Neurosurgeon explains non-woo-woo way to scientifically manifest your goals: There is no magic here

Think happy thoughts!Stanford neurosurgeon and neuroscientist Dr.Jamey Doty is sharing his foolproof process for bringing ideas and intentions into actuality.Appearing on Mel Robbins’s podcast, Doty explained that taking specific steps toward manifestation can hardwire the brain into believing that good things are not only possible but probable — making them more likely to actually happen.Something of a new age buzzword of late, “manifestation” is the translation of an idea into something tangible by utilizing the law of attraction, the belief that positive thoughts give way to positive outcomes and negative thoughts pave the way to a dreary life condition.Acolytes include celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, who claims that being cast in Steven Spielberg’s film “The Color Purple” was a direct result of constantly visualizing herself in the role, and Drake, who credits the power of “repetitive thought” and “extreme manifesting” for his success, including the specific house he lives in, and the Rolls Royce he drives.Psychologically speaking, manifestation is the practice of concentrating thoughts, energy, and emotion to bring something into being, from belief to reality and desire to definition.For some, the concept seems too “woo-woo” — rooted in superstition rather than fact or science.

But Doty, an actual brain scientist, insists there is something scientific to back it up.To actually make manifesting work, though, you can’t just be satisfying with thinking your hopes and dreams into reality — you have to take specific actions to link your brain up with real-world results.The first step is to write down the thing you want to happen in your life.“If you have an intention, you take a pencil, you write it down.You’re actually doing something physical, tactile,” said Doty.“Then you read it silently, then you read it aloud.

Then you visualize that, and you do that over and over and over again.”According to the doc, taking a ...