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Hay House Inc. (1984), Edition: 2, 272 pages
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Louise L. Hay, bestselling author, is an internationally known leader in the self-help field. Her key message is: "If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." The author has a great deal of experience and firsthand information to share about healing, including how she cured herself after being diagnosed with cancer. An excerpt from You Can Heal Your Life: Life Is Really Very Simple. What We Give Out, We Get Back What we think about ourselves becomes the truth for us. I believe that everyone, myself included, is responsible for everything in our lives, the best and the worst. Every thought we think is creating our future. Each one of us creates our experiences by our thoughts and our feelings. The thoughts we think and the words we speak create our experiences.… (more)
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LibraryThing member Kendall41
Cure yourself of cancer with the right mindset. If only it were true.
LibraryThing member damsorrow
Ever read a self-help book and just think about Darfur the whole time?
LibraryThing member drj
The thoughts this author has about diseases being connected to mind-sets and personality traits is followed by her specific affirmations to overcome those thoughts and hopefully the body will then heal itself.
LibraryThing member indigo7
Louise Hay is obviously a designated teacher on this planet. She reads the audiobook version with a calm and knowing voice, one of the best author-readers I've heard. Not every writer is also a good reader of their own material.
This has become a classic book based on the author's metaphysical work
I also recommend watching the 2-DVD version of this book, You Can Heal Your Life The Movie, with accompanying interviews of several authors we are already familiar with: Wayne W. Dyer, Gregg Braden, Cheryl Richardson, Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks, Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., Candace B. Pert, Ph.D., Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D., Christiane Northrup, M.D., Gay Hendricks, Leon Nacson. Music by Jim Brickman.
Her work centers around affirmations, or making positive statements concerning the way you want your life to be. For people unfamiliar with this concept it may seem to be a stretch at first because there is a certain amount of letting go of old ways of thinking that must be done. It is difficult at first to even believe that creating what you want could be as easy as changing your thoughts. But I've seen it happen in my own life, and I've read many books around this area over a period of years, and it really does come down to your thoughts, attitudes, and general feelings controlling what your life becomes.
As the scientists on the DVD attest to, these ideas are scientifically valid and becoming more widespread and accepted by people in all walks of life.
This has become a classic book based on the author's metaphysical work
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as a therapist. She came into her own in the early 1980's with the HayRide workshops for people diagnosed with HIV-AIDS. Her foundation and start-up publishing company, HayHouse, began from this era.I also recommend watching the 2-DVD version of this book, You Can Heal Your Life The Movie, with accompanying interviews of several authors we are already familiar with: Wayne W. Dyer, Gregg Braden, Cheryl Richardson, Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks, Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., Candace B. Pert, Ph.D., Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D., Christiane Northrup, M.D., Gay Hendricks, Leon Nacson. Music by Jim Brickman.
Her work centers around affirmations, or making positive statements concerning the way you want your life to be. For people unfamiliar with this concept it may seem to be a stretch at first because there is a certain amount of letting go of old ways of thinking that must be done. It is difficult at first to even believe that creating what you want could be as easy as changing your thoughts. But I've seen it happen in my own life, and I've read many books around this area over a period of years, and it really does come down to your thoughts, attitudes, and general feelings controlling what your life becomes.
As the scientists on the DVD attest to, these ideas are scientifically valid and becoming more widespread and accepted by people in all walks of life.
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LibraryThing member JDove
No matter your relgion or spiritual affiliation, everyone can benefit from reading this book. I refer back to it frequently and find if I am having a bad day it helps me focus on the positive and what's important.
LibraryThing member phoenixcomet
Amazing book by Louise Hay which provides powerful techniques for releasing anger and fear and moving on in life. Brilliant.
LibraryThing member sharlene_w
Never have been interested in metaphysical healing up to this point, but a friend suggested it because I was having health problemhs I couldn't resolve with the help of my physician. I felt a lot of what was in this book about the power of your mind really make sense. I plan to read it again.
LibraryThing member PurpleV
Louis Hay's work is so powerful because she shares from direct knowledge and not just intellectual posturing.
LibraryThing member mawls
Everyone may not be ready or open to the ideas presented in this book, but I found it fascinating.
LibraryThing member margaretng
The first few chapters pushed me face to face with harsh reality. I was uneasy. They turned me off and made me feel guilty. Then slowly, slowly, I cam back to the book and saw my faults and gradually accepted them and finally 'bit the bullet' and came to accept that I was responsible for many of
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the disappointments and 'ills' around me. Louise Hay taught me to take over and gain control. I love her line in this quote: "Each cell in my body has divine intelligence....I choose to be healthy and free. All is well in my world." Show Less
LibraryThing member JennysBookBag.com
I love all of her books.
LibraryThing member CenterPointMN
Ms. Hay's key message: "If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." The author has a great deal of experience and first-hand information to share about healing--including how she cured herself after having been diagnosed as being terminally ill with cancer. In her
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frequent lectures, workshops and guest appearances on the media, Dr. Hay offers practical steps for dissolving both the fears and the causations of diseases. As a metaphysical counselor, she devotes her life to assisting others in discovering and using the full potential of their own creative powers. Her students are able to clear away the blocks that keep them from robust health and from havig what they want in life. Show Less
LibraryThing member smallself
I’m not a really hardcore Louise Hay person: loving the self is not the only work that I do, ideally I find contemplative prayer to be preferable to affirmatory prayer, although I find both to be useful and I use both, and I think that *sometimes* work with affirmations has to be balanced by
But as I’ve already implied, I’m not a materialist, and I think that if something is going “wrong” for you, including something with your body, then it’s something you should take responsibility for and learn from, which is exactly what Louise Hay teaches.
Common objections to Louise Hay that I disagree with:
1. Terrible things happen in the world; how can I be responsible for anything?
2. Don’t you think that drugging people with problems is probably the best way, and the only thing anyone can ever *really* trust?
.... Not that it’s ever helpful to ever blame anybody for anything. The more in the wrong they are, the less able they are to see that they’re wrong. You can’t resent someone’s illness.
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shadow work. But as I’ve already implied, I’m not a materialist, and I think that if something is going “wrong” for you, including something with your body, then it’s something you should take responsibility for and learn from, which is exactly what Louise Hay teaches.
Common objections to Louise Hay that I disagree with:
1. Terrible things happen in the world; how can I be responsible for anything?
2. Don’t you think that drugging people with problems is probably the best way, and the only thing anyone can ever *really* trust?
.... Not that it’s ever helpful to ever blame anybody for anything. The more in the wrong they are, the less able they are to see that they’re wrong. You can’t resent someone’s illness.
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LibraryThing member purplequeennl
I would really rate this a 3½. To me this is a 'marketing' book: a coalition of many books and writings by Louise Hay, and refers often to a course she runs called 'A Course in Miracles.'
I knew a great deal of this content already as I read a lot of self-help and personal development books. I have
For someone not having read or worked with any of Louise Hay's other books and courses, this book might be a little overwhelming, and also a little patronising as it assumes a lot about the reader. It tells the reader where they are 'wrong' and how they need to change what they believe and how they think, without in depth detail about how they should go about making that change, only generalising and touching on things, mentioning what would happen in one of the 'A Course in Miracles' sessions. It also puts it all across as though it was a really simple thing to do, when it is not, and it takes a lot of work and self-reflection to do.
It also promotes Louise Hay's own beliefs, about the world and universe, which to me should also be a choice and can be very individual. I do not believe in a single all-powerful being, and I don't believe for a second that we 'choose our parents'. I do however believe that we are born into a family/life that will teach us the lessons we need to learn in this life and they will keep repeating until we understand and learn them. But what I believe about religion or spirituality may not work for another person. I felt it wasn't a necessary addition to this book and had no bearing on what Louise was trying to impart. However, I do believe that we have the power of choice and can change our lives and our thinking by what we choose to focus on and what we believe about ourselves and our life situations. But I think a lot of people would struggle with this book if they didn't subscribe to Louise's personal beliefs which she repeats often.
That being said there is a lot in this book for people that have already done a great deal of reading on these topics and a lot of work and just want to know more about how they can treat their physical problems through emotional and mental practice, as it explains how some emotional struggles can manifest in physical form in the body.
I would recommend other books by Louise Hay's, such as Mirror Work, and by other authors like Wayne Dyer and Katherine Woodward Thomas before looking at this book. To me it was a sort of 'gathering' of all her beliefs and ideas in a simplified form.
I knew a great deal of this content already as I read a lot of self-help and personal development books. I have
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also worked through Mirror Work by Louise Hay, which provides more in depth help with 'loving yourself' and would be much more helpful than this book for achieving that. For someone not having read or worked with any of Louise Hay's other books and courses, this book might be a little overwhelming, and also a little patronising as it assumes a lot about the reader. It tells the reader where they are 'wrong' and how they need to change what they believe and how they think, without in depth detail about how they should go about making that change, only generalising and touching on things, mentioning what would happen in one of the 'A Course in Miracles' sessions. It also puts it all across as though it was a really simple thing to do, when it is not, and it takes a lot of work and self-reflection to do.
It also promotes Louise Hay's own beliefs, about the world and universe, which to me should also be a choice and can be very individual. I do not believe in a single all-powerful being, and I don't believe for a second that we 'choose our parents'. I do however believe that we are born into a family/life that will teach us the lessons we need to learn in this life and they will keep repeating until we understand and learn them. But what I believe about religion or spirituality may not work for another person. I felt it wasn't a necessary addition to this book and had no bearing on what Louise was trying to impart. However, I do believe that we have the power of choice and can change our lives and our thinking by what we choose to focus on and what we believe about ourselves and our life situations. But I think a lot of people would struggle with this book if they didn't subscribe to Louise's personal beliefs which she repeats often.
That being said there is a lot in this book for people that have already done a great deal of reading on these topics and a lot of work and just want to know more about how they can treat their physical problems through emotional and mental practice, as it explains how some emotional struggles can manifest in physical form in the body.
I would recommend other books by Louise Hay's, such as Mirror Work, and by other authors like Wayne Dyer and Katherine Woodward Thomas before looking at this book. To me it was a sort of 'gathering' of all her beliefs and ideas in a simplified form.
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LibraryThing member mktoronto
This book is controversial but I think it comes from a misunderstanding of what she tried to do with this book. She is giving ideas to transform your life and she gives examples of some best case scenarios. Nowhere does she say you are at fault if you don't heal your illness, nor does she say
Personally, I found the affirmations at the back pointed to issues I had never thought about. They didn't eliminate my fibroids, for example, but they brought me to a place where I could accept myself which led to a smooth experience in my surgery and recovery. It didn't cure my mom's dementia but she would find a measure of peace when I was able to get her to do the affirmations.
This book was never meant to lay blame or guilt for being sick. It's sad so many people have chosen to interpret it that way.
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ignore traditional medicine. This is a tool and like all tools they can be misused.Personally, I found the affirmations at the back pointed to issues I had never thought about. They didn't eliminate my fibroids, for example, but they brought me to a place where I could accept myself which led to a smooth experience in my surgery and recovery. It didn't cure my mom's dementia but she would find a measure of peace when I was able to get her to do the affirmations.
This book was never meant to lay blame or guilt for being sick. It's sad so many people have chosen to interpret it that way.
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LibraryThing member engpunk77
The premise is that every single ailment or physical problem you have is a result of an emotional problem. Cool, actually. Every sickness your mom, friend, mailman has, you can see what kind of emotional baggage they're dealing with (and your own, but that's not quite so fun). It's interesting how
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it's dead on every time. The problem is that Hay's proposed cure (simple positive affirmations) doesn't seem so effective. It's great to know that your headache is caused from fear, but then what? It's not as easy as it sounds to cure all of your emotional issues. It's a great resource to figure out the issues of people in your life, though. :) Show Less
LibraryThing member vdt_melbourne
I tried to read this. However with so much negative self talk that I couldn’t align myself with. I decided this one is not for me.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1984
Physical description
253 p.; 5.38 inches
ISBN
9780937611012