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You've Been BLOCKING Your BLESSINGS! Do THIS To MANIFEST Like CRAZY! | Tabitha Brown

Today we have an incredibly inspiring guest with us, the one and only Tabitha Brown. Tabitha is a social media sensation, actress, and vegan foodie who has captured the hearts of millions with her infectious positivity and wisdom.

Tabitha BrownguestLewis Howeshost

Apr 10, 20241h 8mWatch on YouTube

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Dreams vs. goals: the kind of calling you can’t shake
Tabitha Brown opens by distinguishing goals from dreams, saying dreams are persistent and “live inside of us.” She frames dreams as something that continues to pull you forward even after you manifest them.
- •Dreams are described as persistent and not letting you rest
- •Goals can be set down or completed, but dreams keep calling
- •She suggests dreams continue unfolding “until we are called home”
The breaking point: illness, depression, and a new kind of prayer
Lewis Howes introduces Tabitha’s accomplishments, then she explains how a long season of sickness and depression forced a shift in her faith. She describes realizing she was praying out of habit rather than intention or belief.
- •She recounts being sick for about a year and seven months without answers from doctors
- •She describes falling into depression and feeling like God forgot her
- •She contrasts habitual prayer with intentional seeking and surrender
“If you heal me, you can have me”: surrender and taking the layers off
Tabitha describes a pivotal bathroom prayer where she told God that if she were healed, God could “have” her. She says something changed internally—she felt lighter—and from then on she began “taking layers off” to become who she believes she was called to be.
- •She describes the prayer as a commitment to stop doing things “my way”
- •She says she wasn’t healed instantly, but felt different immediately after
- •She frames her journey as removing layers and returning to who she truly is
Premonitions and messages: the gift she tried to pray away
Tabitha shares that she experiences dreams, visions, and messages that later come to pass, and that she once tried to get rid of this ability because it scared her. She says resisting what she felt she was supposed to share could even make her physically sick until she delivered the message.
- •She describes dreaming and seeing visions while asleep or awake
- •She says the gift felt scary and caused people to think she was “crazy” when she was younger
- •She describes feeling ill when she didn’t share a message she believed she was meant to give
Conforming to survive: code-switching, masking, and being sold a lie
Tabitha explains how growing up in North Carolina taught her to code-switch and conform to be respected and treated well. She describes reinforcing that masking in corporate work and entertainment, including pressure to sound “neutral” and hide her accent, until she finally rejected that identity.
- •She describes learning code-switching by watching her mother navigate predominantly white spaces
- •She recounts being told in entertainment to cover her accent and present more “neutral”
- •She says her name sometimes led people to assume she was white, shaping early opportunities
- •She reframes it as inherited survival behavior that she no longer believes she must do
What’s meant for you won’t miss you: truth as the key to manifestation
Lewis and Tabitha discuss alignment and the idea that what’s meant for you will happen, and what isn’t won’t. Tabitha says walking in your truth allows what belongs to you to arrive, because “God can’t bless who you’re not.”
- •She emphasizes that overthinking complicates opportunities before they’re even real
- •She says pretending creates “blessings” that aren’t truly yours
- •She frames authenticity as the pathway to peace and to receiving what’s for you
- •Lewis adds that being rewarded for a false self can still lead to emptiness and anxiety
Finding your truth by going back: silence, childhood, and what you loved
Tabitha responds to how someone discovers their truth after years of masking. She says people can find it in their quiet moments and by revisiting what they loved as children—before they were taught fear or told their dreams weren’t practical.
- •She says truth shows up in what you feel and do when no one is around
- •She encourages revisiting childhood interests and “childlike thoughts”
- •She describes how outside influences can bury truth over time
- •She connects early passions to purpose and the dream that “belongs to you”
Walking with eyes closed: sensing shifts and trusting what’s ahead
Tabitha describes physically feeling “shifts,” like the air changing on her skin, and a moment when she walked down a long hallway with her eyes closed, imagining where God was taking her. She connects this to her gift and to trusting direction even without visible proof.
- •She describes recognizing when “something’s about to happen” through bodily sensation
- •She recounts closing her eyes while walking at work as a form of vision and trust
- •She frames the practice as connected to her spiritual gift
- •Lewis ties it to the difference between sight and vision
The dream that sparked a pivot: “Start doing videos”
After her bathroom prayer, Tabitha says she dreamed of herself on a show and asked for clarity. She says she heard a clear instruction to start doing videos, resisted because she identified as an actress and had been told social media would hurt her career, then felt reminded of her surrender promise.
- •She says she wasn’t auditioning due to illness when the dream happened
- •She describes resisting the instruction because she wanted acting, not videos
- •She recounts being taught to avoid social media to be taken seriously in Hollywood
- •She says the reminder of her prayer (“If you heal me…”) pushed her into obedience
Vegan challenge and the first breakthrough: the Whole Foods sandwich goes viral
Tabitha explains how her early videos shifted from jokes and stories into sharing food after her family watched a documentary and she tried a 30-day vegan challenge. She describes major improvements in her health, then recounts posting a video about a vegan sandwich that quickly gained views and led to Whole Foods contacting her for campaigns.
- •She describes her headache disappearing after 10 days of eating plants
- •She says a voice prompted her to share what she was eating in her videos
- •She recounts posting a TLTA sandwich video that rapidly jumped in views
- •She says Whole Foods reached out and she became a brand ambassador for plant-based living
Getting unstuck: doing one new thing, and why dreams keep nagging
Asked how people can start living “free,” Tabitha suggests doing something new to disrupt routine and shift perspective. She also deepens her dream vs. goal framework, saying dreams are deposited inside of us and require small daily actions toward them.
- •She describes “stuck” as forgetting to do anything outside routine
- •She suggests small changes like a different route, new clothing, or eating alone
- •She defines goals as created, and dreams as deposited and persistent
- •She encourages doing one small thing each day that supports your dream
Pressure, peace, and the cost of freedom: loss, signs, obedience, and ‘no’
Tabitha reflects on not being ready for earlier success, including the responsibility and the losses that come with freedom—like friendships fading. She describes looking for confirmation signs over the years, explains her view that “obedience is better than sacrifice,” shares a recent restaurant-location lesson, and closes with how she measures alignment through peace and the ability to say no.
- •She says she wasn’t ready for what she would gain—or lose—until later in life
- •She describes friendships disappearing when she began “walking in my freedom”
- •She shares examples of confirmation signs she believes helped her keep going
- •She explains obedience as following the inner ‘gift under the tummy’ rather than forcing outcomes
- •She recounts a restaurant venture that ended quickly after she felt the location wasn’t right
- •She describes readiness as calm gratitude, feeling “normal,” and being able to say no to misaligned opportunities
- •She shares marriage foundations, what she loves about her husband Chance, and her focus on acting and expanding products
- •She ends with her “three truths” (live free, spread love, eat well) and defines greatness as freedom and faith

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