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The Melanin Unicorn Podcast
Welcome to the Melanin Unicorn podcast. A new dynamic and thought-provoking show that will take us all on a journey of exploration, inspiration, and enlightenment. I am dedicated to celebrating Black women's power, resilience, and unapologetic brilliance.
The Melanin Unicorn Podcast
Manifesting Your Reality: The Power of Affirmations and Embracing Your True Self
Dive head
first into the realm of unlimited potential as we unveil the transformative power of manifesting and rewriting our personal stories. I'll guide you through the art of turning your innermost desires into your external reality, not through wishful thinking, but with practical steps that bridge the spiritual and the scientific. You'll learn how to reshape the narrative you tell yourself, releasing negative emotions that may hinder your progress, and harness the wisdom of icons like Madame CJ Walker, who boldly taught us to carve out our opportunities. Step beyond the mundane, and let's embark on a journey to align your life with your deepest yearnings, transforming your aspirations into tangible success.
Join me in a heart-to-heart conversation about the magic of affirmations and scripting, where I share personal anecdotes and effective strategies that have charted my path to self-improvement. From bedtime rituals to mirror pep talks, we'll explore how to subtly shift your mindset and attract the life you envision. We'll also take a page out of Michelle Obama's playbook, discussing the virtue of authenticity and the power of focused silence in reaching our goals. Together, we’ll arm ourselves with the knowledge and affirmation needed to support a life that not only resonates with your wishes but is also a reflection of your truest self. Embrace the change and let's start scripting your story of excellence today.
Disclaimer: I have never read this book but just mentioned it on the podcast.
The Secret
The Books Recommended For Me to Read:
The Power of Awareness
The Science of Greatness
Positive Imaging
The Power of The Subconscious Mind
You Can Heal Your Life
Heal Your Body
Your Word is Your Wand
The Game of Life and How to Play It
Ask and It Is Given
This Thing Called You
Wishes Fulfilled
Think and Grow Rich
The Science of Getting Rich
Today is such a beautiful day. Hello and welcome to the Melanin Unicorn podcast, a weekly podcast that is dedicated to the empowerment and upliftment of black women. If you are feeling stuck, I am going to help you get unstuck, so you will no longer want to sit on the side of the road, but instead, get up and start running towards your dreams and goals in life. Plus, we are going to hold each other accountable. My name is Carrie, and today's episode is all about manifesting. Let's start the show. Thank you for tuning in to the Melanin Unicorn podcast. Once again, my name is Kerry, I'm your host, and an episode is dropped every week, once on Monday and once on Wednesday. Mondays are your full episodes, Wednesdays are your shorter episodes, which are called the Black Woman Moment. So today's show is all about manifesting. It's time to start manifesting Now.
Kerry:Manifestation, manifesting, affirming, declaring, decreeing, persisting tends to get a lot of flack, especially from the Christian community, but if they knew their Bibles, they would see that there was a whole lot of manifesting going on. And I didn't realize it, you know, because my thoughts regarding manifesting were skewed right, because it was viewed as witchcraft. And the truth of the matter is manifesting started from the beginning, and manifesting comes from speaking what you want, affirming what you want, declaring what you want, decreeing what you want, and persisting in what you want. So dictionary-com gives this definition for manifestation as the conscious creation of the circumstances and outcomes that make for a fulfilling life. This definition allows us to rely on both science-based and spiritual practices, which can really help us when we're trying to figure out how to manifest what we want in life. Now, manifesting can come about, like anyone can manifest, but what I've learned about manifesting is that if you don't create a new story about yourself, yes, you'll get your manifestations, but if your internal story doesn't change, what you will find is, yes, you have the manifestation, but yes, you also have the old story. So if your old story consisted of pain, hurt, bitterness, resentment, although you have your manifestations, you still will not be happy. So what is a new story? The new story is the thoughts we have help create the life we experience. The stories we have been telling ourselves about our lives can be changed with a set of new thoughts and new beliefs. Beware, however, that thought process is from birth until now.
Kerry:Don't cease to exist in a day. Thoughts process that we heavily identify with don't cease to exist in a day. So I said that twice because obviously that is important Thought processes that create our, that create our constructed identity don't cease to exist in a day. Three times you will need to begin writing a new story for yourself in order to change your old story that you've been telling and living for years. So I repeated that three times because what happens in manifestations especially with all the chatter about it and when you read other people's pose and then look, oh, I manifested this in a day, I manifested this in three days is very possible. There is truth and there is reality to it. But understand that work has to be done in order to manifest those things that you are desiring, and the change of your subconscious has. It has to start there. It has to start there. The subconscious gets everything that we do in our daily lives Right. So, whatever you've been doing, however you've been living, what you've been saying, all of that is stored in the subconscious and, like I said in another episode, the subconscious doesn't know if it is truth or fiction. It just knows and is going by what you are doing day to day. So in order to change that, you have to change your thoughts, your habits each and every day, and it is an ongoing process until you are at that point where oh my gosh, that's what you'll say to yourself oh my gosh, I am truly changed.
Kerry:As many of you have seen over the years, manifestation continues to be a hot topic, right? So before we begin, let me be clear. I have never read the book the Secret, and I honestly have no plans to. Just because I'm not interested in it doesn't mean you aren't either. So you may very well be interested in reading the Secret. I personally am not, but I will put a link to the book in the show notes if you are interested in purchasing. I will also put in the show notes the books that I have read that were recommended to me and also helped me to learn more about manifesting and how to activate it in my own life.
Kerry:Now, as I read the definition, this word is either received well or frowned upon, depending on which way you've heard it. It will definitely cause a reaction from you, but please believe I'm not here to argue with you about it, okay? So, like this one podcast that I listened to, she always says you are powerful to disagree, so you don't have to agree with what I'm saying Do your own research. You know, that's what I did and in my own research I was led to people who are in the manifestation community, but it is actually being taught correctly. So this quote from Madame CJ Walker says don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
Kerry:So in your affirming, declaring decree and persisting, you are manifesting a new life. There is no giving up On myself. There is no giving up on yourself. No is not an answer to what I am manifesting. So that's first and foremost Failure is just a redirection. This is why I'm writing my new story and it is a must. And if you are tired and I don't mean just tired, I mean you are sick and tired of being sick and tired of your day in and day out mundane life that has become robotic, just moving on autopilot then, my sister, it is time for a change your heart is so desperately seeking.
Kerry:Now, as I said before, manifesting will not be easy, regardless as to what you've seen on YouTube, on blogs, quotes, books, magazines, etc. You will have to put in the work. You will have to retrain how you think about yourself in your mind, how you speak to yourself and how you treat yourself. You will have to start writing it down Now. You know I am a big proponent on writing and, as I said before, if you don't want to write, you can do voice recordings on your phone. That's perfectly fine as well. Now, for those who are writers like myself, there is no need to buy some expensive journal or notebook for it to only sit on your shelf or it now resides in your closet. A plain journal is all you need to begin.
Kerry:If you have lived with the same story about yourself for years upon years, writing a new story will take time to train your brain, especially your subconscious, because this is where manifestation takes place. So if you talk down to yourself, then that is what your subconscious will manifest for you. It only gives you what you ask for. You want the life that you've always dreamed for yourself. That journal will help you with that from writing your new story, cutting out pictures, pasting them in your book, meditating, removing people and things that are in your old story. And I am a huge, huge proponent of that, because sometimes we stay stuck because we keep surrounding ourselves with the same people, the same circumstances, the same talk, the same things you're watching on television, the same things that you are listening to on the radio, the same things that you are just again looking at on social media.
Kerry:You will need to search for true methods that will help you. Remember there's a lot of nonsense on the internet. Pray for your discernment and finding the good information and videos that are out there. You will definitely find it. Once your mind is open to the changes you want in your life, it will be led straight to you. Again, be open, do your research, pray for discernment, pray to be led to the right people because, again, there's a lot of stuff out there that is crazy. I'm just going to say that it's crazy, and a lot of people are out there talking about manifesting and things of that nature and they have no idea what they're talking about. They have no idea and they are given wrong information. They have amassed a huge following, especially on social media, because people are desperate for change in their lives. So they will click on videos and watch them and things like that, and unfortunately, not everybody is for your good. For a number of people, it's all about a paycheck. It's all about what they're getting paid from these social media platforms. That's why I am adamant about praying for discernment, being led to the right person, people, etc.
Kerry:Everyone will not get it or even understand. Everyone will not be on board about your desire to change your life with manifesting, and that's okay. That is perfectly fine, because it's not about them, it is about you. It's and it's not your responsibility to make them understand. Like I always say, what people think about me, that's not my business and I don't care. I'm doing what I believe is best for me. So I have no time to worry about what others may think or say. I've lived in that place for quite some time. I don't live there anymore. I do not live there anymore Depending on your old story.
Kerry:Moving in silence is the best option when you are writing your new story. That is key because, again, everybody won't understand, right, and they just won't. And sometimes, when you share that you are looking to change and you are looking to incorporate new methods into your life, you'll be met with naysayers, especially people who they themselves are not ready for change, right? So when people are not ready for change, they don't want you to change. So that's why moving in silence is key. Moving silence People don't need to know your business If your old story is toxic, meaning family, friends, your job.
Kerry:This is even more crucial for your new story to be written. It's time for you to get out there and start living your life abundantly. And again it starts. And I know I keep saying new story, new story, new story. But that is key. That is key your story has to be new. You cannot, you cannot move into the things that you want for yourself, you desire for yourself, and you still have your old story. Because again, you can manifest with your old story. You can manifest with your old story, but what will happen is this it will carry over into your manifestations and then you will be wondering well, okay, I got what I was manifesting, but why do I still feel like a mess? Because your subconscious is giving you what you have always given it. You have not chosen to write that new story about yourself.
Kerry:An example of a new story is this I am an amazing woman, I am beautiful, I am kind, I am abundant, I am prosperous, I am healthy, I am loved, I am in a loving relationship, I am not in debt, I am a blessing to myself, I am a blessing to others. Everything is always working out in my favor, Everything is always working out for me, everything is always working out for me. Okay. So you see how I started saying one thing and then it just began to build and build and build. That's what I mean when I say writing a new story about yourself. So if your old story was just like oh, I'm just so tired of being broke, I'm just so tired of being sick, I'm just so tired of being in this toxic relationship, I'm just so tired of this toxic job, I hate this and I hate that, I hate that and I hate this. You see the difference. So when you say those things, right, this is what goes into your subconscious. And because this is what you dwell on, your subconscious gives you more of that. But when you change a story and you're saying I'm the baddest chick, okay, I am amazing, I am beautiful, I am a successful entrepreneur, I am a successful serial entrepreneur, I'm a multi-millionaire, you see where it goes? It just keeps going. It just keeps going and it just keeps going. That's how you begin to rewire and change your subconscious.
Kerry:And also, listening to affirmations, right, listen to affirmations as you're falling asleep at night, seeing affirmations in the mirror while you face yourself or if, for whatever reason you feel like looking yourself in the eye saying affirmations. That's a little too much for you at the moment. That's fine, that's fine. Say affirmation, say kind things to yourself. And if you know what to say or what to write, you look online and there are plenty of affirmations, plenty of affirmations. Put those affirmations in your notes on your phone and, as you go out throughout your day, open up your phone, open up that note app and start reading off your affirmations to yourself. You will see that, little by little, your speech, the way you move, the way you go about your day, the way you're going about your life, it begins to change. And at first you may not even realize it. But let me tell you who's going to realize it? Other people, people you work with, your family members, your friends, associates. They will begin to see and they will begin to hear because your speech is changing Again.
Kerry:I know about moving in silence, because this is what I've been doing in my life and manifesting my new life for myself. You know I didn't feel a need to get on the phone telling everybody oh, you know, I'm manifesting this new life. This is not because I know that. You know some of my friends. They're just not there, Right and so, and that's fine, that's fine. But I know that they'll get there eventually because they'll see how my life is changing and then they'll ask questions and I will be all too happy to let them know what I am doing and how I am doing it. But in the meantime, I'm moving in silence. I'm moving in silence is me and the Lord moving in, and my routine is at night. I fall asleep listening to Ask formations After I've done my prayer. I'm Lord and I were talking, you know, and I'm journaling.
Kerry:Scripting, which is another thing. In the manifestation life, you can write out your life and with scripting, you are not writing. Oh, you know, I wish I can do this. I want to have this. No scripting is you are writing as if it is already happening in your life, right? So if you are desiring a new job, you are writing. My new job is so amazing. It is wonderful. My new job has given me so many blessed opportunities. My salary is six figures. My new boss is amazing. My new coworkers are amazing.
Kerry:If you are desiring to work remotely, my new job is 100% remote. There is no hybrid. There is no coming into office even once a week. No, I am home 100%. If you're desiring a marriage, my marriage is so beautiful, it is just so full of love. We love each other, we are madly in love and we just have the most amazing union. God has truly blessed me, you see, you see how that goes.
Kerry:So when you are scripting, you're not saying, oh, I'm desiring marriage and I am patiently waiting. No, you are speaking that thing as if you are already in it. And those are just two examples, because whatever it is that you are desiring to manifest in your life, you write as if those things are happening right now. Okay, so keep in mind, it doesn't happen overnight. Although manifesting is about turning your dreams into reality, it does require you to take proactive steps toward whatever it is you desire.
Kerry:So today's inspiring quote comes from none other than our forever First Lady, michelle Obama. First Lady Michelle LeVon Robison Obama is a lawyer, writer and the wife of the 44th President, barack Obama. She is the first African American First Lady of the United States. Through her four main initiatives, she became a role model for women and an advocate for healthy families, service members and their families, higher education and international adolescent girls education. And here is what she has had to say.
Kerry:One of the lessons I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals. I thought that was so perfect because in manifesting, that's what I was saying. You know, sometimes people will get what it is that you're doing and other times people will not. So, in order to not be distracted, sometimes you're going to move in silence, and that's okay. Right, that is perfectly okay.
Kerry:Thank you so very much for tuning into the show once again, and I am so grateful and appreciative of that. Show notes will be available on Buzzsprout. You can follow the show on Instagram at the Melany Unicorn podcast. You can tune in for Black Woman Moment Wednesdays, which happens every other Wednesday, where I will bless us with an amazing quote from an amazing Black woman. I will also put in the show notes the books that I've read that have helped me with manifesting and really learning about manifesting. I will see everyone next week for Black Woman Moment and remember you are loved, you are excellent, you are beautiful, you are well, you are safe and, most importantly, you are you and, on that note, have a great and amazing day wherever you are. I will speak with you soon, take care.
