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Intead, she joined an organization called the International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers (IAHL) and began attracting new kinds of clients. She talked about the benefits of creating win-win situations instead of going for the jugular, just for the sake of hurting another. She began to steer her practice toward divorce law, sharing the wisdom she had gained both as a child of divorce, and from her own divorce as well.

Within two months, Mindy was arriving on time for court every day. Her connections with her clients grew stronger and more meaningful than ever before, and her income began to increase. A new affirmation took hold: "I work with and for clients I love and who love me, earning a good income." Soon her income doubled, then doubled again.

Rather than remain a helpless victim, Mindy chose to become the phoenix rising out of the ashes. She developed the understanding that she was one hundred percent responsible for everything that happened in her life. She took charge of her finances, as well as of her thoughts and beliefs. She learned more about the power of visualization and began teaching Love Yourself Heal Your Life workshops after training with Louise Hay and Dr. Patricia Crane.

Her visualization practice came in handy when her daughter decided to drop out of high school her junior year. Mindy and her daughter had always been at odds. Among many things, Mindy disliked her daughter's friends, her hygiene, the incredible messiness of her room, and the amount of time she spent on the phone. The two were constantly at war. Eventually, her daughter went to live with her father.

Mindy realized that when it came to her daughter, she had been focusing on what she didn't want, rather than on what she did want. So she sat down, lit a candle and wrote: "I am so happy and grateful that my daughter is a successful, topnotch student with high self-esteem and positive goals that she is highly motivated to achieve. Her life is filled with joy and love." Every night for four months, Mindy lit that candle and visualized her daughter being that topnotch student.

When Charles would call to complain about his daughter, Mindy would say, "I don't want to hear about that because I'm focusing on her as I know she's capable of being." When her daughter would attempt to engage her in a conflict, she'd say, "I am seeing you as the person you are capable of being. Period. That's all I'm seeing."

The result? Her daughter returned home and graduated from high school by taking accelerated classes. She also constructed lists of goals, each with a timeline. Her room became spotless and well-organized. Even better, mother and daughter began to enjoy a loving connection with one another for the first time in their lives.

One day, Mindy attended a talk given by Les Brown, a motivational speaker who had achieved international celebrity status through his awe-inspiring speeches in front of crowds of thousands. Les' message was, "When your heart tells you something, you've got to have the courage to act on it."

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