The story of Alison Wynn, an amateur triathlete, who persuades Dr. Laura Stevens, a controversial peak-performance trainer, to take her on as a client is told in the book The Secret. Their goal is to make Alison more competitive, so they start on a demanding regimen that includes cutting-edge physical training as well as experimental hypnotherapy. While being pushed to her limits and forced to confront traumatic repressed memories of her mother's suicide, Alison's demanding program allows her to show amazing gains and break through her own glass ceiling; yet, at what cost does Alison pay for her success? Alison's employment and family life with her husband and daughter suffer as a result of Laura's increasing demands, but no sacrifice appears to be too severe to satisfy Laura. In fact, Laura will go to any length to ensure that she has Alison all to herself. The fact that Alison has fallen into Laura's terrible psychological trap means that it is up to Alison's daughter to assist her mother in seeing through Laura's deception before they lose Alison permanently.
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The story of Alison Wynn, an amateur triathlete, who persuades Dr. Laura Stevens, a controversial peak-performance trainer, to take her on as a client is told in the book The Secret. Their goal is to make Alison more competitive, so they start on a demanding regimen that includes cutting-edge physical training as well as experimental hypnotherapy. While being pushed to her limits and forced to confront traumatic repressed memories of her mother's suicide, Alison's demanding program allows her to show amazing gains and break through her own glass ceiling; yet, at what cost does Alison pay for her success? Alison's employment and family life with her husband and daughter suffer as a result of Laura's increasing demands, but no sacrifice appears to be too severe to satisfy Laura. In fact, Laura will go to any length to ensure that she has Alison all to herself. The fact that Alison has fallen into Laura's terrible psychological trap means that it is up to Alison's daughter to assist her mother in seeing through Laura's deception before they lose Alison permanently.
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