Alexa Fischer - Wishwork: Make a Wish, Do the Work, and Watch It Come True

Praise for Wishwork

Write your wish. See your wish. Live your wish. Alexa helps you turn a general inkling into a specific manifestation. Go make your ruckus.

Seth Godin, author of The Dip

Reading Wishwork is spending a delightful few hours enjoying Alexas sorely-needed optimism. Alexa takes the reader on the journey from merely making a wish to turning the wish into a daily motivating force. She leaves no doubt we are the architects of our dreams.

Ellen Lubin-Sherman, author and speaker

Alexa takes something that we all did as kidstossing pennies into the fountain and forgetting all about them until our birthday when we blow out the candlesand makes it feel delightful and practical. This book is a ray of sunshine and the perfect reminder that yes, wishes really do come truewhen you do the work. And the Wishwork doesnt feel like work at all.

Jacq Fisch, unfussy writer, editor, and writing coach

So much of our success depends on our beliefs, our focus, and our vision for the future. Wishbeads is the belief, the focus, and the vision incarnateright there on your wrist. The fact that we can wear these gentle reminders in an of-the-moment bracelet stack is a bonus for those of us who want to wear our promise of tomorrow with style. Wishwork shows us the path to bring those intentions to life.

Julie Cantor, MD, JD attorney, academic, and founder and CEO of Harlen

No one who has met Alexa can doubt her gift for transforming people with her special blend of earthly and otherworldly wisdom. Here, she engages her whole spirit in the task of helping make peoples dreams come true, no lesstranslating lofty mystical ideas into joyfully approachable action steps that have the surest chance of yielding results. Alexa herself is living proof that the simple yet profound act of wishing, not only with sincerity but also with structure, can produce an outstandingly blessed life.

Shani Raja, former Wall Street Journal editor

Alexas brilliant Wishwork process provides a practical, tangible blueprint for making us all a little bit happier and the world a little bit brighter. This book will inspire you, challenge you, and give you hope that anything is possible. Make a wish and come along for the journeyyou wont be disappointed!

Anna Robertson, VP of Growth & Partnerships, ABC

After joyfully receiving my first Wishbeads as a gift, during a transitional period in my life, I decided to pass on the magic to several close friends. Without exception, each one said some version of, This is so perfect for me right now! How did you know? Often, with tears in their eyes. With Wishwork , Alexa beautifully reconnects us to our personal power and shows us the path to our best and brightest life. Together, they are magical.

Courtney Thorne-Smith, Actress

WISHWORK

WISHWORK

Make a Wish, Do the Work,
and Watch It Come True

Alexa Fischer

The Tiny Press

Coral Gables

Copyright 2019 Alexa Fischer

Wishwork: Make a Wish, Do the Work, and Watch It Come True

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Layout Design: Jermaine Lau

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Library of Congress Cataloging
ISBN: (print) 978-1-64250-023-3 (ebook) 978-1-64250-024-0

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018964362
BISAC category code: SEL004000SELF-HELP / Affirmations

Printed in the United States of America

This book is dedicated to anyone with a small wish, a big wish, a secret wish, a public wish, any type of wish that you want to bring into reality.

If you dont have a clear wish yet, but youd like to make one, this book is for you, too.

And if youve been discouraged many times in the past, if youve disappointed other people (or yourself), if you feel hesitant to open your heart and start dreaming and wishing again, you, especially youthis book is dedicated to you .

Table of Contents

Foreword

Have you ever met someone who can walk into any room and, as soon as they arrive, the energy in the room is justdifferent? They walk in and Kapow! Things feel brighter, sparklier, almost like someone flipped a light switch.

Alexa Fischer is one of those people.

When Alexa decided to attend one of my writing retreats in Hawaii, I was thrilled. Wed met once before and I knew shed be a wonderful addition to the group.

She told me, A lot has changed since the last time we saw each other. Ive started a new company called Wishbeads. Then she asked, Is it OK if I bring some Wishbeads products along to the retreat?

Without really knowing what a Wishbead was, I said, Of course! because I figured anything from Alexas mind and heart would be delightful.

On the final night of the retreat, after five beautiful days of writing, hiking, yoga, and inspiring conversations, Alexa did a Wishbeads presentation. We sat around a big table snacking on chocolate after dinner, and Alexa invited everyone to close their eyes. She asked us to imagine a bright light beaming from our hearts, beaming out, out, out, and creating a big canvasalmost like a projector or a movie screen. She asked us to sit quietly, watching, allowing images to unfold on that screen.

On that screen, you will see your greatest wish, she said.

(If youre a cynical New Yorker, at this point you might be thinking, Uh, this is some hippie-dippie nonsense and if youre from Los Angeles you might be thinking, Oh yes, I do this all the time at my Thursday night visionary chakra cleansing seminar! So fun! As for me, I tend to fall somewhere in the middle. I like mystical, spiritual explorations and I like practical action steps and Excel spreadsheets, too.)

So there I was, eyes closed, with my imaginary movie screen, waiting for my greatest wish to appear. At first I saw nothing. I felt a little worried. Then my mind started bopping around to wishes that I thought I ought to havelike having a bestselling book, or being on national TV, or having two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in my savings account. But as I allowed myself to relax and breathe, something unexpected happened.

I saw my wish on the screenand it wasnt what I expected to see.

It was a sweet, simple moment. Winter time. Snow falling outside. I was snuggled in bed. A fireplace crackled nearby. Candles flickered. I felt so incredibly peaceful. On the wall there was a calendarone of those big calendars thats about a foot and a half wide. On the calendar wasnothing. No appointments. No obligations. No pressures. A completely blank slate. I felt this incredible feeling of freedom and spontaneitylike I could pack a bag, hop on a plane, and go visit my family (they live in another state) and there was nothing to stop me from going. I had all the time and space in the world.

I felt my eyes welling up with tears and I knew, Right now, this is my greatest wish. I wish for more quiet time, more free time, more time to relax and make memories with the people I love.

A few moments later, Alexa invited us to write down our greatest wish on a piece of paper and then roll it up into a little cylinder. Then, she showed us how to glue and snip those cylinders of paper into a collection of beadsbeads that could be worn as a bracelet. Now you can wear your wish right on your wrist, she explained.