After growing up in poverty as a Russian immigrant who was bullied relentlessly in school, struggling with weight and body image issues,and watching my parents’ relationship dissolve through financial hardship and abuse I became someone who very much lived as a victim of my circumstances. 

In 2009 I was introduced to the wildly popular self-help book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne and for the very first time in my life came to the realization that I was actually in control of my own reality. 

I didn’t have to change who I was to be accepted – I could be myself and make changes in my life by simply harnessing the power of my thoughts, feelings and beliefs. My past would no longer define my future.

“The Secret” was my first introduction to manifestation. Little did I know at the time that it would become my life’s work. With these new insights, I began making improvements in my life. As a result, I started to attract more positive experiences, which grew as I kept reading, learning, studying, applying and practicing.

At age 22, in the midst of applying to medical school I experienced a profound awakening while attending a Tony Robbins Seminar. 

As I sat in the seminar, I heard a voice ask me, “Who are you living for, Kathrin?” It started as a whisper until it became a deafening roar. I couldn’t shake this voice, until finally the answer came to me– “....everyone but myself.” 

It was my family that dreamt of me becoming a doctor, as this was in their eyes the American dream. It was a path of certainty, success, and most importantly–job security. 

But it wasn’t MY dream. This voice inside drove me to tell my family that I would not be going to medical school. I decided I was no longer going to do what others wanted for me and I wouldn’t settle for a life that simply looked good in the eyes of society.

After the seminar I chose to completely change the trajectory of my life.

I left behind all the comfort and security I had known to move to Los Angeles where I found myself with $25k in debt, a failing online business and living on my grandma’s couch. It was then that I decided to begin my one year experiment. I would spend the next 12 months of my life living as if my success was inevitable. I would develop the ultimate success mindset and ignore all beliefs and opinions that didn’t serve me. 

I started @manifestationbabe on Instagram as a way to keep myself accountable with no way of knowing that it would grow into the globally recognized 7-figure personal development brand that it is today.

After pursuing my soul’s purpose through Manifestation Babe, and evolving with this brand for the past 9 years, I now find myself living a life beyond anything I thought was possible back then.

Manifestation Babe has grown into a multiple 7-figure, globally recognized personal development brand that has impacted over 500,000+ women around the world and across multiple platforms. 

I’ve spoken on stages, written best-selling books, hosted viral workshops, and created transformational programs that have helped women manifest dream businesses, aligned relationships, healing, abundance, and the freedom to live fully.

I’ve gone from scarcity and survival, to building a legacy.

From feeling lost, to living deeply in alignment with my soul’s purpose.

From sharing my story online, to watching thousands of other women rewrite theirs.

Today, I’m growing a family of my own and grounding into a version of success that doesn’t require sacrifice or burnout – but feels rich, fulfilling, and expansive on every level.