while you are at it make sure you are subscribed to the podcast so you won’t miss any episodes. 

Today we are going to be talking about your identity and how integral that is to your manifestation abilities. 

The skill of intentionally manifesting what you desire takes several elements:

-Thought

-Visualization

-Belief

-Being

-Action

Remember how I told you that you don’t manifest what you want, but rather who you are. 

Who you are being is your identity. We manifest according to our identity. 

This is why identity work and personal development are so integral to intentionally manifesting your desires. 

It’s another reason why the 3,6,9 method just doesn’t cut it. If you aren’t familiar with the 3, 6, 9 method for manifesting it’s when you writing something 3x in the am 6 mid day and 9x before bed) I call that spiritual busy work. 

Self Identity

Our self-identity - is a collection of beliefs that we have about ourselves.  

• Beliefs -are thoughts that we repeat over and over so much that we have accepted them as truths 

It’s the I am statements:

• Personality traits
• Shy
• Outgoing
• Perfectionist
• Confident
• Daring
• Hardworker
• Fearful
• Impatient
• Short tempered
• An optomist 
• Calm
  
  
• Beliefs 
• Empowering beliefs about yourself and your abilities
• I am resilient and resourceful  
• I can figure anything out 
• I always achieve my goals
• I am an asset to my company
• I can do anything I set my mind to

• Disempowering beliefs about yourself 
• I’m not popular
• Bad things always happen to me
• I’m unlucky in love
• I’m not worthy 
• I never have enough energy
• People don’t take me seriously 
• I’m not good enough or I don't know enough (imposter syndrome)
• Thoughts about money - 
• I have an abundance of money
• Money is easy to make
• Money flows to me
• I am poor
• I am bad with money
• I am always in debt
• Money is hard to get 

• Values
• What’s important to us, morally, ethically or personally
• I am an honest person
• I believe in doing the right thing 
• I am spiritual or religious 
• I am dedicated to my family 
• I love learning

Your identity, Who you are being now is manifesting what you see in your 3d world at this moment. 

If you feel stuck or you feel like you are not manifesting what you want, take a look at the last time that you shifted your identity, the last time you reinventied yourself and up leveled your mindset, your thoughts, your skills and your actions. 

What is important to know is, the who that you are now doesn’t have to be the finished version.

Your beliefs, characteristics, your passions, interests, talents aren’t fixed qualities. You can and should cultivate them, change and grow over time as you become the future you who has the result that you want.

Remember how your brain is wired for survival. To seek pleasure and avoid pain. That means that on default it doesn’t want to do anything new. It is trying to keep things the same because it’s likely working and comfortable, less scary because staying the same and doing the same things is predictable.  You can see by not using our pre-frontal cortex, the executive functioning part of our brain, it’s easy to just sit back, live on autopilot, coast through life in a mediocre this is good enough fashion.   

Dr. Ben Hardy, states in his book Be Your Future Self Now, that “Your identity is what you are most committed to now.”

I think this is an interesting and creative definition.  It’s short and sweet and gets to the point that we are all responsible for our own lives. The results that you have now, are a direct reflection to what you are most committed to. 

If you are not committed to eating well, working out or doing something athletic (having the identity of a health conscious person) then your resutls are not likely to be a sculpted lean body with curvy muscles. 

• What you think you are capable of now - a belief 
• What you think you are capable of in the future - a belief
• The actions you are taking
• C >T>F>A>R

Again if we want different results, if we want to quantum leap, we need to believe new things of ourselves,

• We need to shift our identity and commit to be that future version of ourselves now. 

The term quantum leap means to make a big shift a big advancement in your life. It’s big that it’s not possible for the version of you that you are now. 

Think of the current version of you as a point in time. From this point you could go in any direction right?

It’s the trajectory of where we are going, where we are evolving in life that really matters. 

This is what changes things and aids in what’s called the bridge of incidence to unfold. As Dr. Hardy says It’s the trajectory that far more matters than your current position. 

If you don’t have in your life what you want then you need go though the ALIGN method for manifestation.

You can not attract or manifest something if it conflicts with your internal self-image. 

Again, this is why the personal development work is needed. 

As we touched on earlier and as well as the last episode, if you have self limiting beliefs, these can block you from manifesting what you desire. They can keep you stuck and frustrated.

If you haven’t done the personal work to change your self-concept then you won’t feel worthy of having the money, the success or the love. 

You have to be that person who has that result.  This requires us to over ride those fears that the subconscious brain says we should heed and stay say, play small and do more of the same. Talk to yourself. Say nothing has gone wrong, I’ll be ok if I take this leap of faith, if I apply for this new job, if I make this move to a new city, if I ask this person out on a date. It’s in the recognition of our limiting beliefs, the primitive thoughts of our survival brain, our desires for something bigger, better, greater and being willing to pause, analyze our current identity and see where we can change in order to shift our trajectory that will break that energy loop or cycle of being stuck. 

As I’m recording this it is a beautiful spring day.  While you don’t need to wait to a certain time of year to reinvent yourself, change your identity, I think now is the perfect time to consider what identity your biggest vision is calling you to step into. 

You may be thinking, How do I change my identity?

1. We tap into the imagination and visualize the future we want. 

• Most likely, the greater the difference between what you are envisioning and what your current reality is the greater the jump needs to be???’ It’s not impossible but it’s just calling you to step up to the plate and make some changes. 

1. Align your energy
1. Thoughts, ideas, beliefs, new energy
1. You can think about this as cleaning out the clutter when doing a big spring cleaning.  You keep only what serves you in the future, only what aligns with that future you are envisioning. 
2. Align your actions  -

It’s in the being and not in the becoming. 

It’s so easy to stay stuck in the becoming.  The prep, the learning, the behind the scenes action. 

What does it mean when you are “becoming” the next version who has that result?

If you are becoming it means that you aren’t that person.

If you aren’t that person, then you aren’t a match for what they have as a result.

Think about the becoming as the research and learning phase. 

This is why I also don’t teach “Act as if”

• Acting means that you are pretending to be someone you are not, and if you are not then again you are not a match for that potential that vibration in the quantum.

Remember that you most likely won’t make a complete identity shift overnight. 

But action-wise wise we want to take those small steps daily and keep going. The more small micro steps you take in that direction compounds over time.

You build self-trust when you show up for yourself 

Identity is built and solidified in tiny decisions. Moments of alignment they add up to change your identity and your trajectory.

As you can see your self-concept, your identity of -both the current version and your future self is so crucial to achieving and manifesting big goals. 

This is why I created the Modern Manifestation Academy, where I teach the science behind manifestation. We work on personal development. Cultivating and shaping that next version of ourselves and we commit and take action as that version of ourselves.  This is what makes the program unique.  The science-based manifestation foundation, belief and energy work, the personal development work -  of mindset, being, taking aligned action, taking accountability for making those things happen in our life that we most desire. 

Not sitting back and just letting life happen to us

But being in the driver’s seat and designing, manifesting and living the life of our dreams in reality. 

Until next time, think about your current identity, what you are most committed to. Does that align with the future that you want? If not, it’s time to reinvent your identity. Let’s work together.  

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