Return To Magic: Reclaiming the Self I Was Born To Be

At the end of 2025, To Be Magnetic's winter challenge was called Return to Magic. The name alone felt like a homecoming. I’ve been doing the TBM work for two years now, and every round has reshaped my life in ways I couldn’t have predicted — or forced — even if I tried.

This work has brought me the love of my life. It brought me my retreat in Crete. It brought me health and fitness, including two surgeries — knee and nasal — that sat on last year’s manifestation list like quiet, brave intentions. It brought me deeper connections, inside and out. And at the start of 2025, it brought me a call I couldn’t ignore: return to writing.

I listened. I picked up the pen again in February 2025, and something in me clicked back into place.

But the Return to Magic challenge wasn’t just about calling in new things — it was about looking back. It asked me to recognise the patterns, blocks and programming born in childhood. To see the younger versions of myself with compassion instead of judgement. To remember that I was born whole, authentic, worthy — and that the magic was always there, waiting for me to return to it.

My childhood images

The image I chose for this post — a collage of me at different ages — is a reminder of that truth. Every version of me held a piece of the magic I’m reclaiming now.

So stepping into this season, my manifestation list feels even more aligned. More honest. More me.

I want to write more. Create more. Sink deeper into the projects waiting on the horizon. Make space for the stories that have been tapping at the edges of my days.

And yes — there’s a new Surface laptop in the mix, chosen with intention, a tool for the next chapter of my creative life. It feels symbolic, like a quiet promise to honour the work that lights me up.

But at the heart of it all, my biggest desire is simple: More time.   Time to breathe, to write, to create, to be.

Every TBM challenge draws something unexpected out of me. They remind me that manifestation isn’t about forcing outcomes — it’s about aligning with what’s already true. And it never ceases to amaze me what comes to me when I dance with the universe, even a little.

Here’s to another chapter of magic. To desires that feel like home. To honouring the child I was and the woman I’ve become. To writing, creating, and living in a way that feels deeply, unmistakably mine.

Have a magical week and 2026,

Love

Helen x

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