At My Manifesto, we talk a lot about living with clarity and intention. But clarity doesn’t mean everything is simple or easy. In fact, one of the most powerful insights we’ve discovered – personally and through our work with others – is this:
Wellbeing isn’t about eliminating tension. It’s about learning to live well within it.
Every day, we navigate competing needs, desires, and responsibilities. We want to care for others — but we also need to care for ourselves. We strive to grow and improve — but we also long to feel content with what is. We crave independence — but we yearn for connection. These tensions aren’t signs of failure. They’re signs that we’re human.
Too often, we’re sold the idea that a balanced life means getting everything just right. That if we tick the right boxes — eat well, sleep eight hours, exercise, meditate — we’ll glide through life in a state of calm control. But that’s not how life works. It’s dynamic, messy, layered.
Our book guides readers through a 7-step process to uncover their personal manifesto — a declaration of their own wisdom and intentions. And one of the greatest gifts this process offers is a more compassionate and pragmatic lens on life’s complexity. It helps you get clear on what matters most to you — so you can make wiser choices within the tension, not in spite of it.
For example:
At My Manifesto, we don’t promise perfection. But we do offer something better: the opportunity to know yourself more deeply, and to live with intention — even when life pulls you in different directions.
Because the truth is, life will pull you. And real wellbeing isn’t about resisting the pull. It’s about responding to it wisely, compassionately, and in a way that honours who you are.
You owe it to you.