Why You’re Not Broken — You’re Just Too Early for the System You Were Meant to Replace

What if the problem isn’t you… it’s the system you were never meant to fit into?

In this soul-deep episode of Manifest Differently, we’re breaking down the hidden reason your manifestations might feel blocked, distorted, or like they’re taking their sweet cosmic time. Spoiler alert: it’s not because you’re misaligned or doing it wrong — it’s because you’re manifesting outside the matrix.

We’re diving into:

• Why manifestation feels “off” even when your energy is on point
• The spiritual friction of building a reality the old system can’t compute
• The truth about frequency wars, delayed timelines, and the collapse of hustle culture
• And why your detour isn’t a failure — it’s a feature of being a frequency pioneer

This is your permission slip to stop self-blaming and start reclaiming the power of your unique rhythm.

✨ Plus, I’ll share how to hold your nervous system steady when everything around you feels like it’s crumbling — and where to go for the deeper somatic work.

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You’re not late.
You’re not lost.
You’re just early — and you were born to build what comes next.

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Thank you so much for tuning in to this episode of the Manifest Differently Podcast. I hope today’s story inspired you to trust the process and manifest in a way that feels aligned with your unique energy.

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Until next time, remember: you have the power to manifest differently—and the universe is waiting to conspire in your favor. See you next week!

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome to Manifest Differently
• 2:23 Grounding and Affirmation Practice
• 6:12 Manifesting Outside the Old Reality Grid
• 9:11 You're Not Late, You're Leading
• 12:28 Deeper Resources and Upcoming Books
• 14:57 Closing Reminder for Frequency Pioneers

Transcript

Carissa Andrews: 1:02

Welcome to Manifest Differently, the podcast for neurodivergent thinkers and anyone looking to approach manifestation in a way that truly works for them. I'm your host, carissa Andrews, here to explore the science, energy and strategies that will help you create the life you love. Let's dive in and Manifest Differently.

Carissa Andrews: 1:29

Hey there, beautiful soul, welcome back to Manifest Differently podcast. Today's episode might feel like a permission slip or a reckoning, or maybe both, because I want to talk about something that so many of us have been feeling lately but haven't always had the language for that frustrating space where you're doing the inner work, you're showing up, aligning your energy, maybe even clearing your limiting beliefs, doing all of that and yet things still feel blocked. The manifestation hasn't landed, the money isn't arriving, the shift you know is coming is still taking its sweet ass time. If you've ever felt like you're doing it right and still not getting the results, I want you to know it's not because you're broken. It's because you're too early for a system that was never built to hold your expansion. And in today's episode we're going to explore that exact frequency mismatch, why so many of us are hitting a wall in our manifestation practices. Not because we're misaligned, but because we're manifesting outside the matrix instead of within it. This is the what and the why, and it might change the way you see your entire path so far.

Carissa Andrews: 2:44

Now, if you're ready to take this deeper into the how to hold your power and regulate your nervous system as timelines collapse around you, I've got you inside the deep end, my private after show podcast over on Substack. Okay, that's where I'm going to break down how to integrate these truths into your daily life, especially as a neurodivergent or energetically sensitive being. The link to join is in the show notes and, trust me, this week's deep end is going to be fire. You can also head over to manifestdifferentlycom forward. Slash Substack just to make it easy. But for now, I want you to take a deep breath and ground together.

Carissa Andrews: 3:21

Before we dive in, let's just take a moment to let the message for today land. If you're multitasking right now, that's okay, but if it feels safe, give yourself permission to pause. Okay, just for a few breaths. Let's call your energy back to your body. Okay, just for a few breaths. Let's call your energy back to your body. Breathe in through your nose, hold for a moment and exhale slowly through your mouth. Let's do two more just like that Breathe in Hold and exhale. Breathe in hold and exhale.

Carissa Andrews: 4:08

Breathe in again hold and exhale Now softly in your mind or out loud. I want you to repeat this affirmation okay, I trust that I am exactly where I need to be. I am not broken. I am building something new. Let that settle into your nervous system. It's a powerful statement and one that really just kind of made my whole body hum when I first was writing it. So let your shoulders drop, let your jaw and clench that's a big one for me. Let your body know right here, right now, that you're safe. Okay, even here, especially here, breathe again, just settle. Breathe again, just settle. All right, let's go a little deeper.

Carissa Andrews: 5:19

So let's name what's really going on, because when we give something a name, we have power over it. You've been doing the work, you've been visualizing and scripting and affirming, you've let go of what no longer serves you, you've opened yourself up to receive, and yet the thing you've been calling in still hasn't landed. That's the moment where a lot of people myself included at times begin to spiral. We start asking what am I doing wrong? What is still in my field that's blocking this dang thing? Am I not aligned enough? Am I still too attached? But what if the problem is not your alignment? What if the delay is actually a sign of your expansion.

Carissa Andrews: 6:04

I actually saw a TikTok today that really kind of resonated with this message that I wanted to share with you, and the woman was talking about how there are people who are in their awakening phase right now and there are people who are on their ascension phase. They've already been awake for a while, but now they're ascending and this, this expansion, that isn't quite here yet. There's a dissonance, because it's a signal that your system is no longer compatible with the matrix you were born into. And here's what I mean by that. Okay, we live in a world that was built on extraction Systems like capitalism, colonization, patriarchy. They're all built to take energy, not honor it. They reward linearity, predictability, control and speed. But real manifestation, that's nonlinear, it's intuitive, it's feminine, it's slow and then sudden. So when you start aligning with your truth, when you begin manifesting from safety instead of survival, you literally stop matching the frequency of those old systems, and they don't like that. It's not that your manifestations aren't coming, they are. It's just that you're no longer manifesting within the old reality grid. You're manifesting something completely new.

Carissa Andrews: 7:25

And the transition between these worlds, oh, it's messy. Because when you stop playing by their rules. When you stop overworking, overgiving, overcompensating, the system glitches and that can feel like delays. It can feel like resistance, stagnation, even collapse. But what if all of that friction isn't a block? What if it's a detox? What if the delay isn't punishment but instead it's a recalibration?

Carissa Andrews: 7:55

So many of us right now are holding codes for realities that haven't landed yet. We are manifesting in timelines that don't exist on the collective grid yet. I need you to hear that the collective grid. Yet we are living still in this 3D matrix run by the collective memories of what we believe it to be okay. But there are some of us who are the map makers, the blueprint holders, the frequency stabilizers and the old grids. The old realities haven't shifted enough yet. So of course it feels weird, of course it's taking time. You're literally rewiring the energetic laws that govern your old life and the reality around you, the collective reality. This is the edge of your next dimension, not because you've done something wrong at all, but because you're finally aligning with a truth too expansive for the system that trained you to stay small. So when it feels like things aren't working, I want you to remember you're just a little early for a system you came here to replace. Okay, not everyone has caught up yet. Maybe you haven't even caught up yet. So here's what I want you to walk away with today If your manifestations feel delayed or distorted or just silent, I want you to pause before you default to self-blame, because, for those of us who are neurodivergent or highly sensitive, those of us who are nonlinear creators and entrepreneurs, our path has never followed the rule books.

Carissa Andrews: 9:34

We weren't born into a system that understands our rhythm, let alone rewards it. So when you stop forcing, when you choose regulation over urgency, and when you listen to your actual capacity instead of chasing someone else's strategy, the old grid can't mirror back to you in the same way anymore. And that's not a failure. Like I said, that's a freedom recalibration into your field. The results will come, but they'll come through your design, not in spite of it. They'll also come as the new reality starts to shift around us. We're seeing this on a global spectrum right now. There is so much upheaval in old systems, and so they haven't collectively caught up.

Carissa Andrews: 10:15

So the shift today is this you are not late caught up. So the shift today is this you are not late, you're leading. You are in the leading edge of what reality gets to look like and you're calling something in that can't come through yet because of what you want being so much bigger than what you think you want. On a conscious, like consciousness level, you know, like that, that aspect of you is calling in something so much more, and you might've even come here with the soul knowledge that you are here to shake up the system or at least hold space for the new system to take root. So say this with me I am not broken. I am the beginning of a brand new way. Let that truth settle. Let it rewrite the shame. You are a generational curse breaker, you know. Let that knowledge reorient your timeline back into trust. So if today's message resonated with you, if something clicked into place today, or if your body felt relief when you heard the words, you're not broken, you're building something new. I want to invite you to take it deeper, because here's the thing recognizing the disconnect, that's one thing. Learning how to hold your energy while everything shifts around you, that's the real practice and that's exactly what I guide you through inside the deep end.

Carissa Andrews: 11:34

My private after show podcast on Substack. This week's episode is all about how to hold your power when timelines are collapsing, what to do when nothing's showing up yet, and how to anchor into your future self without falling back into old survival patterns. We're talking regulation, identity anchoring, energy mapping and the rituals I personally use to stay in the frequency of my next level, even when the outside world hasn't caught up yet. So if you want to join me there, the link is in the show notes or you can head over to manifestdifferentlycom.

Carissa Andrews: 12:06

Forward, slash, substack and if you're feeling the pull to go even deeper, to reclaim your writing life, your creative identity and your power as a multidimensional author, I'm launching two books this month through Kickstarter that were designed for exactly this moment. Right Frame of Mind is a reimagined version of a book that I wrote called Author Imposter, but this is now all for neurodivergent manifestors. I understand so much more deeply what I was trying to say through that first book, so it's a completely new version of Right Frame of Mind. And then Write your Reality is book two in the series. It's all about quantum manifestation, how the science behind quantum manifestation works, why neuroscience is such a big part of this, why your nervous system is such a big part of it.

Carissa Andrews: 12:55

They're for writers who think differently, who feel differently and know that they're here to do things on their own terms, not just in strategy, but also in energy. So if you want to be part of this movement, please head over to authorrevolutionorg forward slash Kickstarter. Author Revolution is my author company, so I would love for you to back the campaign and get access to the exclusive tools, the bundles and courses that won't be available again until 2026. Now, remember, you're not behind at all. Not at all. Your manifestations aren't even behind. You're just building a reality that doesn't exist yet and that makes you a frequency pioneer. I am so, so glad that you're here and please remember, you have the power to create your own reality, so go out there and manifest differently.