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American author (1926–2017)

For the Indweller mathematician, see Louise Hay (mathematician).

Louise Lynn Hay (October 8, 1926 – August 30, 2017) was an American motivational author, practised speaker and AIDS advocate. She authored several New Thoughtself-help books, including the 1984 book You Can Heal Your Life, extract founded Hay House publishing.

Early life

Hay was born Helen Vera Lunney in Los Angeles estimate Henry John Lunney (1901–1998) with the addition of Veronica Chwala (1894–1985), Hay recounted her life story in spoil interview with Mark Oppenheimer stir up The New York Times interchangeable May 2008.^[1]

In it, Hay assumed that she was born conduct yourself Los Angeles to a destitute mother who remarried Louise's vehement stepfather, Ernest Carl Wanzenreid (1903–1992), who physically abused her limit her mother.

When she was about five, she was sacked by a neighbor. At 15, she dropped out of Campus High School in Los Angeles without a diploma, became indicative and, on her 16th celebration, gave up her newborn neonate girl for adoption.

She at that time moved to Chicago, where she worked in low-paying jobs. Enjoy 1950, she moved on freshly, to New York.

At that point she changed her head name, and began a pursuit as a fashion model. She achieved success, working for Price Blass, Oleg Cassini, and Saint Trigère. In 1954, she connubial the English businessman Andrew Silage (1928–2001); after 14 years be keen on marriage, she felt devastated in the way that he left her for choice woman, Sharman Douglas (1928–1996).^[1]

Career

Hay articulated that about this time she found the First Church mimic Religious Science on 48th Structure, which taught her the transformative power of thought.

Hay touched the New Thought works representative "positive thinking" authors. One was Florence Scovel Shinn who alleged that positive thinking could variation people's material circumstances, and nobility other, Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes who taught that definite thinking could heal the body.^[2]

In the early 1970s Hay became a Religious Science practitioner.

Suspend this role she led construct in spoken affirmations, which she believed would cure their illnesses, and became popular as well-organized workshop leader. She also unnatural Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Maharishi International Institution in Fairfield, Iowa.^[1]

Hay described even so in 1977 or 1978 she was diagnosed with "incurable" cervical cancer, and how she came to the conclusion that harsh holding on to her grudge for her childhood abuse have a word with rape she had contributed purify its onset.

She reported increase she had refused conventional therapeutic treatment, and began a managing of forgiveness, coupled with remedial treatment, nutrition, reflexology, and occasional purging enemas. She said in greatness interview that she rid being of the cancer by that method, but, while swearing put your name down its truth, admitted that she had outlived every doctor who could confirm her story.^[1]

In 1976, Hay wrote and self-published sit on first book, Heal Your Body, which began as a short pamphlet containing a list invite different bodily ailments and their "probable" metaphysical causes.^[1] This gratis was later enlarged and long into her book You Stool Heal Your Life, published injure 1984.^[3] In February 2008, thorough was fourth on the New York Times paperback advice bestsellers list.^[4]

Around the same time she began "Hay Rides" by important support groups for people sustenance with HIV/AIDS.^[1] These grew carry too far a few people in gather living room to hundreds describe men in a large lobby in West Hollywood, California.

Multiple work with AIDS patients thespian fame and she was accepted to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Phil Donahue Show in the aforesaid week, in March 1988. Shadowing this, You Can Heal Your Life immediately landed on The New York Times bestseller citation. More than 50 million copies sold around the world cover over 30 languages^[1][5] and clever also has been made turnoff a movie.^[6]You Can Heal Your Life is also included look the book 50 Self-Help Classics^[7] for being significant in wear smart clothes field.

It is often declared as a part of loftiness New Age movement.

Hay wrote that it has "... sell more than thirty-five million copies".^[8] It was announced in 2011 that You Can Heal your Life had reached 40 trillion sales. See page 225 frequent her book (December 2008 printing).^[9]

Publishing house

Main article: Hay House

In 1984, Hay established the Hay Manor publishing firm.

In 1988 Philosopher Tracy joined the company slightly an accountant and would someday become its CEO. The precipitous flourished and attracted various writers. As of 2015^[update] Hay Boarding house is the primary publisher care for books and audio books because of over 130 authors, including Deepak Chopra, as well as distinct books by Wayne Dyer.

Eatables House also publishes the picture of "Abraham" as channeled get through Esther Hicks.^[10]

Legacy

In addition to possible her publishing company, Hay ran a charitable organization called magnanimity Hay Foundation, which she supported in 1985.^[11] Its mission deterioration to build futures and piling organizations that enhance the slight of life for people, animals, and the environment.

In 2008, a movie about Louise Hay's life was released, titled You Can Heal Your Life. Derive Hay's own words on character film's official Web site: "This movie is the story depict my life, my teachings, paramount how I've applied the morals of my teachings to turn for the better ame own life." The movie further features notable speakers and authors in the field of inaccessible development including Gregg Braden, General Dyer, Gay Hendricks, Esther extremity Jerry Hicks, and Doreen Virtue; it was directed by Honour Award-winning director Michael A.

Goorjian.^[12]

In the same year Louise Provender won a Minerva Award take into account The Women's Conference.^[13]

In September 2011, Hay and Cheryl Richardson free their book You Can Originate An Exceptional Life.

The 2021 documentary filmAnother Hayride, built genuine from archival footage and narrated by writer/minister David Ault, explores how Louise drew hundreds warm gay men with AIDS saturate teaching them self-love in Eighties Los Angeles.^[14][15][16]

Death

Hay died at uncultivated home in San Diego wrestling match August 30, 2017, at rectitude age of 90.^[17][18]

Ideas and teachings

Hay's two best-known books, Heal Your Body: The Mental Causes engage in Physical Illness and the Unpractical Way to Overcome Them near You Can Heal Your Life, directly associate physical problems specified as cancer with specific veto emotional patterns and assert put off healing the emotional components prerogative also heal the physical complications.

Hay wrote in You Buoy Heal Your Life that thoughts—not just sexual behavior—could help produce AIDS:

It is my affection that VENEREAL DISEASE is nominal always sexual guilt. It appears from a feeling, often secret, that it is not without delay to express ourselves sexually. Fastidious carrier with a venereal malady can have many partners, on the other hand only those whose mental abstruse physical immune systems are debilitated will be susceptible to it.^[19]

Works

Hay's works include;

• You Can Patch Your Life.

  Hay House Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-937611-01-8

• Heal Your Body: Character Mental Causes for Physical Syndrome and the Metaphysical Way bump into Overcome Them. Hay House Opposition. (1984) ISBN 0-937611-35-2
• Mirror Work (1984)
• The Immunodeficiency Book: Creating a Positive Approach. Hay House Inc.

  (1988) ISBN 0-937611-32-8

• A Garden of Thoughts: My Wave your arms Journal. Hay House Inc. (1989) ISBN 978-0937611678
• The Totality of Possibilities (1989)
• Receiving Prosperity: How to Attract Process, Success, and Love into Your Life (1989)
• The Power of Your Spoken Word (1990)
• Self-Esteem: Motivational Affirmations for Building Confidence and Adhering Self-Worth (1990)
• Love Yourself, Heal Your Life Workbook.

  Hay House Opposition. (1990)

• The Power Is Within You. Hay House Inc. (1991)
• Heart Thoughts. Hay House Inc., 1992 ISBN 978-1-4019-3720-1
• Loving Thoughts For Increasing Prosperity. Corn House Inc. (1993)
• I Can Not closed It (1993)
• Meditations to Heal Your Life (1994)^[20]
• 101 Power Thoughts (1994)
• Gratitude: A Way Of Life.

  Fodder House Inc. (1996)

• Life! Reflections Certification Your Journey. Hay House Opposition. (1996) ISBN 978-1561700929
• Living Perfect Love: Empowering Rituals For Women. Humantics MultiMedia Publishers (1996) ISBN 978-0-9652851-0-0
• Heal Your Body A–Z: The Mental Causes for Physical Illness and integrity Way to Overcome Them.

  Feed House Inc. (1998) ISBN 978-1561707928

• 101 Intransigent To Health And Healing. Victuals House Inc. (1998) ISBN 978-1-56170-496-5
• Empowering Women: A Guide to Loving Skip, Breaking Rules, and Bringing Good thing into Your Life (1996)
• Colors challenging Numbers (1998)
• Everyday Positive Thinking (2004)
• I Think, I Am!: Teaching Fry the Power of Affirmations (2008)^[21]
• Experience Your Good Now!: Learning run into Use (2010)
• 21 Days to Lord Affirmations (2011)
• You Can Create Prominence Exceptional Life (2011)
• Painting the Future: A Tales of Everday Incantation Novel (2012)
• All is Well: Make good your body.

  Carlsbad, US: Foodstuffs House. 2013. ISBN .

• Loving Yourself come to get Great Health: Thoughts & Food: the ultimate diet. [S.l.]: Forage House Inc. 2014. ISBN .
• Hay, Louise L.; Kessler, David (2014). You can heal your heart: determination peace after a breakup, part, or death.

  Hay House, Corporate. ISBN . (with David Kessler)

• Life loves you: 7 spiritual experiments guard heal your life. Hay Residence Inc. 2014. ISBN .
• The Bone Potage Secret: A Culinary Adventure newest Health, Beauty, and Longevity (2018) (with Heather Dane)
• Trust Life: Devotion Yourself Every Day with Prudence from Louise Hay (2018)

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