A Teacher
Sarah Prout
Dear Universe / manifesting with intention
The transmission
Sarah Prout is an Australian-American author, speaker, and online manifestation teacher, author of Dear Universe (2019), who built one of the larger personal brands in the social-media manifestation space.
Drawing on a personal narrative of overcoming hardship, she teaches manifestation through intention-setting, journaling, affirmation, gratitude, and emotional alignment, often framed as writing or speaking to “the Universe.” Prout’s significance is as a representative node of the influencer-era, predominantly women-focused manifestation economy: courses, apps, social media, and accessible books that translate law-of-attraction principles into daily ritual and self-empowerment.
Her “Dear Universe” framing—addressing the cosmos directly through journaling and affirmation—typifies the personable, devotional tone of modern online manifestation, and she sits within the lineage descending from The Secret and the Hicks material into 2010s–2020s digital self-help.
What they gave
“Dear Universe” practice: Popularized direct journaling/affirmation to “the Universe” as a manifestation ritual.
- Influencer-era brand: Built a large social-media and course-based manifestation following.
- Daily-ritual emphasis: Centered gratitude, journaling, and emotional alignment as everyday practice.
- Empowerment framing: Tied manifestation to personal resilience and self-worth narratives.
The line they stand in
Influenced by: New Thought / law of attraction; The Secret; the Hicks/Abraham material; journaling and affirmation practice.
- Influenced: online manifestation communities; women’s manifestation coaching; social-media LOA culture.
Revelations they taught
Essential Works
- Dear Universe2018
- The Universe Always Has a Plan2020