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I overcame, using The Secret
Submitted by: Marykate Sinnott
Boston, MAHealthy, happy young woman, in love with life :)
I had read The Secret a few times, and loved it. I always intended to use The Secret in my life and even began keeping a gratitude journal. Yet time and time again, I let doubt and disappointment get in the way and the happiness I’d begun to feel would slip away as well.
I had been suffering for close to ten years with an eating disorder, anxiety and depression. I was hospitalized numerous times, saw countless doctors, therapists and nutritionists and watched my life unravel, too caught up in the throes of my addiction to realize what was happening. I fell out of college, lost multiple jobs, cost my parents vast sums and many sleepless nights, caused a terrible rift with my sister and put distance between myself and everyone and everything I once loved. I was desperate. I charged massive amounts on charge cards, got myself deep in debt. I couldn’t hold onto anything, including the one man I’d fallen in love with. Depressed, frightened and completely lost, I gave into the thought that I would succumb and die from my illness. Worse still, I welcomed the idea, thinking that everyone would be better if I was gone.
Two years ago, I picked The Secret up again. It had been in my bookcase, so I started thumbing through it. Slowly, but surely, I began to make changes in my life, knowing that there was no other way but up. Or out. And I decided that I didn’t want out of life.
I began writing down what I was thankful for. I landed a great job and became determined to stick with it. I set up a checking account and automatic payments with my parents’ help. I stopped working out obsessively and gradually was able to stop relying on doctors and psychiatrists with the help of a mentor I connected with online. My sister and I began to talk again, and began to form a stronger bond than the one we had before. I started earning back the trust and respect of loved ones that I thought I had lost forever. I kept in touch with Tim, the man I loved, and we stayed friends.
A month ago is when things really began to change. I started not just thinking, but actually FEELING the gratitude for all of the good things in my life. I started FEELING the love, not just for those around me, but for myself as well.
I downloaded The Secret movie and audiobook onto my ipod and began either watching or listening to its message daily. I began to envision what I wanted out of life and to see it as absolute fact.
I missed working out so I started doing it in moderation. I also began eating well and not being so afraid of weight gain. I found people and things to motivate and keep me on the right track.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted more than anything to be a mom. It’s my biggest dream. But I knew I’d have to be at a healthy weight and have a strong, healthy body to have babies. I used this as a major factor in getting healthy and even wrote a letter to my future child, thanking him or her for helping me be well.
I became more social, enjoying the company of my friends, and to my delight, attracting more friends, more fun, and more good things. My sister and I are the best of friends and we tell each other everything. I have an amazing relationship with my parents. I got a promotion at work and have wonderful colleagues.
And the best part? The man I’ve loved since I was sixteen years old told me that he loves me too; that he’s IN LOVE with me. And that it’s because I love myself. He told me he couldn’t believe how much I’d changed and how beautiful and healthy I looked.
I excitedly bought The Power the day of its release and read and re-read it as I did with The Secret. I’m looking forward to listening to it and am already applying the forces of LOVE and GRATITUDE in my life, every single day.
I still have difficult moments, of course, as we all do. But I keep some ‘secret shifters’ up my sleeve and keep focused on all of the good things in my life, which outweigh the bad a million times over.
I am now at a stable, healthy weight. I no longer need a bathroom scale for validation or security. I don’t need to check in with a doctor or counselor any more. I go to work happy and filled with good thoughts. My Dad and I can talk about work, go for walks and really enjoy each other’s company. I love to shop with my Mom and tell her all about my day, movies, books, anything, really. My sister and I talk constantly and she invites me out with her friends all the time. My friends want to be around me all the time now, and I want to be with them too! And Tim and I are wonderful. Very happy, and very much in love. He cherishes, respects and adores me, just as I am. I know he is who I’m meant to spend my life with and that we’ll make a beautiful family together.
I can’t wait to be able to update this happy story…After Tim and I get back from vacation!
THANK YOU Rhonda and The Secret team for this incredible gift that I call my life!