Do empowering beliefs lead to manifestation, or does manifestation lead to empowering beliefs? I believe both. Sometimes you can have very stuck beliefs based on negative past experiences, like “I am destined for drama, toxic love” etc. because that is all you have ever experienced. However, that belief shifts once life gives you contrary evidence. Like when you finally experience a healthy relationship or a peaceful ending that is not filled with contention, drama or chaos for the first time, you begin to believe that you may not indeed be destined for such negativity. So, what would come first for you? Evidence based shift in belief, or first a shift in belief that would hopefully lead to manifestation in the physical reality? In my experience, for very deep rooted negative beliefs, sometimes evidence might be necessary for us to trust our luck or that it might be possible to change the belief.