If you haven’t already watched the highly acclaimed, yet controversial film “The Secret”, it may be that time for you to jump on the band wagon. This presentation, featuring a series of authors, doctors, physicists, and entrepreneurs, was catapulted to public attention through television talk show moguls such as Larry King, Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres. Those of us not aware of the film are likely still familiar with it general theme and topic - The Law of Attraction, and the idea that our thoughts create our world. Sounds good doesn’t it?

But for those of us who’ve tried it all from affirmations to self approbations, holding on to such an entertaining idea can be challenge. In our work as hypnotherapists, it is not uncommon to find ourselves face to face with individuals who are in a state of despair after several failed attempts toward a specified goal. We’ve all had it happen to us and likely more than once. Why wouldn’t we feel down?

Esther and Jerry Hicks, authors of “Ask and It Is Given” and other books in alignment with The Law of Attraction, have themselves written and spoken about some omitted, but important components to the concepts illustrated in the movie The Secret.

In the field of hypnotherapy, these missed components have to do with an individual’s emotions and how one can establish control over them. Without the appropriate emotional state, any task or activity that could be done with relative ease and naturalness becomes arduous and difficult. This applies not only to physical tasks, but also to mental tasks such as visualization and imagery. It is the ease of these tasks that directly contribute to one’s long term success. The more difficult something feels in our minds, the more difficult it becomes to achieve them in our reality. Consider working through your own emotional blocks to help you attract what you want into your world.