SAGE & SASS

SAGE & SASS

BODY OF WANTING: Part Seven

A Somatic Guide to Desire, Intention & Manifestation

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Dea Devidas
Dec 26, 2025
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PART FIVE

Becoming The Identity

Chapter 15

The Identity Shift

You’ve been trying to manifest from your current identity. Like asking a caterpillar to fly while still insisting it’s definitely, absolutely, one hundred percent a caterpillar that just needs better wings.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth that took me years to accept: you cannot manifest what you want while remaining who you currently are. The version of you that wants the thing and the version of you that has the thing are not the same person.

And your nervous system knows this. Which is why it’s been sabotaging you. Not because it hates you, but because it’s terrified of who you’d have to become.

Manifestation requires identity death. The old you must dissolve for the new you to crystallize. Your cells must reorganize. Your nervous system must rewire. Your sense of ‘I am’ must expand to include what currently feels impossible.

Why Identity Is Everyth…

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