Deep Canyon Counseling
Phone: (760) 674-4790
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44-775 Deep Canyon Rd., Palm Desert, CA 92260
Living a Positive Approach to Life
There’s a new craze going on and it’s called “The Secret.”  For those of you who haven’t heard about it, it’s about the Law of Attraction.  What you think about is what you attract.  Just like a magnet.  Change your thoughts and you will change your experience.
Over twenty years ago I taught workshops along these same lines. Some of you know it as positive thinking. The Secret is not new, just reintroduced at a time well needed. The message has been around through the ages. It is timeless and has no boundaries and these principles apply to everyone at any age.
There are numerous books written about these very same principles, just stated in different ways. Everyone wants to feel good about what they’re doing in their life. Along the way, we all need to re-evaluate our wants and needs.  If you don’t like what’s happening in your life right now, you can change it. You have the power and freedom to do so. You have a right to be, do, and have whatever it is you want, as long as you’re willing to make the appropriate changes.
Have you merely conformed to what you think society or your family has expected of you?  Where do you begin?  Start by asking yourself what’s not working.  Write it down – next to it, write what you would like to have happen, or change, or be different.  Do you believe it’s possible?  Your belief about yourself is the key to the law of attraction.  What you think, what you feel, and what you say, all have to be congruent and in harmony.  One doesn’t work without the others. 
Not only do you have to believe it, you have to be willing to do the work to get what you say you want.  If you are feeling “stuck” or dissatisfied, look at what’s holding you back.  Change your belief and you’ll change your reality. It’s never too late to change.  Write an affirmation, which is a positive statement acting as if it is already so.  If you’re not comfortable with that, write that you’re in the process of ________ (whatever that may be for you).  Say it, feel it, believe it and then let it go.  If you pay attention, opportunities will present themselves. Act on them when they do. You can trust yourself to know what’s right for you.  .     
 
Life is a journey and can be a wonderful adventure.  Start today to live the life you want to be, do, and have.

--Diane Colman, MFT, PhD