The Mindset That Creates Miracles

"Something wonderful has happened and now massive amounts of people are preordering my book."

I wrote this in my journal this morning and was blown away by the power and simplicity of it.

If you have known me for a while, you know I manifest wonderful things in my life all the time.

I manifested my husband almost ten years ago, when I decided I was done with men who didn't have jobs, ambition, or anything of value to offer me.

I manifested our subsidized housing in New York, which allowed me to quit my job and start my business.

I manifested our water view Miami apartment at a time when the real estate market was so crazy people were offering more money above and beyond the rent.

I manifested our current home with details I would have thought impossible in the middle of Texas, including a balcony with a water view (I fell in love with that in Miami and wanted it again).

And last year (2024) I manifested paying cash up front for my dream car. We even got it for $10K off of MSRP...

Historically, I've been really good at manifesting outside of my career. And I'm only now beginning to realize exactly why my career has been my most challenging area of life.

That's not to say that I never manifested anything in my career; I've called in $20K pay in full clients in my coaching business and other incredible things.

But it always felt inconsistent. Challenging. Like more work.

Especially compared to the ease with which I can call in dream homes, dream cars, and a dream husband...

This morning it dawned on me that I haven't been open to the possibilities with my book.

I've done the basic mindset things.

I believe my soulmate readers are out there, and there's hundreds of millions of them.

I believe my book will spark a worldwide phenomenon.

I believe I'll sell millions of books my first year as an author.

I believe my book will define a new era in my genre.

I believe Hollywood will salivate over the film rights to my book.

I believe there will be bidding wars.

I'm confident in my writing.

I've produced a wonderful book.

And the ARC (advanced reader copy) Team has already said it's one of the best books they've ever read.

Some have said it rivals fantasy series by established multi-millionaire authors.

(my book is The Queen Rises by Kristen Cipriano by the way)

I've also done all the marketing things.

Everywhere I go, I tell new people about my book. And they listen. And many ask for the link. One even asked me "Where can I watch that?"

(nowhere yet, but this indicates to me that my story is perfect for the film market)

I've updated alllll of my social platforms - including LinkedIn and Facebook, which I typically have ignored.

I'm booking podcast interviews and setting up book signing events locally.

I'm prepping PR boxes next month and hand-selecting influencers who will help me reach my target market.

I'm doing the things, and I have the winning mindset.

But this morning I realized that a small part of me was still worried it wouldn't be enough.

And that's when I realized I was relying only on myself.

My own actions. My own marketing. My own network.

My own doing.

I was leaving no room for miracles.

I was leaving no room for God.

And it's not because I believe it really is all me. In 2024 I realized more than ever that God does the heavy lifting in all of my manifestations, allowing me to stay in my feminine energy and receive my desires with ease.

It was because I was still too attached to "the how".

You know what I'm talking about...

How will my relatively small network lead to millions of readers finding my book this year?

How will I get the number of preorders I desire in less than a month?

How will I get that spike in attention I need to reach my goals?

How will outsell the books I want to outsell this year when I'm 'so far behind'?

(not because it's a competition, but because I simply desire to outsell certain books, simply because I do)

If I look at my own actions, my network, my marketing efforts... it's "not enough" to my human brain.

I could do more.

I could push myself.

I could burnout.

I could run paid ads and throw money at the situation to make my brain believe that 'it's possible'.

But I have zero desire to do more.

Which is where my new beliefs have come in...

Something wonderful has happened and now massive amounts of people are preordering my book.

Something wonderful has happened and now my book is getting astonishing amounts of attention.

Something wonderful has happened and now my book is climbing the Amazon charts with ease.

Something wonderful has happened and now my book is being promoted by top book influencers.

Something wonderful has happened and now my book is getting thousands of positive reviews.

Something wonderful has happened and now my book is outselling established authors' books.

Something wonderful has happened and now everyone on the internet is talking about my book in positive ways.

I don't yet know what that "something wonderful" is.

But that's the beauty of these affirmations... I don't need to know.

It's better if I don't know.

It's better if my brain remains open to all possibilities.

Ones I don't know of yet. Ones I can't even imagine.

This is the mindset, I've realized, that creates miracles.