Why You Need To Be Delusional To Manifest Your Dreams!
We don't make the rules, but..
Iconic girls run off of delusion and manifestation, radiant icons.
In this episode of 'Dare to be Iconic,' Amanda spills the tea on manifestation and delusion, sharing how these concepts have fueled her journey to success. Amanda explores how unwavering confidence, relentless faith, and hard work have helped her achieve her dreams, from launching her own business to running her own podcast. She details specific manifestation techniques and emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself and one's intentions.
Tune in to find out how Amanda's 'delusional' mindset has shaped her reality and why it's crucial to embrace your dreams no matter what others say.
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00:00 Introduction and Today's Topic
00:57 The Power of Manifestation and Delusion
02:03 Amanda's Journey with Delusion
02:57 The Role of Hard Work
04:13 Delusion as a Driving Force
09:42 Manifestation Techniques
10:19 Setting Intentions and Scripting
18:28 The Pillow Method
21:05 Next Week's Tea Time Sesh Topic Reveal
Transcript
What's up radiant icons and welcome back to dare to
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:be iconic, the podcast made for
icons daring to be themselves.
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:I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli.
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:And today's tea time sesh is all
about manifestation and delusion.
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:Manifestation and delusion are
honestly the two things that I've
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:solely run off of and are honestly
the reason why we have our own
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:business and are doing our podcast.
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:I mean, yes, I attribute it to hard
work, but manifestation and delusion are
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:the root of what make Amanda, Amanda.
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:And I decided why not spill all the tea
about How manifestation delusion really
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:do run my life in the best possible way.
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:But before we get into that, I dare
you guys to connect with me on socials
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:and make sure to grab your copy of
breakup with the past, fall in love
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:with the future, your five step guide on
turning your pain into power, and that
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:is all linked in the show notes below.
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:All right radiant icons, So as I
mentioned in our little introduction
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:today Manifestation delusion are the two
topics that we are spilling all the tea
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:about and let me tell you I've never been
more excited for a tea time sesh because
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:manifestation and delusion as I mentioned
previously are are two of the things
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:that I've solely run off of, and that is
something that I honestly pride myself in.
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:I have mastered my
manifestation techniques.
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:I have mastered the art of delusion.
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:And I can't wait to spill it with
you guys, but before I go into that.
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:I do want to say that
manifestation and delusion work
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:with a lot of hard work, okay?
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:It's not just that you manifest
these things and you are this
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:delusional and oh my god, they appear.
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:No.
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:You have to work hard for them.
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:It's this beautiful combination
of manifestation, delusion,
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:and a lot of hard work.
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:So, are you guys ready for this
Tea Time Sesh because, oh my
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:god, it's gonna be a good one!
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:Alright, radiant icons, your
Tea Time Slash is starting now.
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:So my friends joke with me all the
time, they're like, Amanda, you
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:literally predict the future, like,
you say things and they come true.
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:And honestly, if we're
going way, way back.
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:Little baby Amanda was manifesting dare
to be iconic before she even realized
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:what the concept of manifestation was
and I hold that solely to this constant
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:faith and belief in myself and my
talent and abilities and that has never
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:changed and maybe some can contribute
that to me being stubborn or hardheaded.
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:But you know, honestly, label it as
determination and a lot of confidence.
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:Little baby Amanda had a lot
of confidence in her dreams.
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:And you know what?
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:I am very proud of that because
look at where we are, right?
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:And delusion and manifestation
have carried me this far in life.
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:And honestly, it's not a bad look.
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:It's really not.
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:I'm honestly enjoying it.
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:It's really exhausting at times.
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:Like I am very, very tired right now
recording this, but manifestation and
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:delusion are so important to me that I'm
just going to push through the tiredness.
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:So anyway, as I was saying, little
baby Amanda was being delusional
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:and manifesting before she even
had a label to this undying
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:belief that she had in herself.
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:And let me tell you, these are three
things that I would tell everyone
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:until I was blue in the face.
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:These were honestly the three things
that I would introduce myself as.
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:Hi, I'm Amanda.
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:I'm a star.
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:I'm going to win an Oscar and
I'm going to build an empire.
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:Two of those three things have come true.
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:We're hoping for the third
one to come true some point
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:eventually, but anyway, I digress.
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:Two out of the three things that
I have told people since I was
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:little baby Amanda have come true.
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:Those were the things that I
would introduce myself with.
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:Those are like my three fun facts that
I would go into any room, and I would
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:tell people until I was blue in the face.
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:They were the first things I
would introduce myself with.
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:Yep, I know.
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:I don't know if that's a little bit
of craziness, I don't know if that's a
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:little bit of, This girl has no sense of
reality, but honestly, it's not that bad.
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:Not having a sense of reality because I
think delusion is so powerful in itself.
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:So let's start with delusion.
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:Delusion is based in this concept of
having this unwavering belief in yourself
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:and faith, knowing that you will get
what you want because it's already yours.
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:And I think delusion is honestly
something so beautiful, right?
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:Because it allows you to
dream so much bigger than you
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:honestly couldn't even imagine.
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:When I was a little girl, my
first dream in life was to be an
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:actress and was to win the Oscar.
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:And I remember being so delusional
when I was little that I would be
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:in my room pretending that I was
being interviewed for the red carpet.
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:I would practice my
poses on the red carpet.
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:Like I was so delusional that my
wildest dreams would come true.
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:Now look at where we are today.
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:I said, I'm a star.
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:I think that is still true.
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:I really do.
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:And, well, I'm running my own empire.
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:Like I said, I was right.
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:Like I have my own business.
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:It's in a different capacity
than what I originally thought.
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:Um, I have my own journal out.
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:I have my own podcast.
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:We have a lot of other
exciting events going on.
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:I'm going to the Spanish
Grand Prix for work.
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:This is so much more than little
Amanda could have even dreamed of.
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:Like, it has surpassed her wildest dreams.
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:But it's because I allowed myself to be
so delusional since I was a little girl.
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:And I never stopped.
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:I always kept being delusional.
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:Even when people told me,
Amanda, it's such a stupid dream.
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:Why are you dreaming all these things?
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:They're not going to come true.
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:Because honestly, when you are delusional,
people are going to hate on you.
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:That is the truth.
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:People will hate.
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:And you know what?
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:You just got to let them hate.
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:Because all that matters is that you
believe in yourself and know in your heart
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:that these things that you desire, this
wish in your heart, they will come true.
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:And that is the secret to delusion.
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:You have to give no shits on what
anyone else thinks about you.
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:You have to have this unwavering
confidence and belief in yourself,
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:which goes back to daring to be iconic,
daring to be you, stay true to you
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:on this entire path of getting what
you want, because eventually you will
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:get what you want and it's going to
be better than you even imagined.
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:All these little wild dreams that were in
my heart as a little girl are coming true
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:and more, and this is just the beginning.
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:So I'm not gonna stop being delusional
just because X, Y, and Z think it's
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:the stupidest thing they've ever heard.
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:Okay, let that be the stupidest
thing you've ever heard in
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:your life, but guess what?
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:It's happening.
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:I tell my mom this all the time
with everything coming out, right?
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:We have a really cool announcement coming
out in July that honestly, little baby
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:Amanda is like, dying over because this
was like, one of her biggest dreams.
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:And it's actually happening.
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:And I tell my mom this all the time.
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:See, look, I told you I
was gonna make it happen.
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:See, look, I always said I
was gonna do X, Y, and Z.
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:Because I was so delusional and I
believed in myself throughout the entire
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:way, even when other people didn't.
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:I still believed in myself.
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:I still dared to be myself,
and I still dared to be iconic.
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:And that is what's so important
about delusion and manifesting what
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:you want, is believing in yourself.
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:And not giving a shit what anyone
else says or thinks about it.
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:Because you know eventually,
it's gonna happen.
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:You don't know how, you don't
know when, but it will happen.
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:And honestly, looking back at
my life It all makes sense.
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:Like it genuinely all
makes sense and holy shit.
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:I really am doing it.
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:I have a right here in my
manifestation journal from last year.
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:I have multiple journal entries saying
that I will be running my own wellness
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:and lifestyle empire that focuses on
being the most iconic version of yourself.
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:And I remember texting my two
best friends, Deandra and Becs.
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:Texting them at the
beginning of last year.
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:Hey, I wanna start my own business.
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:And I want it to be something
about being an icon, being iconic.
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:I don't know the name, I don't know
the vision, but that's what I want.
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:And then I let that dream
sit for a little while.
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:I let it marinate while I was
at my regular day job, doing
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:my regular day job things.
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:I thought I wanted to be doing
the executive producing things
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:and just working that I know I
have no time for my own business.
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:I have no time to enact this little dream
that I've had in my heart for a while.
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:Right.
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:No, well, guess what?
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:I got laid off a couple months after that.
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:And I really have the time to be like,
okay, Amanda, This is your time to shine.
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:That little dream that you were marinating
in your heart, this is your chance.
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:Capitalize on it.
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:So I just did it.
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:I got laid off on August 4th of 2023.
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:I had two weeks to freak out
and figure out my life and a lot
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:of emotional, emotional calls.
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:I got my little dream together and I
th,:
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:The opportunity landed in my lap
at the perfect moment in time.
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:So I was able to come up with a business
plan and envision how I wanted Dare to Be
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:Iconic to actually be Dare to Be Iconic.
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:And now, in a couple of weeks,
I'm going to Spain, the first
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:time out of the country, the
first time without my parents.
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:I'm stepping outside of my comfort
zone, I'm going to a sport that I
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:didn't really become a fan of until
literally the time I got laid off.
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:And that was a big dream of
mine, and now it's happening.
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:What?
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:So honestly, I am living proof
that delusion is the solution to
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:making all your dreams come true.
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:Now enough about delusion,
manifestation is rooted in
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:positive thinking and delusion.
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:And I will say that until
I'm blue in the face.
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:There's something so powerful
about manifestation, right?
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:Manifestation, I think,
gets a bad rap at times.
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:People were like, Oh, like,
manifestation, like, it's not real.
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:Like, you guys are just
imagining all this stuff.
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:Like, you know what?
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:Okay, there's gonna be haters.
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:There's gonna be haters
with whatever you do.
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:But honestly, manifestation
truly is magic.
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:You have to try out different techniques
that work for you, and the ones
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:that work for you are truly magic.
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:But let's go a little bit
more into manifestation.
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:Manifestation honestly ties back into
trusting yourself and the process.
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:I take manifestation so
seriously, and I base it with
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:the idea of intentions, right?
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:So if you guys follow the Dare to
be Iconic blog, You'll know that I
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:take new years very seriously.
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:And I hadn't taken seriously before,
because honestly I was like, well, like
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:new year's isn't anything special, like
all, but I had to change my mindset on it.
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:Once I changed my mindset
about it, honestly, at
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:December, 2022 going into 2023.
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:Once I flipped my entire mindset on
what New Year's actually represents.
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:It really allowed me to tap into
the delusion that I've had and
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:manifest the shit out of my year.
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:And 2023 was one of the
best years of my life.
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:And it's because I stayed
true to my intention.
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:And I think intentions and
manifestations go hand in hand,
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:along with delusion, obviously.
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:But let's get into it.
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:I like to set words for my years
because I realized once I did like New
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:Year's resolutions and all that stuff,
I never actually stuck to my word.
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:I never actually did the things
that I said I was going to do.
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:And I look at the halfway mark and I'm
like, Oh crap, I didn't do anything.
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:And I feel really unmotivated
and I get really hard on myself.
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:So I was like, you know what?
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:We're changing our whole
life around in a year.
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:Let's try something new.
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:Let's actually have a new year's
routine that is filled with
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:manifestation and a lot of delusion.
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:But anyway, it all started with a word.
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:I picked a word that was my
intention for the entire year.
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:This year, trust.
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:Honestly, I've never been happier that
I picked the word trust in my life.
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:And I knew I was going to
have:
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:Trust.
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:All the way back in 2023, because
of an influencer that I love, Morgan
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:Willett, she gave me the idea for this.
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:And she said that that year when
I had first found her doing all
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:this stuff, her year was trust.
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:And I was like, Ooh, I want to
save that for:
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:I need it to be the year of me.
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:I had two months of really shitty times.
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:You know what?
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:I actually scratched that.
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:All of 2022, I was not Amanda.
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:I was a shell of myself.
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:And then when I got broken up with,
I was even more of a shell of myself.
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:I was even more broken,
lost, and confused.
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:And I was like, you know what?
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:I really need to change my life.
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:And I know I've spoken about this
before on here, but honestly, it was
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:some feeling within myself where I was
like, it was an overwhelming feeling,
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:honestly, of like, you need to better
yourself for you, not for anyone else.
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:You need to start living
your life for you.
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:And I didn't know where to start.
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:I didn't know.
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:How to begin becoming the best
version, most iconic version of myself.
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:I didn't know how to live my most iconic
life because I didn't know who I was.
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:So I was like, you know what, what
better than to make it the year of me?
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:And Oh my God, the year of me was the
most beautiful, magical year of my
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:life and it really instilled this And
magic in myself that honestly, I lost.
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:I gained my sparkle
again in the year of me.
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:And i'm so proud to say it's grown
even more throughout this year, which
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:is so beautiful to see because it
really shows how Once you believe
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:in yourself and you go after your
dreams and You choose yourself the
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:opportunities that come flying at you.
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:It's truly amazing.
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:It's really one of the most beautiful
lessons that I've learned throughout
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:this whole Dare to be Iconic
journey, but I truly owe it all to
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:Manifestation, the beginning of it.
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:And here's why.
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:If I didn't go back to my intention
of me, when I was starting my New
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:Year's ritual, and we'll get into it, I
wouldn't have the life that I have now.
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:If I didn't have that year of growth, that
all went back to this two letter word,
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:me, I would not be where I am today, which
in turn goes into manifestation and trust.
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:I had to trust in myself.
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:I had to trust in my decisions.
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:I have to trust my intention,
which loops into the manifestation
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:and the energy that I put into my
intention and to my trust in myself.
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:The technique that I owe
it all to is scripting.
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:Scripting is one of my favorite techniques
and it is honestly what started this
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:whole beautiful New Year's ritual that
I love so much, that I believe in, that
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:I've carried throughout the months.
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:But scripting is writing a diary entry
from yourself as if you already have the
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:thing you are desiring and you make sure
to write it in past tense as if it's
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:already your reality and this has been
the manifestation trick for me when I
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:want to manifest something in particular
or I want to marinate on the dreams
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:that are in my heart because I know
my dreams and my wishes and my desires
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:are placed in my heart for a reason.
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:But sometimes we have to
help them out a little bit.
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:And not only do I contribute, you
know, helping them out to hard work,
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:but also manifestation and scripting
has been a vital in that process.
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:So when I set my intentions for
the new year, the first thing
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:I do is I pick out a word.
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:And then I write, or I script,
what I want my year to look like.
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:So I'll write a letter to my end of
year self, and basically Envision
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:the year that I want for myself and
I'd be very, very, very specific.
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:Being specific is key
in manifestation, okay?
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:The more specific, the better.
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:I promise you, if you have a certain
thing that you want to come true, not
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:only do you have to work hard for it and
you have to be a little bit delusional.
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:But you have to manifest it, and I think
scripting is a beautiful technique where
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:it really allows you to write out all of
your deepest, darkest desires and wishes,
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:and you really are able to envision it
for yourself while you're writing it out.
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:So for me, I write a letter
to my end of the year self on
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:how the whole year has gone.
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:And so when I open at the end of the
year, December 31st of that year,
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:I'll be able to read everything
that I envisioned for myself.
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:And honestly, last year I
checked off everything and more.
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:So it really, really does work because
it allows you to envision your reality.
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:And you have so many
opportunities in a new year.
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:So why not capitalize it?
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:Why not use it to your advantage?
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:So by going into the new year, or
honestly, any period where you have
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:the opportunity to start anew, or if
you just want to start anew, do it.
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:Script out your reality.
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:The beautiful thing about life
is that we're given so many
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:opportunities to start again.
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:Whether it's you get laid off, whether
it's the beginning of a new year,
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:whether it's a breakup, whether it's,
and that could be a breakup romantically
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:or friendship wise, because those
allow you also to have a new start.
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:Anything like that, that allows you to
have a new opportunity to change your
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:life, you have to capitalize on it.
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:And manifestation is the key to that.
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:Hard work is the key to that.
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:And so is being delusional.
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:So all those three things mixed
together will allow you to create the
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:reality that you want for yourself.
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:It goes back to your intention.
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:It goes back to your why and your why,
as we all know, radiant icons, I love
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:going back to your why, whether it's
starting a 30 day challenge, whether
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:it's starting a new journey for yourself,
going back to your why and really
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:going, okay, what are my intentions with
this journey that I'm about to go on?
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:It's so important to keep in mind
when you are envisioning the reality
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:that you want for yourself, that you
always stay true to your intention.
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:Because if you don't stay true to your
intention, I promise you, I promise you,
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:I promise you, things will not work out.
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:You have to stay not only true to
yourself, but true to your intention,
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:because that good energy that
you're bringing into it, right,
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:specifically with scripting, the
better outcome that will come from it.
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:Now, another technique that I
love to use when it comes to
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:manifestation is the pillow method.
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:And I'm a big, big fan of this.
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:You will find random pieces of paper
in my pillow, but that's basically
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:where you write out your desires,
your dreams, your wishes, you tear
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:the piece of paper, and guess what?
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:You put it in your pillow
and you sleep on it.
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:And you sleep on that manifestation,
on that little piece of paper in
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:your pillow until it comes true.
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:So I have a lot of these in my pillow
right here behind me, but I just
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:think there's something so beautiful
about truly sleeping on your dreams.
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:And I think of it like this, right?
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:When you write it out, I think
there's so much power in writing
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:things out, and it really allows
you to clear out your thoughts.
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:It allows you to dream big.
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:There's some secrecy behind it.
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:But there's also this rawness to it.
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:It's intimate.
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:You are truly sleeping on your
manifestations in the best possible way
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:because you're allowing those words to
permeate into your brain and allow you
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:to physically dream of this reality
that you've written out for yourself.
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:Manifestations and delusions are
something that are so sacred.
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:There's something so beautiful because
there are biggest and wildest dreams.
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:It's a beautiful mix of writing
out your dreams, believing in
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:yourself, saying them out loud,
which in turn makes it your reality.
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:It's kind of a beautiful
thing when you think of it.
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:Like, manifestation and delusion really
allow you to dream so much bigger
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:than you could have even imagined.
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:And it really allows you to enact on the
dreams that you have set in your heart.
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:Those dreams, those wishes, those
desires are in your heart for a reason.
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:They are there for a purpose.
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:So why not enact on them?
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:Why not make them come true?
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:And why not help speed up the process,
with obviously hard work, but with a
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:little bit of manifestation and delusion?
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:And I think it's something so freeing
when you allow yourself to dream
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:bigger than you could even imagine.
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:And you have this undying and
unwavering faith in yourself.
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:And I think that all goes back to daring
to be yourself and daring to be iconic.
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:Because you are proud of who you are and
you are just going after it and you're
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:not giving a shit what anyone else
has to say, you're just going for it.
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:And I think there's something
so beautiful about that.
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:And I think we need to
invest in that more.
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:I really, really do,
because you know what?
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:I'm living proof of it.
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:If there is anyone to tell you that this
shit works, it's this girl right here.
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:Because iconic girls just run off
of manifestation and delusion and
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:that's it, point blank and period.
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:So radiant icons, make sure to
manifest and be delusional as shit.
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:All right, Reading Icons, that
is your tea time sesh for today.
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:I hope you enjoyed today's episode, and
if you did, make sure to subscribe, to
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:leave a review, to leave a rating, to
leave a comment, share it on social,
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:share it with your friends, honestly,
everything and anything you want to do.
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:Make sure you do it, and if you
share it, make sure to tag me.
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:All right, so we're
talking about next week.
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:Next week, we are spilling all
the tea on our pre Spain thoughts.
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:Yes, that is right.
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:The Spain trip is sooner than we thought!
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:And it is so nerve wracking and it
is so exciting at the same time.
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:I didn't know I could have all these
Emotions before going to a trip.
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:Like, Oh my God, you guys, like
it's a rollercoaster over here.
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:I'm stressed.
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:I'm anxious.
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:I'm excited.
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:I'm literally a wreck.
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:I am literally a wreck, but you know what?
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:We love a good before and after.
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:So that's what I'm going
to give to you guys.
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:I'm going to give you my before
Spain thoughts next week.
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:And then when I come back from Spain,
you already know there is a tea time
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:sesh dedicated to my entire Spain trip.
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:But, if you want to see everything
happen in real time while I'm in
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:Spain, make sure to follow me on
socials . you can see Amanda lose
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:her mind and meet Lando Norris.
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:We are manifesting that out loud.
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:Alright Radiant Icons, I
will see you guys next week.
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:Remember, dare to be iconic.
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:Bye!
