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How to Manifest Everything You Want in Life with Serena Kerrigan

Wed, 07 May 2025

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This week, Brynn Whitfield is extra pleased this week to welcome the queen of confidence herself—Serena Kerrigan! Serena opens up about her journey to becoming a dating and sex expert, and reveals how manifestation helped her land a boyfriend, a book deal, and a TV deal. Things really heat up when Brynn and Serena play the X-rated version of Serena’s card game. Spoiler alert: The first question is all about… soup? Host: Brynn Whitfield  Guest: Serena Kerrigan  Producers: Belle Roman, Chelsea Stark-Jones, and Kat Spillane  Editor: Jon Roemer  Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Shop for every party at amazon.com/BirthdayCelebrations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Chapter 1: What is the introduction to the podcast episode?

646.36 - 651.364 Serena Kerrigan

No, I run into a couple of them, and I'm like, you peaked. At school. Sorry, T. Yeah, yeah.

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651.384 - 667.5 Brynn Whitfield

Like, you peaked. And I never peaked. We will never peak. Yeah, we'll never peak. My two straight best friends, they told me that they have their bachelors, and they're awful, but I adore them. And they're like, yeah, no, a chick, when she gets over, like, 34, 35, she's still hot. She's going to be hot for life. Like, kids or no kids regardless.

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667.58 - 687.232 Brynn Whitfield

And then I was sitting there, and I was giving them this face, like, how dare they say that about women. I'm getting all, like, whatever. And then they're like, yeah, you're good. And I was like – Okay. And feminism goes out the door. Do you think I'm pretty? The feminism leaves my body when the lacrosse player says I'm hot. So real. Yeah, seriously. But yeah, we made it. We made the thing.

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687.252 - 694.115 Brynn Whitfield

We're okay. And I think we're like crazy enough that and like obsessed with like self-care and like things.

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694.135 - 694.715 Serena Kerrigan

Botox, yeah.

694.755 - 712.556 Brynn Whitfield

Yeah, procedures and things that like I'm not going to not let myself. Oh, I'm not worried about us. Yeah, yeah. We're going to be fine. We'll be fine in the 70s in Palm Beach. No, but your personal brand, I read that you kind of... Not didn't have a crisis of self, but what was it? Definitely a crisis of self. It was. You rebranded yourself, though, in college.

712.656 - 712.816 Serena Kerrigan

Yeah.

712.836 - 714.698 Brynn Whitfield

So your branding career kind of started in college.

714.818 - 730.99 Serena Kerrigan

Yeah, I called myself Serena fucking Kerrigan when I walked into Duke. I told everyone I legally changed my name, which, like, I'm surprised people bought it. I thought they were... Like the bursar's office you told? Okay, maybe not that, but I just, like, told everyone. But I really... Today, actually, someone asked me on my Instagram stories.

Chapter 2: How did Serena Kerrigan become a dating and sex expert?

1076.105 - 1091.734 Serena Kerrigan

Like, it's about the dialogue that you're having with your best friend. Yeah. Instead of saying, I am beautiful. No, you. Yeah, yeah. Because there's also this, like, distance that happens. Like, when you look at yourself in the mirror, it's not you. Right. Because I think a lot of the times people – People think when I tell them to do this, they're like, but I don't believe it.

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1091.754 - 1092.994 Serena Kerrigan

I'm like, okay, you're not saying it to yourself.

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1093.014 - 1102.758 Brynn Whitfield

You're saying it to the girl in the mirror. You're saying it to the girl in the mirror. And that's very, like, that's, like, the difference between, like, what, the id, the ego, and super ego. So you're speaking to, yeah, because sometimes I think it's hard for people to say, like, I am this, I am that.

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1102.818 - 1115.543 Brynn Whitfield

And you can say it, but you don't believe it because you're, like, all the voices in your head are like, well, it's not in front of me. It's not how I feel. It's not how I look. But if you're talking to yourself, you're a genius. Like, it's your friend. Then you're using second person language. Yeah, and then it's easier to adapt.

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1116.243 - 1119.945 Brynn Whitfield

Because you know it's true because you're saying it with the vindiction that you would say it to a friend. There you fucking go.

1120.125 - 1122.226 Serena Kerrigan

It is the Serena fucking go. Oh, my God.

1122.266 - 1148.507 Brynn Whitfield

How many times do you say fucking a day? Like a lot. Is that okay? We should count. I like it. No, I know. Yeah. But you say it so fucking cute. Just add fuck into everything. So take me to the pandemic then. So you're coaching 150 women. You're dragging people into the bathroom. You're having like starting fight clubs in the bathroom but of confidence. What – take me then to the dating series.

1148.847 - 1165.565 Serena Kerrigan

Right. So I went to Duke and then I was a video producer at Refinery29 for three and a half years, which is amazing. And that's how I like – did so much on camera stuff, interviewing, everything. And then I was building my brand in tandem and I was like, you know what? I'm going to go do it. I want to be like the Oprah of confidence. I want to monetize this.

1165.605 - 1182.539 Serena Kerrigan

I want to make people, I really feel like I could, global domination vibes. Like I could figure this out. Like I have a strong message and I want to, And literally like two weeks before lockdown, that's when I quit. And then you quit before lockdown, right before lockdown, like right before. So then I was like stuck in my apartment, Lower East Side.

Chapter 3: Can manifestation help you find love?

2319.01 - 2333.382 Serena Kerrigan

It's really, like, rooted in you are the main fucking character. And if you feel so good about yourself and enjoy dating as a fun thing. Yes. Because every person I talk to are like, oh, dating sucks. It's so hard. I'm like, guess what? Then it's going to suck and it's going to be hard. People say that, like, dating sucks in New York.

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2333.402 - 2337.105 Brynn Whitfield

I'm like, I've been having an awesome time for like a decade. Like, I am having fun.

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2337.306 - 2338.627 Serena Kerrigan

I'm not committing. It is what you make of it.

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2338.687 - 2340.028 Brynn Whitfield

But I do have a lot of fun in New York.

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2340.268 - 2349.831 Serena Kerrigan

It is what you make of it. I know firsthand how shitty it can be. Yes. But if your branding experience is not fun, then it's not going to be fun. And really the book, what it's going to do is it's going to reinvigorate you.

2350.331 - 2359.854 Serena Kerrigan

Like when I pitched it to the publishers, one woman was like, I'm literally married and I deadass want to be single after reading your proposal because you're making it seem so fun. I'm like, because it is.

2359.874 - 2371.06 Brynn Whitfield

It is fun and I'm sure too of what you're describing. You're making it, again, not like you said, like here's how to flirt. Here's how to craft like the best text ever to get him to reply. It's more just like... have fun and be yourself and know that you're the prize.

2371.1 - 2384.491 Brynn Whitfield

And I think that's probably what the married, I hope I'm trying to get her off the hook, but I hope that that's what the married publisher is referring to. Like, as you're explaining it, I didn't hear like, Oh, she's going to teach me how to date. I know how to ducky. I know how to flirt, but like, I, I think I could use even what you're saying, which is like,

2384.969 - 2394.702 Brynn Whitfield

Just remember and have more fun and just kind of like – And trust that it's going to work out for you. And trust that it's going to work out. That's the only part I'm not doing. I'm having fun. I'm having too much fun because I'm like, it's not going to work out.

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