#57: How to Pivot and How to Manifest without Clarity

Today's episode covers pivoting and embracing change even if it's scary. We also discuss how to manifest when you are not 100% clear on what you want!

Dani Faust is a hypnotherapist and certified Life Coach, Intuitive Energy Healer and Spiritual Teacher currently based in South Florida and holds certifications in EFT, Meditation, Reiki, NLP and more.

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Hello. Hello friends. Welcome back to The Manifest Its cis podcast. I am your host, coach Danny. , thank you so much for listening. I truly, truly appreciate it. I appreciate the dms on Instagram. I appreciate that you're appreciating , the podcast. , yeah, I'm just grateful that you're over on my little slice of the podcast streets and I'm glad it's resonating for you and I just hope it helps.

This episode is so aligned. Today's episode is about like pivoting, and I've been thinking about this episode or doing an episode on pivoting rather for a minute. And this episode is just super duper aligned because I kind of have been putting it off doing this episode. And then I got an email in response to one of my, , newsletters and.

It was about this woman who's pivoting. And I was like, okay, well that's a sign that I need to get this episode out. . Like, I personally, I want a pivot in my, my business and in my personal life. Or lemme not say I want, let me correct that. I'm in the midst of a pivot in my business, in my personal life. And it, it's just, it's just wild.

The, the emotions that are attached to it. And you know what? Lemme just say so, My business pivot, I am taking on less one-on-one clients  for coaching, and I'm kind of ramping up my more esoteric work. And I, I really started this pivot last year, if I'm honest. But I think I let indecision, kind of cloud me, partly because I didn't see anyone successfully doing what I want to do.

Not that that's saying that no one is. I just, I just didn't see them doing it specifically. Um, blending the spiritual woowoo, esoteric mystic work that I do, like the chakra balancing akasha readings and spiritual stuff, the oracle deck stuff, energy healing, sound healing, all of that stuff. I guess it's kind of more mainstream, but it's still semi fringe.

Um, like the, the EFT work, the tapping, the hypnotherapy, even life coaching I think is getting more mainstream, but still fringe. So I didn't know how to balance that. With the work in corporate that I wanna do with the executive coaching and bringing that kind of trust your instinct, tap into your energies type of work to corporate.

I didn't know how to do it because I haven't seen anyone doing it. Um, and I know like meditation is so mainstream now and yoga is so mainstream now, but I haven't found someone who blends that spiritual side with the practical brain-based science side before as a practitioner.  like healer, coach, practitioner, and certainly not doing it it with CEOs and you know, corporate leaders.

And corporate executives. So not to get let you too much into my psyche, but , I guess that when I didn't see it I thought, oh, maybe it doesn't work cuz it's just, it just doesn't work. We always hear, and I've said it many times to clients and friends that we have to niche down and in the niches are the riches.

I'm sure you've heard that If you're in. . But I believe now that my niche is literally blending the two, the woowoo and the practical, and I always have and have been able to kind of speak the two languages to help whoever I'm speaking to understand whatever concept it is that I'm bringing their, their way.

But I realize like that woowoo slash practical slash corporate, that's just.  and that is my niche. Whether I find someone else doing it or not is irrelevant, and I'm just gonna do my pivot , and I'm just gonna be pivoting. Ass pivot. But I'm also pivoting to going back to graduate school. I'm taking two programs.

I don't know y'all. I don't know. I'm taking one like non-trad.  program for a doctorate in metaphysics. And then I'm taking a traditional program for a doctorate in performance psychology. So I'm pivoting back to being a legit student as I'm pivoting my business to be on my my one focused niche and take on less one-on-one clients.

It's just for me, it's a lot and. , I'm pivoting in life due to I have a health concern that's kind of forcing me to change my diet and my lifestyle, and I'm pivoting in the way I'm raising my children, which is way less hands-on, less helicopter mom, , because they're growing up now and I know they're only eight and 10, but it's still a shift from how I had to raise them when they were two and four or six and eight.

So I've got a personal and professional pivot right now as well as a health pivot, and it's just, , I'm pivoting out the ass. And when I was thinking this whole thing through, I was like, do I wanna talk about all this? Do I wanna talk about the ups and downs that comes with pivoting and the emotional aspect of it, the practical aspect of it, what this means when it comes to manifesting?

Do I wanna do this? It's a lot. Then comes this email question and I'm gonna read it to you. I don't usually read the whole thing, but. . Okay, so this came in, , as a response to just one of my regular de old newsletters. PS if you're not in my email community, you should go to danny f.com right now and sign up cuz my emails are nice and you like nice things, right?

Okay, so here's the question. Hey Danny, I'm 44 years old. I have one adult son who lives on his own. One daughter who'll be graduating and going away to college in the fall. I'm a single mom. I have. I have worked in a Fortune 100 company for years. I haven't hit director level yet, and I've worked very hard to get here.

I'm finding myself unfulfilled and now that I will soon be an empty nester, I want to change my life or, and or my career. I'm grateful for where I am and I did it by myself. I know I need to pivot, but I don't know how to manifest the change. How do we manifest something when we don't know exactly what we want Q and a?

So a couple things with this email. . I don't know if I just had my head in the sand, but I was like, what's a Fortune 100 company? ? I've heard of Fortune 500. I did not know. And I literally googled to find out what a Fortune 100 company is. So feel free to judge me for that blonde moment. Okay. But so the last question that she asked in this, how do we manifest something when we don't know exactly what we want is such a beautiful question, and I get it often, but everything she said before, Is really the meat of it.

It's like the meat of, I know a pivot. A pivot is necessary cuz what's happening is just not feeling right, the, it's just not for me anymore. I know I need the pivot, but I don't know how to manifest a change. Do you see yourself in any of that? If you do, this episode is for you. If you don't still keep listening because something is gonna hit cuz you put this episode on for a reason and that means there's something here for you.

Spoiler alert. Stay tuned. You're getting an answer for something that you have a question on. So first of all, shout out to you q. I don't know if your name is, if your first name's Q and your last name's Renee, or if it's like Q, first name, Renee, middle name, and you just didn't gimme the last name, but whatever.

That's so not important. Okay. Q a shout out to you for having a daughter who's graduating and going to college. Kudos to your daughter. Kudos to you for raising these two beautiful kids on your own. You're still young. I bet you're fine. 44 years old doing your thing, working at a great company. Super proud of you, and I hope that you're super proud of yourself.

You should be. Finding yourself unfulfilled now is not abnormal. And so anyone else who is resonating with Q Q Renee's question, please know that feeling unfulfilled wherever you're at. Maybe you're 24, you just graduated college, you started a, um, a career that you went to school for, and now you're like, what the fuck is this bullshit?

If you're feeling unfulfilled at that point of your life, if you're feeling at any other major. Milestone area of your life or not, it's totally normal. And I just wanna let you know that because I feel like one of the major things that comes with needing a pivot is feeling that that unfulfilled feeling is wrong or ungrateful or bad, somehow negative, right?

So just know that it's absolutely normal and it doesn't mean that  you're not grateful, et cetera. Even, , in Q and A's Post she says, I'm grateful for where I am and I did it by myself, and that lets me know that she's just bring it home because there's probably a little twinge of, am I ungrateful for not feeling fulfilled right now?

You know, and it's okay. So for the last question, how do we manifest something when we don't know exactly what we want? The short answer is focus on the feeling you want to manifest when you are unclear of the circumstances you wanna manifest. , you feel me? I'm gonna say it one more time cause I feel like I said it.

Really cool. Focus . Focus on the feeling you wanna manifest when you are unclear on the circumstances you wanna manifest. . So if you don't have a crystal clear vision board saying, okay, this is the, the chef's kitchen I want in my new ranch style house, and this is the Range Rover I want in the g in the driveway.

, like if you don't have those crystal clear things, you are not wrong. You are not gonna not manifest. You just have to focus on the feelings. That helps. I need you to know. . We're never really manifesting a thing. We know this, right? I, I'm sure I've said this in many episodes, so I'm just gonna say it again here in case this is your first time here.

Hi. Welcome . But we are not really manifesting stuff, right? The biggest thing that I, that I, , get asked about is like, health, money and a man. Cuz usually I'm dealing with heterosexual women.  that is the top three always on what people come to me wanting, support and manifesting. But when we want money, it's not that we want to be holding a, a, a barrel full of dollars of currency, right?

Or that we wanna look in our bank and see all this money. We want the feelings that come with that or that we believe will come. . So specifically for money, it's, we think it's going to bring us feelings of security, safety, success, , maybe financial abundance, um, change, like changing your family's, you know, trajectory.

, peace, ease. You want those, that's what you're really trying to manifest. It's not the hot tub in the backyard, . It's the feeling that the hot tub is going. Bring you luxury, relaxation, peace, ease, a soft place to land when I get home from work and wanna drink my wine. Right? Like keep that in mind. Even though we think we're trying to manifest circumstances and things, we're always really trying to manifest the feeling that that thing or circumstance will bring.

So when you aren't clear on the circumstances, it's akay. You just gotta get clear on the. . So from q and a's, , question the emotion word she used so far was unfulfilled. , working very hard. Grateful. Wanna change? Pivot, right? So what are the feelings that you wanna evoke? Q and A? You wanna feel fulfilled?

I'm sure you wanna continue to feel grateful. You wanna feel a place where you're settled and don't wanna change. You want a place you wanna be in a place where you feel solid, where you don't wanna pivot. Solid and secure and like, yeah, tuned in, right? So start with those feelings and then think outward from there.

What will make me feel like. So this episode is for q and a and for everybody who's looking to pivot, whether you're certain on your direction or lot or not. Okay? Because it could be a scary place to be pivoting from what you knew, what you were safe with or comfortable with, into what feels like the unknown.

Okay? So this episode's all about the pivot and. , what it really means and, and how to recognize your own, some tips to make it easier, and I just, I hope it helps, but first, I need you to celebrate yourself q and a, and you listening, celebrate yourself for recognizing and welcoming that pivot. That's a big deal.

You might think that, oh, it's not a big deal. I'm just kind of thinking and whining and complaining about where I'm at. No, what you're doing is recognizing that something is off. You are not living your dharma. You are, you're ready to shift. That is a beautiful place to be. That represents growth. It represents that pursue of your dharma pursuing your life's purpose and the change you're supposed to bring, what you're here to do.

right? So kudos for noticing it. Let's clap it up for yourself. Celebrate yourself for recognizing that a pivot is warranted and it's time to make a change. That's a beautiful place to be. So, yay. Okay, so first, the yay . Then I want us to rebrand the pivot in case you have a negative connotation to it at all.

Words mean things, right, and there's energy around it. And everything's energy. Words are energy, right? You might have,  a negative connotation or a negative energy around pivoting. I know that, , you know, I coach a lot of people who are, whether they're side hustlers running their own business or they are running a full-time, you know, they're full-time business owners and entrepreneurs.

I notice a lot that they have a negative connotation with pivoting because they feel like it means they have failed. At the first thing they. . Oh my God. You know what? Just popping into my head, reading Get Rich Lucky Bitch by Denise Duffel Thomas, which was a great book, and I suggested to everyone, especially if you've got money blocks.

, she said in her book that she tried, I think six different careers and like tried six different coaching careers, six different whatever careers before she landed on the financial coaching that she currently does, which is the thing that she got like wealthy. . And I loved, I remember thinking, oh, I love how she's so nonchalant about it.

Like she didn't attach it to like, oh, I'm a failure, because I had to pivot. So I want you to, if that's you, if you're feeling like, oh, this pivot means I didn't choose the right in the first place. Uh, what a mess, what a mess up I am. You know, I want you to release that and I want you to rebrand the pivot because how I view pivot.

I'm going towards my dharma. I'm going towards my life purpose and the timeframe that I was on the old path, that's the path I was supposed to be on. And now it's time for me to make a left. Turn it Albuquerque and go this way. Please tell me, you know that Bug's Bunny, reference . Don't make me feel old and alone right there.

Okay? So yes, let's make that left turn in Albuquerque. And now I know, okay, I'm going this way and this is the right place for me now. And that doesn't mean that you won't pivot. So just know that the pivot is a positive thing, and if you have, , any type of negative energy or resistant energy around the pivot, I want you to shift that now.

So what you can do is hit your journal and write out, I used to believe that pivoting meant write that out, but I know now that my pivot means and then write. And if you don't currently believe what you're saying about the pivot, the positive one, , the, the second, you know, chunk of this, it doesn't matter.

Write it down anyway. Write what you want to believe about your pivot. And this is whether you know specifically how you're gonna pivot and what you're specifically, you're pivoting to or not. Okay? This is just around the word pivot because in itself, pivot does not mean, does not hold a negative energy.

It is just a changing direction. Everything else, all the other kind of layers of meaning, we add that. So F that decide what you want it to mean for you, and let's go with that new  operating understanding of the word pivot. Okay? So I want you to also, I hope you still have that journal out. I want you to also think about why.

and start to think about how you're gonna pivot. If you're just in a place of feeling unfulfilled. You just know what, this just ain't it. I mean, on paper, this looks great. You know, I got the, I got the house, the kids, the partner, the nice car, the cushy job, but this just ain't it. That's okay. Please know it is safe for things to look beautiful on paper and for things to look beautiful from an outside observer and for it to just not be hit in the way it's supposed to be hidden for you, period.

It takes such radical honesty to look at a life that seems picture perfect and say this ain. And then decide what is it for you that is major. And so many people will resist doing that because they're in this box of feeling like they need to stick it out in the one direction because it looks good from the outside.

Because, oh man, other people wish they had this job. Oh man. Other people wish they had a partner like this. Oh man. Other people wish they had this. Maybe what you want is to sell everything and drive an RV around the world and homeschool your kids and not have 'em in the fanciest private school or whatever it is.

You know, you don't have to stay in a situation that's not picture perfect for you because it's picture perfect for someone else. And it doesn't make you narcissistic. It doesn't make you selfish, it doesn't make you ungrateful, it doesn't make you anything. You were grateful for what it was, and now you're gonna be grateful for what's.

So just keep that in mind. Okay. So what can a pivot look like? I mean, any of the things I just said, , , any of the things I said for myself, like going back to school or moving across the country, um, buying a home. If you're renters and you're kind of pivoting the, the trajectory of your family, and maybe it's a new lifestyle, maybe you are, you know, You're overweight and you eat a traditional American diet, and you're like, oof, this has to change.

Maybe you're changing and you're going vegan, and you're the only one in your family going vegan. So everyone's like, UUG, what's she on about? And it feels different and you feel like an outsider, but that's your pivot and that's what feels right for you. You know, a pivot is, is warranted when you're feeling ful.

And you're gonna know what the right pivot for you is when you think it through. And it feels like a wholehearted hell yes. Throughout your whole body. Okay. Maybe it's you. Maybe you're going back to school too, which is scary as hell. , especially when you are 40 something and have been out of school for a million years.

maybe you are starting a new career. Maybe you are starting a business. Maybe you are, um, transitioning from being a support worker to a leader in your, the business that you're working. There's so much, there's so much that your  pivot can look like. And it could be huge, it could be small. Your pivot can be something like changing from the products you use.

Buying green products and organic products instead of the traditional products that you've been using. Legit, that could be your pivot. So don't think it has to be, you know, I'm cutting off all my hair and I'm moving to Nepal and I'm gonna be a monk. Like, chill. It doesn't have to mean that, but it can.

And that might be your pivot sis. I pivoted to these damn, , micro locks, . I'm still waiting for these locks to be locking, but that was a pivot. Going from loose natural hair. I pivoted from relaxed hair to natural hair for like 20 years and now pivoting to locks. That's a pivot. You might be like, oh my God, it's just hair.

Yep, it's just hair. But it's also my fucking hair and it's a big deal to me and it's a pivot for me. , if none of these examples that I have shared hit right with you, what is it for you, big or small? Your pivot is still valid. So just keep that in mind as you're trying to think through what it means for you and what it is that you're gonna manifest in this pivot.

Also, keep in mind the time that it might take,

So there's the, the actual pivot for some things versus the, the emotional after effects. Sometimes the pivot thing is quick, like, okay, I'm gonna use a small example of my hair. Going from loose hair to locked hair was a matter of hours. But then afterwards, ooh, the new up, keep. Rituals, the new hair regimen, the new adjusting to how to manage it on my own, adjusting to how to make, how to style it, so where I still feel cute.

 All the stuff that's the after effect. The pivot itself was one, two skidoo, but then there's also these after effects. So the time, that time was quick. , the time it takes for preparing a cross-country move. If that's your pivot, you live in New York, you're moving to. , that's a whole big deal. You've got to save.

You've got to research. You've got to find locations. You've probably gotta go back and forth to scout out areas. You've got to see who you know, find a job there. I dunno, whatever it is, right? Your pivot takes time.  and if it's a pivot that is regarding only you and your activities, for example, maybe you are pivoting to from a standard American diet to going like low carb or keto or vegan.

That's something that's gonna take time for you to hone in and really dial in to where it feels easy for you or feels natural for you, right? Also, we have to recognize the feelings involved in a pivot. , like change is scary , period. And that's why most people don't do it. Real talk. Our brain wants to keep us safe, our beautiful ego.

It's like stay safe, stay regular. There is, there is unknowns and danger out there in this new thing. You're trying Uhuh, stay here. Do the same thing you did yesterday. There we go. Let's stay here. Let's not change. That's what your brain's trying. , but your soul is like, no, bitch. We need this pivot. We need to go forward.

We need to make these actions, we need to change. We need to do these X, Y, z, different things, right? So just know that it is scary and right. So yes, it's scary and you can do it. Yes, it's scary and it'll get easier. The more you do it, the more you, the more moves you make in that direction. It is scary. And there's also an aspect of mourn.

the loss of who you were, how you were viewed by others in that other way of, of living those feelings of grief as you kind of let go of who you used to be, as you're shifting into this pivoted version of yourself, and remember that it doesn't require 100% clarity. You, your pivot can be pivoting when you just have 50.

Visibility, . Okay? It doesn't have to be crystal clear on the circumstance. You just know like, oh, this ain't for me. I, I need to go in that direction. And it might be cloudy, but it feels right. So you just take one step in front of the other as you go into that cloudy, uncertain, pivoted future. Okay? So how to make the pivot easier.

Whatever the pivot is, big or small, plan things out, research.  Chow Research please, . , you also have to kind of know your why, and please know that your why can be because it feels right, because I want to, because I just know somehow that I'm supposed to, because it sounds like fun. Like that's a valid why It doesn't have to be so my children can have a better future.

And so that my family, Nope. It sounds like fun. That's why. Okay, so just know that that's.  also to make your pivot easier. Have some support. Have friends who are on your side. If you can't find friends, find like a online group who is by your side or a local group, like find people who are about it, who are about the same things you're about.

So if you have no vegan friends, go find a vegan friend or two or three. They love to tell you about everything. Vegan . So it'll be easy for you to find one. No shade vegans, no shade. ,  have an example of what you're trying to do. Someone who's been there before, a role model that is so awesome, you're trying to move across the country.

Look at people who have done that. You're trying to be an expat and move to Honduras. Look at people who have done that. Ooh, there's a great black expat group on Facebook that I'm a part of. I love it. I'm getting outta this country. Come hell or high water, I just gotta convince this damn man. I married  and we gonna be out anyway.

, whatever your pivot is. And you know what, sorry, saying that just kind of made me also wanna add something to the, um, to the first section where I was saying what can a pivot look like and the time it could. , you can know that a pivot is for you and not be actively, , working on it just yet. So for example, me, I know that I am meant to live outside of this country in a Spanish speaking country somewhere for an extended amount of time.

Look, it doesn't have 100% clarity, but I know in my soul that that is for me and my. . So I'm not actively, you know, hunting countries or looking for real estate or anything, but I know that it's coming.  It's a pivot that is on the horizon. So just know that pivots can be on the horizon.

You can know that something is for you and know like, okay, I need X amount of time before I start acting on that. . Maybe it's to save, maybe it's to plan. Maybe it's because your kids have to reach a certain age, whatever it is. So just know that, okay, back down to where we at with how to make a pivot easier.

So have people who are, , doing the thing that you wanna do or have done it before. , you might even, like, say you wanna change careers, you might wanna do informational interviews with people who are in that new field. Read books by people, authors who are in that field, like when you. When you're armed with knowledge, it's just everything's better.

When you have that level of awareness, you feel so much more solid in your decision to pivot and how you're going to pivot when you have knowledge and information, like that's common sense. Here's what not to do, , when you're pivoting one, comparing yourself to others. , can we just not, can we just collectively not friends, please, , like you are not that one.

That one is not you. I am not you. You are not me. We are magical, unique, unicorn creatures, right? So there is absolutely no value in comparing yourself to anyone, whether you're comparing up or comparing.  zero value. So what we're gonna do is not compare ourself to others. What we're gonna do is look at people who are doing what we wanna do and be excited to know them, to befriend them, to learn from them, to glean what you can from them versus, oh man, they just up and sold all their belongings and hopped in the rv.

I wish I could do that. What is the. , right. Another thing not to do when pivoting is going in 100% blind. Now I know you're probably, but Danny, you just said you don't need 100% clarity. That's right. I did. But not having 100% clarity doesn't mean you're 100% blind. . Now, it could be cloudy, it could be nebulous, but you can't go 100% blind.

Like I need to change. I'm just gonna quit my job today and cut my hair off and buy a guitar. I don't even know how to play guitar, but I'm gonna buy a guitar. I'm gonna set up shop over here by the coffee shop and I'm gonna play music. And like what? ? Yes. For knowing that you need to pivot. No for just hopping on any old thing randomly.

It has to feel like a yes inside your soul. , it has to be  towards your life purpose, what you're doing here. So we can't go in a hundred percent blind. We need to have a little bit of a plan. We need to know like, okay, maybe all these different areas of my life are hidden, but this one area of my life just feels so unfulfilled.

How can I make that one area of my life work and then do a.  looking. Maybe it's the romance area. You know, maybe it's, you know, finances and all you really need to do is just start a savings plan or start investing. Or if it's relationships, maybe you just need to start going on more dates. Or if you are partnered and it's just feeling blah, maybe you guys need to have a conversation, go on a couple's retreat, whatever.

but you can't go in 100% blind like U. My relationship feels bad. I'm divorcing him right now.  without a conversation or without therapy or without, you know, you can't just go from zero to 100 blind. That's what I mean. Another thing not to do when pivoting is to beat yourself up. You might have a view in your mind of what the pivot is supposed to look like, and I put air quotes up, but you can't see me.

But those little air quotes for supposed to look.  and you recognize that your actual pivot is looking, maybe it's going slower than you expected, or you're not finding the support you wanted, or it doesn't feel as fun as you thought it would. Don't beat yourself up. What's the point in that? Just this is all learning guys.

The, the journey of life is a learning journey. It's a healing journey. Everything is a win. Everything is a win. Everything is like intel on getting us like in the right lane for. So I want you to view everything about your pivot as that versus beating yourself up for it, not looking how you thought it would look.

Also, in that same kind of vein is putting a should on it. I should be farther ahead by now. I should. I should have sold everything in opt in rv, . I don't know why that is my, my example today cause I, I don't know. But I should have, should, should. Shit. Should child. What is.  should is judgment from who you and an unspecified other because you're holding yourself to some standard that you created.

Like let's just release that. Should all the way, let it drop to the floor. Step on it. , it's gone. , there's no shutting. There's no beating yourself up. Your pivot is yours. There are no rules for it. All these suggestions I'm giving you, you could say, F you Danny, I'm gonna do it my way. And if that feels right in your heart, then that's right.

There's no rules from the things I'm saying or anyone else that, any podcast that you listen about pivoting, keep that. Just keep that in your.  also what not to do when pivoting is viewing it negatively. And we kind of, , addressed that earlier, like having a negative connotation to the pivot, making it mean something negative about you.

Like when I, where I made a bad choice at first and now I have to go and change it up. No, it's yay, yay. I recognize that I'm unfulfilled in some area and I'm ready to shift it. That's brave and it's beautiful. Keep that in mind. Okay.

I don't know why I wrote my notes this way, because now I'm back to ideas for the pivot, but whatever, you're just gonna stay with me and give me grace on this. Um, so ideas for your pivot. I said this already was, take time to research and learn. You don't have to jump into anything. Take the time to plan things out.

Plan out that move, plan out that you know how you're gonna save for whatever it is. It is you're trying to travel across the world. Plan that out. Look at at different websites, you know, plot. Make your budget all the things. Do your research and learn.  and what's great about that is that taking that time will help you get clearer on what it is that you want to pivot to.

Especially if you are in like, oh, what's her name? Q Q Renee's situation where you are not sure what you're pivoting to. This time is invaluable. , you can try on different hats. You can make a list of, Hmm. What would be nice to pivot to? Well, I've always wanted to learn how to fly a plane. Well, I've always wanted to live in Vegas or when I've always whatever it's right.

And take that time to just kind of, without having to put so much skin in the game. You can do that research and see, is this the right move for me? Ooh, that doesn't sound fun. Oh wait, VE gets how hot? Uhuh, I can't go there. Let's see. You know, and figure out what's right for you. And along with that is taking time to journal. So you're researching your learning, but also your're journaling because as you're doing your research and you're kind of saying yes to this and no to that, and kind of narrowing down what you're pivoting toward.

you're learning about yourself. You're coming, you're reaching ahas about yourself. You're thinking about you're, you're getting to know yourself on a deeper level as you go towards your life's purpose and know like, mm, this is right for me. This isn't right for me. You're learning how to listen to yourself, how to trust yourself as you go through this researching and planning and learning process.

So this pivot is a self-growth activity in.  even before the pivot happens. And I said this earlier, what, which is have a support system. Your friends and family may not get you period , and they don't have to period, but they need to love you through it, right? Like they need to love you and support you through it.

And if you don't have people who are loving you and supporting you through your pivot, go find some, maybe find a mentor, maybe find a coach, maybe find, , a group like I was saying earlier. Find a group that is supportive.

Also, I want you to take time to visualize, and I know some people poo poo visualization, but listen, it's magical and it works. So visualize some of the options, especially if you're unclear, if you're not 100% clear on what it is that you wanna pivot to, try them on. And a visualization. Get really centered.

Take a few deep breaths, close your eyes and envision yourself in the situation. . I pivoted to X, I pivoted to Y, I pivoted to Z. Take that time. What's the harm? When you do that visualization exercise, you connect to something greater than yourself. You connect to that higher self. Your inner knowing, your intuition you connect, and what you will show yourself on that inner.

we'll give you answers to what you should go towards or not go towards with your pivot. So tune in. You already have all the answers for you. I repeat, you already have all the answers for you, but the matter of trusting them. Another idea for your pivot is to have contingency plans. And I don't mean like a backup plan, like, oh my God, if I ruin my pivot, uh, everything's horrible.

I gotta go back to X, Y, Z thing that I used to. ? No. Just a contingency plan of if then, so say the pivot is, I'm gonna move to Beverly Hills and I'm gonna be an actress. Yeah. Okay. If I don't get hired in a, a big Hollywood production right away, then what will I do? If I can't find a good roommate out there in la then what will I.

If I'm priced out of the housing market, then what would I do? Whatever the thing is. Just have your common sense contingency plan because although yes, it is lofty and beautiful and I'm following my DMA and all that, you're still in reality and we have to have this nice written plan. Just like you had earlier I said of your why, your goals and the reasoning behind it all, that the contingency plan is part of that, so you are fully connected and protected.

X, Y, Z happens. Then I'm gonna do a abc. And the most important part of your pivot is knowing that you can always pivot again. I'm gonna say something that I say to so many clients all the time, and that is, your life is eternally editable, period. If you are alive, you can change your.  and again, and again and again.

You are not stuck in one place. You are multifaceted. You have so many ways you can go. You're not just one thing, and it is totally okay for you to explore all the options available to you. And it's totally okay for you to outgrow a place where you once were and people you once knew things, you once had, people, places things, all the nouns.

It's safe for you to outgrow all the. And say, thank you for what you have shown me. Thank you for how you helped me grow. Thank you for all the lessons and I'm still gonna move forward and pivot in this new direction. Now, saying goodbye to one timeline isn't negating that timeline. You learned what you needed to learn.

You got what you needed to get, and now you're moving on. It's just like, you know, you graduate elementary.  and then you graduate middle school and then you graduate high school and then you graduate college, then you graduate grad school or however, how you go in your education, that graduation doesn't negate those four years before.

It's acknowledging it and then saying, okay, now I'm onto this.  On my personal gratitude lists, I often write down how grateful I am for options and.  because I remember and recognize that this is new for this black woman in America to have the amount of options and choices that I have.

And it is a blessing. Even in our parents' generation, they had way less options, way less choices than we do, and the ways that you could reach success in any area, we're we're more limited. And my goal is that my children will have even more options and choices than I. . Some of that just comes with the changing of times, right?

We have like whole ass computers that fit in our pocket. . We can run a business from a little computer in our pocket,  right? Technology access, the gatekeepers being gone. Shout to Lamar, Tyler on that one. But there's also the options and choices that comes from this intrinsic desire to explore, to create, to see, be, do, have.

And there's a freedom that allows. To have those options and choices that our ancestors, depending on who your ancestors were, did not have.

So you owe it to yourself and to your ancestors to pivot when you feel like pivoting. I'm still grateful that I have all of that desire, capacity, ability, that you have, that desire, that capacity, that ability, and you're creating it for yourself and that is beautiful. You are creating a beautiful. So pivot as often and as necessary as you need to to get there.

Cha, I think that's where I should stop cuz that sounded good. That sounded good. I gotta go listen to that cause I feel like I just said some shit. . Um, I love you. Here's to your pivot. Here's to manifesting a beautiful life. I hope this hit for you. If it did, please leave me a comment. Tag me at the Danny Foust on Instagram.

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