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Find the negative attitudes you have and cleanse them with positive self-talk. Kara has identified three negatives that she would be destined to repeat in her relationships. Now she can do something about them with affirmations, meditation, or any number of other techniques. An energy healer could also help her release those blocks.”

    With Grace’s warm hand on her back, Kara felt very relaxed, despite sitting in front of this huge crowd of people.

    “So a simple thing you can do to achieve a great relationship is to picture the perfect mate, remembering to think about how that mate will react to you. You want someone who will love you, treat you well, want to be with you. Remember those things when you do your visualizations.”

    Grace removed her hand from Kara’s back. Kara moved back to her seat, feeling extremely relaxed. Grace faced the audience and continued her talk. At the end, she took questions. After she tied up the session, people crowded around Grace. Kara stood up and grabbed her notebook from her chair, then slid it into her bag.

    Grace’s workshop had been interesting. Was Kara really destined to repeat the same type of failing relationship if she didn’t purge herself of her negative expectations? She hadn’t even realized she’d had negative expectations about her relationships. Or, at least, she’d thought they’d just been natural skepticism. Of course, Grace would probably ask what the difference was.

    Could finding the perfect man really be that simple?

    Kara remembered J.M. He had the qualities she looked for in a man . . . and she had a feeling he wasn’t afraid of commitment. But Kara had made a break for it as fast as she could. It wasn’t J.M. she was running away from, it was the intense feelings he inspired in her—feelings that made her feel completely out of control. None of her past relationships had ever stirred the potent emotional response in her that J.M. had. When those relationships had ended, it hadn’t been a big deal. The powerful feelings she had for J.M., however, threatened her emotional well-being and shook her to her core.

    The crowd around Grace had dissipated. Kara stood up and joined her.

    “That was great, Grace.”

    Grace smiled. “Thanks.” She collected her things and slipped them into her conference bag. “Do you want to grab some lunch?”

    Kara took another bite of her western sandwich.

    Grace glanced at her over her salad. “Thanks for helping me out during my talk.”

    “No problem.”

    “Listen, I hope you don’t mind me saying so, but . . . there’s more to your issue of finding a great relationship than what we discussed in the session today.”

    “Sure,” Kara said, but she was uncertain what Grace meant exactly. Of course, Kara didn’t think uttering a few affirmations in her head would bring her the perfect man.

    “Don’t get me wrong. Doing those affirmations will go a long way, but there’s something much deeper you need to work on. Do you mind me making an observation?”

    Kara finished her last bite of sandwich and pushed her plate aside.

    “I guess not.”

    Kara’s hand rested on the table and Grace rested her hand on it. The gentle warmth soothed Kara. She gazed into Grace’s intense blue-gray eyes.

    “You have a deep block about love. Something that happened . . . when you were young. About seven, I think.”

    Kara drew her hand away, her stomach clenching at the memories of her mother’s tears after her father had left them.

    “Six,” Kara said.

    “Do you mind talking about it?”

    Kara shrugged. “My parents got divorced. Happens to lots of people.”

    “But it doesn’t affect all people the same way. There was something about it . . . something that hurt you on a very deep level.”

    “He walked away from my mother. Left her alone with a young child.”

    “Kara . . . he also left you. ”

    Kara felt powerful emotions swirling up from deep inside, but she stomped them down.