Dr. Tara Swart

Yeah, it's not addressing. And I'm going to be rich. I mean, that's the worst one because you actually have to do stuff to make that happen. You know, you can't just say that. So I think finding the stuff that you need to say to yourself that is not to do with social expectation or parental expectation or, you know, social group.

um what everybody else is doing like what you really want to know for yourself that's going to set you up to be able to go out into the real world and do the stuff that you need to do to get the other things that you want there you said you can't just say it you have to go out and do it now when people hear this term manifestation

um what everybody else is doing like what you really want to know for yourself that's going to set you up to be able to go out into the real world and do the stuff that you need to do to get the other things that you want there you said you can't just say it you have to go out and do it now when people hear this term manifestation

Mm-hmm. So I believe in manifestation based on your brain. So your thoughts, your beliefs, your actions. So where I've called my book, The Source, I have said your brain is the source of you being able to attract everything that you want into your life.

Mm-hmm. So I believe in manifestation based on your brain. So your thoughts, your beliefs, your actions. So where I've called my book, The Source, I have said your brain is the source of you being able to attract everything that you want into your life.

So I sat down one summer and I researched the laws of attraction and just looked at whether I could explain them through cognitive science, which is psychology and neuroscience, and I could. So I was kind of like, oh, I'm onto something here.

So I sat down one summer and I researched the laws of attraction and just looked at whether I could explain them through cognitive science, which is psychology and neuroscience, and I could. So I was kind of like, oh, I'm onto something here.

And the first stage for me was understanding that it is absolutely to do with the way that you think, but then it's not magically like attracting something in the atmosphere. It's to do with the changes that you make based on your thought process.

And the first stage for me was understanding that it is absolutely to do with the way that you think, but then it's not magically like attracting something in the atmosphere. It's to do with the changes that you make based on your thought process.

I do believe in vision boards, but I call them action boards because I see them as a representation of what I want, but I still have to go out there and make those things happen. I think it's also much more empowering to believe that it's your brain that's making that stuff happen and not some external force that you're not really sure what it is.

I do believe in vision boards, but I call them action boards because I see them as a representation of what I want, but I still have to go out there and make those things happen. I think it's also much more empowering to believe that it's your brain that's making that stuff happen and not some external force that you're not really sure what it is.

Yeah, so actually there's a really fascinating study. It's one of my favorite ones to talk about, which was three groups of octogenarians.

Yeah, so actually there's a really fascinating study. It's one of my favorite ones to talk about, which was three groups of octogenarians.

People in their 80s. Okay. And one group was the control group. So they just lived like normal for a week. One group had to reminisce about being in their 60s for most of the week whenever they had an opportunity to. And one group were actually driven to retrofitted versions of their homes that looked like what their house looked like 20 years ago.

People in their 80s. Okay. And one group was the control group. So they just lived like normal for a week. One group had to reminisce about being in their 60s for most of the week whenever they had an opportunity to. And one group were actually driven to retrofitted versions of their homes that looked like what their house looked like 20 years ago.

They were given newspapers dated from 20 years ago. They had photos of themselves in that house when they were in their 60s. And one of the things was they got there and they were sort of like, okay, you know, who's going to carry our suitcase up to the bedroom or whatever? And they were like, no, you're 60 now. You carry your own suitcase.

They were given newspapers dated from 20 years ago. They had photos of themselves in that house when they were in their 60s. And one of the things was they got there and they were sort of like, okay, you know, who's going to carry our suitcase up to the bedroom or whatever? And they were like, no, you're 60 now. You carry your own suitcase.

So it literally started from the minute they got there and these little old ladies had to, and gentlemen had to carry their cases up. After one week... The people in that group were taller because their posture improved. They had better musculoskeletal coordination than they had a week before.

So it literally started from the minute they got there and these little old ladies had to, and gentlemen had to carry their cases up. After one week... The people in that group were taller because their posture improved. They had better musculoskeletal coordination than they had a week before.

In before and after photos that were shown to people that didn't know them, they were rated as younger in the one week after photos than the photos from arriving at that place. And the reminiscing group also had some improvements, but not as much as the group that lived like they were in their 60s.