Magnetic: The Secret to Manifesting Health, Wealth, Love and Happiness

Meditation teacher Fox debuts with an energetic guide to hijacking the subconscious in order to shape one’s reality. The key, Fox writes, is transforming the subconscious from a storehouse of learned patterns to a “magnetic mind” that can, when aligned with conscious intention, affect external outcomes. Blending psychology, neuroscience, and personal anecdote, the account explains how readers can do this by “reprogramming” their limiting beliefs, practicing meditation and mindfulness, and using visualization exercises to make their goals feel real. Such strategies, Fox suggests, work via both the law of attraction and the law of cause and effect, which lets the mind “connect the dots between things to see why they are the way they are” and work out how to get from point A to point B. The author’s at her best when grounding abstractions in approachable metaphors, as when she likens the mind to a garden that flourishes when tended with awareness and intention. Also valuable are her clear explanations of the exercises, including point-of-view visualization (readers should imagine achieving goals from a first-person perspective rather than “watching” themselves living out dreams like a movie character). The result is an upbeat and actionable starting point for readers seeking to change their mindset. (Nov.)