Shadowing Practice: How to manifest a new life - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I used to be broke two and a half years ago.
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I was broke, depressed, I had severe EDs and I was living with my mom crying all day, okay?
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I completely turned my life around in two and a half years and the abundance I've attracted, the wisdom I've attracted, the new experiences like,
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guys, it's shocking to me.
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It's shocking to me that I'm living this life.
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I want to show you guys how you can change your reality around
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and what you need to do
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if you are in a stuck place right now in order to change it around
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and actually manifest reality that you want to live in
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and create for yourself i want to say a huge thank
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and welcome back to my channel okay let's get into it
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first things first you have to realize what is in your backpack i have a therapist right
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and i was talking to my therapist and we were basically just discussing
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that i feel so depleted and so tired all the time
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and then he told me he's like Liz what is in your backpack
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and I was like what do you mean
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and he's like okay day to day how are you engaging
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with things are you complaining more are you reacting to hate
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and angry messages are you engaging into conversations that are hateful
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or are you loving are you pointing out what's beautiful are you being optimistic
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and grateful and then i was like you know what i've been complaining a lot these days like literally
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so much and i have been focused more on what i don't have than what i have
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so i started to think about it and he's like well
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so that's what you have been carrying in your backpack
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so your backpack is filled with hate complaining anger
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so what your first reaction will be to every situation is
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that it's hate it's anger it's complaining okay he said
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if you had filled your backpack with love
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and loving conversations with laughter with being grateful
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that would be your first reaction and you would energetically not be depleted
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that to me the issue is when we are energetically depleted no sleep can fix
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that when you have a workout for example you can have a good day of sleep
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and that's it the next day you feel fine again okay but
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when you're energetically depleted no matter how much you sleep you're
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always tired how do we tire ourselves out energetically by engaging
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in negative things by having negative conversations by gossiping by constantly saying what's wrong instead of what is right
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so then i swear to god guys when i just realized
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that one thing what he said to me about like what is in your backpack from
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that moment on i started to actually watch the things
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that i talk about with my sister with with my friends
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and i started to point out beautiful things
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and good things i started to say out loud what i'm grateful for
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and i swear to god my whole energy shifted another thing
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you need to realize is what do you want what do
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you want exactly like a lot of people say oh i want love okay what does
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that mean what does love look like for you
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because for a lot of people they can get love from
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children pets from from themselves from friendships do you mean romantic
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love do you mean you want to attract a man honey
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you have to be specific about this a lot of you guys are not specific
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or they say like oh i want to be rich okay
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how much money how much money in what way do you
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want to be rich how do you want to attract
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that money when you figure out what you want specifically then you have to focus on
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that one thing if for example you want to be more healthy or you want to create your dream body, right?
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Focus on that only.
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Focus on, okay, how do I get my dream body?
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What exercise do I need to do?
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Do I need to squat, whatever?
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And you create that whole plan.
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When you focus on that, all the other things will come in.
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When we have too much that we need to think about as humans, we are more likely to not get anything done because there's too many distractions.
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Remove all the distractions, focus on one thing
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and all the other things will come because
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if you start working on let's say your dream body your self-love will increase people will look at you differently
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because you love yourself more now
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so all the other things you're trying to manifest will come anyways
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and honey you have to be consistent about it what you
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want you have to have consistency there see i'm a hustler
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i've been a hustler ever since i was young i had one goal in life
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and that was to make money because i saw my mother's struggle
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and my siblings and I did not want that to be my reality.
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So what did this have to do?
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Okay, how do I create money?
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How do I make money?
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What am I good at?
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What would people pay for to see me do or whatever?
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And then I realized, you know, wait a minute, everyone comes to me for advice constantly.
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I'm really good at giving advice.
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So then I started my channel and the money came in
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because now I'm helping people and I'm doing what I'm good at.
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A lot of people, they always say like, oh yeah, I tried and it didn't work out, whatever.
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When you want something and you want it bad enough, it does not matter people will go over bodies to get what they want
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when they want something bad okay you have to have
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that mindset you want you have to want it as bad as you want to breathe and that's
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when you will achieve what you want i need you to
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ask yourself why do you want it you know why i
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was talking to this um famous youtuber we were sitting i was talking to him
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and he was like yeah you know i kind of lost purpose
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and i lost motivation for my work and all these things
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and he said but you know like maybe i'm gonna get motivation again
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and then i can buy a private jet or like expensive car
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and this and that and i looked at him
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and i was like why do you want
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that do you want a private jet to impress others
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or is that because it's gonna fill something in you
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because this guy has a lot of money he has all the cars
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and yet he's still sitting here not feeling good about himself so i'm like what is a private jet gonna do
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try to fill a void again that cannot be filled
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because a lot of people they think that materialistic things will fill a void
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when it never will you have to have purpose in life you think that
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if you die someone will say like oh my god this
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guy had a private jet oh he was a great guy no one will say
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that it's the legacy you leave on this earth you you guys need to think bigger
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and huger what impact do i leave want to leave this earth with life you have to find something
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that fills your soul and not the validation of other people
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because honey this validation you will never get These people will always look down on you
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and there's always people that are bigger and bigger than you.
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So you're competing in a race that you will never win.
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The way of changing your reality is getting to know who you are.
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And I know I speak about this a lot, but this is actually so important.
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When you know who you are and you observe yourself
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and you know your own toxic traits or the toxic traits that you allow from other people, then you can actually change things in your life.
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Because a lot of you guys, you want to change, but you're not self-aware at all you know i can list things
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that are toxic about me i know this
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because i've for example been in a relationship
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and then i start to work and work on these things
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because i'm not gonna blame everyone around me
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and not look inside of the mirror also why you should look at the repeating patterns in your life
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because i had this i had this with a lot of friendship
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that i would constantly attract the same person again and again
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and again and they were always dishonest to me
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and i have an issue with that
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because I'm too honest I will say everything about my life
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and I love friends and family deeply okay so
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if I love someone I go way too deep into it
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so when they they lie to me
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or I catch them in like a betrayal
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or stuff it really hurts me on a deep level
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but then I started wondering okay Liz why are you constantly
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attracting the same same same person then I realized I think
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there is a desperation inside of me especially with female friendships to be loved and to be seen
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because growing up I never had that I didn't have like female friendships
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and I even had like one traumatic event with a friend
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that yelled in front of all like the what's it called the kitchen where everyone eats
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that I'm a stalker and I should leave her alone
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but I thought that this girl was my friend
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and subconsciously I had clocked that memory in my mind and ever since then I was
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acting like too much in friendships like I really just wanted the validation of a female friend
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but because of that because I was too desperate for it I constantly attracted liars
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and liars and liars
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that kept hurting me until I learned the lesson of detachment from female friendships it was almost like it was
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so easy for me to detach from men
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and male relationships I didn't care
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but with women I held them in such a high regard to a point where even
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if they did something wrong I would overlook it.
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Like I would just be like, oh no, they're perfect, you know?
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And I needed to learn that lesson, detachment, stepping away from desperation, but I had to look at the patterns first
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and I had to recognize where is this coming from so I cannot repeat them again.
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Right now, if I have a friendship, it's not like that anymore.
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It's an equal friendship.
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And I also know what I want in friends now because I studied myself first and my own behaviors.
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What I want you to do is just look at the people in your life friendships relationships whatever
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and look at the patterns are these people repeating themselves
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because these patterns reveal where your lesson lies the thing
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when you're trying to manifest something you have to ask yourself is what frequency are you vibrating on
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if your vibration does not match the thing
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that you want to manifest you will not manifest it period
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period period okay a lot of you guys say oh i want to be a millionaire i want to manifest
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that money but you don't really believe that you can have
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that you will never manifest it your vibration is not matching the energy of a person that has
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that much money another thing is a lot of people say
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oh i want to attract love i want to attract a good partner
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but you don't love yourself you you're not connected to the love within you you will not attract a partner
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that is loving or showing you love
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or you will attract a partner you will attract someone
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and they will show you there will be a lesson for you
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that you need to connect to your self-love
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so to them you will learn to connect to your self-love
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so you'll anyways have to come back to yourself a lot of things
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that you guys are seeking outside are already within you.
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The money you're trying to manifest is your abundance in you.
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If you connect to what you already have on this earth and you feel grateful for it, you're a rich person and everything you have will amplify.
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But you're just looking at what isn't there instead of what is.
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And that's why nothing else is coming in.
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You know when I started unlocking a lot of money, when I just truly started believing that I deserve to be wealthy.
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Another thing I need you to look at is who is growing you.
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I want you to actually take pen and paper and actually write down who is growing me in my life.
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A lot of you guys will have no one to write down because a lot of you are just picking people up, healing them, looking for people that are shattered to help them
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but no one is growing you
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when you don't have someone you can look up to
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and can look at and be like you know what
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if this person did it it's possible for me too
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when you don't have that you cannot change your belief system see
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when i used to live back in europe for example like
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a mercedes was a luxury car to see mercedes was like oh my god crazy you know
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and now i live for example in a wealthy city you see Rolls Royces
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that are normal cars here nothing is crazy here ever since I moved here my belief is
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so like these things are so easy to get so easy
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because I just live here
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and I see it everywhere it's not even special to me okay
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so that's how your belief starts to change
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and that's how I know I also easily can attract these things
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because these things are not special but
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when you are living in a place where it's it's just
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so small and you never almost see it then it will be special for you
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and almost impossible you need to ask yourself who's actually growing you who can you look up to
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and be like you know what
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if they can do it i can do it too who is
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that in your life is there someone like
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that always also i tell always traumatized children
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that come from an abusive childhood have someone in your life
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that has not experienced that have someone in your life
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that had a nice family good family upbringing that you can learn from
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because these people will put sanity in your head they will tell you
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that there was another way of doing life same with very
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successful people they will show you how you can also accomplish
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that you will become the person you hang out with
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if you're constantly hanging out with people that will never accomplish anything and
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that are just low lives you will be another low life
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another thing is moving places see sometimes a certain place
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that you grew up in is not meant for you okay
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when i was living in europe i just knew
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that country was not meant for me i knew it from
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i was very young my only goal was to get out of that country.
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I didn't even know why, but my soul knew I was not meant to be there.
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And the moments that I've asked two times in my life, I asked God, please put me on the path for my career.
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Two times when I asked those two times I was kicked out of my house.
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So then I started to understand, okay, if I want to do my career, it cannot be in this house.
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And then I also, when I met my partner I moved places
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and I never returned remember when I moved countries
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and I actually finally got out of the country
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that I didn't want to be in completely my whole life
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started to flourish it started to open up sometimes you cannot find the love
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that you want the the job that you want whatever
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because it's just not in that country your your soul does not match the vibration of
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that country and when you realize this
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when you feel like I am supposed to be in this
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country follow your intuition your soul might have a destiny in
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that country or in that city
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that you're craving to go to you know what have no
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shame like a man okay i was dating this guy
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and this guy is a very from a very very important family very important person
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and he was always sitting with diplomats and people politicians whoever
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and one time we were on a date
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and actually he had a meeting with one diplomat this guy came he came up to the guy
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that i was dating and he when they were sitting
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and talking he asked maybe 10 things in the first 30 minutes
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that he was sitting here he's like can you do this for me can you do
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that for me oh can you figure this after and the guy
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that was dating was constantly like yeah yeah i will do yeah yeah whatever constantly like this and
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when the diplomat guy left i looked at him i was
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like is this how men talk to each other like constantly
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asking for stuff he's like yeah i was like that's insane like
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because i even feel so like weird
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when i have to ask still for things
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but the way men ask each other for things this is crazy okay
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and that's also how they get successful
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because they're not ashamed to ask anything they're not ashamed to
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ask women for anything they're not ashamed to ask men for
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anything you don't have to struggle alone women need to stop thinking that we have to struggle alone.
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You know, like the whole society has made us feel bad for wanting things or wanting to ask for help and stuff.
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No, that's so wrong.
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No one in life has accomplished anything on their own.
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We all always help each other.
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Self-made does not exist.
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Have no shame.
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Ask when you need help.
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Also, when you know what you exactly want, write it down in a journal or whatever
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and write down in a present tense say for example i
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am living in this country with the love of my life
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um he's posed me he's funny he takes care of me he's loyal
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and make sure to mention everything you want okay
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because one time i said i kept saying oh i don't care whatever man
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that is i don't care if he's pretty or not whatever you know
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and then i really got everything i wanted in that person
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but he wasn't attractive
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and i literally could not i could not uh even date this guy okay
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so be very specific about what you ask make sure you mention looks as well
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or that you're at least attracted to him because i made
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that mistake other thing is become a grateful butterfly see
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when i was talking to my therapist i told him i was like what
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if i want to manifest like something bigger let's say tomorrow i want to buy a mansion okay
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and then he's like okay how do you manifest that mansion is by being grateful for the apartment that you already have.
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The more gratitude you put into your apartment, the more you will get.
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And this is so very true, guys.
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I literally, like, especially in the beginning of my career, I was grateful for anything.
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Okay, anything i was every day i was talking to god
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oh my god god thank you for this oh my god
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god god thank you for this oh i got this i got
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that constantly okay and the more you do
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that the more grateful you are the more you get blessed
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who do you want to do something for for a person
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that let's say you you buy a gift for someone yeah
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and you buy it and they're like okay okay whatever you know they say thank you
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but it's like unsincere or you buy a gift for someone dog oh my god thank you
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so much oh you made me so happy you want to do more for
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that person right the other person like they're so happy and
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that makes you happy same way with the universe
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and same way with god they love gratitude it's a very very high vibration
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that will make you attract more look for solutions instead of
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drawing on the problems we can sit here all day
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and say like oh my god this is wrong oh my god this is wrong okay
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and what are we gonna do now how are we gonna
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fix it honey start thinking in solutions see one thing about me yes since i was young
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when somebody would come to me with a problem i'll be
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able to say how can i fix this how will we
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fix this bum bum bum i would give them advice on what we can do
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and i would put it into practice with them i cannot
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afford to waste time i don't want to be 80 tomorrow
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thinking i've wasted my time thinking about all the problems
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that i had no if i cannot fix the problems i move on
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if there's not physically anything
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that i can do in inside of myself i move on
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then those are not my problems to deal with god will
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deal with for me i don't care okay those are not
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my problems here god you take it i don't care another
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thing is life works itself out for you okay a lot
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of times you think like what is this oh my god
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what is this situation oh my god why did i lose this relationship
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and all of a sudden you're like a year later
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or two years later
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and all of a sudden everything's fine you're like huh my life is even better than i thought
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because life works itself out for you you're always going to be guided towards your highest path
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and your highest good but a lot of times
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when people are not guided there it's because they're not willing to let go
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when they they need to let go so they keep going back to things
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that were actually not supposed to be there for them anymore
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but because they don't listen and they keep going back
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and keep going back they never arrive at their highest place
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but honey when you see the toxic things and the red flags
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and you actually are like you know what i believe
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that god has something bigger for me i believe
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that my highest good is not this this is not my highest partner job friendship whatever
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if i let go of this i will get much better
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you will life will work out beautifully for you in ways
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you did not even expect believe me god blesses you in ways
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that you will never even expect you will look at it
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and you'll be like how did this even happen these are miracles i swear to god
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if i look at my life right now versus two and a half years to go, I believe in miracles.
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I have never believed in God this much as I do now.
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Never in my life.
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You think that I wanted to let go of the things that I wanted to let go of?
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No, absolutely not.
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Because those things were comfortable for me.
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But Liz had asked for more.
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Liz wanted something better.
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So God needed to do that.
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And a lot of things that didn't resonate with me anymore needed to be released.
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But I was willing to let go.
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If I had not let go, and if I was stuck there, I would still be in the same position.
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Right now, I want you to pour a lot into yourself and I want you to invest a lot in yourself.
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You know why?
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Because when you do that, when you grow yourself a lot and when you expand yourself, you expand yourself with knowledge, you become more beautiful, you become more healthier,
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you just become more self-aware and aware about others.
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This is how you will show up as your best version, okay?
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You cannot show up for other people when you're constantly giving to them
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but depleting yourself that is a selfish way that's self-sabotaging honey
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that is you self-sabotaging yourself
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and you will not get anywhere what do you want to
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do what do you want to achieve how do you want
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to look what do you blah blah everything you do for you first
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and then you do everything for everyone else too
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if that's what you want and
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when you have this clear vision of what you want to manifest
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and what you want let go of it let go of
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it let go of trying to be desperate let go of trying to achieve
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that thing you know why that this goes back to the thing
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that i said realize that you already have it when you know
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that you already have something you're not desperate for it you know
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that you have it right for example let's say i want
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to manifest a mansion i'm not desperate for a mansion i
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know i can have it by tomorrow i don't care you know
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but it's nice and
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if i want i can manifest it okay the same should
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be with you like you want to manifest love yeah you can have love
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but just enjoy your own love right now
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if you don't have a partner whatever and then
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that partner will come in when you're desperate for something you're showing
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that you don't have it otherwise you wouldn't have to chase it okay someone
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that knows they have all the elements
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and they're good themselves people chase them things chase them write it all down in the present tense as
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if it's already happening in your journal
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and then just let it go let it go
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and just know it's dusted it's done it will happen okay
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whatever you write down will happen whatever you speak will happen
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do not joke honey do not joke about a lot of
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things a lot of you guys say things as a joke
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and it actually happens your words are like magic the universe
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and god just listens to what you say
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and they create what you say
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so don't speak ill things into existence for yourself anyways guys i hope this video helped some of you guys
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and yeah i love you guys so much and yeah i'll see you next video bye

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “How to manifest a new life”. This video has 403 sentences and 4836 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:29. The speaker talks fast, about 206 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
manifest noun/ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
therapist noun/ˈθɛɹəpɪst/Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.
backpack noun/ˈbæk.pæk/A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when…
deplete verb/dɪˈplit/To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
energetically adverbIn an energetic manner; with great energy.
vibration noun/vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
mansion noun/ˈmæn.ʃən/A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
validation noun/ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/The act of validating something.
diplomat noun/ˈdɪp.lə.mæt/A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations
liar noun/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
anyways adverb/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
accomplish verb/əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/To finish successfully.
ashamed adjective/əˈʃeɪmd/Feeling shame or guilt.
detachment noun/dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/The action of detaching; separation.
hustler noun/ˈhʌsləɹ/One who rushes or hurries; an energetic person.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
write down verbTo produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go back verbTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go back to verbTo stem from; to originate in.
look up to verbTo show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
point out verbTo identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.
work out verb/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/To calculate.
come up to verbTo approach.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • It's shocking to me that I'm living this life.
  • What exercise do I need to do?
  • Do I need to squat, whatever?
  • How do I make money?
  • What am I good at?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its resultif you die someone will say · if they did something wrong I would overlook · if I was stuck there, I would still
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going oni've been complaining · have been carrying
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer trueused to be · used to live
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does ithave been focused · is filled · be depleted

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 86 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/, validation /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
  • Long words — get the stress right: validation /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, desperation /ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/, materialistic /məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk/, intuition /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like manifest, therapist, backpack.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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