The Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley is on a mission to help others to find the love of their life after she 'visualised' her husband Phil and he sent her a text introducing himself.
Former glamour model Tanya says she found her perfect man by performing a ritual to attract former Manchester United player Phil.
The couple married in 2014 and have three sons together - Rocco, Renz and Ralpi.
"After I visualised Phil he texted me, saying 'my name is Phil Bardsley', on my Nokia 3310," she told us.
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"The universe was sending me this guy. But I kept telling him to 'f*** off.'"
Tanya, who also has a daughter Gabriella from a previous relationship, received that life-changing text from Phil in 2005 after he saw her on the cover of men's mag FHM, and they welcomed their eldest son Rocco in 2009.
But it took three years to win her over.
"Because he was a footballer," Tanya admitted.
"I Googled him and he was gorgeous and played for Manchester United so I thought he would be a player."
She added jokingly: "But God loves a trier and I gave him a go."
Asked how she had 'imagined' Phil, a defender for Premier League club Burnley, she said: "I didn't see his actual face but I put down his qualities - loyal, athletic, the sporty type and really good with money.
"And funny - Phil is hilarious."
Life coach Tanya, 40, explained about the ritual to achieve your goal or ideal partner: "You get into a state of hypnosis and visualise it. You see it in colour and step into it."
In 2015 she launched her Dreams to Reality jewellery range inspired by the time she was struggling to make ends meet as a single mum.
Tanya, who penned motivational self help book Just a Girl Who Got It All – How You Can Have Your All Too, used to keep a pebble from the beach to make wishes for her and her daughter
Tanya is hosting a Manifesting With Love event at Manchester Hall on Thursday April 7, where she and psychic Claire Stone will be sharing their formula for 'manifesting hearts' true desires.'
"The Law of Attraction stipulates that you must feel worthy in order to receive," they explain about the event.
"No matter what you desire, if you have subconscious blocks, it will be incredibly difficult for you to manifest them into your reality."
Tanya announced that she was leaving The Real Housewives of Cheshire in December after six years and is excited about the next step.
Tanya, one of the original cast of the ITVBe reality series since 2015, stepped down after being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder after years of suffering anxiety.
In August she suffered a seizure on a photoshoot and an ambulance was called.
She said the cause of her collapse was stress from overworking and 'trying to be perfect' in every area of her life.
On her Real Housewives departure she said: "My body forced me into it.
"It was a really, really big decision to make. I love the show and I'm still its number one fan."
Tanya has got her own show coming up on ITV this autumn which will tell her story - including her mental breakdown in 2019, her battle with ADHD and her journey back to full health.
"I'm doing brilliantly," she told us.
"It took a couple of months and 'Phil Prison' as I called it because he took my phone off me.
"It's because he thought I was going to die and I thought I was going to die."
Revealing how she fought back from her health battles she said: "I've given up drinking and I'm healthy eating.
"I believe that God sends me these challenges so I can learn and I believe God makes me tougher."
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