Episode 24: The Hustle to Manifestation with Sakinah Iman

Sep 10, 2022

How did a successful, born-and-bred Brooklyn artist use manifestation to get her film featured on Showtime? 

 

For those of you who tend to be turned off by woo-woo topics like manifestation and visualizing your dream life, this episode is definitely for you! Tuning in today, you’ll hear from Sakinah Iman, an award-winning Caribbean-American filmmaker, singer-songwriter, actress, spoken word artist, and educator.

 

For over a decade, Sakinah has devoted her artistic abilities to creating art that engages audiences in sociopolitical change. As an independent singer-songwriter, Sakinah has showcased her original music at numerous venues in NYC.

 

Sakinah’s most popular single to date, ‘Waiting Tables’, climbed to number 35 on the Top 40 charts on Bandcamp, and one of her most recent film projects, He Wants to Know My Number, is currently available for streaming on the major television network, Showtime.

 

In this episode of Surviving the City, Sakinah shares some insight into the production and distribution of He Wants to Know My Number—a powerful, provocative, and entertaining spoken word piece that expresses her take on sex and promiscuity—and how she actively relinquished the narrative that she would never be able to make a decent living as an artist. 

 

We also take a look at the role that an abundance mindset plays in creating the life that you want to live in real-time, debunk some common misconceptions about manifestation, and unpack the Law of Attraction, plus so much more!

 

Regardless of your opinions on manifestation, we hope that this conversation will inspire you to be more, show up, and live up and love up on the life you want.

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• How Sakinah wrote, directed, produced, and starred in He Wants to Know My Number
• Shifting the limiting beliefs that tend to keep artists broke
• What Sakinah learned from the ‘pay to play’ film festival circuit
• A look at her upcoming film: Running Star
• How to use astrology in your creative process
• A candid account of self-imposed roadblocks on Sakinah’s journey 
• Defining manifestation and what it means to Sakinah
• Tips for activating a euphoric state of being rooted in abundance and love
• Using visualization to reprogram your subconscious
• How Sakinah manifested her dream job
• The importance of detaching from a desired outcome
• Debunking the misconception that manifestation is an infallible law
• How Law of Attraction works
• How your ego might be getting in your way
• The unexpected 90s television show that had a big impact on Sakinah

 

You can connect with Sakinah and keep up with all of her projects by following this link.

 

Check out her short film, ​​He Wants to Know My Number, on ShowTime and watch the official trailer for Running Star on YouTube.

 

You can also stream ‘Waiting Tables’ and more on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you get your music.

 

Resources mentioned:

Abraham-Hicks and the Law of Attraction

Joseph Rodrigues

 

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