About Me
My name is John Valente. I’ve been a gift and home decor retailer in San Diego since 1998. My wife and I have added The Secret by Rhonda Byrne in its various products to our inventory in December of 2006. A friend of ours had introduced us to The Secret about a month prior to that. Before that introduction, we had never heard of it. Now, we wish we had maintained that blissful ignorance! For us, The Secret has not been a portal to the abundant Universe. In fact, for us, The Secret, The Secret Production Company and its officers have been a source of arrogance, hypocricy, deceipt, and frustration. There will be in depth explanations in the blog entries.









