Angela says she has understood the principle of The Secret for years and was living the life she wanted, but everything changed on September 11, 2001. One that tragic day, one of the hijacked airliners crashed into Angela's office building. For the past five years, she says she's been struggling to keep her head above water. Her life was no longer filled with purpose and she had a hard time "just surviving."

"What I was bringing to the table was a tired, worn-out survivor, and I knew that," Angela says. "I was shut down, but I was moving."

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