Dr. Solangel is an integrative medicine doctor with extensive experience in alchemical quantum medicine and mental upgrading. She is the founder of Dharmagaia Integrative Medicine and the creator of The Master’s Journey, a transformative online program that has helped hundreds of people.
Many experience a surge of synchronicities, rapid healing, and deep transformation when they first start self-improvement work or quantum healing. But over time, these experiences seem to slow down; why?
The key lies in understanding quantum energy, neural adaptation, and how to consciously sustain high-vibrational states for long-term transformation so you don't actually have to "fake it until you make it.” Feeling like an impostor makes us feel drained, creating incoherence in our mind-heart connection. Let's review three steps to embrace the new you.
The quantum surge: Why healing & manifestation accelerate at first
Do you wonder why, when you are in love, it feels like you are served the world on a platter, can manifest so many things, and encounter so many synchronicities attracting a whole of seemingly magical experiences?
This is the Quantum Surge, a phase where your energy shifts, your perception expands, and the universe seems to respond instantly. But why does this happen so effortlessly in the beginning?
The first time you experience a deep healing session, energy work, or a profound moment of clarity, it feels like stepping into a new reality. Synchronicities appear everywhere: angel numbers, chance encounters, the exact resources you need falling into your lap. Your body feels lighter, your mind clearer, and, for the first time, you truly believe in limitless possibilities.
When you enter a state of deep belief and emotional elevation, powerful biochemical and energetic shifts occur:
The brain floods with dopamine, the neurotransmitter of reward and motivation, reinforcing the idea that you are on the right path. Oxytocin (the bonding and trust hormone) increases, creating a sense of deep connection with yourself, others, and the universe.
Your brain transitions into alpha and theta states, where subconscious reprogramming happens more easily. This makes new beliefs feel real at a deep level, allowing for rapid changes.
Studies show that when your heart and brain are in sync (a state called heart-brain coherence), your electromagnetic field expands. This heightened energy state makes you more sensitive to synchronicities and intuitive insights.
The mind doesn’t just observe reality; it creates it. Believing you are healing activates real physiological changes, while doubt can just as powerfully block progress.
In quantum mechanics, the Observer Effect states that simply observing a particle changes its behavior. This means that you focus your thoughts, emotions, and energy literally influences reality. When you are in a high-vibrational state (joy, gratitude, excitement), you resonate with opportunities, people, and experiences that match that frequency.
The universe is not "rewarding" you; it mirrors your internal state. The more aligned you feel, the more synchronicities unfold.
Why the "magic" fades and the impostor steps forward
The energy slows down. The synchronicities lessen. Self-doubt creeps in. Old patterns start resurfacing.
Why?
Because while your conscious mind embraced change, your subconscious mind never fully got the memo. The conscious mind processes approximately 40–50 bits per second, while the subconscious mind processes around 11 million bits per second (some estimates go even higher).
This vast difference explains why subconscious programming and deep energetic alignment are far more powerful than conscious willpower. Your subconscious dictates your automatic behaviors, emotional reactions, and belief systems, so if you want lasting transformation, you need to reprogram at the subconscious level, not just think differently.
Your subconscious is also chemically programming your body through repeated emotional states. Every thought triggers a neurochemical response, reinforcing familiar feelings and behaviors. If you’ve been conditioned to associate stress with productivity, love with anxiety, or success with struggle, your body becomes addicted to those chemical loops. Related article: Breaking Free From Dopamine Loops.
The subconscious is a habit-keeping machine. Even if you consciously desire a new reality, your body and mind are wired for the old familiar patterns. If the new reality feels too unfamiliar, your nervous system perceives it as a threat, even if it’s good for you.
This creates an energetic mismatch; your thoughts and emotions say one thing, but your deeply ingrained identity says another.
Many people practice "fake it till you make it," but if they don't truly embody the healed, abundant version of themselves, the quantum field doesn’t respond with lasting transformation. When you act like a person who is healed or aligned, but deep inside, you don’t believe it, this creates energetic dissonance, blocking full integration. You might attract some synchronicities at first, but if your subconscious still sees you as the "old you," the energy fades, and results slow down. If your subconscious doesn’t feel safe in your new reality, it will pull you back to familiar patterns, causing self-sabotage or stagnation, and you feel like an impostor.
Energetic misalignment & the identity trap
Signs of Energetic Misalignment:
You start overthinking and doubting your progress.
You manifest an opportunity but feel paralyzed to take action.
You unconsciously reject the very thing you asked for (fear of success).
You attract chaos, drama, or setbacks that pull you back to familiar emotional states.
You feel exhausted, even though you’re doing everything “right.”
At the root of all this is identity lag you’re still operating from an old version of yourself while trying to step into a new reality.
If you don’t believe you are worthy of abundance, love, or healing at your core, you might attract it for a moment, but you won’t be able to sustain it.
Your subconscious will always try to restore equilibrium to the version of you it’s familiar with. If abundance feels unfamiliar, you’ll subconsciously recreate scarcity. If deep love feels unsafe, you’ll find a reason to push it away. Related article: The Secret Recipe For True Love Is Not What You Think
How to shift into true energetic alignment & lasting transformation
Let's say you are looking to change the algorithm of your social media account; for it to change, you need to shift to those posts that have what you are looking for and stop clicking on the ones that you no longer want to see. You must do it for a while until the algorithm changes and sets a new set of posts that are more aligned to your new preference.
Instead of “faking it,” the real key is embodying it. That means rewiring your nervous system and subconscious patterns so that the new reality feels normal, natural, and safe.
Dopamine loops make this even stronger. Just like a hamster on a wheel, chasing validation, external rewards, or emotional highs keeps you stuck in short-lived motivation instead of true transformation. This is why people experience bursts of manifestation and synchronicities in the honeymoon phase but struggle to sustain them because their body pulls them back to the familiar.
To truly shift, you must recondition your nervous system, break the biochemical loops, and teach your body to feel safe in the new reality. Let's review the steps to achieve this!
1. Rewire your nervous system for expansion
Your body must feel safe in the new reality before it can become your default. If success, love, or deep healing feels overwhelming, your nervous system will pull you back into contraction. The following techniques can help to regulate your nervous system so success and healing feel normal rather than overwhelming.
Breathwork: Long, deep breathing facilitates brain-heart coherence
Cold exposure: Many benefits, including the activation of the vagus nerve
EFT tapping: Helps anchor your energy, reduce anxiety, and reconnect with the present moment.
Grounding: Walk barefoot while taking deep breaths and feel your feet on the ground, visualizing roots connecting you to the earth.
2. Shift from intellectual understanding to embodied knowing
Many people intellectually understand concepts like manifestation and healing but don’t embody them. The key is energetic truth.
Reverse engineer to obtain pivotal information to set you free from repetitive patterns. Related article: The Astounding Power Of Reverse Engineering Your Life
Instead of forcing belief, experience it: Rather than repeating affirmations mechanically, feel what it’s like to already be in a new reality.
Move from “hoping” to “being”: Instead of “I hope I can heal,” shift to “I am healed” at a cellular level.
Let go of performance: True alignment doesn’t require external validation it flows from within.
3. Use quantum anchors to sustain the shift
Most people lose their progress because they don’t have anchors that keep them in alignment. Quantum Anchors are daily practices that keep your energy calibrated:
Morning energy calibration: Visualize your new reality first thing in the morning before your subconscious autopilot kicks in.
Gratitude & sensory activation: Gratitude isn’t just about listing things. It’s about feeling them deeply, which shifts your frequency instantly.
Movement & breathwork: Use movement (like yoga, dance, or shaking) to process old energy and integrate new patterns.
Journaling: Ask yourself questions like: Where in my life do I experience patterns of self-sabotage? What emotions arise before I “pull back” from success, love, or healing? What identity am I still unconsciously holding onto? Who would I need to become for my desire to feel “normal” instead of like a rare event?
Conscious environment design: Surround yourself with people, places, and experiences that reinforce your new reality.
True transformation is about being, not just doing. Start today
You don't have to feel like an impostor! You may not realize it, but lingering emotions of defeat, frustration, and low-level anxiety deplete your resources. You don’t need to force, chase, or prove anything. The reality you desire already exists; you just have to become the version of yourself who naturally lives in it. Instead of fighting your old self, nurture your new self. Instead of “faking it,” shift into being it. Because the secret to sustaining the magic isn’t effort it’s energetic alignment.
If you are ready to transform your life, remove old conditioning, and set a completely new emotional imprint at the subconscious level, schedule an online appointment here.
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Dr. Mariana Solangel, Medical Doctor Transformational Expert
Dr. Solangel is an integrative medicine doctor who is a leader in biohacking. Her gift for seeing the unseen allows her to offer a unique set of techniques using the power of self-exploration, mental upgrading, and self-transformation. Her flagship program, The Master’s Journey, facilitates profound, long-term shifts that assist individuals toward their next level of wellness and personal growth.
