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5 min readHow to Trust the Thing You Want Is Coming
Gabby Bernstein opens with a confession: she had a fight with her husband that morning, felt the familiar loop of anger and resentment closing in, and caught herself. Instead of feeding the spiral, she silently repeated four words: I am willing to heal. Within ten minutes, her husband called to apologize. She is certain that call would never have come if she had stayed in her low-vibration state. This is the premise of the entire episode: trust is not something you wait to feel; it is something you practice, step by step, until the universe meets you there.
The problem with wanting and not trusting
Bernstein describes a pattern she sees constantly, both in her coaching practice and among her closest friends. People hold clear desires—a relationship, a career shift, financial abundance, better health—but a voice in the back of their mind whispers, I don't think this can actually happen. That voice is the lack of trust, and it blocks the very thing they are trying to manifest. She illustrates this with a story about her sister-in-law Meredith, who sat down for cappuccinos and confessed she had lost her sense of purpose. Meredith had poured everything into raising her sons, and now that they were leaving for college, she felt empty. Bernstein walked her through a visualization: what does day one as an empty nester look like? Me
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:03) **The Core Problem: Desire Without Trust** - Gabby introduces the central challenge: holding a desire while an inner voice whispers "I don't trust this can happen," whether about health, relationships, career, or the state of the world.
- 2 (01:06) **The Sister-in-Law Story: A Case Study in Lost Purpose** - Gabby recounts a brunch with her sister-in-law Meredith, who feels disconnected from her purpose after focusing her energy on raising her sons.
- 3 (04:53) **Introducing the Five Steps to Unshakable Faith** - Gabby declares she has the exact steps to move from distrust to faith, which she revealed to Meredith and now shares with the audience.
- 4 (06:07) **Step One: "I Am Willing to Heal"** - The mandatory first step is to consciously choose to heal the disbelief in every area of your life where you feel blocked or uncertain.
- 5 (10:25) **Step Two: Give It Away for 24 Hours** - After offering willingness to heal, the next step is to release the issue completely for a single day through a "24-hour spiritual pivot."
- 6 (12:14) **Step Three: Practice Non-Interference for Three Days** - After giving the issue away, you must do nothing and let the universe show you what to do, waiting at least three days before taking any action.
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Show Notes
What if you didn't have to know how everything was going to work out? In this episode of Dear Guides, Gabrielle Bernstein shares her five steps to unshakable faith and teaches you how to move from fear and control into trust, grace, and a deeper sense of knowing. Through the practices of being willing to heal, giving it away, practicing non-interference, listening for guidance, and letting grace set in, Gabby shows you how to release what you're holding onto and create space for the next right action to reveal itself. She also shares a powerful story about her longtime friend Mark and how choosing to stop fighting helped him find a new sense of peace and trust. Plus, Gabby guides you through a meditation to help you let go, listen inward, and reconnect with the feeling that everything is going to be okay.
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