It was 3 a.m., and the Maine Coon I’m catsitting decided it was concert time—twenty-two pounds of pure opinion. Once the fur diva finally settled down, I figured I might as well check my text messages.
A friend texted me a Facebook link to one of Mel Robbins’ videos. The headline read, “This is THE painting story everyone’s talking about.”
I watched the video—and instantly believed it. I’ve lived that truth, though it took years to see the dots connect. Back in 2006, The Secret opened a door for me. It talked about the Law of Attraction—the simple yet tricky idea that our thoughts shape our reality. I ended up teaching those principles, along with other universal concepts, for over sixteen years. Somewhere in that journey, I realized I’d been manifesting long before I ever had a name for it.
Abraham-Hicks (Ester and Jerry—if you know you know) gave me one of the biggest a-ha's: shifting my thoughts could shift my life. I also learned the hard way that negative thoughts carry as much power as positive ones. It’s not magic; it’s mental training. For me, that has looked like years of recognizing old beliefs that didn’t serve me anymore and learning to rewrite that script.
Here’s something I’ve come to understand: the brain doesn’t actually know good from bad. It just believes whatever story you keep telling it. When life feels “off,” it’s like a dashboard light coming on—time to check your thoughts, your beliefs, and your daily habits.
One way to guide your focus is through visualization. A vision board isn’t just pictures—it’s an emotional compass. The key isn’t the images; it’s the feeling that comes alive when you look at them. Whether that warmth comes from a memory or a dream doesn’t matter. What matters is the emotion that says, this is mine.
Of course, if your mindset isn’t aligned with your desire, things get messy. Imagine a road where the lane lines randomly zigzag—that’s what it looks like when your inner beliefs don’t match your goals. A person won the lottery, their intention was clear and they won, yet when their beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors had not been developed to manage that amount of money, it vanished faster than ice cream on a 90-degree day.
Changing a belief, especially one planted in childhood, takes patience. Still, neuroscience tells us it’s possible thanks to neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to rewire itself.
Then there’s the Reticular Activating System (RAS)—your mental filter. Ever decide you want a red car, and suddenly every other car on the road is red? That’s your RAS at work. It notices what you focus on and quietly tunes out the rest. It doesn’t choose for you; it follows your lead.
And here’s where the dots really connect: your brain doesn’t work alone. Your body listens too. Every thought, every word you speak sends signals through your entire system, instructing it how to feel and what to do next. Your brain isn’t just listening; it’s issuing directions.
And there’s something kind of cool about how this article even came together. I’d been thinking for days that I needed something to write about, yet nothing quite fit. Then along comes a 3 a.m. cat concert, a friend’s text, and somehow all the pieces aligned—syncing the noise, the nudge, and the message into one big this-is-it moment.
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