Ever swallowed a "no" to keep the peace? Stayed when every cell in your body screamed "leave"? Overridden that quiet voice inside because you didn't want to disappoint someone? In this deeply tender episode of The Manifestation Method, I'm sharing a devastating true story about my friend Dawn, 19 years old, stood up by a guy, invited to ride on a motorcycle into New York City, and the moment she ignored her inner knowing that cost her her life.
I'm opening with the truth: self-trust is not a concept, it's a relationship between your mind and heart, your nervous system and intuition, your soul and the voice that's been whispering truth your whole life. Self-trust gets shaped by every moment you were told your feelings were wrong, every time you swallowed a no to keep connection, every time you learned that staying attached to someone else mattered more than staying attached to yourself.
Drawing on Kabbalistic teaching about Emet (truth) and Shalom (peace) that peace can only come from alignment with truth, not avoiding conflict, I'm revealing why lying to yourself, even gently or politely or spiritually, fractures your soul and creates inner war. When you override your body's signals, you create spiritual dissonance, the core of why so many people feel ungrounded.
I'm breaking down the attachment trauma behind why we abandon ourselves: as children, connection becomes conditional. Cry too much, you're dramatic. Say no, you're difficult. Be angry, you're bad. Be sensitive, you're too much. The child learns: my feelings threaten my belonging, my no threatens love, my truth threatens safety.
This episode includes my personal journey learning to honor my no at Shabbat meals, leaving mid-meal when my nervous system was wrung out, discovering that when I honor me, the world honors me.
You'll learn why you cannot manifest a life that feels safe if your body doesn't feel safe with you (you can only receive the abundance your nervous system feels safe enough to hold), why the universe responds to coherence not just words, and why self-trust is the deepest form of self-love, every time you listen to a boundary, you send your body the message: I am safe with me.
Whether you're feeling confused, tender, or unsure, this episode offers the reframe that changes everything: it's not that you don't know what to do. You know what you need to do, you're just scared to listen. That fear is not weakness. It's the echo of all the times you were taught that listening to yourself was dangerous. But it isn't anymore.
Press play and discover: you are not a child trying to survive someone else's moods anymore. Self-trust is the portal, the womb of manifestation, the vessel that holds your light. When you choose yourself gently again and again, the world reorganizes around that choice.
Content note: This episode contains a story involving loss and trauma.
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