Fear and Manifestation

Break Free From the Fear Impacting Your Manifestation Practice.

Fear keeps us stuck. But how do we know we need to break free from the fear? And how does it impact your manifestation practice? Let me start with fear. The fear I am talking about comes from our past. Those limiting beliefs and programming we received as children. Those little or not so little nudges that told us we aren’t good enough, or capable, or won’t succeed for various reasons. These are the fears that keep us stuck. That keep us from not moving forward. The fear of the unknown, the fear of change. How did we get here?

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

I view the world through the lens of Internal Family Systems (it’s the therapist in me!). I believe IFS not only works in a therapeutic setting but also within manifestation.

According to IFS, we are composed of many parts, aspects of our personality, and our True Self. Our parts and True Self work together. True Self is what connects us to the Universe, it is our higher self, our authentic self. Our parts are what make us human. However, our parts can also take on new jobs and roles based on our experiences. Particularly in childhood/adolescence. IFS helps us connect with these parts of us building relationships and trust within our internal world. No longer having that internal struggle, being pulled in many directions, or second guessing ourselves or our abilities. IFS brings healing and harmony to our internal system, just the way it was intended to be.

Our brains are Interesting

For as much as we’ve evolved as humans, our brains and responses to threats have not evolved. To our brains, everything is a perceived threat, which at times is helpful. Walking in the dark alone, or noticing our surroundings and being aware of what is going on, is good, and necessary. Changing jobs, taking a healthy risk, pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone, this is not so good. But our brains don’t understand the difference. Add to that the limiting beliefs, programming, social and societal norms and pressures, and we become afraid to do anything. That fear part jumps in at any inkling of change. Reminding us that we are not able, or capable, or lists the numerous reasons things will go wrong, even if those reasons don’t logically make sense.

Why Do We Listen To It?

These fears are rooted in our subconscious since childhood. We believe that they are true, even though they are not. I’ll share an example. When I was young, maybe 11 or 12 years old, I joined my school’s basketball team. From the start I heard the coach tell the other girls not to pass the ball to me because I wasn’t any good at it. And of course, I wasn’t. I had never played before. But it didn’t mean that I wouldn’t get better with practice and some encouragement. I didn’t get this though. Not from my coach or my parents who blindly agreed with the coach (it was a different time when I grew up). So, I eventually quit the team and did not attempt to try any other sports throughout my schooling.

I had this self-concept that I wore like a badge of honor that I was not good at sports. Years later as I got into other activities like tennis, power yoga, working out, running, and the like. I realized that I was kind of competitive and pretty good at physical activities and sports. Dare I say I was athletic? I started reevaluating this limiting belief that had been following me since childhood. But the biggest “aha” moment I had was when I did my first ropes course. You know, those courses up in the trees with ziplines and climbing walls, and all that? I did it! I chose an advanced course, and I completed it! It felt amazing!

We don’t have to have these types of “aha” moments to change our beliefs. Although helpful, that fear part won’t let us get to a point of trying something to see if the belief is valid or not. However, we can gain awareness of our limiting beliefs and programming.

Understanding Our Parts

Our parts take on new roles and jobs as a way to protect us, keep us and our internal system safe. Even if it doesn’t seem like it’s the best thing to do, especially as our experiences change. These parts of us are so impacted by our experiences, they internalize them often leading to programming, conditioning, limiting beliefs, negative self-talk, unhealthy behaviors, and ultimately low self-worth. Remember-we must be in our worth to manifest. 

Often times, our parts take over. They blend with our True Self, and we are then only operating from a place of past programming, conditioning, and limiting beliefs. This is not the place we want to be when we are trying to manifest! 

Using principles of IFS, we learn how to align with our True Self, connect with our parts, and build trusting relationships within the system. By building that trust and relationship, the parts learn that it is safe to allow our True Self to take the lead. We can also work with these parts holding the past programming, conditioning, and limiting beliefs, so they can begin to heal, let go, and feel safe. This is where the magic happens!

Journal Exercise

You can start by asking yourself:

Where have I felt stuck?

What comes up for me when I think of this?

Just listen for what comes up. This isn’t a time for judgments or invalidating what pops in your mind. Jot down whatever comes up.

Now, do this for the other areas in your life you are feeling stuck.

Then look at the list, are there any themes?

Patterns?

Common limiting beliefs?

Pay attention to any parts of you that are seeking to minimize or invalidate this. For instance, if you hear yourself say something to the effect of “oh, but that was so long ago, I don’t believe that now”. That’s another part of you, and that thought process isn’t helpful to the fear part that feels like this is true. So, when these types of thoughts pop in, ask them to step aside.

Once we have an idea of what our limiting beliefs are, we can engage with the fear part while in our True Self. We can build a relationship with this part and then we can ask this part to step back when it becomes activated. We can also give the fear part the compassion and support it needs, so that it can trust True Self can handle whatever it is this part is afraid of. Empowering, right?

How Does Fear Impact Your Manifestation Practice?

When we are in a state of fear, perceived threats, fear from the past. Fear based on past experiences, limiting beliefs, and programming. We are unable to connect with our True Self. We need to be able to align with our True Self so that we can align with the Universe and be open to what she has to offer. When we are in a state of perceived fear- and again I’m not talking about actual fear- our system is in survival mode. Our sympathetic nervous system is in the fight, flight, freeze, fawn response. We need to be in the parasympathetic state of rest and digest. Here’s an article to learn more about the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.

So, fear impacts our manifestation practice because we are unable to tune into our True Self. We need to feel safe and secure. By working with that fear part and asking it to allow us to make decisions. Decisions based on the present, what we know now, and not the past, we are aligning with our True Self and with the Universe. This is how we manifest the life we have always wanted. Aside from the fear that has kept us stuck.

Connecting With Your True Self

True Self, also known as our authentic self or higher self, is our intuitive guide. When we are in True Self, we are open to the Universe and can receive what it offers. Accessing True Self energy means being present, connected to our bodies, and aligned with the creative consciousness of the Universe.

Knowing you’re in True Self involves experiencing at least one of the 8 C’s: compassion, curiosity, clarity, creativity, calm, confidence, courage, and connectedness. In other words, are you feeling open? These qualities signify that you are aligned with your True Self and ready to co-create the life you desire with the Universe. Being in True Self energy is also how we connect with our parts.

Becoming Self-Led

The more we go inward, talk to our parts, build a relationship, the more we become Self-led. The more we become Self-led, the more we are opening ourselves up to the Universe. We feel inherently worthy, deserving, of what we are trying to manifest. This is because the parts are no longer jumping in based on what happened in the past. Instead, they feel safe and secure to let our True Self take the lead.

This creates internal harmony and opens us up to the Universe. By working with our parts, we can heal from past programming and limiting beliefs, making space for our manifestations to flow in. This is how I use IFS to manifest, and it’s my goal to help you too

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