Best Self Challenge–Week 5: Manifest Your Dream Life

So you made it to the last week of January. You’ve set resolutions, upgraded your health, optimized your fitness routine, and tapped into rich girl energy. We sincerely hope this month-long challenge gave you all the tools, mindset shifts, and action steps to genuinely make a difference this year–without any of the typical pressure or restriction that usually comes with the new year. To close out the Best Self Challenge, our last week’s theme is to manifest your dream life; the important reminder that you are the creator of your own life. From game-changing tips from the Gabrielle Bernstein, to journal prompts, exercises, and 5 main-character power moves you can adopt this year, we’ve got a feeling you’ll be the most authentic, highest version of yourself by the end of the week–just in time to make 2026 the year that actually changes your life.

Tuesday, January 27: Listen to “Why Manifestation Isn’t Working—And What Actually Changes Your Life, With Gabrielle Bernstein“

What if everything you were taught about manifestation wasn’t actually true? Josie is joined by Gabrielle Bernstein–best-selling author, spiritual teacher, and one of the most influential voices in manifestation and personal growth–to talk about what will actually change your life. If you’ve ever felt stuck, blocked, or frustrated that “manifestation” isn’t working for you, this episode will completely shift the way you see it. Gabrielle breaks down why you can’t attract what you don’t feel worthy of, how unhealed beliefs quietly run your life, and what really creates sustainable confidence, abundance, love, and success. She also walks through a powerful, real-time healing exercise that reveals how fear of being disliked or judged can hold you back in ways you don’t even realize, and how to finally release it. Listen if you’re ready to stop chasing the next version of your life, and start meeting yourself where real change begins.

Wednesday, January 28: Do One Future-Self Aligned Action

Part of the puzzle to manifesting is living like you already have everything you want to manifest. Think of that version of you that has their dream life: What is their morning routine like? What do they do for “me” time? How do they prioritize what matters most to them? Channel them by acting as if you already are them, rather than waiting for your dream job, dream relationships, dream bank account, etc. to become a reality. Be it a workout, planning a trip, spending more time with family, meditating, picking up pickleball, or starting the side hustle you’ve been daydreaming of, do something today that your highest self would do.

Thursday, January 29: Listen to “Main Character Manifestation: 5 Power Moves to Change Everything This Year“

Josie is breaking down manifestation in the way she actually practices it—not as a trendy ritual or a vision-board exercise, but as a radical, deeply personal way of choosing how to live your life. This episode explores why so many people feel stuck repeating the same year over and over (“Same Year Syndrome”)–even when they’re setting goals, doing the work, and “trying” to change. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and her own lived experience, Josie explains why the brain is wired for familiarity over happiness, how urgency and burnout quietly block the life you’re trying to create, and why acting like the main character before you feel ready is one of the most powerful manifestation tools there is. This is a conversation for anyone who’s tired of living on autopilot, over chasing goals that don’t stick, and deeply committed to making the most of this one life we get to live.

Friday, January 30: Do a Manifestation Journaling Session

As much as it would be lovely to manifest once at the beginning of the year and consider it one-and-done, manifestation is a daily practice that can (and should) be integrated into your routine. These manifestation journal prompts will give you a sneak peek of what that can look like. Choose one and set a timer for 15 minutes before work, or pour yourself a glass of wine, turn on a playlist, and go through all five for a powerful strategy session with yourself.

Saturday, January 31: Have a Best Self Saturday

Regular listeners of The Everygirl Podcast know: Best Self Saturdays are the key to actually bringing your highest self into reality. If you need a basic explanation of what a Best Self Saturday looks like, tune into this podcast episode, where Josie breaks down her weekly ritual. Essentially, a Best Self Saturday is what it sounds like; spending the day doing what your best self would do. Maybe you clean your apartment, maybe it’s a wellness day and you get a massage and make a smoothie, maybe you go on a hot girl walk with a friend or invite your girls over for a vision board and vino evening. Consider this Saturday a trial run of your best, most fulfilling life.

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Josie Santi, Podcast Host & Senior Wellness Editor

Josie has been an editor and writer for The Everygirl since 2017 and became a certified Holistic Health Coach in 2020. As the Senior Wellness Editor, she oversees, writes, and edits wellness content, as well as reports on wellness trends and interviews the industry’s leading experts. Listen to Josie on The Everygirl Podcast.

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