Dear Believer,

At one time in my life, I had just about everything a woman could want. I had a loving husband whom I loved very much. I had two beautiful children who doted on me as much as I doted on them. My house was full of fun and laughter and love and was in a constant state of hustle and bustle.

I was also successful in business and continually advanced within the company I worked for. I thoroughly enjoyed what I was doing and I was very good at it. I started out as an Executive Assistant and worked my way up to a Market Analyst. The company was impressed with my performance and I gained a great deal of respect from my employer.

Life, in a word, was awesome.

Then I became very sick.

Hitting Rock Bottom

When I was twenty-eight, I was diagnosed with a rare hereditary and debilitating muscle disorder — Congenital Fiber Type Disproportion Myopathy. Ever have a cramp in your toe or a “Charlie horse” in your calf muscle? That’s what I dealt with on a daily basis — a hundredfold. The spasms and cramps affected my entire body. I was unable to smile without my face seizing up. I was unable to go for walks or play with my kids without being in severe pain.

When I was twenty-nine I had an episode where a muscle spasm cinched the main artery on the left side of my neck, blocking the blood flow to my brain. I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance with “stroke-like” symptoms. I ended up being in the hospital for a week. When I left, I had to walk with a cane.

I was unable to work anymore. I was unable to play with my kids. I was unable to be a wife to my husband.

My life was gone.

Every day I moved with care because I was scared. I didn’t know when the next attack was going to hit me. I was nervous, anxious, and became increasingly sad. Every thought I had was focused on the fact that I was sick and I had lost everything. The more I focused on the illness, the more I suffered physically, mentally, and emotionally. I felt like a terrible mother because I was unable to play with my children. I felt I was a terrible wife because I couldn’t lift a finger to help around the house or enjoy my husband’s company.

I hated myself.

I contemplated the reasons for my existence. I hated being sick. I hated being useless. I hated simply existing instead of living. I fell into a deep depression. Frankly, the only things that kept me alive were my children and the fact that they needed a mother.

I think that’s what caused me to snap. I wanted to be a good mother to my children, not the huddled mass on the couch.

“No more!” I said. I had hit rock bottom. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I decided to do something about it.

Changing My Beliefs — And Therefore Changing My Life

I took a very hard look at myself and my life and I realized all the self-damaging thoughts I was having that were affecting myself and all who came in contact with me.

I was a mess — and I caused it! I decided to be brutally honest with myself and find out what got me to where I was, what was causing me to stay there, and what I was going to do to change it.

While my illness took just about everything away from me, one thing it did give me was the opportunity to do something that I had always wanted to do.

Even when things were great, I always wanted to go back to school and get my Masters degree. So I did. I figured I was home anyway, I might as well do something I enjoy. Within four years I earned my Masters degree in Metaphysics. This accomplishment was a huge one for me because it was a dream I had all my life. It was a dream come true and I was the one who made the dream a reality!

Whilst I was in school, I came to understand the fact that our souls and physical selves share a relation- ship — one that is crucial if a person is to fully develop self-acceptance, appreciation, love, and courage and move forward positively in life.

I began doing exercises that began the healing process. In school they referred to these exercises as “Spiritual Mind Treatments.”

Because of these exercises, I came to understand that all this time — my entire life — I was repeating habits; I was “living” my life on a sort of autopilot that was guided by beliefs that were inculcated in me throughout my life.

Growing up, I had difficult experiences. Those difficult experiences translated into habits I created in my adult years. The habits I am referring to were:

• shame due to what happened to me as a child;
• guilt for treating people poorly;
• anger for my peers isolating me;
• sadness because I had never made friends on my own;
• doubt in my ability to succeed;
• low self-esteem;
• an undeniable feeling of being unfulfilled;
• and the iron-clad belief that life was meant to be hard.

I took all these emotions and fears and I dug a hole as deep as I could and covered the hole with a steel door and locked it. I then placed a cinder block on top. I thought if I could just bury them deep enough I could forget them.

When this realization hit me, I began the process of developing my own personal exercises to remove the erroneous beliefs I had. I also endeavored to change the way I lived. I wanted to live consciously and volitionally rather than merely sleepwalking and responding to stimuli like some sort of lab rat.
I realized that the more I focused on being sick, the more frequent the attacks.

So I decided to concentrate on being well.

That was the beginning.

Going From Invalid to Valid

Every day I visualized all the things I enjoyed doing when I was well. In my mind I could see me at the park with my girls. I saw myself in a business suit again and saw myself contributing to society and to my home. This brought me pleasure, so I kept picturing being happy and healthy in my mind.

I started to take small steps toward being well. I started by simply standing for as long as I could and every day I would try to stand for just a little bit longer. Eventually, I went for daily walks down the street. It was very painful; when I finished, I said to myself “Good job, Claire, you walked today.”

After a while, I was able to walk around the block. While it was still very painful, I kept doing it. When I would finish a walk, I would say “Congratulations, Claire, you made it farther today then you did yesterday.”

It was at this time when I started to talk to myself. I realized the types of things I would think and say that were damaging and decided to be nice to myself. I would say things like “Your body is doing its job and healing itself,” or “You are moving forward and getting healthier and healthier by the day.” Over time, I began to notice changes. I was able to walk further — practically normally compared to the invalid I had become! — and I was having fewer attacks. The fewer attacks and less pain I was having gave me strength and excitement, because what I was doing was working!

One of the biggest accomplishments I had in my life was the day I noticed I was going about my day with minimal medications. The narcotics I was taking “as needed” became obsolete and the muscle relaxants I was taking every couple of hours became once a day instead. It was this realization that gave me the courage to call the disability company I was with and tell them I didn’t need them anymore

I knew that I had to completely get my life back together. I was capable and healthy enough to move forward, so I did.

I walked away from disability and I started my own consulting company. I now lead a highly professional and uniquely qualified team of motivation- al teachers who apply the techniques I learned and developed on a daily basis with corporations, educational entities and individuals all over the world.

I look back on my life and I am thankful for all that I have experienced. It was these experiences that got me to where I am now, writing this book and talking to you.

How You Can Change It All

As human beings, we live in our own self-made reality. This reality is made up of habits which we have instilled in our minds through many years of self programming. These habits also make up our belief system and cause us to experience the same patterns over and over again in our daily lives. Whatever is our reality is our reality.

This reality may differ from someone else’s, which is okay. We are still valid because our way of life, our beliefs, our decisions, our actions, and our experiences, cause us to live in and experience a very real personal and individualized reality.

Another person may attempt to alter our perception of what our reality is. This is a valiant effort on the other person’s part and, at the same time, often wasteful. It is up to us to alter our reality and make it whatever we want it to be. It is up to us to realize what habits are controlling our life and change them, if the purpose they are serving is self-destructive.

My book, I Believe Therefore I Am, is made to do just that.

In the pages of I Believe Therefore I Am, we will visit the reasons for the habits we have created throughout our many years of existence and experience. We will realize what habits we have developed that are self-destructive and what habits we have that help to advance our life.

Through the many exercises in this book, you will

• eliminate and enhance habits through a process of self-reflection and realization;
• delve into what the “Law of Attraction” is all about;
• build affirmations that really work;
• learn how to communicate with yourself and others more effectively;
• discover why certain words you use everyday are actually hindering your progress and success;
• build the foundation for your success, whatever that may be;
• master your own success.

Awesome Praise for I Believe Therefore I Am

I wrote this book to share with others. We all deserve happiness. We all deserve to accomplish what we set out to do. We all deserve to feel good and love ourselves because it is our birth-right to do so.

I watch people go about their day and feel the pain they have inside. I can see the cinder block they placed on this pain and want so much to lift it up for them.

I wrote this book because it makes my heart sing when I see someone have a genuine smile on their face from a sense of being proud of who they are and what they have accomplished.

I would love to see you happy.

I would love to see that you know the true value you possess and the endless possibilities that lie before you.

The world is an oyster that holds many riches — riches every single person on this earth can benefit from.

You deserve to feel fulfilled. So much so, that when you are eighty years old you can look back on your life and say “I am proud of who I am, what I have accom- plished, and am grateful for all my life’s experiences and the love I am blessed to have shared.”

It is for this reason I wrote I Believe Therefore I Am.

As much as I would like the world to benefit from the pages, I am truly grateful for having the inner awareness and knowledge to write the material.

If one person can benefit from it, then I have succeeded.

I Believe Therefore I Am is available for you right now for only $17 plus a reasonable charge for shipping and handling.

Start believing today.
Tomorrow will be a new world for you…
A world of Success, Happiness, Love, and Fulfillment!

Coaching with Claire Included with Purchase of Book!

My staff and I have coached thousands of people and helped them to achieve their goals. Now, when you purchased my book I Believe Therefore I Am, you will be eligible to receive one complimentary coaching session with me!

This is your opportunity to…

• ask questions about what you read in this book;
• how to apply these ideas and methods in your life;
• fine-tune these methods for your specific circumstances;
• obtain additional wisdom;
• learn where you should go next;
• and allow me to make suggestions for your improvement.

You will find all the information you need to claim your free coaching session with me in the book.

Believe! And So It Is…


Claire McGee
Halifax, Nova Scotia

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I Believe Therefore I Am Information

176 pages
Trade paperback (5.25" x 8')
ISBN 0-9678514-7-5
ISBN-13 978-0-9678514-7-1
LCCN 2011928312

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