The portion of the Finer Minds Web site that promotes Chris Cade’s free downloadable workbook, “Using the Power of Stories to Attract Your Ideal Relationship” notes that folks can “attract and experience their most loving and empowering relationship through the simple and fun art of storytelling.”

Cade’s workbook and the approach it represents were new discoveries for me, but his approach reminds me of that of Louise Hay (You Can Heal Your Life), which helped me at a difficult moment of my life. Both focus on the notion that when people hurt us, it’s not really their fault because they’ve been hurt, too. As Hay puts it, “We are all victims of victims.” Both also provide exercises that involve visualization and repetition of affirmations.

Cade’s approach also reminds me of the “change the story, change your life” approach in that it involves composing future stories that enable you to visualize what the story would like like in your life.

Cade says that “after you finish [the] 2 short exercises in this downloadable workbook, you will:

• Discover who your perfect partner is and if you’re already in a relationship, whether or not you are in a healthy one.
• Pinpoint and break the limiting beliefs that may have held you back from experiencing the full spectrum of a beautiful and empowering relationship.
• Experience a creative visualization process that uses the core principles of the Law of Attraction, imagination, and storytelling to bring you one step closer to your ideal relationship.”

Cade hopes you’ll buy materials for his larger Inscribe Your Life program. The Web site for the program is one of those that reminds me of a text-heavy old-school direct-mail piece with bold, brash headlines in color and copy that seems to go on forever (it seems old-school but I still see these kinds of direct-mail pieces all the time). If you try to close the page, you get a couple of messages to the effect of “Are you sure?” I always have a hard time believing this marketing technique works, but given its prominence, I guess it must.

Does Cade’s storytelling approach work? Well, you can’t beat a free download to check it out and see what you think.