Manifestation Blocks: Why Your Desires Are Not Landing and How to Finally Receive Them

Why Manifestations Slip Away Even When You Do Everything Right

If you are here reading this it is probably because you have tried everything. You have done the visualisations, the affirmations, the just think positive mindset, the hours of journalling and writing down your manifestations. You have probably even tried more than I can list. Yet somehow what you wanted has not fully landed. Maybe you received a crumb of what you asked for and you convinced yourself that even the smallest sign meant the rest would follow. Maybe you can manifest the small things but the big ones, the ones that would truly change your life, keep slipping away. Or maybe you manifested something close to what you wanted but not the way you wanted it to come. You might even see the very thing you desire show up for people around you but not for you. You may have even done deep healing work, worked on loving yourself, and still it has not arrived. I have been there for all of it, even the moments of begging and pleading with God and the Universe.

The Deeper Truth I Discovered About Manifestation

I started experimenting with manifesting years before The Secret became popular. I knew we could create our reality and I was determined to find the exact tools, words, and ways of living that would match me with the life I envisioned. Each year brought new phases and new pieces of the puzzle from God, the Universe, my higher self, or however you choose to name that guiding presence. One of the biggest turning points came when I awakened to my work as a healer and began reprogramming my limiting beliefs. The deeper I went, the more identities I let go of, the more my external reality still seemed to resist changing. In fact, life began to feel more uncomfortable. The shedding was relentless. Letting go of identities that had kept me stuck was the hardest part. This stage is the one where many give up because it is too hard and because they are doing it alone. But you do not have to face it alone. We can walk through it together if you are willing to reach out.

Why Mindset Alone Is Not Enough

Do not get me wrong. The tools still work. They help. But the truth is the healing work needed to create the life you want is not easy at first. There are layers to it. There must be a willingness to change, to heal, and to let go. Some will tell you that all you need to do is believe and that you do not have to take action. That your thoughts alone are already manifesting everything in your life. There is some truth in this and positive focus can be a helpful tool, especially when you are spiralling. But if you have lived most of your life in survival mode, if you have been buried under trauma and suppressed emotion, if you brace yourself whether good or bad things happen, then no matter how much you try to will your desires into being, they will not fully land. Your nervous system has not yet learned to hold them.

It Is Not You It Is Your System

It is easy to believe that something is wrong with you. You wonder why it seems to work for everyone else except you. But the truth is it is not you. It is your system. It is your body, your cells, your entire being not feeling safe enough to let it in. When I speak of your system, I mean every part of you. Your nervous system. Your subconscious mind. Your emotional body. Your energy body. Even the imprints passed down from your lineage. All of it works together to decide what feels safe to allow in. And the truth is if any part of your system says no, your mind can say yes a thousand times and it still will not happen. This is why people can do years of mindset work and still not see the results they want.

When the Universe Guides You Deeper

For a long time, even after I knew all of this, I denied it. I was so tired of falling short that it felt easier to stay in the same loops, telling myself it just was not working. I told myself I was surrendering when really I was exhausted and burnt out from trying to force results. I questioned what the point of manifesting was if I could not have it the way I wanted. Whether I liked it or not, my spiritual team, God, the Universe, and my higher self were leading me deeper. They were calling me to see the truth I was avoiding. And the truth was that it was not just about shifting more beliefs.

Learning to Work With My Body

I had to learn to work with my body instead of against it. After years of being disconnected from my body, I had to return to it, to nurture it, to create safety within it, and to release the emotions it had been carrying for decades. I had to build trust between myself and my body again. Some moments revealed this to me in ways I could never have planned. There was the hug where two souls simply met heart to heart and I felt God’s love pour through in a way that cracked something open in me. There was the moment after a draining trip when I was met with unexpected kindness and bumped up to business class without asking. There was the quiet gift of two uninterrupted weeks in my own energy to heal and hold myself. Even sinking into a bed after weeks away, feeling it hold me, taught me what true safety can feel like.

Safety Feels Nothing Like Control

When you begin working with your system, one of the first things you notice is how often you try to create safety through control. Control can feel like protection when life has been unpredictable or unsafe. It can make you believe that if you manage everything just right, nothing will hurt you.

True safety feels nothing like control. Control is rigid. It comes from fear. It tightens the body and makes you manage every possible outcome so nothing can surprise you. Safety is soft. It is an inner knowing that no matter what happens you will be able to meet it. It is the steady sense that your body and soul are working together, holding you, instead of preparing for the worst.

When Your System Finally Says Yes

When your system says yes, you soften. You trust. You stop bracing for impact. When your body and soul are no longer in conflict, life begins to flow. Manifestations arrive with ease. Ideas and opportunities come naturally. Action feels like alignment, not effort. You create and move in ways that feel like breathing.

And when that kind of ease begins to arrive, it can almost feel unfamiliar. You may not be used to life flowing with you. It can even feel like something is wrong, like calm is a warning sign. But what is really happening is your system is learning that it is safe now. That it does not have to brace anymore. That you are not broken. You never were. You were surviving.

Small Steps Create Big Shifts

Sometimes survival has been so constant that you do not even know what life without it feels like. That is why the smallest steps matter. Small moments lead to bigger moments. Offer yourself the gentleness you offer everyone else.

No matter how hard it gets, how many times you lose trust or feel like giving up, remember you are not alone. You are not behind. It is not impossible. There is something greater longing to give to you. Call it God, your higher self, your ancestors, your angels. It wants you to have the capacity to receive what you desire. All you have to do is ask and open your heart to allow it. And when fear comes, love it, validate it, feel it, and let it move through. You have this, even when nothing makes sense and you feel like you are breaking inside. Even when you are crying on the bathroom floor, you might be closer to the life you begged for than you realise.

Creating the System That Can Hold It All

There is a part of you that has been ready for so long. You have always been ready to receive it all. Now it is about creating the system that can hold it. And when you do, receiving will no longer feel dangerous. It will feel natural. It will feel like home.

If you are ready to begin this work, you can email me at info@oliviashadid.com to book a session. You can follow my YouTube for more guidance and send me a message on Instagram or TikTok to connect directly.