Jul 29, 2026 · 39 min · 14 segments
Claire is joined by Francesca Amber, Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the UK's number one self-development podcast, to explore what manifestation really takes and why belief is just the…
Claire LockeyHostAnd I always kind of go back to this very simple equation, which is event plus reaction equals outcome.
We might have been bullied at school or, you know, whatever it is, a partner that cheats on you.
You can't really change the events, but you can change your reaction to those events.
And we all know, I'm sure, people in our lives that they've either got divorced or... been let go from their job.
And they will harbour that for years and it will send them into this spiral.
And then you'll see other people that have those exact same events happen to them, same circumstances.
And they almost use it as a catalyst for change to really create something amazing in their life.

And I think it comes back to that belief, doesn't it, that things happen for a reason.

Sometimes it could be weeks, months, years, you know, and then it clicks and you're like, oh, you know, it set me off on a... on a path of and I was the same like I was made redundant um eight days after having my baby that's illegal isn't it they didn't even invite me I found out on Facebook wow and didn't have yeah didn't have a job to go back to and that really was the catalyst of events that put me where I am sat today you know with two businesses and at the time I didn't know what it meant you know but now I'm like that was exactly life was saying no this isn't your route Claire This is not what you're supposed to be doing.
And I always kind of go back to this very simple equation, which is event plus reaction equals outcome.
We might have been bullied at school or, you know, whatever it is, a partner that cheats on you.
You can't really change the events, but you can change your reaction to those events.
And we all know, I'm sure, people in our lives that they've either got divorced or... been let go from their job.
And they will harbour that for years and it will send them into this spiral.
And then you'll see other people that have those exact same events happen to them, same circumstances.
And they almost use it as a catalyst for change to really create something amazing in their life.

And I think it comes back to that belief, doesn't it, that things happen for a reason.

Sometimes it could be weeks, months, years, you know, and then it clicks and you're like, oh, you know, it set me off on a... on a path of and I was the same like I was made redundant um eight days after having my baby that's illegal isn't it they didn't even invite me I found out on Facebook wow and didn't have yeah didn't have a job to go back to and that really was the catalyst of events that put me where I am sat today you know with two businesses and at the time I didn't know what it meant you know but now I'm like that was exactly life was saying no this isn't your route Claire This is not what you're supposed to be doing.
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