Why Your Identity Is Blocking Your Manifestation (Here’s How to Fix It!) — Transcript
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- 0:00If you've been manifesting for months,
- 0:03listening to affirmations, [music]
- 0:05using subliminals, doing everything
- 0:07right, but nothing is changing [music]
- 0:10or things change briefly and fall apart,
- 0:14it's not because manifestation doesn't
- 0:17work. It's because your
- 0:19>> [music]
- 0:19>> identity hasn't caught up to your
- 0:21desire. And today I'm going to explain
- 0:23to you exactly how identity blocks
- 0:27manifestation,
- 0:28why this happens [music] at a
- 0:30subconscious and nervous system level,
- 0:32and most importantly, how to fix [music]
- 0:34it in a way that actually works.
- 0:41Most people think
- 0:42>> [music]
- 0:42>> identity is what I believe about myself,
- 0:46but that's far from [music] the truth.
- 0:48Identity is much deeper than beliefs.
- 0:52Your identity [music]
- 0:54is actually your brain's model of who
- 0:57you are, what feels normal, what feels
- 1:01safe, [music] and what outcomes feel
- 1:04allowed, what you subconsciously [music]
- 1:07expect to happen to you. From a
- 1:09neuroscience perspective, when your
- 1:11brain [music] is constantly asking
- 1:15based on who I believe I am, what should
- 1:18[music] I expect from reality? So,
- 1:21manifestation doesn't happen because you
- 1:24want something. It happens because your
- 1:28subconscious mind expects it to happen.
- 1:32So this is why two people could listen
- 1:35to the [music] same subliminals,
- 1:38same affirmations,
- 1:40apply [music] the two techniques and
- 1:42tools to manifest their desires and
- 1:45[music] only one person will get their
- 1:48results.
- 1:52Here's [music] something that most
- 1:54manifestation content leaves out. Your
- 1:57subconscious mind does not prioritize
- 2:00desire. [music]
- 2:01It prioritizes safety and consistency.
- 2:05Psychological [music]
- 2:06research shows that behavior is more
- 2:09driven by identity [music] than by goals
- 2:11or motivation.
- 2:13If your identity says, "I'm not the type
- 2:16of person who's chosen. People like me
- 2:19don't get that success comes [music]
- 2:21with stress. Being seen is dangerous."
- 2:25Then your nervous system will quietly
- 2:27block the desire. And it's not because
- 2:29you're the problem. It's because your
- 2:32brain is [music] actually trying to
- 2:33protect you from what it perceives as
- 2:36social overwhelm, a threat, [music] or
- 2:39unfamiliar responsibility or even loss
- 2:43of control. So, [music] you may
- 2:44consciously want the manifestation while
- 2:47subconsciously resisting it. That inner
- 2:50[music] mismatch is what stalls your
- 2:52results.
- 2:56Now, this is incredibly important,
- 2:59especially if you use [music]
- 3:01affirmations or subliminals. If you're a
- 3:04regular on my channel, you are probably
- 3:06familiar with my subliminal content.
- 3:09[music] So, this is really, really
- 3:11important on top of the previous videos
- 3:13that I have made about using
- 3:15subliminals. Affirmations and
- 3:18subliminals
- 3:19can definitely [music]
- 3:21support identity change. However, they
- 3:24do not override [music]
- 3:26identity on their own. And this is why
- 3:30if an affirmation [music]
- 3:32is exaggerated or too extreme, it could
- 3:37possibly contradict [music] your current
- 3:39self-concept. For example, if an
- 3:42affirmation says [music] something like,
- 3:44"I'm extremely confident when your
- 3:48perception of self or lived experiences
- 3:51[music] otherwise." Instead of
- 3:53reprogramming you, that affirmation
- 3:55[music] creates cognitive and emotional
- 3:58dissonance,
- 4:00and your nervous system could respond
- 4:02with numbness, overwhelm, anxiety,
- 4:06frustration, or merely nothing at all.
- 4:09This is why a lot of people listen to
- 4:11subliminals for months and see no
- 4:13change. [music]
- 4:14This is me responding to a comment I
- 4:18frequently get [music] on my subliminal
- 4:20videos that I make. So, I hope this also
- 4:22answers any questions [music] that you
- 4:23may have previously asked in my comment
- 4:26section. So, remember that you can't
- 4:28[music] force identity either. And
- 4:31identity updates itself through
- 4:34emotional safety [music] and repetition,
- 4:37embodied evidence, and just not applying
- 4:41the pressure to [music] change.
- 4:47Here's the core truth of why
- 4:50manifestation gets blocked. You cannot
- 4:53manifest an [music] identity that your
- 4:56body does not feel safe embodying. Many
- 5:00people actually associate success,
- 5:03[music] love or abundance with pressure,
- 5:07loss, abandonment, responsibility, being
- 5:10judged.
- 5:11>> [music]
- 5:12>> So when manifestation starts working,
- 5:15your body could pull back [music] in
- 5:18ways such as procrastination,
- 5:21self- sabotage, [music] loss of
- 5:23motivation, and randomly facing
- 5:26obstacles, and suddenly not wanting the
- 5:30[music] same thing anymore. But what's
- 5:32really happening is your nervous system
- 5:35is saying this version of you feels
- 5:38unfamiliar and unsafe. [music]
- 5:40Until safety is established, your
- 5:44identity cannot shift. [music]
- 5:47And without identity, manifestation
- 5:50cannot [music] change.
- 5:56So, let's [music] actually talk about
- 5:58how we can fix this step by step. I want
- 6:02you to stop becoming [music] a different
- 6:05person overnight. Identity shifts do not
- 6:09come [music] from sudden jumps. They
- 6:12come from connecting bridges. Instead of
- 6:14using extreme [music] affirmations such
- 6:17as I am wildly confident and
- 6:20unstoppable, [music]
- 6:22use affirmations that encode safety.
- 6:26Affirmations of safety and ensuring that
- 6:30your subconscious mind is safe during
- 6:32the intake of these affirmations.
- 6:34[music]
- 6:34So, for example, instead of saying
- 6:37you're wildly confident and unstoppable,
- 6:40you could use something more gentle and
- 6:42something that your mind might be more
- 6:44receptive [music] to, such as I am
- 6:47becoming somebody who feels safer
- 6:49expressing myself day by day. So, the
- 6:52takeaway from this is basically
- 6:55believability. It's a lot more [music]
- 6:58important than intensity. bonus here. I
- 7:02think something wonderful that you can
- 7:04do to start embodying your ideal
- 7:06identity in order to manifest your
- 7:09biggest dreams, goals, and desires
- 7:10[music] is to create an alter ego. I
- 7:14plan on making a separate video about
- 7:16this, but I'll scratch the surface for
- 7:17[music] now. This is something that I
- 7:19personally did in my self-development
- 7:21journey [music] and how I shifted my
- 7:24identity to manifest the life of my
- 7:26dreams. What you're going to want to do
- 7:28is you're going to create like an ideal
- 7:31version of yourself. Like I said, alter
- 7:33ego. It could have a different name, a
- 7:35certain persona, certain
- 7:36characteristics, a certain appearance.
- 7:38And [music] I want you to romanticize
- 7:41embodying that alter ego. For example,
- 7:44maybe your alter ego is a singer or a
- 7:47dancer [music] on top of being an
- 7:48entrepreneur. Well, I want you to enjoy
- 7:51that embodiment towards becoming your al
- 7:54alter ego or ideal self. It's really fun
- 7:59and it's really easy to encode that as a
- 8:03safe way of transforming to your
- 8:05subconscious mind. It's a wonderful way
- 8:08to have fun along the identity shift
- 8:10because I know you can real feel
- 8:13discouraged along the path to self
- 8:15transformation and manifestation. So,
- 8:18this is definitely something to try out.
- 8:20[music] The next thing you'll want to do
- 8:22is pair your desired identity with
- 8:24safety, which I just previously
- 8:26insinuated. [music]
- 8:28And this is a step almost no one
- 8:30teaches. I feel like because when you
- 8:32visualize, [music]
- 8:33affirm, or listen to subliminals, your
- 8:36body should feel calm, neutral, or
- 8:40grounded. [music]
- 8:42So, not tense, not desperate, not
- 8:45forced. Safety is what [music] allows
- 8:48the subconscious to update. So, if
- 8:51you're going to listen to affirmations
- 8:53or subliminals, I think it's a wonderful
- 8:55time to lay back and relax and let your
- 8:58nervous [music] system kind of
- 9:00decompress. Please relax and take care
- 9:02of yourself while you listen to
- 9:05affirmations, subliminals, or try any
- 9:08other method of shifting your identity
- 9:10[music] to manifest your dreams. Just
- 9:13take care of your nervous system. I care
- 9:16about your well-being and you should
- 9:17too. Next, I want you to use micro
- 9:20embodiment. [music]
- 9:21Your brain believes behavior more than
- 9:25words, believe it or not. So, basically
- 9:28what I'm saying here is that one small
- 9:31identity aligned action per day is
- 9:33[music] enough. And that could look like
- 9:36something as small as setting a boundary
- 9:39or one honest expression. Maybe making
- 9:43an aligned choice with your ideal
- 9:45identity or alter ego. [music] And maybe
- 9:48that's even respecting yourself. It
- 9:51doesn't matter whether it's a small,
- 9:54medium, or large win. As long as you are
- 9:57taking aligned action towards embodying
- 10:01your identity to manifest, that is
- 10:04enough. Step four is letting your
- 10:07identity shift first and then getting
- 10:10the result. Basically, when identity
- 10:13shifts, effort decreases towards
- 10:16embodying that identity. Effort
- 10:19decreases towards trying to manifest
- 10:22your goals and dreams that are aligned
- 10:24with that identity. Resistance fades and
- 10:27it just feels natural instead [music] of
- 10:29urgent. People who succeed always say
- 10:34same thing. It stopped feeling like
- 10:37something I was trying to get and it
- 10:38just started feeling like me. And that's
- 10:41when you really know when reality
- 10:43responds. Everything just feels like
- 10:46it's working out for a reason.
- 10:52Finally, let's reframe manifestation.
- 10:55[music] I want to say that it's not
- 10:58about forcing reality to change. I think
- 11:02it's about becoming internally congruent
- 11:05with the reality that you want [music]
- 11:07to experience. Like you don't manifest
- 11:11what you want. [music] You manifest what
- 11:14your identity is prepared to hold.
- 11:17[music] What your subconscious expects
- 11:19of you to do next. What it's predicting
- 11:23[music] you to do based on your
- 11:25experiences and your perception of self.
- 11:28When your identity changes, your
- 11:30behavior [music] changes, your
- 11:32expectations change, your choices
- 11:35change, opportunities align naturally to
- 11:39you, and most importantly, your reality
- 11:42follows along. This channel is all about
- 11:44permanent transformation, not temporary
- 11:47motivation. So, if you want to keep
- 11:49learning how to shift your identity,
- 11:51regulate your nervous system, and
- 11:52[music] manifest in a way that actually
- 11:54shifts, subscribe. Thank you guys so
- 11:56much for tuning into today's video. I'm
- 11:58so incredibly grateful that I [music]
- 12:00could sit down and have this
- 12:02conversation with you guys. And happy
- 12:04new year since 2026 is coming up super
- 12:07super soon. [music] I'm incredibly
- 12:09blessed to be here with you guys. So
- 12:11until next time, I'll see you.
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