3 Profound Benefits of Using Grounding as a Mindset Tool

In this episode, we’re diving into why grounding is the most powerful mindset tool you’re not using and how it creates the safety your brain and body need to manifest with ease.

We’ll talk about:
✨ Why your amygdala blocks new beliefs when you’re in fight, flight, or freeze
✨ How grounding signals safety so manifestation practices can actually land
 ✨ The 3 profound benefits of grounding as a daily ritual for consistency and flow
 ✨ Quick grounding practices you can use in under 2 minutes

If you’re ready to feel safe in your body and powerful in your manifesting, this episode will change the way you approach your practice.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome & Manifestation Framework
• 0:23 Grounding: The Missing Tool
• 1:12 Safety First: Nervous System 101
• 4:46 Fight, Flight, Freeze Blocks Learning
• 5:48 Clearing Cognitive Static
• 7:13 Consistency Over Intensity
• 9:09 Why We Skip Grounding
• 11:14 The Grounding Menu: Techniques
• 17:28 On-Demand Coaching Waitlist

Transcript

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Hello and welcome back to the Manifest She podcast. If you are new, I am Shannon, and this space is about manifesting from the inside out. So no forcing, no pretending, no skipping the deep stuff, just real conversations to help you live your life that your soul already knows is yours. So today we're going to talk about the process of manifestation because manifestation is a destination. And if that's the destination, then grounding is the vehicle that's actually going to get you there. Grounding is the most overlooked mindset tool in our toolbox. And it's the one that makes every other practice like visualization, affirmation, and scripting actually work. Because when your body doesn't feel safe, your brain will not let new beliefs in. When you're in a mode where your brain is not feeling safe, you're not going to be able to then change your mindset. And what is manifesting it is changing our mindset so that we can rearrange our 3D reality. We have to reprogram. Well, we can't redo that if we're not feeling safe. So I want you to think of grounding like a stretch before a workout. You would never walk into the gym cold and then load up a barbell without warming up your muscles because you're going to risk injury. Well, in the same way, when you're rewiring your beliefs, you're asking your brain and your nervous system to change. Without grounding first, you're more likely to trip into a survival response, which could be fight, flight, or freeze. And then your learning brain goes offline. And we need the learning brain online because that is how we are going to make new pathways in our brain. Y'all, it's work. I tell you all the time, it's a workout. So when you ground, you're going to create internal safety. And that's when your magic can land. So I really want you to grab your favorite drink, cozy up, and let's talk about why there are profound benefits to grounding before you do your manifestation practices. What we don't talk a lot about when we're going into the manifestation space is that it requires learning. It requires you to learn something new, to unlearn other things. You're teaching your brain a new map of reality. You're telling it, I'm worthy. Money flows to me. Love is safe. Creative expression is my nature. But your brain is a protective organ. We talked a little bit about that last week and about keeping you in safety, but your brain is a protective organ. That's just how it functions. So it has this thing called the amygdala. And if you want to get all technical, like it's like an almond-shaped structure that scans threats. You know, it's like, ooh, perceived danger. Whether that's real or imagined, it hits the alarm. And let's talk about this real versus imagined thing real quick. So you can really truly understand that your subconscious, your mind, it does not matter if something is a real threat or if it's an imagined threat. Because anything outside of the known, anything that's unknown, anything that's not familiar is going to be perceived as a threat to your brain. And you may say, Shannon, is that true? Is that real? I just want you to think about the fact that if you watch a scary show or a scary movie, then you have nightmares and you're jumpy and you're scared, even though you consciously know it's fake. It is so fake. But subconsciously, it does something to you, right? I'm not a scary movie watcher, though I do like kind of like extraterrestrial type stuff. But I don't like scary movies. I'm so susceptible to that fear. And even though I know it's not real, your brain, that's just how it works, real or imagined. And so anytime, so anytime something happens in your life, whether it's real or imagined, you're gonna trigger your nervous system. Your heart rate's gonna go up. There's gonna be some shallow breathing, maybe some tense muscles, you're gonna have tunnel vision engaged. And that is your fight, flight, or freeze state. In that state, your body prioritizes survival, not expansion, not learning. Like, dude, I can't learn anything right now. We're just trying to survive the moment. That's that's how it's thinking. So your prefrontal cortex that's responsible for creativity and new learning, it downshifts. Your memory and encoding center, which if you once again want technical terms, your hippocampus also isn't at its best. So, what that looks like in action is you may be repeating affirmations for an hour, but if your amygdala is lit up, very little of that new information is getting integrated. It's kind of like if you're throwing seeds onto concrete. Grounding tells your amygdala, the part that's blocking off everything else, dude, we're safe. No worries. You can do this with things like exhaling slowly, gentle movement, orienting to your environment through sensory cues. That's gonna calm down your nervous system. It's gonna let that blood flow. It's gonna let the attention return to the higher order thinking, to the learning part. That is the moment that your subconscious becomes teachable because you're softening the soil. That way, those seeds can take root. And that's why it's so profound when we're talking about grounding for manifestation. Because now you're opening up your mind to the rewiring that you're going for. Another benefit is that it's going to clear out some cognitive static in our life. So when we're using grounding, it may not be because we're in full fight or flight, but a lot of us, especially in these day and age, come on, women, you know what I'm talking about. We have background buzz. We have overthinking, we have micro anxieties, we're scrolling, we're like doom scrolling, we have comparison, we're rushing things. And that static fractures your attention. When you have fractured attention, it's going to dilute your intention. So you could say an affirmation, but your inner channel is noisy. So it might say, What if that doesn't work? What if I'm behind? Or maybe you're just so scattered that part of it sticks there, but not the whole thing. Your signal to building the new belief is weak. So grounding lets you tune it in. It allows you to consolidate your attention to gather into the present moment. It allows you to match the emotion to your intention, because we all know we need our thoughts, emotions, and our actions, right? So you can use the emotion to hold the belief in place. And grounding lets you do that. Grounding also lets your body become an ally. So instead of your body arguing with your mind, your body's like, yeah, this is cool. We can do this. So it pulls out that static that is so prevalent in our lives today. Another benefit of grounding is that it builds consistency. Because consistency really is your quiet superpower, not intensity, not perfection, consistency. And nothing supports consistency like grounding, because grounding prevents this like boom bust cycle where you feel like you're doing all the right things, but then like you crash and you avoid it, or you get burnt out. I liken it to you brush your teeth for like two minutes twice a day to keep your mouth healthy, right? Just two minutes. You don't go balls to the wall and brush your teeth for two hours once a month because that's gross as hell. You do it consistent and little. And that's what you do with grounding. It's consistent to keep your practices healthy. And therefore, it helps you to build consistency because you're going to see more results from your manifesting practices when you're doing them and you have that fertile ground for those new beliefs to hook into. Over time, when you're creating steadiness, not only in your practices, but also grounding beforehand. So your mind is primed to really integrate those practices, then you'll start to see those manifestations coming forth as something that shows up for you. Now, there's a lot of reasons that we skip grounding when we are going through manifestation practices. And a lot of times, number one, for people who crave complex protocols, it feels way too simple. But your nervous system loves simple guys. Repeatable signals of safety. It loves it. And so a lot of people think, well, what is that really going to do? It's so easy. Is it totally going to have this profound effect? And the answer is yeah. Another reason, which I think is the biggest reason, is we're addicted to speed in our current society. Fight or flight feels productive. It's fast, it's busy, it's urgent. And grounding can feel kind of slow because it's unfamiliar, because we've been so trained to always be on and to be fast. So, oh, I'm gonna go sit down and do a visualization, but let me get it out of the way. A visualization that's slowed down, even if you only have five minutes a day, is way better than rushed 20 minutes a day. Once again, going back to letting it land. We're also externally focused so much in society these days that we want the vision board stuff now. And grounding asks us to listen inward first. We want the quick fix. We want the get rich quick schemes. Like we want that. Y'all, that stuff gets hella fucking comments and likes on social media. And we don't just see it with mindset work, we see it with body work when people want crash diets and losing 10 pounds and 10 days. Like we want it now. We're so externally focused. We're talking about manifesting. Grounding says that we're going to listen inward first. We're gonna take care of our nervous system, we're gonna make sure our mind is ready. And we're not focusing so much on the results part, we're focusing on the us part. And the last reason that sometimes we skip grounding is because we think we might already be grounded, because we can mistake numbness for being calm and grounded because our freeze response can masquerade as peace. So true grounding is awake, it is present, it is connected, it is never checked out. And I think going through life, a lot of us fall into masquerading in peace because it's just too much. So we shut down. We need to bring awareness am I calm or am I numb? And work through that if we tend to fall into those areas. Grounding really isn't optional work, grounding is the work that makes everything else effective in your manifestation practice. So before we wrap up today, I want to give you some grounding methods that you can use. This is a little grounding menu for you. And they're not all going to be what you think. And they all have their own purpose in grounding you. So the first one is deep breathing. Its purpose is calm and inward. So you can inhale through your nose for four counts. Then you can exhale through your mouth from six to eight counts, and you can repeat that for about 10 cycles. Even with this first one, can you see, guys? Grounding doesn't have to be some whole huge routine. It can just be as simple as that. And everything I'm gonna tell you on this menu, simple. You can do a meditative session for stillness and clarity. Meditation can be used for calming and for grounding. Meditation can be used as an immersive experience for focusing on your desire. In this case, we're gonna use it for stillness. So you can sit with your eyes soft, anchoring into your breath for about five to ten minutes. I actually shared on Instagram a really great way to do this, especially if you're an overthinker. So there's a post on Instagram. I'll link it in the description of the show. You can do reflective journaling, not scripting journaling, that's the practice of manifestation, but journaling for reflection, which is really just a brain dump. Brain dump all your worries, just get them out, expel them. Remember, we don't suppress, we move through. So a brain dump in a journal is a really good way to not suppress and to ground yourself. Another one for mind and body flow can be a gentle stretch. So think neck rolls, shoulder openers, maybe a cat cow, a low lunge, just literally reaching up in the air and stretching out really big, it can ground your body and make a mind body flow. Another one you can do could be some grounded movement. So you could do a walk, even five minutes outside. You can let your gaze move to the horizon so that you're really focused in the now. Sometimes I walk up and down the hall in my house and I just take in the smells, like the candle smells that are going in my house to ground me in the moment, because I don't like to go outside when it's cold. It's about to be winter. So now I'll go walk outside. But when it gets cold, yo, this isn't just for a warm or good weather. If it's raining outside, like you can go walk around your house. It's still grounded movement as long as you're bringing yourself into the present moment. Sometimes grounding needs a high energy release. And what you can do for that is to dance, put on a song, shake out your hands, dance like no one's watching, and just feeling really good. And that gives you this high energy release. It's still grounding. And that's why I say grounding doesn't always have to be a meditation or some quiet thing. Like you can use high energy release to ground yourself. Or maybe you need an emotional reset. So for that, you could listen to music. You could choose some kind of track that helps you to exhale and to feel really grounded emotionally. One of my favorite things to do that I do all the time, multiple times a day, is nature grounding. So to do that, I go out and get in the fresh air. For me, I go sit on my porch. I look at the big tree in my front yard and all the nature going on in it, but it's nature grounding and fresh air. This is really about face in the sun, feet on the grass, touching the ground, everything that you can experience within nature. It's a really great way to ground. If you want to prevent burnout, a way to ground and to do this, do this throughout the day. And I did this very much at the beginning of my journey because I was already suffering from burnout is to take frequent breaks. So every 90 minutes, set an alarm and take a focused break of breathing or just to reset. Even if it's 30 seconds, I started doing this every 30 minutes for 30 seconds. I'd stop and breathe. And it helped tremendously to keep me regulated throughout the day. Then there's sensory. And sensory is a great way to ground. You can sip something warm, once again, lighting a candle that has a sense that you like, cuddling up and a blanket that makes you feel safe and secure. Something that just tells your body we're not in danger, we're really comfy, we're really cozy, but bringing your senses into it. Another one you can do is having intentional energy. And I only suggest this if you already have experience with this, or if you have somebody who does have experience guiding you, and that's breathwork exercises like box breathing, things of that nature, that can be very grounding. But if you pair one of these practices with your manifestation practices as your warm-up to get your brain ready and primed, you're gonna see those beliefs building and you're gonna be able to retain them as you're building them. Because how we use our nervous system with manifestation makes a difference. Because every portion of our practice is important because we are working with our mind and understanding our mind. And that's really all of this that we talk about on the podcast is what you get with manifest sheet coaching on demand, which is going to be releasing soon. So I want you on the wait list because it sets up a daily practice for you and it integrates this nervous system safety that's unique to you, that's customized to you. I can give you only so much on the podcast, right? Because it's mass advice. It's for the masses. That's what it's meant for. Because I'm not having a one-on-one conversation with you. I'd love to, but I'm not right there with you. So if you get manifest sheet on-demand coaching, that's me right there with you, helping you with your unique needs. Get on the wait list because once the doors open, anybody who's on the wait list is going to be able to get the entire library for the cost of one session. So you want to be on that wait list. You don't want to miss it. This is meant to meet women wherever they are. And I think right now I'm just in this moment of gratitude for the inspiration and the ability to make one-to-one coaching available for all women that addresses everything that you need to have addressed as you go through the process of manifestations. It'll be in the show notes or you can go to manifestshe.com forward slash weightlist to get on it as well. And as we close out today, I want you to really just kind of keep in mind that grounding is your stretch before the workout, right? It is a mindset tool that creates nervous system safety, it clears out static, and it helps you to build consistency to let those manifestations flow. Put grounding in with your practices so that you can truly retrain your beliefs to match what you want so that they show up in your 3D reality. Pick one, pick one that fits. You can come back to this episode anytime because remember, I gave you a whole menu to choose from. You can mix them around for what you need in the moment. And I will chat with you next week.