Say It, See It, Be It: How Visions & Affirmations Will Change Your Life

Arlene Rosenberg
publisher (2004)
ISBN 0974134570
Reviewed by Erika K. Oliver for Reader Views (5/06)

“Visualizing your ideal life and reprogramming your self-talk with positive affirmations results in realizing your dreams” says “Say It, See It, Be It” author, Arlene Rosenberg. Rosenberg shares her personal journey and offers the reader a practical approach to overcoming negative thinking. Part I of the book outlines the anatomy of negative thinking: the power of thoughts, the role of the ego, inheriting negative thinking and identifiable symptoms of negative thinking. Part II discusses creating a vision for your life and how to manifest that vision through the use of positive affirmations.

“Since our thoughts are unconscious positive or negative affirmations, we are continuously sending out energy in the form of statements or commands to the Universe,” writes Rosenberg. She goes on to say that we are like a radio that can only be tuned into one station at a time. If our dial is set to negative, self-sabotaging inner dialogue, we will run on that frequency. Part I is interspersed with exercises that ask the reader to answer reflective questions. I found these to be difficult because each exercise asked several questions. I was overwhelmed by the number of questions and didn’t know where to begin. The jewel comes in Part II in the form of a lengthy but incredibility revealing activity. Rosenberg first explains the “Leading Achievers Development Wheel” (p. 92) categorizing the components of a well-balanced life. The revealing exercise has two parts: part one asks the reader to write about their current life in each component and part two has the reader writing their vision – or dream – for each component. The author effectively prompts the exercise so I found myself writing in detail and enjoying the process.

Information on positive affirmations, how to create and use them, supports the visioning process to reprogram negative thinking. Sometimes the author’s referrals to other parts of the book were distracting but the content was clear and Part II exercises were very effective. I completed the visioning activity in two days and then went on to create affirmations on index cards to repeat over each day. I did wish that Rosenberg had shared more personal examples to add explanation to the ideas and activities.

“Say It, See It, Be It” is an easy-to-read, practical guide to changing negative thinking to positive self-talk. The author’s sincerity is evident and the book itself can be used as a journaling and reference tool. I recommend this book to people beginning the journey of self-awareness as well as to those who continue to explore their self-talk and make a commitment to manifesting their dreams in a positive way. Rosenberg encourages us and reminds us of our connectedness. “Every person who heals themselves automatically helps hundreds of people around them to heal.”

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