Jordanna Levin - Make It Happen: Manifest the Life of Your Dreams

PRAISE FOR MAKE IT HAPPEN

This book is a must read for anyone wanting to create change in their life. Whether you are finding yourself stuck in any area of life, or all of them, Jordannas writing speaks to your heart and your mind with so many uh-huh moments. With a real-life approach to creating the life you want to live, this book is funny, relatable and life changing. Within one week of following this principle and doing the work, three of my six intentions had started to come to life. Mind blown... the manifestation equation works. I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Charlie de Haas, founder and creative director of the Clean Treats Factory

Make It Happen isnt just a book about manifestation. This book encompasses all things soul, love and navigating life from a place of alignment, purpose and intention. Jordanna Levin is a breath of fresh air, teaming humour with profound wisdom. Her words had me laughing, crying and yelling yes while fist-pumping in the air. If you are serious about up-levelling your life, ready to call in your soulmate or dream careeror just curious about why life happens the way it doesthis is the book for you.

Hollie Azzopardi, life coach and author of The People Pleasers Guide to Putting Yourself First

We can all manifest the life of our dreams but it takes conscious awareness to make it happen, and the beautiful thing about Jordanna is that she will hold your hand and show you how. Just like a best friend, she guides you toward creating your dream life.

Melissa Ambrosini, bestselling author of Mastering Your Mean Girl

Witty, practical and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a book youll want to keep close by as you manifest what means the most to you. Jordanna will help you focus your energy, thoughts and actions in a way that will support you to create whatever it is youre wanting to create, and along the way, youll realise that the power to do so was alreadyand always will beinside you.

Cassie Mendoza-Jones, bestselling author of You Are Enough

Reading this book was like being in one of Jordannas workshops; I connected with the part of me that feels safe, capable, creative, inspired and able to spark into action. I went through a divorce this year and I can honestly say that the information contained within these pages was directly responsible for me being able to buy the house of my dreams, hold space for my kids in the transition and step up work to meet my new income needs. If you have any dreams or goals, buy this book and watch them unfold into being.

Katie Manitsas, yoga instructor, Wise Earth School of Ayurveda master teacher, doula and author

Finally, a book that explains manifestation in a real-world way! Exploring the power of positive thought and the importance of practical action, this guide will win over spiritualists and skeptics alike. The perfect mix of grounded advice, easy-to-follow steps and a reminder to believe in magic. Ill be gifting this book to my friends, whether they have faith or not.

Amy Molloy, author of The World Is a Nice Place

Published in 2019 by Murdoch Books, an imprint of Allen & Unwin

Copyright Jordanna Levin 2019

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Cover and text design by Arielle Gamble

NOTE: The names of all the individuals in this book have been changed to save them (and me) from awkward run-ins at the supermarket.

This book is dedicated to my beautiful mama: I let you think you were helping me write a different dedication so that I could surprise you with this one. #trickedya

CONTENTS

The word manifestation used to make me cringe. It wasnt so much the word itself as the blank stares, brow raises and eye rolls it would elicit when uttered. Manifestation is not woo-woo! Id quickly retort when it came up in conversation, as if the reputation of the entire concept rested solely on my shoulders. But I teach manifestation, so it is a big part of the work I do in the world, and everything I have in my life is a result of either a conscious or subconscious manifestation on my part (as is so for all of us). So I guess, in a way, its reputation is my business.

For years, when explaining what I do and what I teach, Id dance around using the word at all; Id replace it with phrases like creating the life you want, directing your energy and designing your future, but it seemed silly to use a jumble of self-help words when I could use one perfectly good word.

So I tidied up my spiel. I mastered my delivery. I broke the concept down, reworked it and took full ownership of it. And once I decided I was ready to embrace the M-word, I got curious about the misinterpretation of it over the years. How had manifestation become so mystical and out of reach? Turned out the negative reactions werent so much about the name; it was the way the concept had been packaged and sold to us for the past few decades that was the real issue.

You see, current teachings around manifestation make BIG promises and wrap them up in spiritual fluff and an esoteric bow, but they rarely deliver. And a sure-fire way to tarnish a concept is to have people all over the world failing to manifest their dream life after being told that all they need to do to achieve it is simply believe they can have it. Its a nice thought, but its just that, a thought. Its unrealistic to think thats all it takes.

If living the good life was as easy as thinking the good thoughts and feeling the good feels, dont you think wed all be driving around in sports cars and working remotely from idyllic beachside bungalows by now? Wheres my Mongolian yurt in the highlands next to my chicken coop and garden of homegrown vegetables? Wheres my sexy farmer in his Country Road turtleneck and Timberlands? Im not getting any younger and neither is he!

For the uninitiated, manifestation is essentially about taking ownership of your future. Full stop. Period. Its about waking up to the fact that you are the creator of every single thing in your life.

Things are not happening to you, you are making them happen (most likely unconsciously). Controversial, I know, but every one of us has the ability to be our own decision-maker. And before you interrupt me with examples of events, people and situations that you are one hundred per cent certain you didnt make happen, I urge you to stick with me and keep turning the pages of this book. Once you can wrap your head around this one thing (no matter how uncomfortable), the game changes!