Sarah Elle Oates

I have a Master’s in Epidemiology and I love manifestation 🧚😅

And I don’t think those two things contradict each other nearly as much as people think they do.

I spent years studying science and working in clinical research, and if anything, learning more about the brain, the body, belief and human behaviour has made me MORE fascinated by the practices we tend to call “woo.”

Because sometimes there’s actually a pretty compelling explanation for why they work.

And sometimes?

We don’t fully know yet.

I’m okay with that too.

I don’t need to understand every mechanism behind something before I’m willing to experiment with it in my own life.

Affirmations are one of the practices I genuinely use and I’m very intentional about when and how I use them.

I’m not walking around my kitchen yelling “I AM A MILLIONAIRE” while my subconscious is like babe… absolutely not 😂

I use them when I’m falling asleep.

And instead of trying to convince myself of something that feels completely unbelievable, I use that time to rehearse the beliefs and identity of the woman I’m becoming.

Things work out for me.

I trust myself.

I am capable.

There are opportunities everywhere.

I can create a life that feels fu***ng incredible.

Again. And again. And again.

Until those thoughts start feeling a little less foreign.

A little more familiar.

A little more like me.

Because whether it’s believing you manifest your reality or choosing to rewire the way you think and behave within it, I’m interested in anything that helps me become more intentional about the life I’m creating.

So welcome to my new Sunday series:

🎓 Master’s in Epidemiology, Minor in Manifestation

Where I’ll be sharing the manifestation practices I actually use and exploring why I think they work.

Call it manifestation.
Call it neuroscience.

Either way, around here it’s equal parts data & delusion. 🧠✨



Self-trust, Nervous system regulation, Identity shift, Embodiment, Personal growth, Women’s wellbeing, From survival to expansion, Intentional living, Building a life you love, Affirmations

For so long, I thought life had a finish line.

Graduate.
Get the job.
Get married.
Buy the house.
Have the babies.
Build the career.

And then one day you’ll finally feel like you’ve made it.

Except every time I reached one of those milestones, there was always another quiet voice inside me whispering

“There has to be more than this.”

For years, I thought that voice meant something was wrong with me.

That I wasn’t grateful enough.
That I expected too much.
That I just needed to try harder to be happy.

Now I think that voice was never telling me I needed a different life.

It was telling me I had outgrown the version of myself that created my current one.

When I look back, I’ve spent my whole adult life expanding.

Moving countries.
Changing careers.
Becoming a mother.
Climbing out of postpartum depression.
Starting over again and again.

Every chapter required me to leave behind an old identity before I could step into the next one.

And I don’t think that ever stops.

I don’t believe there is a point where we finally “arrive.”

I think we’re meant to keep evolving.

To keep becoming.

To keep expanding.

So at 34, I’m doing it again.

I’ve left my corporate career behind to build something that genuinely lights me up.

Not because I have everything figured out.

But because I’ve learned that every beautiful chapter of my life has started with one uncomfortable decision:

To stop trying to fit inside a life I’d already outgrown.

Because if there’s one thing I know now, it’s this:

The next version of your life will always ask you to let go of the version of you that no longer fits.

If you’re here at the beginning, thank you. 🫶🏼

I have a feeling this chapter is going to be the most meaningful one yet.

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