Positive affirmations work wonders and due to the unprecedented success of The Secret, the Law of attraction has received much attention. If you are not doing affirmations, I highly recommend you try them. I have seen in my practice the stark difference between the people who use them and people who don't. The people who use them come in with amazing stories of change and new possibilities for themselves. The people who don't seem stuck in their circumstances.
Doreen Virtue PhD noted in her recent blog, that the economy has more to do with people's mindsets and expectations than politics. A simple affirmation such as "Everyone is rich. I am rich. Abundance surrounds me now".- can help You can affirm any quality you want to create in your life. Imagination is key.
Love, happiness, success, relationships, health, harmony, peace and joy are influenced by your thinking, especially your automatic thoughts. If you notice you are a negative thinker, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) is a wonderful tool to combat and eliminate your negative thought patterns and set optimistic, realistic ones instead.