Slay The Gatekeeper: Un-Gatekeeping How to Manifest Like a Millionaire: Fame, Flow & Creative Freedom with Whitney Uland

Host: Courtney Johnson
Guest: Whitney Uland
Date: October 21, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode of Slay The Gatekeeper dives deep into the “cheat codes” for manifesting millionaire-level success, cultivating fame, and achieving creative freedom. Courtney Johnson welcomes back celebrity coach and creator Whitney Uland for a candid, high-energy conversation about marketing, personal branding, mindset, self-growth—and why much of what sounds simple (like making your bed) might just be the starting point for being seen, influential, and fulfilled. The duo breaks down the craft of content creation, the importance of discipline and habits, how to leverage flow state, the reality of sobriety among successful entrepreneurs, and the courage required to claim your own fame before anyone else does.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Rituals for Millionaire Mindset and Behavior Change

• Making Your Bed: Symbolic Ritual for Success

  • Discussion starts at [09:16]
  • Whitney recounts learning that you’re “206% more likely to be a millionaire if you make your bed every day.”
  • She tested this with a group of millionaire friends—every one did it.
  • “My mom would like, I’ve done some crazy shit and she still loves me for it, but if I didn’t make my bed… I don’t know, that might be the line.” – Whitney [09:45]
  • Making your bed becomes a self-respect and self-care ritual, not just a productivity hack.
  • Courtney reveals that hearing this “cheat code” repeatedly finally motivated her to do it, highlighting how repetition is required for true behavior change.

• Repetition and Individual Perspective in Content & Habits

  • Most people need to hear advice many times in many forms before it clicks.
  • “How many times in your life have you heard, like, eat more green vegetables? And do you actually do it?” – Courtney [04:51]
  • The messenger matters as much as the message: “The way that you communicated it…was the thing that made me actually implement the behavior change.” – Courtney [11:13]
  • Both agree that your perspective is the niche; there is space for everyone to be a messenger.

2. The “Cheat Codes” for Creative Success

• Repurposing Content Without Guilt

  • [03:22] Whitney admires Courtney’s skill at reusing content without losing authenticity.
  • “I have such a large body of work but I also constantly feel the need to make more.” – Whitney
  • Courtney suggests only repurposing for a week or two to reignite creative desire and prevent burnout.

• Content Creation as Art, Brand, and Manifestation Tool

  • The podcast explores how content is the best vehicle for manifesting what you want.
  • “Creating content is the best way to manifest.” – Whitney [32:17]
  • Content isn’t just storytelling—it’s aligning thoughts, feelings, and action in a visible, public format.
  • Actors are “the best manifesters” because they embody who they wish to become, on and off camera.

• Getting Into Flow State: The Feminine and Masculine Energies

  • [15:44] Whitney teaches people to get into creative flow state, the “feminine” side of creation.
  • The “masculine” is strategy, systems, batching, and scheduled routines.
  • Both are necessary; too much of one blocks growth or stifles originality.

• Accountability and Container-Building

  • [27:22] Courtney shares her top hack for discipline: “I create containers where other people are relying on me so I have no choice but to show up and work.”
  • E.g., running daily content clubs and group finance sessions where her own progress is tied to the group’s.

3. Sobriety, Status, and the Unspoken Realities of Success

• Sobriety Among High Achievers

  • [17:46] “Super ultra successful people that you’re around…they don’t drink.”
  • Whitney: “I never had a lick of alcohol until I was 27…” and found she’s more clear and productive sober or “Cali sober.”
  • Courtney notes her “cheat code” was to realize that not drinking gave her a competitive advantage.
  • Both agree it’s not a palatable message, but nearly all top-level entrepreneurs and deal-makers they know avoid alcohol for focus, youthfulness, and mental clarity.

• Discipline: Working Nights & Weekends

  • [23:05] “To be a super successful entrepreneur, you don’t necessarily have to work nights and weekends forever, but there are phases… I love getting my errands done on a weekday when nobody else is doing that. So I would rather work a little bit every day than… give yourself corporate hours.” – Whitney
  • There’s a myth that entrepreneurship is about constant “ease.”
  • Sacrifice, grit, and discipline are required—much like training for a marathon.

4. Personal Brand, Influence & Authentic Visibility

• Owning the Title: No More “Aspiring”

  • [41:46] “If you use the ‘A’ word—aspiring—you don’t believe you’re worthy. Nobody wants to book an aspiring actor, speaker, or author.” – Courtney
  • Whitney: “Acting is actually one of the best correlations…an actor’s job is to believe that they are that character.”
  • You have to claim your own vision before the world will validate it.

• Fame is Self-Greenlighting, Not External Validation

  • “Being famous, being seen is deciding that you’re worthy before the world agrees.” – Courtney [40:28]
  • Whitney insists: “You have to greenlight yourself and greenlight your own fame and your own success.” [41:29]
  • The world’s affirmation follows self-commitment, not the other way around.

5. Art, Energy, and Manifestation: What Are You Creating?

• Creators’ Responsibility & Intention
  • [36:18] “With great power comes great responsibility…what you’re putting out, you’re amplifying it…”
  • The energy you create with your content “can be measured” and “witnessed”—and you attract what you project.
  • Whitney describes how she intentionally didn’t drag followers through her divorce online, choosing to integrate and alchemize it privately.
  • Courtney: “If you’re in your car doing fake standup, it is your fucking responsibility to create… These things are on your heart for a reason. And I do believe that if you’re not going into that… that’s selfish.” [39:21]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Authenticity & Perspective:

  • "We can all be saying the same messages...but it's going to click with one of the people and not the others because of all this, like, subconscious shit going on." – Courtney [12:16]

• On Flow State & Creativity:

  • "That's what I teach people: how to tap into that flow state so the ideas come. And that's what I teach people." – Whitney [15:44]

• On Sober Advantages:

  • "The people who are actually, like, the change makers and the deal makers are still striking deals at 11pm... the people who are not, are the people you hear the crazy stories about." – Whitney [19:48]

• On Manifestation Through Content:

  • "Creating content is the best way to manifest." – Whitney [32:17]
  • "Actors are the best manifesters...they're showing up, they're embodying a new person, and then they're becoming that person. Right. So manifesting...that's all it is." – Whitney [32:22]

• On Claiming Fame:

  • "Being famous, being seen is deciding that you're worthy before the world agrees." – Courtney [40:28]
  • "You have to greenlight yourself and greenlight your own fame and your own success." – Whitney [41:29]

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Millionaire Rituals & Repetition: [09:16 - 11:55]
• Content Repurposing & Behavior Change: [03:22 - 05:48]
• Flow State vs. Strategy: [15:44 - 17:10]
• Sobriety & High Achievement: [17:46 - 20:49]
• Discipline, Accountability, & “Containers”: [27:22 - 29:46]
• Manifestation & Embodying Your Future Self: [32:17 - 34:44]
• Art, Energy & Creator Responsibility: [36:18 - 38:52]
• Claiming Fame & Dropping ‘Aspiring’: [41:46 - end]

Final Thoughts

This episode serves up practical (and spiritual) “cheat codes” for anyone aiming to build their brand, get visible, and actually enjoy the process. It’s about discipline, flow, accountability, and the willingness to believe in yourself—“to greenlight yourself”—before the world ever puts a stamp of approval on your dreams. Whether you’re a creator, coach, or corporate escapee, Courtney and Whitney deliver affirming reminders and actionable tips to un-gatekeep the path to fame, abundance, and creative fulfillment.

Find Whitney Uland:

• Instagram: @WhitneyUland
• Website: howtobefamous.com
• Podcast: “How to Be Famous with Whitney Uland”

Listen to the previous episode: Linked in show notes.