Poppie's Perspective

We are all familiar with the word : MANIFEST 

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, to manifest is “to make evident or certain by showing or displaying”… (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 2020).

Ok, got it. BUT HOW do you actually manifest what you want in your life?

I have spent the past ten years working with Master Energy Healer and Intuitive Life Coach Joe Petroski and reading books/watching videos from authors such as Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Gabrielle Bernstein, Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Esther Hicks, Dr. Hew Len, Joe Vitale and countless other enlightened people. The tips and tricks I’m about to tell you are a combined list of everything I have learned from these sources, I cannot claim them as my own. 

I have been utilizing this practice, honestly constantly for the past 10 years, and let me tell you – IT WORKS!

Here is how to manifest what you want in your life:

• It is extremely powerful to use “I am” or “I have” statements when creating your manifestations. 
• Use the PRESENT TENSE when creating your manifestations/affirmations list. For example, instead of writing a bullet point that states “$15,000 in my savings account” change that statement to “I have $15,000 in my savings account!”
• Get really clear about what it is that you want! Instead of writing “I have a new job” think about exactly what it is that you’re looking for. For example, I found myself in a situation back in May where I chose to leave my job. I was lucky enough to receive a few months of severance, but knew that I needed to find something before that time period lapsed. I wrote this affirmation one week after I became unemployed, “I have a job I love where I can work remote whenever I want and have a wonderful work-life balance!” See how I didn’t know what company would give me this, but I knew the situation and feeling I wanted? Within just three months of writing/believing this statement, I HAVE that exact job! 
• Don’t over-do it. Start with 3-4 statements so you can track your progress!
• Read these statements to yourself every day! Read and FEEL them as if you already have all of these things in your life. A big part of manifesting is being able to truly feel like you already possess what it is you’re looking for. 
• Don’t be hard on yourself! This takes practice, and it doesn’t happen within one day (most of the time). I have manifested things over YEARS. While that might sound daunting to some of you, I find extreme gratitude and joy when I realize that something I manifested a year ago has now come to fruition. 

I whole-heartedly believe that you can manifest ANYTHING you want in your life. What good are you going to bring into your life and the lives of those around you?

A manifestation I always add to my list is this, “I live in a world where all humans are filled with and experience love, equality, connection, peace, harmony and happiness.” 2020 has been a difficult year for humans and the earth as a whole – some especially more than others. I think we can all agree that as a collective we need to manifest all of these things; let’s create peace on earth together!

I wish you all the most happiness and health imaginable.

XO,

Claire

Hiiiiiiii! I can’t believe I’ve let 7 MONTHS go by without writing. A LOT has happened in the past seven months : 

In February, I married the best man I know. It was our favorite day ever surrounded by everyone we love. 

Three days after our wedding, we spent a week in Jamaica soaking in the sun, meeting amazing people from around the world + feeling extra grateful for life. 

In March, we started our house search with our wonderful realtor. We are extremely grateful for her patience and dedicated work; as we are still on the search for our first home to this day. 

In May, we officially decided to not re-sign our apartment lease and are now technically ‘homeless’ as of August 26th (shout-out mom + dad for taking us in)

In June, I made a huge life change of leaving my family business to work for WeWork, and I am loving my new job. 

It is now Saturday, July 20th. It is the FIRST Saturday this summer where Ben and I have absolutely nothing planned. We are relaxing on the couch with coffee, (OH YEAH, I love coffee now) a movie on, Royce at our feet, and it is raining outside. I’m feeling motivated to write because the transformation of the past seven months has been amazing.

I have been BUSY. SO BUSY that I have let slide some of my usual routines such as working out every day, cooking healthy meals at home rather than buying them pre-made, calling friends weekly, and writing on this platform, to name a few. While of course these are all very important facets of life to me, I have come to a realization. A big lesson that I’ve learned (and what I’m trying to portray in this messy-worded post) is that judging yourself for not doing what you’re ‘supposed’ to be doing will never help you, your mindset is the most important thing, and real friendships are filled with mutual love + will always be there even if you can’t call them every week. It’s OK if you change and evolve and stray from your ‘regular’ sometimes. In the past I would really work myself up about not being ‘good enough this’ or ‘good enough that’. A constant that has remained, and always will, is my belief that whatever you focus your mind on, you will create in your life. 

Although Ben and I are still on the house search and will be living in a bit of transformation for the next (who knows how many) months, we are growing, changing, and living more happily together than ever before. We are focusing on adventure, love, only what we do want, and following the signs from the Universe we receive every day. We are constantly encouraging each other to go for the scary changes in life, and it is the most fun I’ve ever had. 

So…CHEERS, friends! Cheers to adventure, mindfulness, living with a heart full of gratitude, and never letting our fears stop us from taking life where we want it to go.

XO,

Claire

**Photo is from my trip to Aspen visiting my sister last October – my parents, Ben and I are road-tripping out there together this August and I can’t wait to be back. 

I woke up this morning SO inspired to write….DANG! It’s been a while you guys.

I’ve been thinking a lot about who I’ve been; the different stages and people in my life who have seen all different phases of my evolving. I always find it so interesting when I think about people who knew me really well at a certain time in my journey, and may have a specific view or opinion of ‘who I am’. I’ve had the insecure phase, people-pleasing phase, comparative phase, sick phase, judgmental phase, “idgaf” phase, angry phase…you name it, and I’ve likely had a period of my life where that was my reality. As an example of  a not-so-good phase : I remember one specific time where I had a legitimate blowout fight [out loud in front of another person] with my boyfriend…a side of myself I didn’t know existed nor had ever seen. There were some MAJOR internal issues I had to face and conquer to clear out the root issue of what I was dealing with (and move forward as a more loving, level-headed person).

Continue reading “Stages”

Continue reading “being a F R I E N D”

YOU GUYS….so I did a thing last work week. Well, actually, I started it Tuesday (almost the whole work week, right?) Anyways, I didn’t allow myself to check Facebook, Instagram or any other app I am in the habit of ‘scrolling’ through all day while at work and LET ME TELL YOU…….it mattered.

Continue reading “Scrollers”

There have been times (lots actually) where I feel I have hidden who I really am for fear of rejection or judgment; where I have not felt safe being myself. At parties, in classes, with friends, really anywhere. I would come home after a time where I wasn’t being myself, feeling so off, and wonder “why the heck didn’t I just act how I felt, or crack the jokes I wanted, or shut up and not engage in that certain conversation”. The only answer, is FEAR. Fear of not being enough THIS or enough THAT or too much THIS or too much THAT. (OK you get the picture). Fear of not being safe being me.

Continue reading “M Y I N N E R C H I L D”

I will never forget the mass amount of judgment I felt when I returned to school after being sick and my face and skin looked completely different. I felt judged, and I was judging others for judging me. In my opinion, ‘judgment’ is the most detrimental state of being we can embody. We are all human, we have all done it; but, have you ever taken the time to stop and wonder why?

For a short time being, judging someone else may make us feel better. It might feel good to think ‘Wow, they look so goofy/embarrassing when they act like that’; ‘I’m so glad I’m not like that’. For a split second this judgment may feel good – because this person is making a fool of themselves, or isn’t cool & I am…..????????????. (Insert confused emoji)

Continue reading “JUDGE – y,ing,ment”

A friend and I were talking about life last week (in the pool, third glass of champagne in hand), and I stated that I believe I am a confrontational person. The more I got to thinking about it and repeating it over and over in my head, I couldn’t help but to start to think that the word ‘confrontation’ has such a negative vibe to it. I looked up the meaning of this adjective today. The actual dictionary definition of the word is; a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties. “Confrontation.” Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/confrontation. (June 3, 2018). No wonder I started to feel super YUCK that I used that word to describe myself (sorry, Claire – let’s only use words we know the FOR SURE definition from now on).

I believe that a better word to describe the way I try to live my life is ‘Up-Front’.

Continue reading “Up-Front”

As I continue to grow into, and reveal the person I truly am, deep within my core; I’m realizing that sometimes being ME isn’t always what others like, think I should be like, or want. And you know what, that’s OK! <– this is the first time in my life that I feel this way.

Continue reading “Do you, Girl[Guy]”

Hiiii guys!! I have been completely missing in action for the past, ehhh 2 MONTHS?! My gosh, whoops!

For those of you who don’t know, a LOT has changed with me during this absence. First, I was selected to represent Wanderlust as a Wayfarer – I am SO grateful for the Universe for bringing this opportunity into my life. If you have questions about that please, please reach out to me! Secondly, I got ENGAGED to the most amazing, humble, handsome, smart, adventurous, etc. etc. man on this earth on December 1^st! & with this engagement came our new baby (puppy not human), Royce! He is a golden retriever and I am obsessed with him.

SO, my life was completely shaken up (in the best way!) and I did NOT make the time to write! Ugh I missed it so much – writing is a huge release for me; I am happy to be back and inspired to pick up my pen this morning 🙂

Continue reading “Balance”