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Seven Weeks Away from Mr. Right?
Why wait 7 years when you can find "the One" in 7 weeks?
by Catherine Specter
Before The Secret, there was “the One.” To be exact, there was a self-help bestseller titled Calling in “the One”: 7 Weeks To Attract the Love of Your Life.
Seven weeks? I was dubious—but intrigued. I had never before read this type of book; never gone “new age” enough to actually purchase one. But I read my horoscope, I like sending out good vibes, and I’m all about the Golden Rule.
I saw no compelling reason why my one true love shouldn’t be summoned like the book promised. Like so many single, hopeful romantics out there, I thought, “I’ve waited long enough.”
Calling in “the One,”(hereafter known as CITO) is a 49-day book/course to finding true love, based upon the über popular Law Of Attraction. Published two years before The Secret swept the nation, is has a similar thesis: To get what you want, just think really hard about it and poof, the universe manifests it.
Author and psychotherapist Katherine Woodward Thomas says, CITO “is not necessarily informational in nature, it’s transformational.” She also warns that there will be rough spots, mostly due to dredging up your past wounds in order to get over them, and she equates the CITO process with cleaning out your closet—after all, there isn’t room for new stuff until you toss out the old.
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1 jennifer // Jul 12, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I love this article. I tried the CITO technique and had the same reaction as Cat Specter. There are interesting things you learn but it’s a little new agey for my tastes. I would really love to see what Ms. Specter thinks about other popular books like this. If her advice column is any indication of her approach to things I think Tango girls like me would enjoy reading much more of her.
2 Tango’s Top 10: Ways to Find Love in 2008 // Jan 28, 2008 at 11:18 pm
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3 shanya p. // Jul 31, 2007 at 9:05 pm
I found this to be an interesting and even mildly funny article but I overlooked it because of the picture on your magazine’s homepage. I went to that author’s website and she’s not an African American woman. I don’t get it, why is the author portrayed as a somewhat sad looking black woman?
4 shibani malhotra // Jul 31, 2007 at 12:58 pm
sounds fascinating… shall definately ty it out:)