The Deeper Secret

I am quite honestly sick and tired of self help books that are great on hype but have little to do with reality. "The Secret" is a great example:very well written,(ideal for anyone with a short attention span)with a powerful marketing machine behind it,(hence it's massive success) but as far as I am concerned it's a motivational/inspirational book and should not be classified as a self help book, because the book hasn't got enough substance to be able to help any reader as it's not sufficiently based on reality.Books like "The Secret" are not selling the reader anything new,except regurgitated pop psychology babble that has been around for a while, but is presented with a fresh marketing spin. I like to compare "The Secret" as a recipe being sold of a magical dish: all the ingredients are included in this sold recipe, except for the one ingredient that makes the dish magical(or special)! While I don't claim that Postma's book is the missing link to "The Secret", she does approach life is a way that is more reality bound.She has a very practical attitude towards life, which is refreshing. She's not advocating that the law of attraction boils down to wanting something or focusing your attention on that one thing till you get it. Instead she is saying that we all have the responsibility to spend the time getting to know ourselves, understanding why we want what we want and following through with action.She also encourages people to find their own way in life in what works best for them in making their lives all they want it to be.And that concept appeals to me because it's acknowledging the reader as an individual instead of advocating the one size fits all mentality.I have just turned 40 and I was reading this book when my birthday came round and I realised that my life needs a major overhaul in all departments, but it also left me hopeful that I can change but there are no shortcuts to getting your life sorted, you need to put in the work to get the results. I can safely say that in my 15 years of reading self help books there have been 2 books that were pivotal to me in transitional periods in my life.These two books REALLY helped me in a way that I never thought possible.This dynamite book is that book no.2!

Holland's own best kept "Secret" Annemarie Postma has written what I think is "the missing link" for those of us who read or saw the "Secret" a few years ago and for a brief moment believed in all the hype. So many of us are looking for answers and at the time The Secret seemed to present them...The Secret was certainly on to something (mostly that people were yearning for easy answers and how to make a lot of money from that!) yet from the very beginning it seemed to be missing something substantial you couldn't quite put your finger on? It was so commercial and also it seemed strange to use something considered "spiritual" for material gain...or that spiritualism was suddenly ready for the masses wrapped up into a neat little DVD package... It certainly was a cause for a good discussion, but even Oprah seemed confused by it. In "The Deeper Secret" Annemarie truly goes deeper and gives us what was missing from the hype and confusion...clarity! In easy steps and exercises she explains how to apply the law of attraction properly. A book to keep coming back to as a refresher course...truly a great read!