086: Did I just manifest a CRUISE?!

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Wayfair, every style, every home. Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Connie Crystals the Podcast. As you probably know by now, my name is Mart Tweedy. I am your host, and this week I have had some amazing manifestations come to fruition, and I just thought I'm going to base my entire episode around this because I can't believe that— there's two things in, in particular that I want to like discuss with you, and I can't believe how they've actually happened. And you might have seen one of them already on Instagram but I haven't really spoke about the other one. And they are massive things. They're not just like, oh, I manifested like £100 on a lottery win or something like that. These are huge, huge things. So if I take it back a couple of weeks ago, as you know, I went to Beyoncé. And my local radio station, Metro Radio, were running a competition for the 2 weeks up to that, okay? And they were running a competition called What Did Beyoncé— What Did Beyoncé— do you get it? And basically they were going to play you on the lead up to this like 2 weeks, like, prior to the concert. In honor of Beyoncé coming to the Northeast, they were going to send you to Los Angeles. And while you were in Los Angeles, you got to go on this River Mexicana cruise. So obviously I was like, I'm gonna win this because Beyoncé is my bitch. And yeah, I just, I just had this feeling that I was going to win this holiday with this cruise, and we're gonna go away and relax. And like I say, I haven't had a proper holiday since 2018, so I was like just visualizing this. And what you had to do is every single day, Steve and Karen, the hosts of Metro Radio in the Northeast— big shout out if they listen, probably not, but you know— um, they basically played you 1 to 2 words of something that Beyoncé had said, and you had to write it down, and you had to get all 12 of them and put them in the right order, basically. And it was like taken from a Beyoncé interview from back in the archives, back in the day, and you had to just repeat what Beyoncé had said in the correct order. And like I say, you won this like trip to LA and this cruise and everything. It was all expenses paid. So there I was, as you can imagine, like bloody Vera or Miss Marple, and I had all these sticky notes on me, me wall. And I remember Jade coming in one day and being like, what's that? And I was like, it's the Beyoncé competition. And she just looked as if I was like some weirdo. But anyway, I had them all stuck on me wall and I knew exactly, like, because one of the words was glass Glastonbury. And I was like, I know which interview this is. And I went on YouTube and I found the interview 2 days before the competition finished. And I was like, oh my God, I know what the last 2 words are anyway. So me being like the idiot I am, I rang up to like see if I could win, and they were like, well, no, you've got to wait until we've like announced the whole thing. And I was like, but I know which interview it's from. And they're like, okay, but you've still got to wait and give everyone else opportunity. So anyway, cut to the day of the Beyoncé concert. I woke up at 6 AM because Stephen Karen's breakfast show starts at 6 AM, and they said that they would play the last clip of the interview and open the phone lines for people to enter, but anytime between 6 AM and 10 AM, okay? So I went downstairs 6 AM and I put the radio on, on my phone, you know, just like through the, the web player kind of thing. And I was listening away, and I went into the kitchen to make my breakfast. And then when I went to go in the shower, I don't like taking my phone in the shower, so I asked my Sonos speaker, and I was like, Alexa, play Metro Radio. And when it started playing, it was about 10 seconds behind the one on my phone. So I was like, oh. So I opened it on my laptop, which was about 30 seconds ahead of both of them. So I was like, oh my God, this is because it's digital. Digital radio is all— there's always like a bit of a delay. So I waited until the 7 o'clock news came on, and dot on the 7 o'clock news, I was like, why isn't the news on? It started playing on one of the devices, but it was still delayed on the others. And I was like, there is a delay here. Which one of these is the quickest? Which one of these is like gonna play the clip first so that I can ring in? Because obviously I wanted the best opportunity for myself. And then I had a thought. FM radio, like standard radio, that you can listen to in your car, for example. When I went out to my car, I turned on the FM radio. That was a good minute and 15 seconds ahead of everything else. So I was like, oh, hell with this, I'm going to take my laptop, my coffee, and I'm going to go and work in my car for the morning. Well, you can imagine, I live on a little cul-de-sac and everyone was getting up, going to work, like looking at us as if they're like, why is he sat in his car for like the last 2 hours or so, um, just literally like with a cup of coffee and his laptop working from his car? And my new car keeps on turning turn the bloody engine off every 5 minutes because it thinks, well, you're not going anywhere. And I didn't want to put it on and just waste petrol. So there I am, sat in my car. They opened the competition at 9:45, so I've been sat in my car for 2 hours 45. Now, as you can imagine, that is dedication. That is absolute dedication. Beyoncé apparently was walking around Roca, where— near the Stadium of Light where she was playing. She'd apparently gone on the beach for a little dip. Normally, on a normal day, I would have like shot over there and I would have been straight onto that beach to see if I could have got a photo with her. But I was dedicated to the cause and I thought, chances they'll play this bloody clip while I'm driving and I won't be able to enter. So I just said to Johnny, look, I want your phone as well, so as soon as I text, quickly run out to the car, ring this number, and just meet me in the car. So he was like, okay. So prior to this, just to give you a bit of background, the whole time they've been running this, I was imagining myself— I was late on my bed, okay, but I opened the blinds in my bedroom so that the sun was literally beaming onto my skin, and I was imagining myself on the top deck of some little cruise ship, you know, with the sun beating down. I even started putting on like seagull noises and sea noises and like chatter and things like that so I could really, really get into that mindset of me being on this cruise and feeling the sun and just being like carefree and thinking, oh, this is the life, finally I've got away on holiday, that kind of thing. And I stuck with that feeling for a good 2 weeks. I was doing it every single day. I was listening to the Boost Your Luck subliminal every night when I was going, uh, going to sleep and stuff like that. I had my crystals with me every day, my moldavite, thinking, come on, change my life. I kept telling it, I want this cruise, I want this cruise. So anyway, They open the phone lines, Johnny runs out of the car, we both ring, and they took my name and they told me that I was fourth in the queue. So obviously I had the shakes. I had Emma Mumford messaging me, I had Fran messaging me at the same time, a few of my friends were messaging me, and I was like, go away everyone, I just need to concentrate on this one thing. And I was sat there clutching my quartz, my, um, moldavite, my citrine, my jade. Oh my God, it was so bloody stressful. So anyway, the first lady comes on, she was on line 1, I was on line 4, and as soon as she read the first couple of like, um, words of this sentence, I was like, she's got it wrong. So anyway, she didn't get it. Second lady comes on, she pretty much read out the exact same thing as the first lady did, and I was like, oh my God, these people, they've just like shot themselves in the foot for the chance of this holiday, this cruise. So then the third lady comes on and she literally said the interview paragraph word for word correctly. I was the fourth person in the queue, so obviously as soon as they announced that she'd won, they just hung up on me because the competition was over. And I was so deflated, honestly. Like, I had it in my head, this was me, I was going to be on this cruise and Yeah, I got the Beyoncé blues, should I say. So I went to see Beyoncé that afternoon, and when I got home the next few days— I don't know if you remember saying on last week's podcast— the next few days I just felt so down, and I don't know what it was. I was really struggling to get my vibration up. Anyway, I just kept on listening to Boost Your Luck subliminal and, you know, um, the Happiness subliminal to get myself back into it, and the Health and Wellness one. And I was just trying to like pick myself up with like positive vibration activities, you know, going for walks, seeing friends, listening to happy playlists. And because I hadn't won the competition, I just totally released that want of being on that cruise and that meditation, that visualization of being on the cruise. So imagine, imagine, imagine, imagine my shock horror When last week I get a voice note from Francesca Amber from Law of Attraction Changed My Life, and she had been messaging like previously asking, you know, like, because she lives 3 hours away, she lives in Lincoln, I live in Newcastle, she has 3 children under the age of 5. It's very, very hard for Fran to travel to Newcastle for the day, for example, unless she was child-free. So obviously it requires me going down to her or just catching up via Zoom, but it's a bit difficult, isn't it, when you're trying to arrange something and you're trying to We were trying to basically go through all the finer details of our one-night show in London in September, and I was just like hoping and praying that we could kind of meet up and maybe, I don't know, like I could stay over in Lincoln at her house or something like that, just something along those lines. So I started visualizing, you know, staying over at Fran's house, getting so much work done, because last time when I went to her house about 3 weeks ago, we were so productive. Like, we'd only just planned to go and meet up and discuss what we're going to talk about. We ended up launching the bloody ticket sales and everything. We got so much done that day. But now it's like time to, you know, think about what we want for the stage and the lighting, what we're going to discuss, who we're going to invite as our like guest speakers kind of thing. Because we do want to hear from you lot, like with your manifestation stories. I've got some amazing clients that have had some amazing manifestations come to fruition. I know Fran has as well. So we want to hear from people like that as well. So obviously the finer details— I started imagining myself like going to France, staying overnight or something, and like, I don't know, going on a little adventure or something together so that we can promote like the show, we can get some great content, that kind of thing. But because I hadn't won that competition, I just kind of released it. So I was no longer thinking about that like cruise to LA. I just thought, oh well, never mind. So Fran sent me a voice note on WhatsApp, and I'm going to actually play it now because I want you to hear, like, I want you to basically hear what she said to me, and you can imagine the shock when I heard this message. Okay, here's the message.

Hiya, how are you? Quick question for you, um, I've been invited to go on a free Virgin Voyages cruise. Yes, it's not a gay cruise, it's just a regular cruise. Um, and I can take a plus one, but it's 5 days around the Med. We go to Ibiza, we go to Italy, we go to all these places. We just need to get a flight to Pisa, which is literally— I've looked, they're like £19 the flights. And all food is included. There's a £350, uh, bar tab as well that we can use. Uh, obviously the accommodation is all free. Everything is all free. Um, And basically I was gonna invite my friend, but then I actually thought, you know what, if we went, we could get a shitload of great, like, organic content. And actually we'd have time just to actually talk about the event and mastermind and all this kind of shit. Do you know what I mean? Um, we would have to share a cabin, which I don't know how you feel about. I don't know if you actually have to share a bed. I wouldn't have thought so. That would be weird. I don't think I don't think you have to share a bed, but I do think you have to share a cabin. I don't know how you feel about that. But I thought I would just offer it up. It's on the 21st of June, so we have to fly to Pisa on the 21st of June in Italy, and then we can meet them at the port. And then, yeah, we go to all these different ports. We spend like a day sailing and then we have days where we get off and we spend like the whole day and night in Ibiza. And we could just do really, like, cool shit. Anyway, let me know what you think. You might be like, "Nah, I'm busy," or, "Nah, I don't want to go," but let me know.

So that was the voice note that I received from Fran. Can you imagine how I felt? Obviously, I wanted to spend some time with Fran. I wanted to kind of, you know, mastermind about our one-night show event. I wanted to go on holiday. I wanted to go on this cruise. How mad is that? And I truly think, because I spoke to my membership, uh, group about this in Manifest with Mart Tweedy on Friday morning, because we were doing a 7 Days of Gratitude Challenge. And as part of the 7 Days of Gratitude Challenge, it got to Friday— well, it got to Thursday actually— and I'd wrote, I'm so grateful for all the opportunities that come my way because of my second manifestation that I'll talk about in a sec. Um, but I said like all the opportunities that come my way and things that happen, and I just felt like so grateful as I wrote that. And I read it back and I just like looked up to the sky and went, thank you, thank you, thank you. And then the next day I got that. And it's just absolutely crazy because I truly think that that came to me because I'd released the resistance. So the only way I was seeing this cruise come to me was through winning that radio competition about Beyoncé. Yeah, that was the only way I could see myself winning that competition. That was the only way I could see myself going on a cruise. And then for me to release that and be like, oh well, I'm not going to win the competition anyway because it's been won, I'll let it go.

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Wayfair, every style, every home. I'd still done all the visualization work. I'd still spoke to my crystals asking them to support me in this journey. I'd still been doing my tapping to get rid of all my limiting beliefs that, yeah, I will get away on holiday and things now, will be on that cruise. I still had those emotions of like lay on my bed with the sun beating down on me and pretending to like rub cream into my body and things like that, and hearing those seagulls and that chitter chatter and just getting out there and doing some fun shit. And because of all that, and because I released that resistance of, you know, it's not going to come to me through the— through this radio competition, it came to me. And I honestly cannot believe, and I am so thankful to Fran But what's weird as well is that after we'd got it all sorted and things, and, um, we, we got it all booked, we booked our flight, I booked everything for Fran. She's a bit of a technophobe. Um, so after I'd basically booked all that, I realized who this, um, this opportunity had come through by someone who'd messaged Fran. And it's actually one of my listeners as well. Shout out to Hayley. And, um, Hayley basically said to me, oh my God, this is so weird that Fran is taking you because you were literally next on my list. But they'd moved the deadline basically. Like, Fran messaged me at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the deadline was at 4:30 that night, and it took Hayley like a few hours to get everything together for Fran, to like get her on this cruise and stuff. So I was actually next on the list. So even if Fran hadn't asked us, it would have happened for me anyway. And it's almost like it was destined for me to happen no matter which way it came to me, if that makes sense. But yeah, I'm so, so grateful for Fran choosing me as a one-on-one. It makes perfect direct sense, like she said, that we get to go away together, we get some amazing organic content. But not only that, we're able to plan our one-night show and get everything set in stone because it's 3 and a half months away and we've only met up that once, um, to basically launch it. So it is a bit of a weird one because we've got so much planned and so much that we want to do for that one-night show, and this is going to give us such an amazing opportunity. So we're going to be working from Ibiza Cannes, Italy, Barcelona. We're going to be working from all over that week, so you can imagine the content is going to be amazing. So yeah, thank you, thank you, thank you, Universe. That is one of my manifestations. The second is that obviously with doing, um, that speaking gig that I had in January through the Beauty Growth Academy, I spoke in front of a few hundred people and it was amazing. I loved it. I got so much out of it and it was so lush to meet everyone. And obviously that's what kind of inspired me to want to do this one-night show. So I've been trying to manifest, you know, more speaking gigs and like opportunities to get my brand out there, and obviously just to come and meet with you all and speak to people and get to hear other people's stories and, you know, how crystals have helped shape their lives and manifestation and all that jazz. So I've been visualizing a lot lately while I've been using my Boost Your Luck subliminal, like I. And one of the, um, meditations I did the other day, it was one of my own, it was about like the new you, um, it's available on my website, it's like £2 or £3. And I was basically doing that, and when I met the new future me in my meditation, this new me was so confident as a speaker. And it was almost like when I came out of the meditation at the end, I was thinking, right, I am going to manifest some good speaking, like little slots, do you know what I mean? Just here and there. And I am going to basically go out there, meet the public, speak at like conferences, that kind of thing. And I could see myself on stage, I could feel the energy from the audience, I could see everyone giving me a round of applause like after my speech. I could see like a little stall at the side where I'm like selling my, my shizzle and stuff like that. So anyway, last week I got an email from a listener who Big shout out to Matthew, by the way. He works at Stella McCartney in London. Stella McCartney, that's a huge name. Now initially I told my best friend Nikki and she was like, is that the lady with one leg? And I was like, no, that's Heather Mills. And then she went, oh, is that the lady that sells the vegan sausages? I was like, no, that's Linda McCartney, that's her mum. She's also been dead for years. But yeah, no one seemed to know who Stella McCartney was. And I was like, are you fucking joking? I was like, Stella McCartney is a big deal. Anyway, I've been invited to speak at Stella McCartney's Pride event, and the email that I got from Matt when he like messaged me said that they were organising a Pride event on the 29th of June, and as part of the event, their committee had the idea of inviting a speaker who embodies bravery, boldness, and tenacity in setting up their own business. And as part of the LGBTQ+ community, he said that they knew firsthand the hurdles we often face in, you know, believing in ourselves and pursuing our dreams. And they wanted to inspire their community there through the stories of others. And obviously he'd been following Candy Crystals for some time, and he said that my journey as a queer business owner immediately came to mind during their discussions. They wanted me to go down, so they have booked me to speak, and I just can't believe— this is in London, um, so it's on the 29th of June, and obviously I jumped at the opportunity. So it's a half an hour speaking slot. It's unpaid because it's for, um, a charity, like a mental health charity, which is obviously really, really close to my heart anyway. I haven't worked in mental health for years, that kind of thing. Um, but obviously I looked at trains and some of the trains were like extortionate, as you can imagine. Like Newcastle to London, some of the trains were £350, and I was like, can I justify this? I would have much rather just donate the £350 directly to the charity, that kind of thing. So I basically just went back to him and I was like, look, would you be willing to cover the travel costs so that at least like it makes it worth my while kind of thing, and I can like promote the charity as much as possible? And he came straight back and he was like, yep, we've got these amazing train fares that we can book for you, we'll do that for you, we'll book it. So there's basically going to be a half an hour talk a question and answer, and then they basically wanted me to take some products to showcase. And obviously I said, like, traveling to London on a train from Newcastle, that's quite hard with products. And I was thinking, how am I going to do this? What's the best way to do it? So I mentioned to him and I was like, look, I'm really sorry, but I won't be able to bring any products with me because I don't have a van. It would require obviously driving to London, which is about 5 and a half, 6 hours each way. And I was like, that's just not practical. I'm so, so sorry. And he was like, oh well, we did think about this. So what we're planning to do is we're going to spend money in your store online, and then you can just post the products to us. And once the products, like, received at this end, we'll set out a stall so that you can talk people through crystals, that kind of thing. We'll, we'll have like a wide range of products. But then what we'll also do is we will raffle off your products in aid of the charity, which is Mind Out. Can you believe that? So I'm not only helping a charity, I'm also raffling my products for charity, and they're buying the products from me to raffle for charity. And obviously I'll give a donation as well. But I can't believe that that came to fruition, all from me meditating, thinking about my future self, and basically journaling on how confident I am since I've had these speaking roles, and how confident I am speaking in front of people. This is in front of 150 people, but it is Stella McCartney. Like, I just— oh my God, I'm just absolutely gagged. I don't understand how these manifestations have come to me, but I am so, so grateful. Like I say, we don't have to work out the how they're going to get to us or the why they've come to us. We just have to have faith and let go to the universe. And it's something that I speak about week in, week out. So when we release to the universe, that's us truly being satisfied and happy with either outcome basically coming out. So it's like, you know, I thought that I was going to win this cruise. Like, yes, I was really down and disappointed when I didn't win the cruise through the Beyoncé competition, but as soon as I let go of the how it was going to come to me or why it was going to come to me, then it came to me in another way because I opened myself up to all the other opportunities and all the other ways that this could show up in my life. And because of that, I'm now going on a cruise. So basically, this is the thing, it is so weird, innit? I've got such a tight, jam-packed June and July. So I basically get back off the cruise on, I think it's the 26th of June. Then I go to Estella McCartney to speak on the 29th of June. Then just 4 days later, I'm down in Chesterfield for the Beauty Growth Academy's Release Your Inner Queen event. Which Francesca Amber is talking at, but I'm going with my, my stall to sell crystals and things like that and talk to everyone there. And then the week after that, I'm at Happy Place Festival with Francesca Amber and Emma Mumford, and I'm like, oh my God, this is all happening. Like, there's so much happening. My life is so boring, honestly. Like, I know I kind of like talk about it on the podcast and stuff, and people are like, oh, your life's amazing, but I honestly think my life is so dull outside of my work. So this is amazing, all these opportunities, and I'm so, so thankful. So thank you, universe. Thank you, Fran, for inviting me on this cruise. Thank you, Matt, for inviting me to speak at, uh, Stella McCartney's LGBTQ event. And yeah, I'm gonna have to have a bikini wax or something before I go on this holiday because, yeah, well, you know why. Um, but yeah, I hope you enjoyed this episode. It's been a bit of a weird one because I haven't had a single thing to go off on script. I've literally just been staring at my You should see how I'm lay here. I'm lay on my computer chair, but I've got it reclined right the way backwards with the microphone over the top of my mouth, just staring up at the ceiling. Because when I look back a little bit, I can see out my window and I can see the blue sky, and I'm just sad that I'm not outside sunbathing. So yeah, thank you so much for listening. Um, next week I've got an amazing guest on the show. So I've got Laura Hawkins on the show, and I basically was on Laura's podcast Lift Yourself with Laura. And I was on that podcast about 2-3 weeks ago, I think, and we had an amazing chat. And she's a wealth of knowledge when it comes to, you know, divine feminine energy and all that jazz. So she is coming on the podcast next week, and then the week after that I will be getting ready to go on my cruise. And no doubt something else will have manifested. So yeah, if you've enjoyed this podcast episode, please share it on your Instagram story, put it on your Facebook, you know, just share it around Nobody shares them these days. I used to get so many people sharing that they were listening to me podcast, and I don't get that as much these days. I wonder why. Anyway, if you are listening to this, take a photo of yourself. If you're out on a walk, take a photo of, you know, your beautiful scenery or something like that and tag me. Let me know where you're listening to this episode from. I hope that you all enjoyed it. Don't forget that you can leave a review. It's free for you to do so. The podcast is currently top 5 in the UK for spirituality. And number 1 in the Cayman Islands, can I just add. How weird is that? I didn't even know where it was. I had to Google it and then I was like, oh, it's where all the tax avoiders go. Anyway, that's another story. 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