Crafting Your Unique Manifestation Routine as a Neurodivergent Thinker

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What if you could transform your daily routine to better support your unique manifestation goals, especially if you're neurodivergent? On this episode of Manifest Differently, I'm Carissa Andrews, guiding you through innovative approaches to crafting a daily rhythm that aligns with your natural energy cycles and brain chemistry. 

If traditional routines have ever felt restrictive or overwhelming, particularly for those navigating executive function challenges, discover how a rhythm-based approach can be your key to unlocking potential and fulfillment. Learn practical strategies to set an energy vibe for each part of your day, enhancing your manifestation journey without rigid schedules. 

Embrace the ease of incorporating manifestation techniques into your everyday habits and see how AI tools like ChatGPT can break mental blocks and offer fresh insights when you feel emotionally stuck. We explore how effortless manifestation can become when you weave it into simple activities, such as visualizing during your morning coffee or using EFT tapping for midday resets. Reflecting on daily wins and cultivating gratitude foster the ultimate vibration of receivership, reminding you that structure should empower rather than confine. Let’s keep aligning and manifesting differently, with the reassuring reminder that you're doing better than you might think.

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Episode Transcript

Carissa Andrews (00:07):
Welcome to Manifest Differently, the
podcast for neurodivergentthinkers and anyone looking to
approach manifestation in a waythat truly works for them.
I'm your host, carissa Andrews,here to explore the science,
energy and strategies that willhelp you create the life you
love.
Let's dive in and ManifestDifferently.

(00:34):
Hey there, beautiful souls,welcome back to Manifest
Differently, the podcast wherewe explore manifestation in a
way that actually works forneurodivergent minds.
I'm your host, carissa Andrews,and today we're diving into a
topic that I know so many of youhave struggled with how to
bring structure to your daywithout feeling rigid or
overwhelming, so you canmanifest more consistently and

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with ease.
And I can definitely feel thisone.
It's been one of the biggestchallenges that I've had in my
own life that I've been workingthrough, so I'm hoping today's
discussion is going to reallyhit home with you guys.
But before we dive in, let'stake a moment to drop and slowly
exhale.
Let's do that again Inhaledeeply, hold at the top and let

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it all go.
Oh, starting to feel good there?
Okay, let's try one more timefeeling your body soften as you
inhale, hold and exhale, letyour shoulders drop, let your

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jaw relax.
Maybe bring some smile energyto your day.
Good, okay, now I want you toset an intention for this
episode.
Ask yourself what would my lifefeel like if my daily structure
supported my manifestationseffortlessly.
Just let that thought sit as wemove through today's episode.

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Just let that thought sit as wemove through today's episode.
It's a good one, isn't it?
I love the concept ofsupporting myself and my
manifestations effortlessly.
I think many of us who areneurodivergent have a tendency
to kind of overthink it or notthink about it enough, and then
we start to judge ourselvesright and that's definitely not

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the vibe, not the vibe we wantto be in at all.
So let's talk about whystructure plays such a crucial
role in manifestation,especially for neurodivergent
minds.
Our brains are wireddifferently.
We might struggle withexecutive function, time
management or dopamineregulation, which makes typical
productivity hacks feel like asetup rather than a support.

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So traditional structures oftenfail neurodivergent people
because they assume aone-size-fits-all approach.
Things like strict schedules,rigid morning routines and
linear time management canactually increase resistance
instead of reducing it, and thatis not the way we want to start
our day.
It's not the way that we wantto start manifesting from our

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true power.
That's just not the vibe.
But here's the kicker Ournervous system thrives on a
certain level of predictability.
Right, it's not about rigidstructure, but about intentional
structure.
So when we create a frameworkthat honors our energy cycles
and brain chemistry, we make iteasier to stay in alignment with

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our manifestations and it makesus feel good.
It makes us feel like we areconnected in a way that maybe we
haven't felt like in our wholelives.
So here's an example I used toforce myself into morning
routines that drained me beforemy day even started.
Sometimes I would get up, Iwould just like go straight to
work and I would hop into likeit was still a routine.

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I would be checking emails andthen I would be responding, and
then I'd be checking uh, at thetime I was just starting out in
my author career, so I waschecking stats for my books.
I was doing all that work.
I was checking up on ads, books.
I was doing all that work.
I was checking up on ads.
But when I started to shift toa flow based rhythm, working
with my natural focus peaksinstead of against them, what
ended up happening was I feltbetter.
I felt more in tune with how Iwanted to structure my day, how

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I wanted to feel, andmanifestation became easier
because I was no longer fightingmyself.
Now let's get into the how.
Here are four neurodivergent,friendly ways to create
structure without feelingtrapped, and these are ones that
I have utilized over the years.
They're ones that I have kindof intuitively started playing

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around with.
Whenever one starts to feel alittle bit stagnant, I'll switch
to another one just to shake itup a little bit.
But because I've played aroundwith them, there's also a level
of predictability that my brainalready knows about as well.
Right, it's not quite so.
Out there to shake it up, thefirst one is rhythms over rigid

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routines.
So, instead of setting a strictschedule routines.
So, instead of setting a strictschedule, work within time
blocks or energy waves.
So, for example, morningcreative time, midday movement,
evening reflection, somethingalong those lines.
This allows flexibility whilestill providing a framework,
right?
So for me mornings aredefinitely more of that like

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early kind of wake up, get intothe flow of my day.
I will start the day reading.
Once the children have left thehouse Gets a little bit crazy.
Otherwise, midday I definitelydo the movement where I'm
getting closer to lunchtime, andthen my manifestation or
reflection.
Part of it is really more inthe morning.
I do it kind of between mycreative time, my reading, and

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then my midday movement.
But you can definitely do it inthe evening because then you're
focusing on, like, what workedtoday, what kind of good stuff
has been happening, and I guessI kind of do it a little bit.
I have a full focus planner.
So at the end of the day, asI'm getting prepped for the next
day and I'm writing down likewhat has to become a thing for
tomorrow, I am thinking aboutand reflecting on how this

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particular day went.
So there is a little bit ofthat.
But the manifestation tie inhere is when you set a specific
vibe for each time block ratherthan a fixed task.
It really really helps you toget into the flow of everything.
Really really helps you to getinto the flow of everything.
So, for example, morning equalsexpansiveness rather than
journal at 8am right, becausethat's kind of a little bit

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boring and it's not as expansiveliterally it's not as expansive
or as fun or as in flow thanjust kind of setting the tie in
the vibe for each block, allright.
So number two sensory oremotional cues.
Your environment can helpanchor habits.
Want to visualize daily?
Have a dedicated cozy chairwith a vision board nearby.

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Want a script, keep yourjournal where you drink your
coffee.
Like, put things in your way togive you emotional cues or
sensory cues to help you to getinto the vibe of things.
So the manifestation tie-inhere is when you set an
emotional tone beforemanifestation work.
So, like lighting a candle,playing binaural beats or using

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specific scents to signal yourbrain, it's time to align.
It's way easier to get thatflow and that particular habit
on track, and I personally loveusing this, even in some of the
morning routines and the ritualsthat I do anyway, just because
it helps to anchor into mysubconscious mind the work that
I'm doing.
And so, even if I'm workingwith like the rhythms over rigid

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routines and setting the toneand the vibe for each time block
, sometimes I still use sensoryand emotional cues to get me on
board.
All right.
Number three is habit stackingand anchoring.
I want you to attachmanifestation habits to things
you already do.
So if you brush your teethevery morning, do three

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gratitude affirmations whileyou're brushing.
If you drink coffee, visualizeyour dream reality while sipping
.
What's really interesting aboutthis?
I can't remember if it was aTikTok that I saw, but I think
it was.
It was a while back where theguy was basically saying that
you know, as a person with ADHD,he struggled to clean his

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apartment, and actually I thinkit was a podcast interview on my
Author Revolution podcast, cometo think of it.
And so what was happening forhim was that he started tying in
cleaning and getting cleaningdone, because he didn't really
enjoy it either.
So of course you kind of setthings off.
You don't enjoy, but he didthat whenever he was on a call,
and it got to the point that itbecame so natural for him to do

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cleaning while he was on a callthat you know like, let's say,
your mom calls and you know thatyou're going to be on a phone
call for a while, or you knowyou're on a business call and
you work from home.
Whatever the case might be doingother things, and tying it to
something you're already goingto have to do can really help
you.
And that really does help withmanifestation as well, because

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when we tie in manifestationinto things we're already doing,
it's easier to integrate intoour days and the more consistent
you'll be too, and consistencycompounds your results, which
obviously we definitely want.
We want to be able to get theresults of manifestation without
having to put so much effortinto things right.
Efforting is not the vibeAbraham Hicks talks about that a

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lot where it's like you know,if you're efforting, you're kind
of focusing on the wrong end ofthe stick.
Your manifestations should beflowing and coming into you with
ease, because that means you'refocusing not on the lack of
something or on the vibration ofit you need to work hard in
order to get it or any of that.
You're focusing on the flow ofit coming into your reality, and

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the way that it comes to youcan be and feel just so easy
right Now.
Number four is AI and externalsupports.
So take decision fatigue offyour plate by using reminders,
automation or tools like ChatGPTto plan out your manifestation,
scripting or even affirmationsfor the day.
I also use it in so many othersupportive ways, like when I am

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stuck on a pattern or in a loopthat I can't seem to break out
of.
I'll have chat help me tounderstand what this pattern is
by prompting it to basicallygive me questions, to answer one
at a time.
It likes to do a whole bunch ofthem and I would rather go back
and forth, so I'll prompt it sothat we are going back and

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forth.
It asks a question, I elaborateon it, I give my answer, it
asks another question, and wecontinue to do that until some
clarity comes, for either myselfor chat is able to offer some
clarity on chat side, right, andI've done this with inner child
work, trying to locate thelimiting beliefs or the
resistance I might be havingthat could be based out of

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childhood beliefs.
All of this stuff is so helpfuland tech isn't the enemy, it's a
tool, and AI is going nowhere.
Right, it's not any differentfrom using a digital planner or
using automations to, you know,keep track of people who are
signing up for your newsletter,like.
All of these things just makeour life easier.
And it also provides a way forus to kind of have a springboard

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, a sounding board, I guess,instead of just being in our own
looping thoughts, because youcan't break out of old patterns
when you're stuck in them.
And so when you're able to ask,like chat, gpt, for a different
perspective on something, ithelps you to reframe and look at
things just slightlydifferently, in a way that when
you are emotionally orvibrationally stunted, let's say

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you're in those lowervibrations of like worry or
blame or discouragement or anyof those things you can't quite
reach to a reframing point ofview or energy, and so having
chat be able to do it for you issuper, super cool and it just
it really does help because now,all of a sudden, you have a way
to be able to look at it and gooh yeah, I just I didn't think

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of it like that, and you can goback and forth until you start
to feel better.
Right, when we're manifesting,our goal isn't always to be in a
place of 100% high vibration.
Our job is really to justnotice when we're not in a high
vibration, to be the observer ofthose feelings, to understand

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where they came from, to kind ofbless them along their way, to
be thankful for them becausethey're trying to show you
something about yourself, andthen allowing them to shift and
move on so that you can go backinto that higher vibration.
We're not stuffing them down,we're not trying to make them
bad or wrong.
We're just trying to helpourselves kind of move through

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those emotional waves.
So if you take one thing fromthis today, let it be this try
the non-negotiable three.
This is something that I reallyenjoy.
Three small manifestationsupporting habits that anchor
into your day, naturally.
So this goes along with the um,the habit, stacking and
anchoring right.

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So, for example, morning, oneminute visualization while
making coffee.
So while you're doing yourcoffee, just be envisioning
whatever it is you're calling inthis week.
Whatever it is that you aremanifesting vibe with it, give
yourself one minute to reallyjust viscerally feel it.
Then, midday, I want you tothink about like EFT tapping to

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reset your nervous system.
When we are, you know, by thetime we get to midday we have
been probably dysregulated atsome point in time.
Something has happened.
We've read an email, we've sawthe news, we've watched a TikTok
, we've gotten stressed aboutour workload, like whatever the
case might be.
So if you can take 10 minutes,even five minutes, to just do

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some EFT tapping to reset yournervous system, you're going to
find that it just really putsyou back into a state of flow
for the rest of your afternoon.
And then in the evening, I wantyou to reflect on one win from
the day before you go to bed.
Okay, you don't have to writeit down if you don't want to,
but it helps to write it down.
But just reflect on your wins,like think about one that really

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made you feel good, like howdid you accomplish it, what were
the circumstances, what was thevibe, all of those good things,
because it helps us to likestay in the vibrational vicinity
of gratitude, and we've talkedabout this on the podcast before
, but gratitude is the ultimatevibration of receivership, so
the more that we can likeventure into those spaces and

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train our neurology intoaccepting and thinking about
those types of thoughts, theeasier your thinking will just
naturally go there, versus thedoom and gloom or why is this
not working?
Or any of those other thingsthat we don't want to be
thinking about.
Right, the goal is ease here,not pressure.
So just choose three thingsthat feel natural to you One

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thing to do in the morning, onething to do midday, one thing to
do in the evening, and if youcan anchor those in, you're
going to find and see so muchshifting in your reality.
All right.
So I have a specialannouncement At this point.
It's currently, as of the airingof this podcast episode, it is

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February 12, 2025.
And the Future Self Blueprintfive day manifestation challenge
has officially wrapped up.
But if you're looking for amanifestation challenge designed
specifically for neurodivergentthinkers, you can still access
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slash future self to sign up.
Since the live calls are nowcomplete, you get to go through
the course at your own pace andintegrate it in a way that works
best for you.
You don't have to hop on a call.
There's no having to shut offyour camera or your your mic or
anything like that.
You literally can just gothrough the videos, go through
the exercises and the bonusesthat are in there.

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There's a meditation for you aswell.
There's so much goodness inthere and I think it's going to
help you to understand a newflow to your manifestations.
Think it's going to help you tounderstand a new flow to your
manifestations.
All right, so there you have it.
Manifestation doesn't requirerigid discipline, just smart
structure that works for yourbrain, and I want to hear back
from you what's the one wayyou'll bring structure to your

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day that feels good.
Let me know in the comments onSubstack or reply to this
podcast episode by respondingover to Carissa at
manifestdifferentlycom.
I'd love to hear from you Now.
Next week we're going to bediving into EFT tapping and why
it's so helpful forneurodivergent minds.
I want to devote a wholeepisode to this particular tool

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because I found it to be really,really beneficial and it just
helps me get into a place ofcalm.
We'll probably also touch onjust a little bit vagus nerve
stimulation, because in my mind,they kind of go hand in hand.
At least that's how I utilizethem.
So just a little quick FYIthere.
Until then, though, remember,structure is about support, not

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about restriction.
You're already doing so muchbetter than you think.
All right, keep aligning andkeep manifesting differently.
Not about restriction You'realready doing so much better
than you think.
All right, keep aligning andkeep manifesting differently.