There seems to be a great deal on social media at the moment about manifestation and celebrities are talking about it too. Even BBC Radio Two had someone on this morning talking about a book they had written on it for children.

Manifestation is not goal setting and it is not visualisation – it is merely magical thinking where people believe that by wishing for something they are going to make it happen!

It is good to be optimistic, but if reframing failure carries on despite evidence to the contrary, then false hope and denial can become harmful. In fact in The Psychologist this month it talks about a study carried out where they found that manifesters were more likely to make risky financial decisions.