Ep #101: Manifestation Isn’t Just Mental — It’s Physical

Scroll down to find all the ways to enjoy this content: blog post + video + podcast!
You can READ or WATCH or LISTEN!

Click to hop to the one you want:

✨ Your Body Is Not Blocking Your Dreams ✨

There comes a moment — often in midlife — when the questions change.

You’re no longer asking how to manifest.

You’re not looking for another method, teacher, or tool.

Instead, you’re quietly wondering: Why hasn’t it happened yet?

You’ve done the inner work.

You’ve visualized, affirmed, aligned, believed.

You’ve held the vision with sincerity and devotion.

And still — the dream hasn’t landed.

This moment can feel confusing.

And if we’re honest, it can feel quietly shameful.

Because we’ve been taught that if something isn’t happening, it must mean we’re doing something wrong. Wanting it wrong. Thinking wrong. Being wrong.

But what if that’s not true?

What if your dreams haven’t landed yet not because you lack desire or discipline — but because your body is protecting you?

Resources for you:

Part 1: Self-Care for Midlife: 7 Essential Practices to Raise Your Vibration & Feel Great!

TIRED AF YOGA SERIES:

🎥 Playlist on YouTube

💌 Email List for more inspo and gentle nudges

My Year to Thrive videos:

➡️ SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel for FREE: Yoga + Life Coaching with Laura

PRIVATE LIFE COACHING:

Private Coaching when you are ready for the ultimate, exclusive experience: Life Coaching with Laura

READ: 

Exhausted Bodies Don’t Manifest

This is the piece that almost no one talks about.

Manifestation culture centers on the mind:

• belief

• focus

• visualization

• consistency

But the body is rarely consulted.

An exhausted body does not feel safe expanding — even toward things it wants.

Fatigue isn’t laziness.

Burnout isn’t misalignment.

And depletion isn’t a mindset issue.

They are signals.

Signals that the nervous system has been asked to override for too long.

Many women in midlife have already tried:

• pushing through

• being disciplined

• staying consistent

• doing the “right” things

None of those override a body that is tired of pushing.

And here’s the reframe that matters:

Manifestation isn’t always blocked by doubt.

It can be blocked by depletion.

Midlife Capacity Is Different Than Hustle Capacity

Early in life, many of us learned to run on adrenaline.

We pushed past signals.

We overrode discomfort.

We hustled — not because it was healthy, but because it was rewarded.

And for a while, it worked.

But midlife changes the rules.

Not because capacity is smaller —

but because it’s more precise.

Midlife capacity doesn’t tolerate constant override.

It doesn’t respond well to urgency.

And it no longer expands through force.

This is where so many women get stuck.

Safety Comes Before Expansion

The body prioritizes safety before growth. Always.

This isn’t a belief.

It’s biology.

Safety is not comfort.

Safety is not logic.

And safety is not desire.

You can want something deeply and still not feel safe receiving it.

You can hold the clearest vision in the world —

and if your body doesn’t trust the pace, the cost, or the pressure that comes with it — it will stall the outcome.

This isn’t self-sabotage.

It’s self-protection.

And when we misinterpret protection as failure,
we start fighting the very intelligence that’s trying to preserve us.

Vision Without Embodiment Stays Conceptual

A vision that lives only in the mind doesn’t move matter.

That doesn’t mean you’re doing manifestation wrong.

It means embodiment hasn’t caught up yet.

And embodiment isn’t something you force.

It emerges when the body feels safe enough to move.

This is why so many midlife women feel like they’re standing at the edge of something — aware, conscious, clear — but unable to leap.

Nothing is broken.

The body is integrating more than it’s expanding.

There May Be Nothing to Fix

This is the part most people skip.

Because fixing feels productive.

But there are seasons where the most powerful thing you can do is stop trying to override what’s happening.

There may be nothing wrong with your dream.

There may be nothing wrong with you.

And there may be nothing to fix.

Midlife is often an integration season.

A recalibration of pace.

A refinement of desire.

A deep listening to what the body will and won’t carry forward.

When you allow your body to set the pace, something unexpected happens.

Trust returns.

And when trust returns, expansion becomes possible again — not forced, not rushed, but real.

A Final Thought

If something softened in you while reading this, that matters.

If you felt relief instead of motivation, that matters.

You are not behind.

You are not blocked.

And you are not failing at manifestation.

Sometimes the most powerful shift isn’t doing more —

it’s respecting what’s already happening.

This isn’t something to fix.

It’s something to respect.

Try a Home Retreat with me!

serenity at home: Home Design Kit
Theme: Letting Go 

If you want to plan your first retreat day with ease, I created a Home Retreat Kit to make it simple, structured, and fun.

Think gentle guidance, not rigid rules.

Think nourishment, not obligation.

Think “exhale,” not “effort.”

Because you deserve restoration—real restoration.

You don’t need to push harder.

You need to come home to yourself.

One day at a time.

One breath at a time.

One retreat at a time.

Want More Support?

hacking happiness:

Hacking happiness is my Life Coaching Quick Start course. Receive the first few steps for enjoying your life more. Learn more here.

Not ready to invest in yourself?

Totally understand! Grab this FREE ebook and watch for follow up emails and I’ll help you get started!

WATCH: 

LISTEN: 

Or link here to listen & find links to everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Leave me a voicemail and I can answer it on the podcast: Voicemail.