Hello, I’m Cassie, mum to two children, nurse, and first aid trainer. I found The Secret in 2006. Bankrupt and divorced, it was given to me by a neighbor and it turned my life around. I have manifested many things but the most significant is the story I have shared below.

I started listening to The Power again as I do at the beginning of every new year. That was when it occurred to me that I had not made contact to express my deepest gratitude for sharing The Secret or for the miracle that is now my 5 year old daughter.

After having 8 miscarriages, in 2018 I fell pregnant once again. To our delight I made it beyond the initial 12 week ultrasound scan to the 16 week mark. At 16 weeks we were told we were having a daughter but things “didn’t look right “ and were referred to the professor in fetal medicine at a hospital in another city, the expert in this field in England.

We went to see him and were given a very thorough ultrasound scan. Afterward he gave us the devastating diagnosis, our baby had a “severe chromosomal disorder, not compatible with life, would die in the womb or shortly after birth. Her limbs were 50% shorter than the normal length and her heart severely abnormal. “

We were given the option to end the pregnancy that day and many times through the remainder of it we declined. We decided that as long as her heart was still beating, there was still hope.

We travelled home in tears, devastated by the news but I remembered The Secret. I wondered if it had worked for so many other things in my life, surely it could work for this?

Every day I made it my ritual to take a shower and while there I would say thank you hundreds of times for my healthy baby. Throughout the day I would picture myself holding her against my skin, kissing her forehead, and feeding her. I would imagine taking her to school and playing games with her.

Every week, twice a week, we would travel back to see the same professor who would perform an ultrasound scan and give us the same devastating news and same option to terminate the pregnancy.

Four weeks after our initial consultation we were referred to see a fetal cardiologist to look at our daughter’s heart. To our disbelief, the “severe abnormalities “ the professor had seen at the initial consultation 4 weeks prior and on 2 further scans, had simply disappeared. Her heart was completely healthy. At the same time a fluid sample taken from my womb for chromosomal abnormalities came back normal.

The professor continued to monitor the pregnancy twice every week and was sure our baby still would not make it. He could not explain how her heart had returned to normal but explained only some chromosomal abnormalities show up on initial tests.

He continued to monitor her growth twice every week. She would gain just a gram or two each week. He explained this was severely abnormal and to prepare for the worst. I told myself progress was progress and celebrated anything in the right direction!

At 24 weeks came another huge blow, my blood supply to her was on the 98th centile, 100% was complete failure. We were told “you won’t make it to the next scan” but I knew in my heart they were wrong. As I continued to buy things and thank the Universe for her healthy life, my family and partner began to think I was crazy. They later told me they were all preparing for what they would do and how to manage me “when” the inevitable happened. After all, the clinician was a world renowned expert in his field..

We continued week after week to attend the scans and our daughter continued to grow gram by painful gram. We were told she would be severely brain damaged from the limited blood supply if she lived at all. I continued to live in hope, continued to be grateful for her health and pictured the life we would have together.

At 33 weeks on the 18/07/18 at 14:08, Sophia Rose was born by elective C section, resuscitated at birth for 3 minutes and kept in intensive care for 4 weeks. She weighed a tiny 3lbs and 4oz, and to the amazement of the entire medical team caring for her she needed no intervention other than nutrition and the warmth of an incubator. Number 8, resembles life in Hebrew. I knew her date and time of birth held this significance.

Sophia is now 5 years old and completely healthy! We live the life I pictured we would, and she is the happiest, kindest girl there is. She has had every medical investigation possible to explain the findings of the professor and everything from MRI’s to CAT Scans and in depth analysis of her DNA has produced a negative result. She didn’t walk until she was 2 years old and as professionals began scratching their heads once again, I knew she would do it, and she did.

So thank you to The Secret team for bringing this knowledge to me, Thank you for giving me the tools I needed and the faith to shut all the negative voices out and bring my wonderful, healthy daughter into this world. I will be eternally grateful to you all.

Whilst writing to you I also thought I would share “Tea with aunt Rhonda.”

I have two sisters, we are nicknamed the three musketeers by all that know us. We grew up in a very abusive household and due to that, do not have anyone beyond our generation to turn to when we need kindness, nurturing, advice or support. That person for us has become Rhonda on audible, whether it is The Power, The Secret or The Magic. When I or my sisters need guidance, we ask ourselves “What would aunt Rhonda think about this?” We make some tea, switch it on and receive the answer! Thank you for being the guiding light we all need.