Attraction Distraction
Sonia M. Miller
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD
I
don’t know about you, but
there have been many days that I have asked “Why didn’t this work for me?” I have
many good things in my life, but I still
seem to miss something. Ms Miller has given great insight as to
why things
may not work for us the way we want or we dream about. She suggests
that this
is a manual for making your dreams come true.
It is a book about who
you truly are, who are you spiritually.
It’s not about God, but about stopping others and yourself from living
the life
you want. So many times we have roles made for us about how we should
act,
where we should work and who we should marry. Why is someone else
making that
decision for us?
Each chapter has
information on what holds us back from achieving
our dreams, the author provides great exercises to try and asks tough
questions
about what one wants. Do we even know what holds us back? She
discusses
the Mystic’s Formula- which is opening up the way one perceives life
beyond our
five senses. She gives the formula for making dreams come true.
They
include: identifying what you want, pretending you already have it,
step out of
your own way and welcome it into your life. Ms Miller spends quite a
bit of
time explaining each step and provides easy techniques to accomplish
each step.
We are our worst enemy. We are always doubting what we can do;
complaining and
criticizing. She relates that we must get out of this habit and focus
on the
positives we have. She asks the question- why focus on what we
don’t want?
Why not focus more on what we want?
Each chapter builds on
the previous ones- and hopefully we will
see some changes in our life. Chapter 12 was a very important
chapter to
me as it addressed “letting go.” There are some things in life we
cannot
control, we need to accept that. But a majority of things we can
change. She also discusses a higher power that motivates us to
keep
going. A higher power can be anything that means something to you.
Chapter 16 talks about
harnessing our emotions. The author asks
several thought-provoking questions. One of which is why are we afraid
to
acknowledge our emotions? Where are they coming from? Often times
we will
distract ourselves so we don’t have to look at what we are really
feeling. She does say that our emotions are learned. From
responses we
get from our family, friends and society as a whole. We teach our
children the
same thing. Emotions control us and we need to face them and
truly
realize what happens to us.
The author provides
much needed insight for those who are ready to
make life changes. She does not lecture or say you have to do it her
way. She
only gives guidance from her years of experience and her own journey to
reach
her dreams.