In this episode of One Small Change, Yvonne McCoy welcomes Irina Portnova, a manifestation mentor passionate about helping people shift their relationship with money, embrace abundance, and rewire their mindset for greater success and fulfillment. Irina Portnova explains how small changes in perspective and daily habits can open new avenues of possibility, especially when it comes to money, energy, and the law of attraction. Listeners are guided through actionable, practical strategies to start manifesting more clients—and cash—by focusing on emotional alignment, clarity, and energetic intention. The conversation is filled with stories, laughter, and powerful reminders that real change is both joyful and within reach.

Guest Bio:

Irina Portnova is a manifestation mentor and a self-described “manifestation star.” Using her own journey of consciously manifesting amazing outcomes, she teaches coaches, creators, and entrepreneurs how to shift their energy, embrace abundance, and create more money and client flow in their businesses. Irina Portnova empowers others through energetic practices, mindset work, and practical steps that make abundance a lived reality.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and guest introduction

04:14 Shifting focus from fear to love

07:41 Viewing money as energy

10:54 Embracing an abundance mindset

13:35 Changing beliefs about money and energy

17:04 The power of belief and success

21:08 Starting the day with intention

23:42 Focus on what's working

26:40 Practicing gratitude and abundance

29:15 Finding time for self-improvement

32:39 Encouraging podcast support and engagement

Quote from the Guest:

“Just live your life to the fullest without the fear. Because when we become fearless, the life starts living limitless, right? When we become limitless, when we become fearless, our life is limitless.”

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Welcome to the One Small Change. I am thrilled to embark on

this journey of exploration and transformation with you. I am glad you

put time in your calendar to be here or if you're walking or whatever you're

doing. I'm your host, Yvonne McCoy, and I bring almost 30 years

of entrepreneurial experience. And I have an

incredible passion for discovering growth through the power

of seemingly small change. And so every week I try to bring

somebody new to you so that you can find some new thing that

you can do that's going to help you in your

exploration and your inspiration. And this week we are

talking with Irina Portnova.

And you know, one of the things she's going to do is she's going to

share with you some smaller, unexpected decision

or thing that happened in her life, be there personally or professionally

that sparked that growth. And

I just want to say that I am so happy that you've taken time out

of your schedule to be here and share with us today. So tell my,

tell my people what it is you do and what happened that made

you so good at what you do. First of all, Yvonne,

thank you so much for inviting me to your amazing podcast.

And I'm super excited to share some wisdom that

I've learned through my experience experience through my years. And

obviously something is going to channel through, through me

whatever we are going to talk about. So a little bit about myself.

My name is Irina Portnova, as you already Ivan mentioned,

and I call myself a manifestation star because

I've manifested consciously great things in my life and that's

exactly what I teach others to do. And if

somebody doesn't know what manifestation is, it's basically

whatever we have in our thoughts

eventually is going to turn out to be in our real life.

So a lot of times the easiest way to explain, I always say, hey,

look at your life results. That's exactly what you

created with your thinking. And my gem

is I am focusing on money because money

is energy and this is something we can go dive

deeper. And I love to work with coaches,

creators, entrepreneurs, somebody who is actually

wanted to turn around their business, have more

money flow as well as client flow.

Well, before we even get started, you said something. Oh,

you said something that I

hadn't thought about. And I know a lot of people

have,

especially business people, you know, they tend to think of

manifestation as being really woo, you know.

But I like the way that you said it. It's really,

you are thinking about it and if you can't, if you don't think about

something, if you don't have it in your brain, what is the chance

that you're going to recognize it when it comes? I don't know

whether I've changed your meaning or not. I mean, I'm talking about it kind

of afterwards and you're talking about it kind of at the beginning.

Yeah, absolutely. It's basically what we

focus on is going to expand. If we focus on

worry around the money, we are going to bring more

experiences into our life that show us. Yeah,

you're right. Because this is what we are putting our energy

to. Right. And I just wanted to mention for everybody,

we all know about emotions, but not too many people pay

attention to the emotions because we are all trained to be

logical people. Right. So the most strongest

emotions, Ivan, are fear and love.

And the way our brain is wired, we are

constantly in that survival mode. Meaning that we are

constantly fear of something. Right. And the more we are

staying in that fear emotions. Okay. I'm afraid that my

money are going to disappear if I'm going to invest

in myself up. I'm feared that my bank account is not going to be

the way that I wanted. Right. And a lot of people are living

in that fear mode. And guess what is, because it's very

strong emotion, we create more of the experiences that

show to us. So what I love to do, I love to take

people into the love emotion and ask them,

what would you rather experience when it comes to

money? Right? And let's just shift our focus from

worry to something that you love. And once

people just start even talking about it, like I said, if

money wasn't an issue, what would you do right now?

Right? And that brings like, see, you just smiled right

away. It just like all it takes for us is just to shift our

thought and we are completely opening up for other

possibilities. We are smiling, our nervous system

is calm. Because again, if we are constantly, you know,

like rigorously fighting with something or we cannot create and

that's exactly the most important thing. Well, you've said a couple

of things that, that, that I say to people all the time. I, I talk,

talk about. You talk about fear and love. I talk about

pain and pleasure, right? And the reason I left when you said if

money was not an issue because you know, there are,

you know, when people are looking at objections, the first,

first two is time or money, right? And

so, you know, in, in that kind of irrational kind

of thing, it's like if not if money was on an object,

what would you want or what would you do? And you know, if they tell

you they. They wouldn't. Still wouldn't be interested in what you're doing. Then. Then.

Then they're really not interested, you know, and time is

something. We all have the same amount of time. And so it's a matter of

what you choose to do. But I think the thing

that you said that I like the most is. Is kind of one of

my favorite things. It's like we collect evidence to

reinforce our beliefs. So if you believe that money is,

you know, is hard or scarce, every time

it's hard or scarce, you're gonna go see, you know, as opposed

to when you have a good situation, you don't go see. Money

is not. And. And probably one of the most

powerful. I'm stepping on your toes. But one of the most

powerful things that ever happened to me was we. I

was at a conference and we had to do, like, role play. And we,

You. You were you. And then your partner was money. And you had to

talk about money the way you felt. And I was like, you

know, every time I get money, something breaks. And I was, you know,

and I was so lucky because the person that I had as a.

As. As a, you know, money, my partner went to

me. This is why I don't come visit you, because you're always

so angry with me.

Oh, my God, he's right.

Yeah. So our thoughts about money

are so powerful, and it's something that

we are not thought to look at. We, you know, we don't look at money

as our friend or, you know, we've invested in with

people who have money or selfish or, you know, all these weird

things. All right, with that, I'm going to shut up and let you do your

thing because apparently you just pushed a button for me. So I

hope you're pushing a button for my audience as well. I

just love this conversation, Yvonne. And it's going to get even better

because again, my biggest

breakthrough was when I learned that money is energy

like everything else, right? When we talk about energy,

we are pure energy. If we take out our skin,

our bones, it's just the pure energy. And our energy

is creative, right? So when people start talking about money,

I say. I always say, you know what? I love money and

I love to flirt with money. So it's like basically having the

loving relationship, right? Money

is nothing different than, you know, talking to the person. Nothing

different than talking about relationship, talking about health,

anything. I do not know why we were wired the way that we

shrink each time we hear the word money, right?

And I love to laugh because I Said like if

people getting together at the party, the two taboo

topics are money and sex. Like, you know,

pretending that they are not existent. And I do not understand

why a lot of people have a lot of blame and shame around it.

And again, if we are talking from manifestation point, right? It's

all about thinking. And we are all thinking something

on a particular frequency. What does it mean, frequency?

Well, if we go back to physics now, a little bit of science, right?

If we go back to physics, everything in this world is

vibrating, but everything is vibrating on a different

rate of vibration. Like the table is vibrating, but we

do not notice its vibration because it's vibrating at a very

slow frequency, right? And our energy is

vibrating, but we are all vibrating on a Saturn

frequency. What does it mean? For instance, if you decide to

listen to the radio station, what is your favorite, you know, music

channel or whatever you are listening? Ivan. That's a

bad one for me because I'm a visual learner. So I.

Okay, so tell me about the. The channels on the tv. Like if I

give you the remote, which channel would you tune into? I would

either tune into something like Law and Order.

Okay? All right. Design, beautiful.

Love it. So this is a perfect example. So these

channels, what when you press on the home design,

you are not going to see the Law and Order, right? For

that you have to press that button that will change that

channel for you. That's exactly what frequency is. And our

thinking is also in a particular frequency. We are all thinking in

frequencies. So when we related to our daily life. Because

if person is asking, so I do not understand how am I thinking,

right? Where is my frequency? We are talking about the most,

you know, down emotions are shame, blame,

fear, right? So now we are having that, you know, understanding,

okay? If I feel shame around money, so my

energy is vibrating really low, right? So in

order for me to step, at least I want to think neutral. If

I cannot go to these elevated emotions of gratitude,

of joy of love, right? So let me stay at least on the mu

neutral state. And the neutral state could look like, okay,

I might see that. The fact is, when I open my bank

account, I have X amount of dollars, right? I do see

that this is the fact. But the truth is,

and the truth is that we are all energy

being and we can actually create with every breath that

we are taking. So I teach people, we do not save money, we

create more. Because this is, you know, like

a different switch. Because a lot of people thinking, okay, I'm

going to cut off on that membership. Okay, I'M not going to invest into,

into the coach because I have to save, right? And

saving is the lack energy because it's like

constantly we are in the energy of it's not good, it's not

enough, right? What I love to show people, no,

we can create and we can create as much

as we want to write. Just, you know, like to give the

example, like coaches might say, you know, like entrepreneurs. What do you mean create?

Meaning just, you know, like idea is the first currency from the

universe. We can receive one dollar idea. We can receive million

dollar idea. So here we go. The idea pops in,

okay, what are some of the cash injections that I can do? Maybe

I have already taught some classes. Maybe I can package that

and I can sell it, right? Have the funnel starting with

something low and like, little by little introduce people to who

I am and just then, you know, show up on that enrollment

call and I have the client, right? So the idea is that

a lot of people are sitting in that circumstances.

But I always love to say, Ivan, the circumstances

would never be gone. It's always going to be something on

our way to put it as an excuse.

So I say, why don't we work through the circumstances? We

notice that the circumstances is there, but the truth is

that we are abundant beings and this is not

something somebody was teaching us, right? And we all have

that tap to that abundance. It's not just for chosen one.

Abundance is our birthright. So I love to

compare the universe with the ocean. I

say, if we go to the ocean with the teaspoon, we receive the

teaspoon of the water. If we go to the ocean with the buckets,

we received the bucket full of water. Same thing happens. Whatever

we are going to request from the universe, that's exactly what we are

returning. Well, it's interesting, but going back to the situation

with the gentleman. So part of the

exercise was to say, I

have enough money, I will have enough money to live the kind of life

that I want. And so sometimes we have a

gap in our belief that's hard for us to believe. And

so my gap belief at that time was, aren't

I lucky that I have enough money to take care of emergencies

instead of like, why do I always have, you know, kind of thing? And it

was interesting because it really did change the way

that I looked at money and, you know, what was going on. And I think

the other thing that you're talking about, about energy

is so important because

people buy from us, not

it's how we make them feel. And that Energy.

And that's what, what I teach is that you need to get back to yourself

the way that your, you know, your unique self was when you were

young, so that you, you're using your skills and your clients see you.

And so for me, one of the things that, you know, I want to be

is I want to be energetic. And so I love it now that I've made

this pivot in my business, you know, when I talk to clients,

clients go, I love your energy. And I, and I think the thing

that's important is we vibrate at different, you know, like

you say we vibrate, but our energy is at different levels. Like, my

energy is really good for some people, but it's not good for

others. You know, it's like I overpower them and they're probably

people out there that go, that I'm not energetic enough.

That's good, because that means that the perfect client is going to be

really happy with you. Absolutely. You know,

so what are three things that you think we could do,

start doing now to change, you know, to start manifesting

clients? Yes, I love that.

First and foremost, we have to have the vision. We

have to have the ending goal, because if we do not know

where we are going, it's like we are that

sailor in the open sea and there is no wind in

our favor because we do not know where we are going. Right. So

first we want to have that vision. What do I mean by vision? Like really

having a crystal clear idea. This is where I want

to be with my business, let's say a year from today, how much

money you want to generate, how many clients you want to

serve. Right. What does it look like for you, that lifestyle when

you already reach your desire? Right. So, so have that crystal

clear vision. Right. Because that vision becomes your anchor.

So can I, if I interrupt you here, will that interrupt your thought?

Yes. No, I'm smiling now. I, you know,

so one of the things I teach is called dead reckoning, which is a sailing

term. And it, you know, it's from the old days when they only had

sails, you know, because the whole idea is you can't sail in a straight

line. You know, there are currents and winds, and so you're always making the

adjustment, but you pick the point where you want to end up. So

you were, generally speaking, you're headed in that direction, and

that's what, you know, your North Star, your, your, the thing that you

hold on to, that pulls you forward and gives you momentum.

And that's exactly what you're saying. Mm, beautiful.

100%. Yes. So second would be

belief. Because a lot of people say, let me

see it, then I'll believe it. But it works the other way around.

We believe it and then we receive it. Right? And

if somebody is still doubting, I can

just ask you, please go back in your life

at any experiences not even related to your business,

have you done something that you truly, truly wanted to do and

you did not know if it's going to show up for you, you did not

know if you're going to be successful. You still went on, you did it,

and you actually were very successful in that. We

all have these kind of proofs, right? Because like I said,

our brain is wired to see only what is bad, what is

not working, what is failing. Now we are shifting our

focus, okay? Like you mentioned, Ivan, let's collect the evidence

going in our past to prove, because that's exactly

how our energy works. It does not matter whether we are

learning the new sport, whether we are learning to speak another language,

we are learning to play the instrument. Energy works the same.

How do we become skill, skillful at something? We practice,

we do it consistently and we have somebody by

our side who can coach us, right? Whether this is, you know, the

musician that's teaching us how to play, whether this

is the athlete, sport, sport, coach, right? Whatever

it is. Because this is the shortcut. A lot of people do not

think, see that by investing in themselves, they are

creating that shortcut. Otherwise it's going to be a long process.

So believing is the second one. And, and

commenting on that, on that thing about going back, I would

even say think about a time when

you did something that it was really easy for you.

And somebody else said to, we don't do it that way because you

know that that's where they're trying to make you condition

you to the cookie cutter kind of thing.

And you're. You don't get, you know, you don't get the appreciation or

the acknowledgment for the uniqueness of how you handle the situation.

And I just actually had that aha this month

that when I was in corporate situations and I was like, really

interested in something and I. And I did it, you know, I was like, oh,

let's do. People, I'm told,

felt threatened, like, is she trying to get my job? Because she's really into this.

Is she? You know, and so they were like, we don't do it that way

or no, we don't want you to, you know, and. And so the

thing that you were really good at, instead of being,

getting positive input for it, you got a negative input.

And so that's what I would say to be, you know, careful of as well.

I mean, when I graduated from and got my

mba, I was making more money than

my dad was as the head electrical engineer

for the city of Philadelphia. And I was, I felt

ashamed because worked in his career for

so long and I literally did not know what I was

doing. Yeah. And, and

so we, we have these weird ideas about money. I

mean, all right, let's get number three.

Yes, number three. The most important thing. Have fun in

the journey. Because again, it just like we were talking

about energy. A lot of people are like, okay, give me the

strategy and I'm going to use this perfect strategy and

it's going to work. No, it doesn't work this way. I always say,

you know, we have, our mindset is 85%

once we are consistent, once we are just kind of

curious strategy, believe it or not, only 5%

and another 10% is actions. So what I usually say

to my clients, I say, hey, let's start your day from

the energy. And this is something like Yvonne, you mentioned, right? Energy.

We want to set ourselves for the day that is

ahead of us. How do we do it? We are not starting with our to

do list. We are actually starting with our to be listed.

How am I going to be today? How am I going to

show up today, right to this world? Am I curious?

Am I, you know, excited? Am I in service? Right.

And then when we abstain from that state of being,

our thoughts are also connecting to that state of being.

Rather than being frustrated and saying, nobody listens

to what I have to offer, nobody is buying from me, stay

curious and say, what can I do differently

that I haven't done before to see if that's

going to produce the desired result on this journey. It's

super, super important not to hold to

something like, okay, this is what I expect. Expectations

just, you know, like illusions. You gotta have the

intention. Intention is powerful, right? Like, why do I do

this task? Why do I connect to potential clients? What is

my outcome that I desire? But we are never

grab into that thinking that it has to come out this way. Because

it's interesting how the universe brings us something that we

desire in the most unexpected ways. Right? So

I say that have the fun in your journey, be

more the scientist than the judge. And once you

open yourself up because understand that you are co creator,

whatever you have right now, stop blaming the

coaches, stop blaming the circumstances. Stop blaming the

economy. Stop blaming. Not having enough strategies.

Just start with yourself, because you have the full power to

turn it around and make it successful.

I love what you say, and you've said so many things that are important.

One of the things is, you know, I teach

this exercise the three words, and one of the words is

energetic. And so when I get up in the morning, I go, how can

I make this day energetic, adventuresome, and curious?

Right. Kind of sets the tone for the day, just like you said.

The other question that I think that people can ask to help them

is, what's working? Right. And why?

And because I think we, you know, we. We. We tend to

go, well, this isn't working. How can I fix it and ignore the things

that are working? If we do more of the things that are working,

first of all, it's a lot more fun, you know, because they're working. And

second of all, you don't start kind of tearing yourself down, like, why isn't this

working? Is it something I'm not doing? Do I need to, you know,

that negative self talk that we give each other? And so

I think, all right, let me. Let me say back to

you what I got from this. And

I don't know that I can actually do this in, like, two sentences.

But the first thing is that you need to start with yourself

and what it is that you want for yourself in

a positive way. And money is just part

of that. And there is not

a scarcity of money. And when you are on that

path, when you are have that mindset or that

vibration or that energy, whatever you call it,

you will find yourself in unexpected

situations or more of the situations that are

working that you can take advantage of, and

things will happen the way. More like the way you want it. And what

I say to people is, once you understand what your unique

power is, suddenly you see opportunities that you never

considered before because you didn't think that you could be

helpful in that, because you didn't realize what you were good at. So

this is. This is a whole package. I mean, even though you're

talking about cash manifestation, I think this is something

that impacts your whole life. You know, it

affects you from minute to minute. You know, even.

Even. You know, even from. If I'm

an energetic person, then I'll stop and get on my rebounder in between

calls. You know, if I'm an energetic person

that I'm gonna, you know, go to a call that, you know, could really

be important to me, even though it's at seven, you know, Seven o'

clock at night. And I don't want to, but I'm gonna be

present because, you know, whatever. So this is,

you know, this is a whole life

philosophy. And one of the results of it is,

is that you get more money. You get. Think of it

as you get more clients, which is where your love is.

And those clients are going to be willing to pay you more because you're so

good at what you do and because you, you connect with them so

well. Oh, my God, that's a lot.

If you're not excited after this conversation, you need to

check your pulse, people, because this is. I'm

like all wound up here. I already kind of knew some of these

things, but didn't put them together. All right, so, so do this. We need to

do this so that we don't forget to ask about your gift.

So tell us about your gift. Yeah. And before I run into my

gift, Ivan, one more thing that just like literally dropped into

my mind. The gratitude, right?

Even when we wake up and say, oh my God,

my bank account, how am I going to pay the bills? So

this is the perfect time when you sit down and just write three

things, what you are grateful for. Three to five things, right? So we

shift the focus of what we already have.

Enough. Because abundance doesn't just cover the money.

Abundance comes in many ways, right? Maybe

I'm abundant with the love of my family, right?

I'm abundant with the beautiful trees that are so

around in me, the abundance of birds. The idea

is we want just turn our focus to abundance. And then

from that thinking, we are just saying, what kind of

step can I take today from where I am with what I have?

Because now we elevated ourselves energetically and

our thinking is on the different frequency and the

ideas are going to be matching that frequency. So this is

like another tip that I just wanted to give just in case if somebody's

going to say, but, right. No, but

we all can do it, right? And it just like staying

curious. So as far as my gift, I have this beautiful,

beautiful gift that I designed. It's called

Chichen voice notes. Basically these are

very short voice notes that you are

tuning in three times a day. So I call it Morning

Mojo, where you start your day with the energy of receiving.

This is where our abundance begins. And it's like two

minutes each, you know, each voice note and it starts like,

hello, money star. You already got into that beautiful

energy. Then in the midday, you are checking, you're

refocusing and take one powerful step, step to

invite money in just do it without overthinking.

And the evening, you're just doing that energy reset where

you are clear from your scarcity. You just close

the day in certainty. Let your energy do

the work while you are resting. So they are like

two minutes or less per each voice note. So

just listen, tune it and make it your morning, day and

evening routine and you'll see, see how money start

coming to you in most unexpected ways.

So I will say to you, if you don't have six minutes a

day to improve your situation, then you really are

not serious about improving your situation. And

you're saying this, I'm thinking to myself,

you know, I particularly like the one at the end of the day that I

can just listen to when everything else is done,

you know, because I've started doing this sleep thing where I'm saying,

you know, my brain is going to, you know,

rest and you know, solve any problems that I still have left or

situations and tomorrow is going to be filled

with endless opportunities. Right. That

fits right into, into what you're saying. So I can add that to

my, to my thing. All right, so, so now turn the spot.

When was the last time you did something new for the first time?

Oh my God. It's constantly. Ivan, when we are in that self

growth, there is always something, you know, like new ideas

coming in. And that thing is what I love to explore new ideas

to bring into the business because I love it. Done is better

than perfect, as one of my mentors say. And I just love

to experiment. And another way that I also

rewire my brain is I take different routes when

I'm driving my car because again, it's all about

rewiring our brain. If we are constantly doing the same

thing over and over and over again, we are producing the same

results. So what you just mentioned, it's super important

to do something new because we are growing through

that discomfort and we are learning it's okay

to be uncomfortable. We get comfortable to be uncomfortable.

I, I agree with you. And I have to laugh because I just read something

the other day. It's like a Japanese practice that you put

clothes on inside out and walk backwards to help to

rewire your brain. Yes. You know, and,

and there is a thing called the rule of rigidity that you do everything

exactly the same way. And the reason behind that is

partially be for safety. It feels safe. And so you always

do it that way. And I like you. You know, when I kind

of realized that when I learned about that, it was like, oh my God, I

actually change lanes at the same place when I'm on the highway. I did,

you know, and I did the same things trying to, you know, even though it

was maybe not the most efficient way to get where I was going,

I got to see different things and, you know, oh,

my God, I can't believe we're finished. All right, so before we can I just

quickly share something fun like you were saying, you know, like go

backwards. My kids, my daughter

is 20, my son is 11. They,

like you now already got that in inside of them. They love

to mismatch the socks. Like all the time they are

wearing different socks. Right. And sometimes it irritates me,

but I'm just thinking about it. Oh, they are rewiring their brain.

So this is so, so cool. Like I said, sometimes

the most, the most exciting things and money

drop to us when we are just goofing and when we are just laughing.

Because again, when we talk about manifestation, the more

light hearted we are, the more we attract greatness.

I agree. I agree. All right, I gotta do the commercial.

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media. Because one of the reasons that I did it was I want, wanted to

bring interesting people into your. Into your life that you might not meet,

so they will supercharge your business so that it'll grow your,

you know, your whole web of connection. And it's my way of giving back

to the community and fueling your quest for growth and impact. And

I hope that you will continue to join me on the one small change

so that we keep making these tiny shifts that yield huge,

huge transformation. And there are a couple of episodes in there, if you

haven't heard the first one, there are a couple of episodes that, that are in

there that are just me by myself, having fun. And

so you should check it out. So, Irina, what are your words?

Wisdom? What's a quote people can remember and associate with

you? I love that. Just leave

your life to the fullest without the fear.

Because when we become fearless, the life starts living

limitless, right? When we become limitless, when we become

fearless, our life is limitless.

And people, we could go on forever,

but we can't. So remember, change is

simple, but it's not always easy. It requires courage, resilience, and

a willingness to step outside your comfort zone. And like I

always say, if you're not a little bit nervous about doing something new, it means

you really don't care. So use that energy

to go forward and build momentum. So I hope you'll continue to

join me on the one small change. And until the next time,

stay very, very curious. Irina, thank

you so much. And thank you so much. It's such a great fun

time. Thank you. And thank you to everyone who tuning in and

just decided to live your life to the fullest. This was

great. Thank you. Bye.