How to manifest - by Rebecca and Claire - The Trowel

Firstly, let me caveat this ‘probably quite marmite’ post by being clear about something: I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. Mostly, they are made panickedly as the year draws to a close and more often than not we focus our attention on what we aren’t doing currently, what needs fixing, what’s wrong with ourselves, what’s missing. We tend to set excessive objectives that prove totally unattainable. Generally it’s because they require another 2 hours in the day (i.e. get up at sunrise, become a runner), or because our desires are at odds with what our bodies actually require (i.e. lose two stone but it’s cold and I have no energy therefore need to eat more food). Far from feeling hopeful about the year ahead, New Year’s resolutions tend to be about denying, abstaining or striving. They’re shrouded in this negative, ‘grabby’ energy. I must, I will, and if I don’t I fail. But as a wise woman once said to me with a smile: ‘We don’t chase baby - we attract’. Which is why I don’t mak

Firstly, let me caveat this ‘probably quite marmite’ post by being clear about something: I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. Mostly, they are made panickedly as the year draws to a close and more often than not we focus our attention on what we aren’t doing currently, what needs fixing, what’s wrong with ourselves, what’s missing. We tend to set excessive objectives that prove totally unattainable. Generally it’s because they require another 2 hours in the day (i.e. get up at sunrise, become a runner), or because our desires are at odds with what our bodies actually require (i.e. lose