David McEwen is a reality creation coach whose YouTube channel, with more than 200,000 subscribers, aims to help you become aware of what you are truly capable of and give you the practical steps to make it real. He describes himself as a dad, a traveller and someone passionate about helping others achieve freedom in their lives. [1] [2]
Who is David McEwen?
David McEwen calls himself an expert reality creation coach. On Skool, where he runs his community, he describes himself as a dad, a traveller and passionate about helping others achieve freedom in their lives. [2]
His YouTube channel’s aim, he writes, is to help you become aware of not just more information, techniques and tools, but “the truth of what actually works and what doesn’t so you can experience lasting transformation for the betterment of your life and the collective”. He says he has seen these tools work in his own life and in the lives of clients and peers who applied them. [1]
His teaching draws heavily on Vadim Zeland’s Reality Transurfing, which he often references directly, alongside ideas on vibration, visualisation, the future self and shadow work. [1]
His channel has grown to more than 200,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He runs Mold Your Reality, a paid community on Skool, which he says aims to simplify reality creation while focusing on what gives tangible results. [1] [2]
His approach in brief
- Lower the importance. Stop putting what you want on a pedestal.
- Ignore current reality. Don’t let present circumstances define your focus.
- Become your future self. Act from the identity of who you want to be.
- Relax. Calm your nervous system so you can create from ease.
At a glance
Focus: Reality creation, manifesting
Influences: Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing
Community: Mold Your Reality (Skool)
Subscribers: 200,000+
YouTube: @davidmcewenemt
Good fit if
You are interested in Reality Transurfing and manifesting, you want a practical, conversational take on reality creation, or you tend to try too hard and want to learn to let go.
Our take
A down-to-earth guide to reality creation. Start with his video on ignoring reality, then try his visualisation guidance.
David McEwen’s methods
McEwen blends Reality Transurfing with practical manifesting tools. Tap a card to read more.
Lowering importance
McEwen’s most-watched themes centre on a principle from Reality Transurfing called lowering importance. In “Once You Ignore Reality, You’ll Get Everything You Want”, he explains that when we put something on a pedestal, whether money, love or happiness, and believe we need it to be OK, we tend to push it away. [1]
He compares it to someone who pursues a partner with needy energy: the typical response is to recoil. The answer, he says, is detachment, taking the pressure off what you want. Our Reality Transurfing guide explains the idea in full.
Pendulums
Pendulums are another Transurfing idea that McEwen teaches, in videos such as “Release Pendulums and Energy Will Be At Your Command”. In Zeland’s work, pendulums are energy structures created by groups of people thinking in the same direction, which can pull you into their drama and drain your energy. [1]
Recognising them, and choosing not to feed them, is a practical way to keep your attention on what you want. Our guide to Tufti the Priestess covers Zeland’s later work.
Visualisation
McEwen has several videos on how to visualise, including “Watch This Before You Visualize Again” and “How To Entangle Yourself With Your Ideal Reality”. [1]
Like many reality creation teachers, he emphasises the feeling of already having what you want, rather than straining to picture it. Our visualisation guide explains the technique and the research on mental rehearsal.
The future self
Identity is a recurring theme. In “Once You Become Your Future Self, You’ll Attract Everything” and “Once You Ignore Your Identity, You’ll Get Everything You Want”, he encourages viewers to step out of who they have been and act as the person they want to become. [1]
He also tackles the urge to prove yourself in “Stop Proving Yourself and You Can Have It All”. Our self-esteem guide has more on building a steady sense of your worth.
Shadow work
McEwen connects manifesting with inner work. In “Once You Do Shadow Work, You’ll Get Everything You Want” he looks at the hidden parts of ourselves that shape our behaviour. [1]
Shadow work, an idea rooted in Carl Jung’s psychology, invites you to notice and accept the parts of yourself you usually avoid. Our shadow work guide explains how to begin gently.
Relaxing into it
Several of his videos stress ease rather than effort: “Relax and You Will Create Everything You Desire”, “Decide That Everything Will Work Out, and It Will” and “How to Reset Your Nervous System and Finally Control Your Reality”. [1]
Calming your body is a useful foundation for any practice. Our relaxation guide and stress management guide offer simple techniques to start with.
Videos with David McEwen
Hand-picked and checked one by one: lowering importance, Transurfing, visualisation, identity and ease.
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Reality creation
Transurfing
Visualisation
Identity and inner work
Ease
Articles about David McEwen
David McEwen’s books
McEwen hasn’t published a book. He often refers to Vadim Zeland’s work.
Find Reality Transurfing in your country: US · UK · Canada · Australia · India.
His community
McEwen runs Mold Your Reality, a paid community on Skool listed at $59 a month, with a reality creation programme, masterclasses, coaching calls and a peer group. [3]
The community is online, so it is open to people in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe and India.
What the Research Shows
Reality creation isn’t a research field, but several of the practical tools David McEwen uses, from visualisation to letting go and calming the nervous system, have been studied:
- Visualising your best possible self. Regularly imagining your best possible future self raised positive mood over several weeks. [4]
- Mental rehearsal. A meta-analysis found that mentally practising a task improves real performance. [5]
- Accepting feelings. People who habitually accepted difficult thoughts and feelings, rather than judging them, reported better psychological health. [6]
- Slow breathing. Slow, steady breathing was linked to greater calm and relaxation. [7]
- Reframing. People who habitually reframe how they see a situation tend to feel more positive emotion and report better wellbeing. [8]
Frequently asked questions
Who is David McEwen?
A reality creation coach with a YouTube channel of more than 200,000 subscribers and a community called Mold Your Reality.
What does David McEwen teach?
Reality creation and manifesting, drawing heavily on Reality Transurfing, with tools such as lowering importance, visualisation and future-self work.
What is lowering importance?
A Reality Transurfing principle: taking the pressure off what you want, so you stop pushing it away.
What is Mold Your Reality?
His paid Skool community, with a programme, masterclasses and coaching calls.
How does Reality Transurfing fit into his teaching?
He often references Vadim Zeland’s Reality Transurfing books and teaches ideas from them, such as importance and pendulums.
What books does he recommend?
He often references Vadim Zeland’s Reality Transurfing series.
Where should I start?
Watch “Once You Ignore Reality, You’ll Get Everything You Want”, then read our Reality Transurfing guide.
Sources
- David McEwen on YouTube: About
- David McEwen on Skool
- Mold Your Reality community on Skool
- Sheldon and Lyubomirsky, How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves, Journal of Positive Psychology 2006
- Driskell, Copper and Moran, Does Mental Practice Enhance Performance?, Journal of Applied Psychology 1994
- Ford et al., The Psychological Health Benefits of Accepting Negative Emotions and Thoughts, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2018
- Zaccaro et al., How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2018
- Gross and John, Individual Differences in Two Emotion Regulation Processes, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003
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