A woman who believes she manifested her dream husband has revealed exactly how she did it – and why she thinks the power of manifestation is real. J.Nichole Smith, known as Nic, had been engaged for three months when she broke it off in 2010 having realised her partner was not right for her.

The 42-year-old was left questioning her choices after writing a screenplay about love, later calling quits on the relationship and moving from Seattle to LA. READ MORE: 'The small change in my period that turned my world upside down' Settling into her new life in the City of Angels, Nic wrote a list of 200 things that would make up her dream man – a “sexy accent” being one of them. In August 2011, Nic, who was working as a photographer at the time, was asked to photograph a wedding in the mountains of Washington.

The pair met at a wedding (Image: J.Nichole Smith) She was invited to a local bar the night before where she met a wedding guest called Phil, an English man from London. The pair hit it off immediately and even shared a kiss at the end of the night, hanging out the next day before running into each other at the airport.

“He tapped me on the shoulder at a coffee shop,” Nic told the Manchester Evening News . “He told me he knew he was going to see me again. He ran from dropping off his rental car to the gate because he just knew.

” Nic and hubby Phil knew they were meant to be together (Image: J.Nichole Smith) Nic convinced Phil to visit her in LA 10 days later – .