Quantum Shifts: The Truth Behind Neurodivergent Reality Hacking

Ready to uncover the truth about quantum shifts for neurodivergent thinkers? We dive into the fascinating world of reality hacking, where change is often more chaotic than you might imagine. In this episode, I share my personal journey through the unpredictable waters of manifestation, revealing how reality shifts can come with their fair share of messiness and challenges. 

Join me as we explore the power of these shifts, recognizing that the transition from one reality to another is rarely straightforward. It takes courage to embrace the discomfort and embrace the unknown while you navigate through layers of self-doubt and fear. I illustrate this journey with my own experience, sharing the pivotal moment that led me to a new life filled with connection and purpose.

Gain valuable insights into how to start your own quantum shifting journey. I offer actionable steps to help you kickstart this process, all while reminding you that it's okay to feel resistant or uncertain. You are in the middle of a powerful transformation, and it's those small, aligned actions that can lead to significant shifts.

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Chapters

• 8:55 Welcome & Introduction
• 43:27 Reality Hacking: The Messy Truth of Quantum Leaps
• 10:42:08 Actionable Steps for Shifting Your Reality

Transcript

Carissa Andrews: 1:02

Welcome to Manifest Differently, the podcast for neurodivergent thinkers and anyone looking to approach manifestation in a way that truly works for them. I'm your host, carissa Andrews, here to explore the science, energy and strategies that will help you create the life you love. Let's dive in and Manifest Differently.

Carissa Andrews: 1:30

Welcome back to Manifest Differently, the podcast where we explore manifestation in a way that actually works for neurodivergent minds. I'm your host, carissa Andrews, and today we're talking about something that gets way overhyped in the manifestation world quantum leaps. Now, if you've ever heard people talk about instant reality shifts, like the ones where they were broke and the next day they were rolling in cash, or they just thought about their dream job and it magically appeared you might wonder why doesn't it work like that for me? And it magically appeared. You might wonder why doesn't it work like that for me? The truth is, reality shifts aren't always pretty. In fact, they're usually messy as hell. And today I'm pulling back the curtain on my very first experience with reality hacking what I did, how it felt and how you can start shifting your reality without waiting for the perfect moment. And now, when I talk about this, I just want you to know like sometimes reality shifts can be small, but I want to give you a really big example. Right, but first, before we get started, before we dive in, we got to do our quick nervous system reset right, because, let's be real, if your nervous system is stuck in high beta, you know the overthinking stress mode manifestation is going to feel impossible. So find a comfortable spot and close your eyes unless you're driving, of course and then just focus on your breath. I want you to take a deep breath in through your nose, hold it and exhale slowly through your mouth, letting your exhale be just a little bit longer than that. Inhale One more time, inhale, hold and exhale All right. Now that we've got our energy grounded, let's talk about reality hacking and why quantum leaps aren't exactly what you think they are.

Carissa Andrews: 3:25

So let's rewind to the moment when I had my first real big quantum shift and spoiler alert it didn't look like a magical, effortless upgrade either. It looked like absolute chaos. So at the time, I was in a marriage that wasn't aligned. I was deeply, deeply unhappy, but I felt stuck. I had built my entire life around that relationship from the time I was 16 years old and I had two small kids to think about at that point and I was terrified of what people would think if I left. But then something happened. I felt deeply drawn to go to Sedona, arizona, and when I was there, I felt this huge shift in me, this I'm ready to let this go if that is meant to be my path right. And then I met someone, someone who completely changed everything.

Carissa Andrews: 4:13

Colin lived in England and I was in Minnesota. We were thousands of miles apart, both living lives, deeply rooted in separate realities. He had two boys in the UK and had a relationship of his own. And yet, despite all logic, despite all the fears screaming at both of us to stay safe, our hearts were telling us something different. And it was weird because we didn't anticipate any of it. We didn't anticipate anything At the time, we were just of it. We didn't anticipate anything At the time. We were just talking books, we were just talking about writing, and it was so fun.

Carissa Andrews: 4:45

But at a certain point I knew, I knew deep down, that there was something here and I had to take a leap. But the idea of actually doing it, yeah, it felt impossible until one day I had to make a decision. The pressure of staying the same was so hard, so strong, and the pressure to change, to shift, was equal and opposite. And so I said yes to my heart, yes to the unknown, yes to the reality that I hadn't yet stepped into. And the moment I made that decision, everything around me obviously started shifting. And let me tell you, it wasn't easy.

Carissa Andrews: 5:30

The moment I made the choice, my old reality started to fight back right. People judged, some didn't understand, some who are very deeply close to me my own parents didn't understand. Colin's parents didn't understand. Some who are very deeply close to me my own parents didn't understand, colin's parents didn't understand. My friends didn't understand. Some of them did. Some of them were very supportive, but others, they just couldn't stick around with that paradigm. So of course, doubt crept in right. Was I making a mistake? Was this actually real? Was I crazy? There were hard, messy, painful moments, especially when my parents didn't understand. And for almost two years we were completely separated, like we had no contact with my parents. But I kept going. And here's the crazy thing Once I fully committed to that new reality, things rearranged in ways I could not have predicted. Now, if you want to hear the full story of that particular manifestation, how it all unfolded and the wild synchronicities along the way, I actually shared it back in episode two. So definitely check out that particular episode.

Carissa Andrews: 6:33

But the reason I'm telling you this today is because this is what a quantum shift actually looks like. It's not an effortless glow up where you just think positive and the universe hands you everything on a silver platter. It's messy, it's uncertain, it's terrifying, but it's also the most powerful thing you'll ever do. Here's what no one tells you about shifting timelines. Your old reality resists the change. Your subconscious is wired for safety and familiarity. So when you start shifting, it freaks the fuck out just a little bit right. Doubts, fears and weird roadblocks will start to show up. That means you start to feel deeply uncomfortable. So identity shifts they're visceral. Your nervous system literally has to recalibrate, and if you feel anxious or unsure or even physically exhausted during this process, that's pretty damn normal. Okay, synchronicities also start cropping up. So once the shift stabilizes, once your nervous system is stabilizing it, once your mind has stabilized it, you'll notice little signs chance encounters, random opportunities or doors opening where they were previously locked. Okay, and it never quite looks how you expect it to look.

Carissa Andrews: 7:54

The path from A to B is rarely linear. The universe instead moves through quantum entanglement, not logic. So the sooner you embrace the detours, the faster your shifts solidify. So if you're in that in-between space where things feel uncertain, I want you to take a breath. You're not stuck, you're mid-shift. Or, like I talk about with my author crew, you're in mid-manifestation. Right, You're in the process of becoming the thing that you want.

Carissa Andrews: 8:22

And now, not everybody has to go through these huge quantum shifts, right? You don't have to completely uproot your entire life and change into something new, but you can, and sometimes you want to, sometimes you want it to be a huge, big transformational event. You know, if you're going from being completely broke and wanting to be a millionaire, you can make that shift, but you have to make it feel safe in your body. I wish that was something that I had learned a lot sooner was that your nervous system is probably the biggest blocker quote, unquote, because I'm not a big fan of the word block but if your nervous system doesn't feel safe in taking those big quantum leaps, you're not going to do it.

Carissa Andrews: 9:04

And it's it's kind of, it's insidious in a way, because it's not always about, like you know, the thing happening to you, like the quantum shift happening to you. Although it can, it's, in my experience, a quantum shift feels more like you've decided this is it, you're done here, you're no longer playing this game anymore and you're going to do something big, come hell or high water. And so once you've made that decision, there's like an energetic power to it that comes almost from the solar plexus. Like you're just done. Like this is it. I'm making a decision and no one is going to change my mind, right? And once you do that, you're're just done. Like this is it. I'm making a decision and no one is going to change my mind, right? And once you do that, you're, you know, triggering law of attraction, law of assumption. You're doing an awful lot of things within the universal energetic fields and it's so interesting because you're the powerhouse, right, you're the one making this decision.

Carissa Andrews: 9:57

But sometimes we allow it to be slower. Sometimes we allow it to be this progression where we've decided we want a millionaire destiny, where we're going to be rich, we're going to do these things and we want certain elements of what we're doing to be the way to do it. But I'll give you the example like my author career, or my author revolution career, I want my teaching, my showing up here wanting to help you to learn how to embrace and empower yourself to create your reality. I want that to be my ultimate dream life, right, my job, where I am literally transforming the world through my teachings. That's what I want.

Carissa Andrews: 10:38

But sometimes, when our systems that we currently have are not in alignment with that ultimate truth. Stuff has to fall apart. Stuff that is not in alignment has to fall away. People you are working with end up no longer working with you. The way that you are showing up online has to shift. The way that you are offering you know your books or your offers to people, that has to shift. The way you do your podcast has to shift. The way that you are offering you know your books or your offers to people, that has to shift. The way you do your podcast has to shift. Like I went from being in the Author Revolution podcast to now having this one and that one because I needed to show up differently, I'm being called to do something differently bigger step into a bigger arena, right. And so when you're in that mid-manifestation point, it's uncertain. It's called the void for a reason, right. You're kind of in this soup, this stew of all the things you're trying to call in, and it's clearing its path and it's clearing its way. Okay.

Carissa Andrews: 11:35

So let's make this actionable. If you want to start hacking your reality today as a neurodivergent manifester, if you want to start hacking your reality today as a neurodivergent manifester, here's your challenge Number one. I want you to decide. Pick one thing. It can be small, it can be huge if you want, but just pick something that represents your next level self. What does that look like for you? And then I want you to do it now. Take one, one aligned action. You don't have to do all the things, don't wait. Just do one small, aligned action that gets you there. Okay, and then trust the shift. Expect resistance, because it happens, but don't mistake it for failure. Realize that your nervous system is recalibrating. Notice it, notice it's shifting, notice its resistance and then tell yourself that's okay, you're in mid-manifestation, it's going to get on board.

Carissa Andrews: 12:28

When I look back at this manifestation of Colin, we've been married for 13 years. Last Friday, february 21st, was our 13-year anniversary, and so everything now is so completely different. Like my parents love him, my friends love him. We have built a new life together. We have had all of our kids under our roof, like literally. His two sons came and lived with us from the UK. They're now old enough to be on their own my two kids. At the time, they went from going back and forth to and from their dad's house to living full time with us. Our son together is 10 years old and we have this life where it's like we know, looking around, it was deeply personal, deeply fated, deeply our destiny to be together, even if we created it ourselves. It was meant to be right.

Carissa Andrews: 13:20

So this isn't about waiting for a sign. It's about becoming the person who already has the thing that you want, because the universe will absolutely catch up, even if it looks like a complete cluster in the middle of it, even if everything looks like it's falling apart. It's just your old reality, your old paradigms letting go, and I want you to realize that that is a part of the process. Not enough people talk about how everything falls apart before it falls in place. So I hope that it makes sense, I hope it uplifts you, and I think that was a pretty juicy one, if I do say so myself. So if today's episode resonated with you, I want you to take a screenshot, share it with your stories and tag me. I'd love to hear about the quantum shifts that you're calling in and if you want to go deeper into reality hacking, make sure to check out manifestdifferentlycom.

Carissa Andrews: 14:11

Or if you're an author who's looking at manifesting more, I'm going to be opening up my Millionaire Author Manifestation course, starting March 1st, you can head over to authorrevolutionorg. Forward slash M-A-M. That's Millionaire Author Manifestation. For those of you who are wondering what M-A-M stands for, that's capitals. Authorrevolutionorg. Forward slash M-A-M. Or get on my list, because I'm in the process of putting together a really awesome masterclass called Wildly Wealthy and Creatively Free. That will give you all sorts of really good insights into why we want to manifest more as authors. Now remember, quantum shifts aren't about perfection here, they're about movement, they're about growth. So take one step today and watch what unfolds. Okay, it's gonna be pretty awesome, even if it feels crazy, even if it feels like chaos. You're going to love it. Until next time, my friend, have a wonderful week and keep manifesting differently.