Hey Gems đź’Ž,
Today, I want to dive deep into something that completely shifted the way I understand manifestation—the connection between your nervous system, psychology, and your ability to attract the life you desire. If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the right things—scripting, affirmations, visualization—but something still feels off, this might be exactly what’s holding you back.
Let’s get into it.
Your Nervous System: The Silent Architect of Your Reality
Most people focus on thoughts and beliefs when it comes to manifestation (which is important), but what they don’t realize is that your nervous system is the foundation that determines what you’re even able to receive.
Think about it:
✨ If your nervous system is in survival mode, your brain is literally wired to prioritize safety over expansion.
✨ If your body associates abundance, love, or success with stress, it will sabotage your manifestations to keep you “safe.”
✨ If you’ve experienced chronic stress or past trauma, your nervous system may be trained to reject peace because chaos is what feels familiar.
This is why manifestation isn’t just about thinking positive—it’s about becoming someone who is emotionally, mentally, and physically able to receive what you desire.
And it all starts with your nervous system.
The Science: How Stress Alters Your Manifestation Ability
Let’s talk about what happens scientifically when you’re stuck in a stress response. Chronic stress floods your body with cortisol, which over time weakens your immune system, dysregulates your hormones, and affects cognitive function (Harvard Health Publishing, 2022). According to the Mayo Clinic (2023), stress can also lead to inflammation, digestive issues, and cardiovascular disease—but on a manifestation level, it keeps you in a state of contraction rather than expansion.
Why? Because when your nervous system is constantly bracing for impact, your Reticular Activating System (RAS)—the part of your brain that filters what you focus on—is programmed to look for more stress, more struggle, and more reasons to stay in survival mode.
The RAS is your brain’s filter, deciding what’s important based on your dominant thoughts and emotions. If you’re in fight-or-flight, your RAS is trained to see more problems, lack, and limitations. But when you regulate your nervous system, you train it to seek out abundance, ease, and expansion instead.
(We’re going to dive deep into how to rewire your RAS in an upcoming post—so stay tuned! 💡)
Dr. Joe Dispenza: “Your Personality Creates Your Personal Reality”
Now, let’s bring in some wisdom from Dr. Joe Dispenza, who has spent years studying the science of transformation and neuroplasticity. He says:
“Your personality creates your personal reality. But your personality is made up of how you think, how you act, and how you feel. So if you keep thinking the same way, making the same choices, and feeling the same emotions, nothing in your life is going to change.”
So what does this have to do with your nervous system? Everything.
Your thoughts, behaviors, and emotions are all tied to your nervous system’s state. If you’ve been conditioned to live in fight-or-flight mode, then stress, over-efforting, and struggle become part of your personality. And if your personality creates your personal reality, then your manifestations will always reflect the internal state you’ve been operating from.
But here’s the good news: You can reprogram your nervous system to support the version of you who already has everything you desire.
How to Regulate Your Nervous System for Manifestation
1. Train Your Body to Feel Safe Receiving
đź’ˇ Exercise:
- Close your eyes and imagine receiving exactly what you want (money, love, success).
- Notice if your body tenses up or if doubt creeps in.
- If there’s resistance, breathe into it and say:
👉 “It is safe for me to have this.”
👉 “I am worthy of ease and abundance.”
Your body needs repeated exposure to the feeling of ease so it can replace survival mode with a state of openness and trust.
2. Move from Fight-or-Flight to Rest & Receive Mode
When you’re stressed, your sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight) is in control. Your goal is to shift into your parasympathetic nervous system (rest, relax, and receive mode).
✨ Techniques that help:
- Breathwork: Inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, exhale for 8 seconds (this signals to your body that it’s safe).
- Body Awareness: Drop your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and relax your stomach.
- Nature & Sunlight: Being outside instantly helps regulate your system.
3. Shift Your Subconscious Through Daily “Being”
Manifestation is less about doing and more about being. Your nervous system can’t tell the difference between reality and imagination, so the key is to embody the version of you who already has it all.
đź’ˇ Try This:
- Morning Visualization: Spend 5 minutes feeling into the energy of your desired reality. Not just imagining it, but feeling how safe, exciting, and natural it is to have it.
- Affirmations to Anchor It:
👉 “I am the type of person who naturally attracts abundance.”
👉 “Opportunities flow to me because I expect them to.”
👉 “I am already living my dream life.”
When your nervous system believes your reality has already shifted, your RAS will filter the world differently and attract confirmation of your new identity.
Final Thoughts: You’re Not “Blocked”—Your Body Just Needs to Catch Up
Gems, if you take one thing from this, let it be this:
🗝 You’re not stuck because you’re not manifesting correctly. You’re stuck because your nervous system hasn’t been shown that receiving is safe.
Once you shift from fight-or-flight into trust and ease, your manifestations will click into place effortlessly.
Start implementing these practices, and watch how quickly your life begins to shift. Drop a 💎 in the comments if this resonated, and let me know—what’s ONE thing you’re going to do today to regulate your nervous system and align with your manifestations?
Love you all,
Niecy đź’–
Cited Sources
American Psychological Association. (2023). Stress effects on the body. APA Topics. https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/body
Harvard Health Publishing. (2022). Understanding the stress response. Harvard Medical School. Retrieved from https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response
Mayo Clinic. (2023). Stress symptoms: Effects on your body and behavior. Mayo Clinic Healthy Lifestyle. Retrieved from https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-symptoms/art-20050987
Dispenza, J. (2017). Breaking the habit of being yourself: How to lose your mind and create a new one. Hay House, Inc.
🔥 Next up: A deep dive into the Reticular Activating System (RAS) and how to train it to filter for exactly what you want. Stay tuned, Gems! 💎✨