Gratitude, the Shadow, and the Real Work of Manifesting
7 Keys Series: Key #2 - Gratitude
Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get said enough in the manifesting world:
Shadow work isn’t blocking your manifestations—
avoiding your shadow is.
There’s this persistent idea that “blocks” are some mysterious outside force you need to clear or bypass. So we look for hacks, tricks, and tools to get unstuck. We obsess over what’s wrong with our vision boards or why our affirmations aren’t working. We do everything except the one thing that actually works:
Turning inward.
Meeting what we’ve been told to hide.
Bringing the shadow into the light—without shame, without apology.
🌀 Shadow Work Is Manifesting Work
When we ignore the parts of ourselves that we’ve tucked away—because someone told us we were too much, too little, too loud, too sensitive, too ambitious—we don’t stop manifesting. We just start manifesting from those wounds.
The unconscious belief that “rich people are jerks” can keep abundance from showing up.
The unresolved fear that “being visible isn’t safe” can sabotage opportunities.
The shadow of guilt or shame around your desires can quietly create delay, resistance, or chaos—no matter how “positive” you’re trying to be.
Real manifesting isn’t just about alignment with your desires.
It’s about integration with your truth.
✨ Gratitude and the Shadow
If you believe this human experience includes soul lessons, then your shadow work is part of your soul contract.
And here’s the shift:
Gratitude isn’t just for the good things. It’s for the growth things. The messy things. The moments you chose to stay instead of abandon yourself.
Gratitude is saying:
Thank you for showing me what still needs love.
Thank you for giving me the courage to begin again.
Thank you, shadow, for carrying this truth until I was ready to reclaim it.
One of my clients recently reframed a painful, long-standing dynamic with her mother. Through our work together, she began to see it not just as personal wounding—but as a soul-level agreement. One that, while difficult, had been a catalyst for reclaiming her worth, her voice, her independence.
That shift didn’t erase the pain. But it did open the door to forgiveness, self-trust, and deeper empowerment.
That’s what shadow integration looks like.
🔮 Reflection Invitation
If you’re manifesting something right now—something big or vulnerable—try this:
What’s the itty-bitty-sh*tty-committee saying about it?
Whose voice is that really? Yours, or someone else’s?
What part of you might be hiding out of fear that your desire makes you “too much” for someone else’s comfort?
Then ask:
How is this story serving what I say I want?
What if I stayed present with myself instead of trying to fix or perform?
That’s the portal.
💌 Want support while you do this work?
If this hits home, there are a few ways we can deepen together:
🌙 Join this month’s Co-Creative Moon Circles
These twice-monthly Zoom gatherings are safe, sacred spaces to move through lunar intention-setting, shadow work, and spiritual integration in real time—together.
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This is for the brave ones. The soul-led ones. The ones who are done with performative growth and ready for the real thing.