# Why Manifestation Isn’t Working For You With Yvonne T

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Podcast: [Sisters In Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sisters-in-sobriety-6679709)
Published: 2026-01-05T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

&lt;p&gt;Manifestation doesn’t have to be woo-woo, unrealistic, or disconnected from real life. In this episode of &lt;em&gt;Sisters in Sobriety&lt;/em&gt;, Sonia sits down with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/yvonnetchrakian_manifest/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yvonne Tchrakian&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; — corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur, manifestation teacher, founder of Pause.Penny, and host of &lt;em&gt;The Manifest Movement&lt;/em&gt; podcast — to explore how manifestation can become a grounded, practical tool for women in recovery. Sonia helps listeners understand how manifestation can support self-trust, accountability, and healing without bypassing emotions or responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Together, they unpack why manifestation can feel like it “isn’t working,” even when you’re doing all the right things. The conversation explores alignment versus hustle, fear-based desires versus intuitive ones, and how thoughts, beliefs, and actions must work together. Sonia and Yvonne touch on common blocks like scarcity thinking, misalignment, people-pleasing, and unrealistic timelines — and how those patterns quietly sabotage progress.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;You'll will gain clear, actionable insights into how manifestation intersects with neuroscience, habit formation, intuition, and sobriety. Yvonne explains why gratitude, affirmations, aligned action, and accountability matter more than vision boards alone, and how substances can disconnect intuition and erode self-trust. The episode also addresses spiritual bypassing, emotional processing, and why manifestation works best when paired with honesty and responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the personal story segment, Yvon…

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