The Secret star Jerry O’Connell says book got him through ‘difficult’ time

Katie Holmes and Jerry O’Connell star in The Secret: Dare To Dream (Lionsgate/PA)

The Secret: Dare To Dream star Jerry O’Connell says the best-selling self-help book got him through a “difficult” period of his life.

Rhonda Byrne’s 2006 book is based on the law of attraction, which claims positive and negative thoughts can have a direct influence on someone’s life.