INTRODUCTION

Positive Thinking is a Bunch of Crap & Crap Makes Great Fertilizer

PLANTING YOUR SEEDS

Roots: What’s In Your Garden Now?

Self-Esteem: Catching the I-Love-Me Disease

Me-ology: The Self-Esteem Dipstick

The Dark Ages: Childhood Programming and Past Letdowns

Exercise: Connect-the-influences

Getting Back on the Horse

Step Away from the Panic Button: Conquering Fear

Trauma: Breaking the Chains

"It Could Be Worse": Dramatization and Awareness

For Your Eyes Only: Journaling to Release

Meditation: Connecting Above Pain

Join the Club: Live and Online Support Groups

Drop That Horseshoe: There’s No Such Thing as Bad Luck

Change Your Mind, Change Your Life

Warm-up: Shake Out Negative Kinks

Work Those Mouth Muscles

Do Some Reps

Cool-Down: Feel the Burn

Switching Terminals: Hook Up to Positive Energy

What’s In It for Me?

The Buddy System

Knowledge is Power

Sign on the Dotted Line

Dangle Your Own Carrot

Surrender

SHOOTS AND LEAVES

The First Signs of Your Spring of Rebirth

Conspiracy Theory: The Biggest Threat to the New You

There’s Always Tomorrow: Eradicate Procrastination

Just Say No: How Not to Take On Too Much

Take Me As I Am: Kicking the Approval Habit

Know Your Code

Graduate from High School

Weed Your Friendship Garden

Blood is Thicker than Embarrassment

The Blame Game: Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?

Making Your Omelette: How to Learn From Your Mistakes

Give Yourself Permission

Make Interesting Mistakes

‘Fess Up

Pinpoint Your Error

Talk About It

Keep Good Records

If Your Buds Shrivel, Add More Fertilizer

When the Door Closes, Go Out the Window

Buried Alive: What to Do When Your Mountain Crumbles

Using Your Lifelines

OPENING YOUR BLOSSOMS

Poppy Fields: Visualizing in Technicolor

Preparation: Boarding the Visualization Train

Guided visualization

Receptive visualization

Altered memory visualization

Worry-Me-Nots and You-Can-Themums

Cross-Pollination: How to "Bee"

FRUITION AND HARVEST

Natural Attraction: Bringing Love, Money and Success

Radiant Relationships

Incredible Careers

Financial Freedom

Dream Delivery

Awesome Aging

THE PHYSICAL POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Sit Back and Relax

CONCLUSION

Surviving the Winter: Keep Your Garden Alive

CHECKLIST FOR THE POSITIVE THINKING PROCESS

RESOURCES