Rare Faith Blog

If we could run a scientific experiment with every variable perfectly controlled—two people with the same upbringing, DNA, experiences, and environment—and gave them the exact same challenge, their ou...

If you've read any of my books, you know that achieving your goals becomes much easier when you “see” what you want as if it has already happened, “feel” it as though it is already true, and then take...

Nicholeen Peck helped my family many years ago, before we ever met. She was on a reality show on the BBC called "World's Strictest Parents", and I learned some important things from her unusual approa...

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Does life ever feel unfair?

Maybe you’ve faced more than your share of financial challenges. Maybe you’ve felt like your breakthrough was just around the corner—but somehow, that corner never comes.

Here are some notes from a talk I gave in church a while back. In my church, members of the congregation are sometimes asked to prepare and deliver sermons so that we can learn from each other, and le...

Grumpy spouse? No worries.

The question comes up time and again: How much do our thoughts influence a situation, especially if our spouse’s thoughts don’t align with our own? If we shouldn’t manipula...

Interesting story to preface…

I recently received an email from someone who kindly told me that while she thinks I’m a lovely person, she finds my writing a little too religious for her taste. She wa...

If your thoughts affect your circumstances, and if your food can affect your thoughts (which it does, in a BIG WAY!), then let's get down to the root cause of some of our biggest struggles.

I have a ...

When you begin studying the laws of success, it's easy to believe that you have to maintain an optimistic mindset all the time in order for the principles to “work.”

But the truth is—constant optimis...

"Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name it shall be given unto you, that is expedient for you; And if ye ask anything that is not expedient for you, it shall turn unto your condemnation." (D&C 88:64–...

Success principles activate a power that allows us to co-create with God.

Co-creation—the power to cause things to happen through faith—is a lot like pro-creation—the power to create a child. Both ar...

I received an email with a question about "manifesting". I'll share Arlene's question and my response below:

Hi Leslie,

My name is Arlene, I am 72, LDS, and I live in West Bountiful, Utah. It’s be

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Ugh. I used to be sooooo good at self-discipline—before I got married and had kids.

I could give myself a command and follow it—no problem. I even took a little pride in my “exemplary existence” (cou...

Imagining the end result is the most important step in achieving your goals. You have to pick your picnic. Once the vision is clear, your instincts kick in, and the path forward begins to reveal itsel...

It’s always amazing to me how much people change through the process of completing the Mindset Mastery Program. So often, they come in feeling nervous and uncertain but hopeful that they made a wise i...

I received a nastigram in my email accusing me of plagiarism in my book Hidden Treasures. I thought you might find the interaction interesting, so I'll share it below:

Subject: Plagiarize Much?

Hi

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