I received a complementary copy of this book from Hay House for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.
At age 37 Jennifer Grace’s life had no direction. “I had no idea who I was, where I was going, or what I wanted to be when I grew up,” she writes. “I had wrapped myself up in false identities that I thought had been my life’s purpose: wife, actress, filmmaker, nonprofit director, photography manager, fitness instructor, dance-company owner. But the only thing I had really become was a walking zombie.” Grace came out of this state to become a transformational speaker and author, based on principles of the Law of Attraction. She shares what she learned in her new book “Directing Your Destiny: How to Become the Writer, Producer, and Director of Your Dreams”.
I have read a few books and I have listened to a number of speakers on the Law of Attraction, and I thought Grace’s treatment of the topic was one of the most practical and easy to understand yet. I liked her analogy of making a movie to how you visualize your own life – a metaphor she uses throughout the book to drive home her key points. Meditation, Gratitude, Journaling, Visualization with Emotion are a few of the techniques Grace recommends in her book to manifest the life of your dreams.
“Directing Your Destiny” is not just filled with pie in the sky positive thinking type messages. What if you follow all the “law of attraction” principles and nothing is happening? “No one ever picked up a guitar and became a rock star on the first day,” she writes. “As with playing an instrument, learning how to become the director of your dreams takes practice and a bit of daily discipline.” The author gives examples from her own life of when she hit roadblocks, and how she overcame those. I especially liked her story of how she did not win a Hay House writing contest on her first attempt, yet she pressed on and did eventually win a publishing contract. The key was action on her part. “If I had just visualized being a Hay House author … it would not have happened,” she recalls. “We need the ‘Will’ to get up off the couch,” she counsels, “and the ‘Grace’ to allow Source to codirect our movies with us. Nothing happens without action and surrender.”
“A life that’s produced well is a life where things flow effortlessly and synchronize automatically with your goals,” Grace writes. “When you are in alignment with your true self, you will experience a natural flow that carries you from one breakthrough to another.” I wish my life was more like that – often it isn’t. “Directing Your Destiny” did give me a number of practical tips to get myself back in alignment, and I think it will for you, too.
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