Young and Profiting with Hala Taha - Sarah Centrella: Manifest Your Future | E124

Episode Date: July 26, 2021

Do you struggle to live authentically? In this episode, we are chatting with Sarah Centrella, best-selling author and the premier manifesting expert. She is a two-time bestselling author of Hustle Believe Receive and #FutureBoards and the creator of #FutureBoards, and the #HBRMethod. As a Master Life Coach, Sarah has worked with professional athletes, celebrities and thousands of people around the world, helping them create and manifest their dream life. ​As a sought-after keynote speaker, Sarah has shared the stage with Ed Mylett, Alex Rodriguez, Sheri Salata, Joan Lunden, Lori Harder, Bravo’s Dianne Valentine, the cast of WAGS on E! and many others. Sarah has been featured by: The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Cosmopolitan, Girls Life Magazine, Women’s World, The New York Times, Inc. Magazine, OK! Good Morning America and many others. In today’s episode, we discuss the most pivotal moment in Sarah’s life, how she recovered from her life falling apart, and the way she first realized the power of manifestation. We’ll also discuss the power of your dreams, how to create a future board (and why it’s better than a vision board), and how to break out of a negative cycle. If you’re looking to get into manifesting your reality, this is a must-listen! Sponsored by -    Credit Karma. Go to creditkarma.com/podcast to learn more and find offers tailored just for you.    Setapp. Head over to setapp.com to try Setapp free for a week. Social Media:  Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting Reach out to Hala directly at [e-mail] Follow Hala on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Follow Hala on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala Follow Hala on Clubhouse: @halataha Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com     Timestamps:   00:03:10 - The Most Pivotal Point in Sarah’s Life 00:09:32 - How Sarah Knew She Had to Leave Her Marriage 00:11:32 - The Ways Sarah Picked Up The Pieces of Her Life 00:15:13 - How Sarah Noticed She Was Manifesting Reality 00:19:16 - The Point Where Sarah Decided To Write a Book 00:28:05 - The Eight Steps to The HBR Method and How To Dream 00:34:15 - The Power of Your Dreams 00:38:08 - How Your Envision Your Future 00:42:51 - Vision Boards Versus Future Boards 00:45:55 - The Five Categories of Vision Boards 00:49:28 - The Most Incredible Thing Sarah Has Manifested 00:56:43 - How To Break a Cycle  01:00:19 - Sarah’s Secret to Profiting in Life     Mentioned In The Episode: Sarah’s Website: https://www.sarahcentrella.com/ Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahcentrella/ Sarah’s Book: https://www.sarahcentrella.com/my-books     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm your host, Halataha, and on Young and Profiting podcast, we investigate a new topic each week and interview some of the brightest minds in the world. My goal is to turn their wisdom into actionable advice that you can use in your everyday life, no matter your age, profession, or industry. There's no fluff on this podcast, and that's on purpose. I'm here to uncover value from my guests

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Masterlife Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Manifestation Expert. As a Masterlife Coach, Sarah has worked with professional athletes, celebrities, and thousands of people around the world helping them create and manifest their dream life. Sarah has appeared on ABC News, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS, The New York Times, OK Magazine, and so many others. She's a founder of HBR University, a life coaching program. And her first book, Hussle Believe Receive, was based on her 8th step

HBR method, the guide to changing your life and living your dreams. Sarah is also the creator of Future Boards, her 10x an actionable version of a vision board. Her latest book Future Boards explains how to identify and create your ideal future with intention and shows you step-by-step how to create a fabulous board worthy of your wildest dreams so you can use it to upgrade your entire life. In today's episode, Sarah and I will discuss the most pivotal moment in her life, how she recovered from her marriage falling apart, and how she first realized the power of manifestation. We'll also cover the proper way to create a future board and how to

break out of negative cycles. If you're looking to manifest your reality, this episode is for you. Hey Sarah, welcome to Young and Profiting Podcast. Thanks so much for having me. I am really looking forward to this hall. I thank you. Of course, me too. So let's start off from your beginnings. Now you are a best-selling author. You've been on so many different TV shows, podcasts. A lot of people may be familiar with you,

but they might not know your entire backstory. So I would love to talk about one of the most pivotal points in your life, which was the day that you found out some really unfortunate news. And you got, and you saw a text message on your husband's phone, and it changed the trajectory of your life forever. So I'd like to start off with that story because I feel like that was a huge pivotal moment in your life that kind of sets the ground for the rest of the story.

Absolutely. It's, it was the day my world blew up. Literally like a bomb exploded in my life and every piece of my life exploded at about 10 minutes. At the time I had been married to my high school sweetheart, we had been together since we were 16 years old. We had three kids. We had twins that were just over a year and then our son was five and a half and you know, I had become a stay-at-home mom because I had the twins and all of that. We just lost our house and the you know, real estate bubble. So things were already, you know, we were already kind of going through it and the day that I read that text message just changed everything. And it

was, you know, obviously from his mistress. And I'll never forget what it said. It said, I can't wait till you're all mine. Finally free and no more sharing. Wow. And it was like, wow, thanks universe for the perfect message that was like told me as a woman pretty much everything I needed to know, right? Like all the info was there. You can really back out of that one. And so yeah, he was in the shower. I went in, turned the water off of the shower, I said, get the, you know, wet out. And he did. And within like 10 minutes, it was just like this crazy explosion for lack of better word. And I just remember like that night was obviously a very black time in my life.

And I'd been like crying. I was like literally laying on the hardwood floor. And I just kept on thinking, oh my god, what do I do tomorrow? How do I get up? How do I feed my kids? It just back then there was no social media. Actually didn't even know he knew how to tax. That was also shocking, right?

Because it was before iPhones, you know, it was like, this is old school. And so, you know, we didn't have the social networks we have today. And I didn't know anyone who is divorced. I didn't know any single moms. And it seems insane. I know for all of us to think back that far,

but that's what life was like. You couldn't connect with your people online. It was just the people you knew in real life. And so it felt very terrifying and alone and kind of felt like I was the only person this was happening to. And so in that kind of blackness, I just remember thinking like, I can't do this. I really can't do this.

I was running all the scenarios in my head and I just didn't see a way. And there was kind of a moment and you can call it whatever you want into a shinn, God universe, whatever. But there was this moment where it just was clear as day that came back and just said, like, what if you can. And I have to say like those two words, what if have been a pivotal transformational thing for me, I think, because they gave me hope when I didn't have it. They gave me like the possibility that something could you know work out. It didn't tell me how to do it, damn it. But you know, at least gave me the option to start thinking about like if I could make this work, how would I do it? So that really started everything for me.

It's so important to have that like one little sliver of hope, because that could just multiply into a whole new life, which you saw. I want to get into that statement one off in a bit, but first I want to dig deeper in terms of your situation. So you were actually a stay at home mom at the time. You weren't even working. I think you guys had just filed for bankruptcy. So you guys were not even in a good financial situation, even with two incomes, or I guess one income, which was your husband's income.

And so you must have felt like, what the hell am I going to do? I have three mouths to feed. I don't have a place to live. I'm not generating any income. I feel alone. Nobody else I know is going through this. And I put all my eggs in one basket and here I am. Right? And I think a lot of women get into that situation where they put all their eggs in one basket. Yeah. And then they're stuck. It is so true. And I think for me, I was almost shocked to find out I was in that situation because I'm very type A, you know, I would say in our relationship, I was probably the leader in the relationship, you know, I made most of the decisions. And so to find myself in a position where it just so happened that the bank accounts

had got in his name. I mean, those were decisions I was part of so I can't you know blame it on him It was just for whatever reason for the bankruptcy or whatever and the car was in his name And kind of as I was starting to run through like okay, what do I do now? That's what I really realized like holy shit. This is not good and you know when you're married you think it's a Tell death to us part situation you don't really think of a backup plan and And when you're married, you think it's a tell death to us part situation.

You don't really think of a backup plan. And I think that was a shock to me. I really did not think that I was going to be ever in that desperate of a situation. And like you said, we had just filed bankruptcy. So imagine trying to get an apartment with no job, no income, and a brand new bankruptcy. Oh, and a foreclosure.

So, you know, who's gonna rent you? So just things like that, it was terrifying to be quite honest. I did not have any income coming in, did not have access to his income. You know, I remember the next day, like taking back hands to get formula, it was not a cute look.

Sold everything I owned, you know, to get enough for, was not a cute look. Sold everything I owned, you know, to get enough for to move into an apartment. So yeah, I mean, I think now I'm always reminding women, you know, take care of your finances too. It's fine if you want to merge them, but you should always have access to, you know, your money or your finances as well, you know, you never know what life can throw you. 100%. And so you left right away, which I think is really impressive, because I think a lot of people who are in that situation, men or women, when they find out that their spouse is cheating on them, especially if they're not the ones who've cheated and they didn't know it was coming, their first reaction is, how do I save this? How do I save this marriage? You were with him for 16 years, eight of them married. So how did you just know? Like, oh, this just needs to be cold

turkey. I'm out. Because that's a strong, like that took somebody who's really mentally strong to do that. I know a lot of people who've been cheated on who kind of stick around and they let it it ends in the end. It always ends in the end. It really works. It really works. It really works. So I think I've been asked that a lot since then. And I think it just never crossed my mind. Because for us having been together since we were sophomores

in high school, when that young infidelity is like the old, you kiss a girl at the end of the world or whatever, you know what I mean? And so I think probably that had something to do with it being, you know, each other's kind of one and only that there was just no other option in my head at all. Like, no, nothing else, man, it was just like, are you serious? So you're living a totally different life that I don't know about. We don't come back from this. And now 13 years later, having worked with thousands of women, I've heard my story

repeated from women all the time, right? Millions of women have been through very, very similar situation. And like you said, lots of them do stay and try and work it out. And now after working with somebody and seeing what the statistics are, I mean, I've never second guessed that decision. And of course, looking back, it was the pivotal point of every good thing

that's happened to me in my life. Like everything I'm most proud of in my life came after that. It's so true. And I can relate. It's like anytime I've ever failed or really fallen off the horse and I was rejected or didn't get the job that I deserved or you know I almost had a show on MTV. They pulled the plug after they filmed all summer and I was felt like somebody died. That's when I've made the best choices in my life because when you have nothing to lose,

you seem to dream even bigger because there's nothing else to lose and you get to kind of start from a clean slate and be who you want to be and kind of create your own path. And so I know that you did that. So talk to us about how you started to pick up the pieces. Like what are the first steps that you started to do? You were at ground zero. You had almost nothing and a lot of responsibility. So what did you do to kind of get yourself

back up on your feet? Yeah, and I think to your point, hitting rock bottom does free you, whether it's rock bottom or whether it's something traumatic, like losing something you really, really put your hopes in. It frees you in a way. Like you're like, okay, well, the worst case scenario just happened.

Obviously I can't hide that. People are gonna see that. So might as well just embrace what's going on in my life and move forward. And I think for me it really gave me total freedom because things were so dire and so dramatic really that first year that I didn't have any space to handle anyone's opinion, like I didn't care at all anymore. I was like, if you have an issue with what's going on, then you try and live this life, because this is survival, right?

And in so many ways that gave me a ton of freedom because I started realizing, okay, I have to literally reinvent myself, create a brand new life from total scratch. So that got me thinking. It was kind of like, what did I imagine my life would be like when I was a teenager or when I was a kid? All those dreams that I had that I kind of shelved through my marriage, I was like, you know, maybe I start dreaming again.

And that was really kind of the very first thing I did. I did it almost as I think a coping mechanism to because kind of like the day to day was was honestly really bleak for a while. And so to kind of take my mind off it, I just started day dreaming about what I wanted. But, you know, best case scenario, maybe kind of feel good. It just helped me kind of get through the day, started imagining like, well, if I'm successful, what does that mean?

And like, could I travel with my kids? And where would we go? And what would our house look like? And all of those things. And I think a lot of people are scared to do that, especially if they're not in a great position, because they think it's gonna make them feel worse, right? But everything is perspective.

And for me, it did the opposite. It gave me hope. It made me think like, Hey, if I can imagine it in my mind and that makes me feel better, then maybe there's a 1% chance I could live it. And for me, a 1% chance was huge. You know, I was all in on the 1% because I was like, because I knew what the alternative was. Either I could see here and continue living this at home or I could build and have a shot.

Have a shot at something different. And that was the first thing I did. The second thing I did that was really kind of pivotal that I teach now is I started when I finally got a job. I started translating because I've been imagining this life in my head for quite a while. And we all do this. We all have the capability of doing this. When you're thinking about anything you want,

it turns to visuals in your head, right? Your head kind of needs to put some parameters around it. And so it becomes what I call a movie in your head. And so I started just going on Google and started looking for the pictures that matched the movie in my head. And so I started just going on Google and sort of looking for the pictures that matched the movie in my head. And that wanted to be my very first YouTube board and the start of just everything changing. Yeah, I love that story. So she got a job as an inside sales rep her first job. And one

of the first thing she did was plaster photos and pictures of her dreams and her cubicle. So that's what she sat and looked at eight hours a day and then some of those things started to manifest. So she talked to us about when you first started realizing that all this that you were doing thinking about your dreams, you know, looking at your dreams, talked us about when you first started noticing that you were actually manifesting things into reality. Yeah, I did. My entire cube was covered. I, you know, people used to come by and be like,

what's going on over here? And I was, to me, like I said, it made me happy. It made me more motivated than kind of looking at, oh, hit this quota or whatever, because I was starting to translate. What it would mean if I hit the quota. I was like, hey, if I hit that quota, I can take my send a Hawaii, you know, for vacation. That would be amazing. We could swim in turtles like when that'd be cool, right? So as soon as they started doing

that, it was like flipping a magic switch. It was really crazy. So it did two things. One was it started creating naturally because there's looking at it and kind of imagining the moments throughout the day, that started creating a natural motivation in me, right? It's almost like a fire that gets stoked all day long. And so the more that fire was stoked, the more I was like, oh my god, I have to get this, like I will find a way, right? So that means I'm working extra hard. That means I'm bringing in more deals. That means I'm doing, you know, 1% more, 10% more than everybody else. I'm staying up late nights,

you know, learning the product or whatever. So I want to be clear that it's not about just like sitting on a couch and, you know, wanting to win the lottery. This is very, very different. This is very personal. So once you've kind of identified what it is that you want and you start obsessing about it and you start thinking about it, it does this magical thing and it turns on your fire and it pulls you every single day to your dreams. And about a year and a half after he left, so about a year after I made the board, my...

You kicked him out. He didn't leave. Let's be... Exactly. Let's be straight about that. Yes, yes. My first big, big manifestation came to life, which was I had had the center of the board, a picture of Times Square. And I had written on the picture, New York City, baby.

And about a year after that, I was in New York on a business trip. My first kind of all expense paid week long business trip for a conference in New York. And I was having a stranger take my picture. And all of a sudden it just felt very deja vuée. And I was like, wait a second. What is happening?

And that was kind of the first moment that I was like, holy crap. Like this started as a thought back before I even had a job. You know, so it was kind of that moment where I knew it wasn't random. I also knew other people could look at it and be like, yeah, that's called a business trip.

Lots of people have them and I was like, hmm, this is different. I just knew that I had made it happen in whatever way. And that got me on a quest to figure out how to do it. More and more and more. I love the story of your transformation. It's so inspirational because now you're like a best-selling author.

Like I mentioned, like you've appeared on so many different television shows and podcasts, you know, you've made such a name for yourself and it happened fairly quickly. And I look back to even my journey with Young and Profiting Podcast. Like I started three years ago. I would have never thought that I would be on the cover of Podcast Magazine, you know, three years into my journey. Like, just so much.

It's just all starting with one dream, hard work, consistency, like, you know, and then before you know it, you're like, I just achieved something that I literally thought would be near impossible. And you manifest it, you know, you just, and like you said, it takes a lot of hard work. It's not sitting on your butt and daydreaming. It's actually hustling, and I want to talk about your first book because you've got this HBR method, Hustle Believe Receive. I'd love for you to help us understand how you got to the point where you were ready to write a book. How did that happen? Because to write a book and get picked up, you need to have some sort of a following, and people need to be interested in you unless you just

did it independent. So I'd love to hear that. So that first board, this was like 2010, I, a bunch of stuff started coming to life right after the New York. I mean, we're talking in three months, about 15 things on my board came to life. So, you know, I went from completely having nothing, being on food stamps to, I was box seats at Nick's games, and like, you know, just living this crazy, crazy alternative life that I was kind of felt a little bit like Cinderella, like trapped into someone else's life, you know. And that's when I kind of started sharing it.

I was like, oh, you should, And that's when I kind of started sharing it. I was like, oh, you should, like something that I'm doing is working. And this is, you know, when I put it out, and this is, and I started doing side-by-side pictures. Because I never thought it would work. I'm going to be honest. I never thought it would work. I put the pictures up because they made me feel good. So when it started working, I was like, no one's gonna believe this. What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?

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What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? So on Pinterest, if anyone wants to go see a tons of examples on my reality board on Pinterest, because I just thought no one will ever believe that. It will be too crazy. So I kind of started doing it as a proof log, almost turned into a blog, and people around the world started reading it and reaching out to me. So I kind of started, you mentioned SideHussell in the beginning of our conversation when we were off air. And I, man, I did the Side Hustle for a long time.

I kind of did it. The blog as just my own release. I didn't think much of it. I was working full-time in corporate, taking care of my little kids, you know. And the blog was kind of a release, but it really took off. And it had about four million views a year.

By the time I was like, okay, I've got to turn this into something. That was huge back then. Yeah, I was a big number back then. And it came to this place where I wasn't a necessity because I was responding to so many of the same type of questions, right? And I was like, dude, I just need like, hand over the length of like, here's all the answers or whatever. And so on a treadmill one day, I was like, oh my god,

it's the HBR method. What are the steps I took? And I ran home and I worked out the eight steps. And then I thought, who's gonna, who's gonna listen to me? I'm a single mom from Oregon, like, and I started reaching out to my network. And by then I had made some amazing connections with some super successful people. And so there's 50 stories of people from professional athletes, staunch bnoirs, to millionaires,

to people just starting out on their dreams. And it turns out we've all done the same things. Those eight steps showed up in every one of our stories. So that's what I knew. I was like, okay, we're on this up then here, because it's pretty magical. Yeah, would it be too hard for you to rattle off those eight steps?

Do you know them by heart? So yeah, we start out with a dream, just like I did, right? You have to have a dream. You have to know where you're going before anything can happen. So start visualizing whatever your outcome is. And here's the cool part, the HDR method, how I teach it mostly is for your whole life.

But the awesome thing is you can use it for one specific thing. So I use the whole method to run a marathon as a non-runner. So you can use it for both, right? So dream it. And then number two is think it. You gotta watch your mindset.

And people talk a lot about mindset right now. But very few people are teaching you how to permanently change your mindset and to change your belief system. And I feel honestly, like, I've kind of cracked the code on that. I use three very basic, simple, simple tools that work incredibly well, that help you align your mindset with your dreams. They're both going in the same direction. And then number three is say it.

So guys, girls, you gotta watch your words, man, because your words are so predictive. They are so, so, so predictive. And then we have write it. So I know most of your listeners are successful probably, so they're writing down their goals because that's statistically one of the things that all successful people do, right?

They write those down. And I kind of break that down into a plan as well, like, okay, now what do I do? I have this big, huge dream, but there's a big gap between where I am today and where I want to go. So what are some things I can start kind of moving the needle on? And then five is see it.

So that's where our future board comes in. We're really turning all of that work into visuals so that it's around us. And then we have do it. Okay, what do I start doing today? How do I start making this dream happen? And then seven is believe it. And really, and believe it, if you've done all these steps,

by the time you get there, you do believe that it's possible. You are all in. So believe it is really about how we manage the things that could destroy our confidence or destroy our belief and in our ability to make it happen, which are like our crew, the people around us, right? And how to get through a diversity, how to overcome an obstacle. And then our last one is live it. So how do we continue to up our game all the time, right? So that we understand this is not the destination, it's not the achievement of the one thing. It is a lifetime commitment to upleveling yourself and constantly living

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So there's a lot of people out there. First of all, I love the fact that this is like so actionable. A lot of people talk manifestation, but they give no kind of guide to how to get there. So you've made it really actionable in your first book, Hustle Believe Received. So you guys should all go check that out. And you've got tons of articles out there about this topic. So I would encourage everybody to go check out those resources. But I have a few questions in terms of some of these specific steps. First of all, there's a lot of people out there who have trouble with step one, which is dreaming. They're

pessimistic, they're realistic. They've been taught that being unrealistic is bad and that they need to kind of stay in their lane. It's almost like they've been programmed since they were younger to believe that, you know, the biggest goal you could have is like to be a lawyer or a doctor or something, you know, and like anything outside of that is just so ambitious, it's wrong. And they're afraid to dream because they're judging themselves by these internal beliefs and then they're also afraid of other people judging themselves for dreaming too big. And truth be told, when you do have ambitious dreams, when I first wanted to start a podcast, everybody told me I was

crazy. Everybody told me it will never, it will never work. You already tried this once before, you failed. Everybody told me that I was ruining my career and that how could you ruin, you know, people would die for your job that you have, how could you be so selfish? And I just ignored them. And I'm so glad that I did because otherwise, I would not be following my passions right now.

You know, and so it does go against the green and bad. So talk to us about how we start off with step one, just the simplest step, which is dream and being okay with dreaming. Yeah, you're so right. And I think that came up a lot for me in the second book because by then I'd been doing a ton of coaching and workshops. And I remember distinctly I was in one workshop

and I was having everybody do this exercise. This meant to help you dream big because like you said, lots of people can't, right? So, you know, by them answering these questions on their big what ifs, it kind of helps break the box out a little bit. And I'm a natural dreamer. I think if you are a natural dreamer, you know you are, right?

You've probably been told that your whole life. And so I was like, isn't this the best thing ever? And I got this total 50, 50 response, where half the audience was like, isn't this the best thing ever? And I got this total 50, 50 response, where half the audience was like, yes, I could have written forever. The other half was that was horrible. Like, that was terrifying. You know, I felt very uncomfortable, whatever.

And that was the moment I realized that for the most part, people kind of fall into, you know, two groups. One is a thinker, which is kind of more the analytical, you know, loves to spreadsheet, loves to Google, with that type. And then the other can be any spectrum of the dreamer to the point where they have never achieved anything in the only dream, or they hopefully can kind of meet in the middle. And so that became a very big deal. Once I kind of realized that then I understood how to teach the skill set to each group because we have to have both. You had to have both in order to get where you're at, right? You had to have the vision, which was strong enough to get you through any obstacles or native, you know, feedback.

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so that you can accomplish things. I feel like it's so true. There's so many people out there who dream and never get anything done who think to the point of inaction and don't ever start anything. But you need to figure out how to get better at those specific skills,

because they are life skills. And I think they're honestly some of the most important life skills that often don't get talked about. There's other parts to this eight steps that I want to dig in. A couple of those steps are all about saying it out loud, seeing it with the future boards that you were talking about. We're going to start getting into your second book, Future Boards, as we talk about all

this stuff. What's the importance of actually saying it out loud, seeing what you're thinking about? Why do we need to kind of make it real in that way? What does that do to us mentally or how does that impact us? Well, there's two really powerful parts to our words, right, to say it. The first part is most people are going about their life speaking into their life, all the outcomes they actually do not want. So they're saying things like, you know, what if I fail, what if, you know, no one shows up for me blah, blah, blah. So they're actually giving voice to those fears, sometimes over and over and over again,

or they're complaining or whatever. So that whole piece of it, I'm going to call that the negative side, right? We got to shut that down as equally as we need to then start proactively speaking about outcomes we want. And that part can be scary again, if, especially if you're a dreamer and you've shared dreams with people in your life honestly they probably don't want to hear it anymore so that's great let's not tell them anymore let's show them let's make it happen let's let our actions speak for themselves and then let's

find a couple like mine and people who I can kind of verbalize my dreams with that can help give me ideas right but a couple amazing things happen when we start talking about our dreams, especially in the right circles, it starts to open opportunities, right? You never know if the person, you know, you're talking to at the airport about what you do, you know, has the connection that you've been kind of waiting for. So that doesn't happen if you're keeping it all to yourself, if you're afraid to kind of verbalize it. Also, you do not get that accountability if you're not willing to say it, right? So for you, you know, back when you started your podcast, you can have the idea, you can kind of work silently at a certain point. You got to tell people you have a podcast,

right? You got to put it out there. You got to really like own it. And that can be a very scary step for a lot of people. So there's lots of ways to quote unquote say it. Back in the day, I used social media because I didn't really have a crew. But I knew that if I put something on social media and said I was gonna do it, it was end of story. Like there was no way.

There was no way I was gonna like eat crow on that. Like it's accountability. I did it with my podcast. I remember in front of all my coworkers, we were saying our New Year's resolution, and then I announced it. I was starting a podcast, and then I wrote it on social media and I announced it.

And that was my count. I knew I was doing that on purpose because I knew that I would stick with it. So something that I don't really do is vision boards. I've never done it. I've never actually, you inspired me. I was thinking, I'm gonna make a future board now after reading your material.

I love it. And I do a lot of speaking into existence. I always say stuff like, oh, I'm gonna be the female Tim Ferriss. And I always said that. I'm gonna be the next Gary Vee in terms of my agency. Or people call me the next Oprah. And I'll say that now. And that's kind of my way, or people call me the next Oprah, and I'll say that now. And that's kind of my way of envisioning the future.

I'm actually not very good at envisioning what I'm gonna be when I'm 45 years old. I have no idea because if you had asked me last year, I would have been like, no way. You know what I mean? All this is not gonna happen. A lot of this podcast goes really happened in one year. Like, we're just blew up.

And so, I guess, how do you get better at visioning far out in the future? Like, I can tell you what my goals are for this year and maybe the next three years. But then further than that, it gets really foggy. And I almost am worried about putting myself in a box. I know manifestation is so powerful and I don't want to only manifest just something small.

I wanted to be as big as possible. So I almost feel scared to kind of manifest anything because I might be putting a limit on myself. Because for example, if you asked me last year, do you think your podcast would be, get X amount of downloads? I would have been like, no way that's impossible. I only get this amount right now.

So to 2,000X, it makes no sense not going to happen. Like, you know, yeah, yeah. No, that's such a good point. And I think, especially when you have exponential growth, right? Growth that happens really quickly, which is very similar to that first future board for me, right? It was all of a sudden. It was like a kind of woke up.

And I would say about 70% of that board came to life within about a year. So, and there was crazy stuff on there. And now everything on that board has manifested, except for Oprah. So that original board, everything but one picture has come to life. And so I think it's really important. That's why I teach people to do this work every single year. If not every six months, honestly, I think every six months and tell you really get it down, because you have to push yourself, right? And if you sat down and did your first board, your brain has certain limits to various things, right? And in your career specifically,

that's probably the place you've pushed the limits the most because you think about it the things, right? And in your career specifically, that's probably the place you've pushed the limits the most because you think about it the most, right? And so you're starting to kind of imagine, oh, you know, what if this became a syndicated talk show, what if I had books, what, you know, it's your starting to kind of see some possibly where it can go. So if you can identify those,

the ones that are the most unrealistic is what I want you to go with. Like go with the ones that you're like, I see no path to that shit. I have no idea how that's happening, right? So because that's perfect, because that means that you've stretched the limit. It's like a balloon, right?

You hit the limit. But if you're around that picture and thinking about, oh, what would it be like? The first day I'm filming my show and, you know, like I'm in the makeup chair and the lights go on and the audience is out there. And you're starting to live these moments, right?

That creates desire, that creates fire, that creates, I'm gonna start thinking about it, I'm gonna start talking about it, the opportunities are gonna start coming, right? Yeah, wait, I wanna pause there because what you're saying, this is a big important part. You wanna actually have a story. You want to pretend you are the movie director of your own movie and actually think about being in the situation. Just not the end goal, like I want to

be on the Oprah show. What's that lead up to being on the Oprah show? Like you said, getting ready, getting your makeup done, making it feel more real. Why is that so powerful having that story? Oh my God. Thank you so much for catching that because it is everything. So what I teach is moments and experiences over things. So old school vision boards would have, you know, a picture of a mansion, a picture of a sports car or whatever, right? Random stuff.

I don't care about that. I want you to a sports car, whatever, right? Random stuff. I don't care about that. I want you to build the whole life out, right? Because as soon as you start imagining a moment, our natural brain begins to get a motion attached to it, right? And begins to get desire and want, and all of the emotions you need to get this whole thing moving, right? And if you just have a random picture of something, it does not do that at all. Or even if you just have the written goal, I want a talk show, let's say, and I have no idea if this is your vlog, just kind of making it up, right? But let's say that is, and you've written it down, that's a very different and it's very static, right? It's a sentence, basically, right? But as soon as you start walking through moments

and taking the time to create moments and really thinking about, okay, if I just signed a deal for a talk show, what would be happening in my life today? My phone would be ringing off the hook. I'd be working with Wardrobe. I'd be working with producers to figure out what guests are gonna be on,

what shows would I be going on to talk about that? So, literally your life changes. People don't think about any of this stuff, right? They just say, I want this goal. I want to check this goal. You have to really start building it as a day in the life almost. As soon as you start to do that, you'll know immediately if that dreams for you or not, right? Because if you can walk through what it would be like to be the host of a nationally syndicated talk show, let's say, in your head, and by the time you walk through the whole day, you're on fire and you're like, oh my God, cannot wait. I see the whole thing of a super excited, or you're like, man, that just is not going

to be my jam. I want to go a different way. Maybe I want to write a book, right? So there's a beautiful thing that happens when you can construct any dream into a moment, into a visual. It helps you from day one custom build it, truly. Yeah. So let's stick on building the perfect future board

and kind of the do's and don'ts. And first of all, why don't you talk about the difference between a traditional vision board? Because I think everybody has heard of that and a future board. What's the difference there? Yeah, so there's so many. But one of the biggest, biggest ones is vision boards, the way that they've been done for 40 years, hasn't really changed that much, right? Until future words.

You just cut out some magazine pictures and put it out my husband project. Yeah, yeah. So if you think about that from a logical perspective and you know what you want in your head, right? You have some dreams identified in your head. And let's say you went to Barnes and Ability bought out every single magazine on the stand

and you spent 500 bucks on magazines. What is the chance that your dreams, It burns the nobility but out every single magazine on the stand and you spent 500 bucks on magazines. What is the chance that your dreams, your life that you've created in your head is going to show up on those pages for you to cut out? Like zero, right? You know, that's basically like turning our dreams over to editors and magazines. That's insane. So how we teach future boards is Pinterest is the largest photography, search, engine, library

on the planet. What I love about Pinterest pictures is that for the most part, you can definitely find them anyway. They convey a moment. They convey an emotion. They convey an action. And so let's say I want to manifest the love of my life, and I want to get married or something, right? Again, rather than just writing those words down, where it stays very static, I want to start thinking, what does love look like to me? What are some

visuals that I think of when I think of actually being in the relationship and how love is expressed on a day-to-day basis. So I go on Pinterest that I'm like, couple holding hands, photography, which is the big trick right there. And you start to see all of these images that are starting to click with your brain, right? Because your brain had it first. And so what your brain is looking for on the screen

is its match. It's almost like memory match, right? And you'll know it when you see it. And when you do, you're like, ah, that's my moment. That's the one I'd take a picture of if I was living it, right? It expresses the feeling. And so it changes everything. I mean, that right there alone is so vastly different than anything we were doing 40 years ago with vision boards. So if every picture on there conveys a moment you want to live that is authentic to who you are, that you know is aligned with your happiness, and that is the biggest version of your dream, then you wind up with a visual that you know might have just behind me as

you can see here that you're surrounded with all day long that has a constant reminder of what you're working towards. This is the life you're building. This is why it matters. And it just changes everything. It custom creates your life and it brings these moments and these experiences into your life in the most magical and surprising ways as you're working towards your dreams.

And so I know that you also divide everything up into like five categories, right? And you've got other dues and notes, like don't use quotes and things like that. So talk to us about some of those things. Yeah, so the five categories are really important. This is kind of how I know when people are tagging me on social, if it's actually a future

board, if they're following the rules or not. Because I believe that we actually can live a balance life, I believe that we can have it all and I believe that we should. But it doesn't just happen. It's like everything else. It has to be intentional and we have to first decide what it is we want. and we have to first decide what it is we want. So one of the categories is mind and body. What are my goals and aspirations around how I physically look and take care of myself? Also, how am I feeding my brain? How am I relaxing my brain?

Those things are equally as important. They hold the same weight as our career category, which is where you can put all of your ambitions. So, that's a great place to put cover of magazine or whatever some of your goals are. And then our wealth and abundance is much more about when money is absolutely no object. How do I spend that money? So, I'm looking at it top down versus I want, I want, I want.

So, we're looking at it from a abundance mindset and saying, how does that abundance show up for me, which is different for every single person, right? And see, we have passions and joys, which is one that most people don't spend any time really focusing on, but is super important for stress relief, for practicing happiness. And that's all about doing the little things that, you know, a lot of times we wouldn't put weight behind. For me, it's photography or cooking or writing a horse or whatever. So it's kind of what we used to maybe call hobbies in the old days,

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manifestation is that like you haven't said like the word universe one time. Like you don't really talk about it in spiritual terms, like it's really about inspiring yourself. Yeah, in fact, I have to say like after that first board came to life, then I started kind of looking around and seeing what was out there, and I did not resonate with any of the stuff out there. I was like, what the? Like, I'm not a new AG person, I'm not into, you know, kind of all of that stuff. And I didn't see anybody kind of breaking it down in real terms. Like, how does a real person do this? And so for me, it's always been really important

because I don't think it's mystical, honestly. I think it's a formula for success that's been around since the dawn of time that every successful person I've ever met does these things. They figured out how to do these things and they do them naturally. But guess what? If you've never done any of them, you can get the formula, follow it step by step, and you'll get those same results. So that was really important to me to be able to like, break it down in a normal way

that like a five year old could get it, and you just start applying it, and it freaking works. Like it works crazy. So yeah. Yeah, I'd love to, okay, so you just touch it on a point and it freaking works, like it works crazy. So yeah. Yeah, I'd love to, okay, so you just touch on a point that it works crazy.

So I'd love to hear like, what's the craziest thing that you've manifested so far, that like you can't believe that like you thought of it, you put it on your future board and it came true. What's an example of like a crazy thing that happened? Oh my God, so, so, so many. I'll give you just a couple of the highlights and then I'll finish with a very special one right now. So, I would say, most far-fetched one, if you will, was flying on a private jet. I put that on my second or third board. Because at that point,

I had run out of things, you know, however, I talked about dreaming big. I had pushed the, like I'd pop the balloon. I didn't know where else dreaming big. I had pushed the, like I had popped the balloon. I didn't know where else to go. I was like, man, I literally can't think of anything else. Because so much manifested, I manifested three boards in about two and a half years. So like my life was dramatically different. So I was like, okay, I'm gonna put the one thing

that I truly think will never happen on my board. And if this happens, then I know I'm kind of a matter of. And that happened probably less than a year. I want to say like eight or nine months after I put it on there. Yeah. Had my first flight on a private jet. But I mean, everything from getting two traditional book deals. I mean, my latest book was in Target's nationwide

and was published by Simon and Schuster. Those are all things that I was a girl who taught myself to read at 15 years old and had this blog that was full of misspellings and all kinds of stuff. So something as crazy as that, that everyone said there's no way. You're gonna get that.

That was a big one. But one that's really, really special to me is my son manifesting his ultimate dream. I started taking him to Oregon Duck Games. We live in Oregon when he was six years old and he has had his room covered in organ duck stuff since Tito Six years old. And on Saturday, I moved him down to Eugene, and he is playing football for the organ ducks. Wow. Yesterday, he was sharing all the pictures of the first time he walked through the tunnel, and on to this, yes. And I have a video of him at seven years old,

you know, standing by the tunnel, watching the players walk through and there's a locker in the Yovo-Duk locker room with his name on it. So, I mean, that's honestly the one that means the most, because, you know, it's amazing to manifest your own stuff, but to watch your kid manifest their ultimate dream is there's not that one. That's amazing. That makes me feel like crying. I don't know why. It's just a beautiful story.

I've been crying for three days, trust me. I don't know why. Why does that make me so emotional with it? It's so great. I think the real lesson in here is that there's nothing called luck. It's like luck is just like you create your own luck. And I think the whole talk about manifestation and saying things out loud and looking at it, it's just getting yourself a little bit more clear to the things that

you ultimately want. And then when the opportunities come your way or obstacles come your way, you see the opportunities that you otherwise would be blind to. That's how I always like amount to how I got successful. It's because I started to really believe it was possible. And every time I've honestly believed that life is limitless and that my dreams are possible, that's when I've always been successful. I've definitely had like stagnant periods in my life where I thought that all I could be is a corporate worker and that's all I did. all I could be is a corporate worker. That's all I did. There was definitely years like that. But then as soon as I remembered

who I really was and what I really wanted and started to believe in myself, then all of a sudden all these opportunities started to pop up. It takes a lot of hustle, hard work, long hours. It's not going to happen by accident, but it's not luck. It's not the universe bringing it to you. You're going out and getting it, right? So I think that's the difference that people need to understand. Absolutely.

And I would say that everything that I've ever manifested that was meaningful, that was those big highlights. My son included, you have gone through a ton of disappointment to get there. So, I mean, he had a complete ACL reconstruction surgery his sophomore year of high school. He broke his ankle, his freshman year. He was out his, you know, so he had every possible obstacle.

He went up recruiting himself, you know, like he put in insane amount of hassle, he transformed his own himself, you know, like he put in insane amount of hustle he transformed his own body, you know, so like Yeah, you do not get from the place of like, oh, I wish that could happen to you know Now I'm in Oregon back. There's a lot that goes into it Just like there was you know to writing a book just like there was for you to do your podcast, right? But I think the difference is is when you have that dream and you accept it, right? And you have passed the place where there's turning back.

And you're in and you want it more than you want anything else. Like you are in. It's called relentless pursuit. And it kind of almost doesn't matter what the world throws at you. You're like, bitch, I'm not going down. Like, the more I know the stuff, it's just a matter of time. Like, I'm sorry, I'm not going down.

You know, like, I will get to it. Especially once you get that momentum, once you start hitting some of those goals, it becomes addictive to just feel, and then the adversity start to become less of an issue because you're like, well, this has happened before and I've gotten through this. And so I also think it's like the experience

and the momentum that you get from everything. And the confidence builds in the journey, absolutely 100%. All of those things are your best teacher. I mean, they're what make you more committed, they're what make your goal and your dream clearer. So you have to have it. I mean, people get well frustrated and they quit in those,

but it's getting through them that gets you to the place where you could handle the success, where you could actually shine in the success. And without kind of all those lessons along the way, you know, lots of people face plant when they get their moment. And so, you know, it helps you kind of accept the journey a little bit more. 100%. I always talk about how like every single failure is kind of your little

stepping stone to becoming successful on all the experience that you learned is like preparing you for like who you're supposed to be in the end or like at some point in your journey, all these things that you learned, even if they were fails, like failures, you learn these skills and then you bring them on later on and kind of use them and do something wonderful. So last question I have for you before we kind of close out the show is there's definitely people out there, especially people who listen to this podcast, who are manifesting their careers, but they're having are manifesting their careers. But they're having trouble manifesting things

like their love life. And so they're really successful in one area of their life, whatever that is, maybe it's relationships, maybe it's money, maybe they're thriving in one part of their lives. And then one part of their lives just seems to always be the same story. Maybe their partners change,

but it's always picking a bad partner, for example, or like maybe they want to get married, but they never end up getting married, even though they're in relationships, whatever it may be. I would love to hear your thought on like how to break a cycle that just keeps happening. Yeah, oh my gosh, there's so much that I couldn't pack on that, but the first thing that I want to say is

that is one of the reasons why I want everybody to really focus on those five categories because there's gonna be two categories in there that you probably never thought of. So everybody has their career one kind of fleshed out a little bit. They might have their relationship one, whether it's family or whatever.

And then maybe have some goals around finance, but maybe they're not taking care of themselves or maybe they're super stressed out and they actually hate the life they're building. And so it is really important to kind of look at and say, hey, I want a full life. I want every day between now and the upload to be an enjoyable journey. I want to love it from here to there, right? I'm not waiting for anything to love it.

And that's a big piece of it. But I think the first piece to breaking any cycle is to get real with yourself and to start looking at your past, right? I call this inventory. Take inventory. Like, what is it that you're doing? If you don't know what you're doing, maybe incorrectly or repetitively in a way that isn't

serving you, how can you change it? You can't, right? You're automatically going to manifest the same outcome over and over again. So sit down and be quiet with yourself, get a journal, get a piece of paper, and start writing it down. And let's say if it's in the relationship thing, say, let me do quick inventory on my last three relationships. Like, what were the dynamics? What was their initial attraction? Where were my first red flags? Did I listen to those red flags or not? Was I paying attention to

my intuition or was I arguing with it and just moving forward anyway? And if you can kind of do that even even just bullets, right? You're gonna start to see the pattern emerge and the pieces that can and should be changed, right? And a lot of times it can come down to, hey, I saw some pretty big red flags and I intentionally ignored them. I intentionally pushed through them.

And so that teaches you, man, I'm not listening to my intuition. I better start figuring that out. I better start getting quiet and paying attention to it and acting on it because it's engineered and every single one of us humans for a reason. And it's magical. It is our internal life coach. If we'd listen to it, we're

going to be so much happier and make such better decisions. But yeah, I think the first step is just being really, really honest and kind of looking for those patterns that once you find them, then you can start to put a plan together to change them. I love that advice. And I think it's so so true. I think also if you're doing really well in one part of your life, it's probably because you're thinking and you're obsessed with it. You know what I mean? Exactly. You're just obsessed with that one part of your life, so that keeps thriving.

And then other parts of your life are in decline because you're not thinking about it. You're not reflecting on that stuff. You're not thinking about that stuff, spending time on that stuff. So I think that totally makes sense and I think it does make sense to kind of evaluate those five pillars that you said and really spend time on becoming a more full person. Absolutely. Absolutely. Okay, this is such a great conversation.

I could talk about manifestation forever. So the last question that we ask all of our guests and this is your opportunity to throw in any sort of last gem that maybe we didn't get to talk about is what is your secret to profiting in life? Whew, ah, gosh. I would say two things. One, identifying that you do want whatever it is. Something better, more money, the career,

the job, whatever the thing is. So getting to a place where you allow yourself to want it is really big. And then the second piece that has been really pivotable for me, especially when it comes to financial manifestations and abundance manifestations is removing some of those limiting beliefs, like identifying what they are and changing them. And instead of kind of putting those into the world or lack beliefs into the world, really changing those into abundance ones. So I think kind of putting those two pieces together for me has just changed everything when it comes to, you know, profiting and becoming more abundant in general in all areas of my life. Your story is so inspiring. Thank you so much Sarah and where can our listeners go to learn more about you and everything that you do? Yeah, so you can go to SarahCentrala.com. You'll find

links to everything there, the books, workbooks, all that kind of good stuff, and a most active on Instagram, on social, which is SarahCentrala as well. Awesome. Thank you so much. Yes, thank you so much for having me. How love this was wonderful. Thanks for listening to Young and Profiting Podcast. If you haven't subscribed to this podcast yet, make sure you do so before continuing on. This episode was awesome. I'm super happy that Sarah could tell us about all the

keys to manifestation, and to me, it's just mind blowing to think about how much power we hold just inside our own minds. In 2008, Sarah's world exploded when she discovered her husband having a fair. She was a state-owned mom for over two years. She had 13-month-old twin daughters and a five-year-old son. They had just lost their house and foreclosure and filed for bankruptcy. So this news landed like a bomb and destroyed everything in her life. It took her several months to find a job, and when it did come, it came with a starting salary that barely covered her rent and daycare. She was literally starting from the bottom in every possible way, including her career, cold calling and a closet cubicle for her new inside sales job.

Things were so bleak back then that she began creating an alternate universe in her mind, one where she was successful, leaving her dream life, becoming her best self, and showing her kids the world. The fantasy made her so happy that one day she decided to find all the pictures that went with it, hoping it would inspire her to keep dialing through all the news. That was her very first future board. It gave her hope that things would get better and over time, it created a burning desire within her to make it happen.

And with an 18 months that board came to life. She went from single mom on food stamps to director of business development. She tripled her salary, she was traveling all over the world, and living a life she only dreamed about. I especially loved when Sarah spoke about the eight actionable steps of manifestation. Dream it, think it, say it, write it, see it, do it, believe it, and live it. A lot of people talk about manifestation, but Sarah is one of the first people that actually gave us actionable insights into how we can use this method for our best life ever.

It's only Sarah's ability to transform every aspect of her own life for the better that has allowed her to help so many other people do the same. Learn, do, and teach. If you'd like to know more about manifesting the life that you want, check out my episode number 100, Hollis Top 3 Secrets to Profiting in Life. In this episode, I tell my story about how 2020 turned from the worst year to the best year ever. It started out me working a job that I hated at Disney to my family catching COVID to my dad dying. And it ended with me on the cover of podcast magazine reaching over 100,000 downloads a month, leading a marketing agency with over

35 employees that made about two million million in revenue in that first year. So incredible, incredible turnaround story for me of 2020. So if you want to get inspired, if you want to learn about manifesting the life that you want, this is an episode that has made a lot of people cry so fair warning. And I hope you guys enjoy it.

Here's a clip from that episode. And so that was extremely difficult. I remember working at my day job and having one screen here and then the other screen was my dad in the hospital on Zoom with oxygen tubes up his nose, not really responsive. He also has a very bad eyesight. So he couldn't even see.

And just the fact that my dad spent his last days like so alone in the hospital at that eyesight. So he couldn't even see. And just the fact that my dad spent his last days like so alone in the hospital at that point. And I think even till now, like nurses don't really go often into the rooms because of COVID and different protocols. And so he was very alone and also couldn't see. And all he had was my voice. And so I would talk to him and sing to him all day as often as I could. But the most painful thing out of this is the fact that my dad was such a good man. He brought all of my family out of poverty. He grew up in Palestine and he grew up with no illicit chisity, no water. He grew up in a room with six people, super poor in war.

And he ended up getting a scholarship to medical school. Then he went to America. He became a surgeon. He opened up a medical center. He sent all his kids through college. He sent all my cousins in Palestine through college. He literally brought my whole family out of poverty. And to have him such a generous, nice, good guy, die so alone in the hospital and have such a shitty funeral.

Only six people were allowed to go to his funeral. He was buried in his hospital clothes. They buried him with his cell phone and just shoes. And like, just gave him the worst funeral ever. And that, you think that that would break somebody apart, like just going through all that watching your father die when he shouldn't have died having to be alone

When you were willing and you already got COVID and you were willing to just be with him, but they wouldn't let you go And you would think that that would really ruin anyone's year and that would set back anyone's year But I don't mean to share this story as a story of tragedy I mean to share this story as a story of tragedy. I mean to share this story as a story of triumph. Because that was just the first half of 2020. And my second half of 2020 went totally different. Again, I said, this is the best and worst year of my life. When my dad was sick in the hospital, I met Heather Monahan.

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