Authenticity or Deliberate Creation? ND Truths About Manifesting Differently

Can you be honest about what’s really going on in your life without sabotaging your manifestations? In this episode, we explore the subtle tension between authenticity and deliberate creation—especially for neurodivergent thinkers who process deeply and often feel caught between truth-telling and “staying high vibe.” We’ll unpack why staying rooted in the now is your greatest power, how past manifestations don’t define who you are, and why being real doesn’t have to mean being stuck.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Manifest Differently
• 2:36 Grounding Exercise and Topic Setup
• 4:22 The Intersection of Authenticity and Manifestation
• 6:35 Breaking the Old Paradigm
• 8:55 Neurodivergent Processing and Manifesting
• 11:15 Practical Tools and Episode Closing

Transcript

Carissa Andrews: 1:08

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: 1:35

Hey guys, 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 going to be diving into a question that's been rolling around in my head and maybe in yours too how do I be real about what I'm going through without accidentally manifesting more of it? So, if you've ever felt that tension between being authentic and staying aligned, between telling your truth and not wanting to reinforce a pattern, especially if you're neurodivergent and you process life through deep thinking or looping and meaning making, and yeah, this one's going to be for you. But before we begin, let's come back to the body. Now, remember, you don't need to fix anything right now. You don't need to figure it all out. We're just going to make a little space, energetically, mentally, for a new way of thinking to land. So I want you to take a deep breath in, hold it for a moment and exhale. Let it go One more time, breathe in and, as you do, just let yourself arrive in this moment and exhale. Let go of the static of the day. You're allowed to be here. You're allowed to shift gently. It's safe to just be here right now. Excellent, let's begin. So I'll be real with you.

Carissa Andrews: 3:26

This topic has really been living rent-free in my head lately. As a content creator, I know the value of showing up as authentically me as possible. I want to be honest. I want my audience to feel seen, to resonate, to trust me. And as a manifestation teacher, well, I want to walk the talk, right. I want to share what I know and why it works.

Carissa Andrews: 3:49

But even with all of that, I still sometimes struggle with how manifestation works. For my own neurodivergent mind, the process doesn't always feel natural or linear and, honestly, that's okay, but it does get tricky, right? What finally clicked into place for me was this, though this was today the intersection between authenticity and conscious manifestation. That concept was playing at the back of my mind this morning and I realized that that intersection that I've been trying to figure out, it just exists in the now, right here, this moment, because the moment that we're in, right now, it's the only moment that ever has any creative power. Everything else the past patterns, old habits, previous results that's all the residual energy from previous us, right? The old news when you observe what's happening in your current reality, yes, you're allowed to see it, but you don't have to identify with it.

Carissa Andrews: 4:51

It doesn't have to mean anything. You can witness it without reinforcing it. Now, that's magic. Joe Dispenza often talks about this as breaking the habit of being yourself, and if you haven't read the book by that title, I highly suggest you do. It's so good, but in essence, you stop acting like the old version of you who created the current situation, and you start being the version of you who creates something new, right? So the real shift is this You're not lying when you speak positively about your life, you're declaring the new reality into existence. Now, that's not delusional. It's design, deliberate creation, right? So let's talk about the old paradigm.

Carissa Andrews: 5:35

A lot of us learn this from abraham hicks and similar teachers, and, hey, there's a lot of truth in it. I love the concept of it and I get it. The idea is this don't talk about your problems. Don't focus on the stuff that's going wrong, because that focus just keeps you aligned with it. Focus on the stuff that's going wrong, because that focus just keeps you aligned with it. And, in theory, yes, what you focus on does expand. If you keep saying I'm broke, I'm overwhelmed, nothing's working, you're reinforcing that energetic loop and you stay stuck in that frame of mind, right, but here's where it gets sticky, especially for those of us who are neurodivergent. Sometimes we need to talk it out, we need to name it in order to move through it, and being just told to think positive can sometimes feel like we're gaslighting ourselves. It can feel fake. So what happens? We feel stuck between two different opposite poles. Be honest and risk reinforcing the struggle, which obviously we don't want, or stay positive and feel like we're faking it, or creating this discord between what we think we want and what we know we have. Neither of those are great options on their own, but that's where the reframe comes in. So here's the shift that I want to offer to you and I want you to think about this week. You're not being fake when someone asks you how's it going and you say it's going great, even when reality around you is telling you the opposite. You're just being deliberate. Okay, because the financial stress, the relationship friction, that career stuckness that's not who you are. It's who you were. Okay, it's the echo of a past version of you, one who is acting from older beliefs, habits, wounds, fears, and all of that created momentum. That's what you're seeing play out right now. But here's the deal you, right now, are not that person anymore. In this moment, you're different, you're more aware, you're choosing differently. So when you speak as if things are working out, you're not denying the past, you're choosing the frequency of the future. You're not pretending, you're pivoting, and that's what it means to manifest differently.

Carissa Andrews: 7:55

Now I want to speak directly to the neurodivergent creators here, because this is so, so important. Our brains are wired to scan for patterns. We often process life deeply, so we see the contradictions, we question everything. We don't just swallow someone else's method. We need to take it and make it make sense, and part of how we process this is through language. We name things, we loop things, we analyze, we narrate, and that's not a flaw, it's definitely, definitely a strength. But if we keep telling the same story from the same place, we're reinforcing those neural pathways. That's not just energetic, it's brain science. We're wiring ourselves into the old identity. So we need to find a way to tell the truth without repeating the frequency of the past. Instead, we can say things like that was true for me then, but now I'm shifting into, or this used to be my pattern, but I'm choosing something different.

Carissa Andrews: 8:59

Authenticity isn't just about confessing your current limitations. It's about being honest about where you've been and bold about where you're going. You don't have to stay in the old identity to be real, and I think that's really been a big part of my understanding trying to figure out how much do you share when you're trying to be authentic, when things aren't working the way that you want or you're seeing different results than what you were intending right? The truth is, though, we are just not that person anymore. We are choosing from a new, higher elevated place, so you are not that person. You don't have to identify with it. It doesn't have to mean anything other than you can observe it and go oh, my energy was there, and now I'm choosing to be somewhere else. Okay, so if all of this is lighting you up and you're thinking, yes, this makes total sense, but how do I do this in real time? Don't worry, I've got you.

Carissa Andrews: 9:58

Or, in the deep end, my private Substack podcast, which is a part of Manifest, differently, I'm sharing the practical side of this episode. Okay, these are tools you can use Language shifts that don't feel fake scripts, prompts, neurodivergent, friendly affirmations. We're going deep into how to talk about your life without reinforcing those old patterns. Use transitional language that feels real and shift your identity without pretending. So you can listen now by heading over to manifestdifferentlycom forward slash substack. Or if you go to manifestdifferentlycom forward slash 13,.

Carissa Andrews: 10:35

I'll also drop the link in this episode description below right into the show notes, because I find it's super, super important for those of us who are in this place who want to think deeply about manifestation and look at the way all the teachers are saying the same things, but sometimes, like with this, there's just that little bit of disconnect. We need to find a way to bridge the gap, to make it make sense, and so that's what this episode is all about today. So thank you so much for hanging out, for listening to this kind of deep conversation. Remember, being honest doesn't mean being stuck or continuing to stay stuck. You can tell the truth and still tell a new story at the same time, and every time you do, you're creating space for something completely new to unfold. Okay, you have the power to create your reality. So go out there and manifest differently.