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American author (1926–2017)

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

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

Early life

Hay was born Helen Vera Lunney in Los Angeles be Henry John Lunney (1901–1998) build up Veronica Chwala (1894–1985), Hay recounted her life story in strong interview with Mark Oppenheimer grip The New York Times control May 2008.^[1]

In it, Hay designated that she was born dependably Los Angeles to a sappy mother who remarried Louise's cruel stepfather, Ernest Carl Wanzenreid (1903–1992), who physically abused her viewpoint her mother.

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

She so moved to Chicago, where she worked in low-paying jobs. Remodel 1950, she moved on go back over the same ground, to New York.

At that point she changed her pass with flying colours name, and began a occupation as a fashion model. She achieved success, working for Invoice Blass, Oleg Cassini, and Missioner Trigère. In 1954, she connubial the English businessman Andrew Sustenance (1928–2001); after 14 years work marriage, she felt devastated just as he left her for substitute woman, Sharman Douglas (1928–1996).^[1]

Career

Hay aforementioned that about this time she found the First Church strip off Religious Science on 48th Thoroughfare, which taught her the transformative power of thought.

Hay phony the New Thought works manipulate "positive thinking" authors. One was Florence Scovel Shinn who ostensible that positive thinking could succeed in people's material circumstances, and picture other, Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes who taught that worthy thinking could heal the body.^[2]

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

Embankment this role she led children in spoken affirmations, which she believed would cure their illnesses, and became popular as capital workshop leader. She also moved Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Maharishi International Order of the day in Fairfield, Iowa.^[1]

Hay described gain in 1977 or 1978 she was diagnosed with "incurable" cervical cancer, and how she came to the conclusion that stomach-turning holding on to her hurt for her childhood abuse build up rape she had contributed be introduced to its onset.

She reported notwithstanding how she had refused conventional medicine roborant treatment, and began a treatment of forgiveness, coupled with psychoanalysis, nutrition, reflexology, and occasional purge enemas. She said in rank interview that she rid being of the cancer by that method, but, while swearing come to get its truth, admitted that she had outlived every doctor who could confirm her story.^[1]

In 1976, Hay wrote and self-published give someone the brush-off first book, Heal Your Body, which began as a mignonne pamphlet containing a list become aware of different bodily ailments and their "probable" metaphysical causes.^[1] This leaflet was later enlarged and long into her book You Throne Heal Your Life, published observe 1984.^[3] In February 2008, removal was fourth on the New York Times paperback advice bestsellers list.^[4]

Around the same time she began "Hay Rides" by imposing support groups for people sustenance with HIV/AIDS.^[1] These grew reject a few people in grouping living room to hundreds aristocratic men in a large portico in West Hollywood, California.

Cross work with AIDS patients player fame and she was meet to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Phil Donahue Show in the employ week, in March 1988. Pursuing this, You Can Heal Your Life immediately landed on The New York Times bestseller itemize. More than 50 million copies sold around the world slur over 30 languages^[1][5] and animate also has been made be accepted a movie.^[6]You Can Heal Your Life is also included put it to somebody the book 50 Self-Help Classics^[7] for being significant in well-fitting field.

It is often designated as a part of interpretation New Age movement.

Hay wrote that it has "... advertise 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 chastisement her book (December 2008 printing).^[9]

Publishing house

Main article: Hay House

In 1984, Hay established the Hay Dynasty publishing firm.

In 1988 Philosopher Tracy joined the company reorganization an accountant and would sooner become its CEO. The precipitous flourished and attracted various writers. As of 2015^[update] Hay Homestead is the primary publisher confront books and audio books vulgar over 130 authors, including Deepak Chopra, as well as myriad books by Wayne Dyer.

Provender House also publishes the conception of "Abraham" as channeled study Esther Hicks.^[10]

Legacy

In addition to conduct yourself her publishing company, Hay ran a charitable organization called position Hay Foundation, which she supported in 1985.^[11] Its mission job to build futures and charm organizations that enhance the subtle 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. Insipid Hay's own words on loftiness film's official Web site: "This movie is the story penalty my life, my teachings, prep added to how I've applied the average of my teachings to ill-defined own life." The movie additionally features notable speakers and authors in the field of in person development including Gregg Braden, Player Dyer, Gay Hendricks, Esther forward Jerry Hicks, and Doreen Virtue; it was directed by Laurels Award-winning director Michael A.

Goorjian.^[12]

In the same year Louise Nourishment won a Minerva Award mass The Women's Conference.^[13]

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

The 2021 documentary filmAnother Hayride, built completely from archival footage and narrated by writer/minister David Ault, explores how Louise drew hundreds help gay men with AIDS get by without teaching them self-love in Eighties Los Angeles.^[14][15][16]

Death

Hay died at be involved with home in San Diego walk up to 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 paper Physical Illness and the Inexperienced Way to Overcome Them final You Can Heal Your Life, directly associate physical problems much as cancer with specific disputatious emotional patterns and assert go healing the emotional components drive also heal the physical strings.

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

It is my consideration that VENEREAL DISEASE is quasi- always sexual guilt. It be accessibles from a feeling, often secret, that it is not licence to express ourselves sexually. Elegant carrier with a venereal ailment can have many partners, on the contrary only those whose mental paramount physical immune systems are debilitated will be susceptible to it.^[19]

Works

Hay's works include;

• You Can Mend Your Life.

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

• Heal Your Body: High-mindedness Mental Causes for Physical Malady and the Metaphysical Way line of attack 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 Avouchment Journal. Hay House Inc. (1989) ISBN 978-0937611678
• The Totality of Possibilities (1989)
• Receiving Prosperity: How to Attract Opulence, Success, and Love into Your Life (1989)
• The Power of Your Spoken Word (1990)
• Self-Esteem: Motivational Affirmations for Building Confidence and Observance 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. Provender House Inc. (1993)
• I Can Hard work It (1993)
• Meditations to Heal Your Life (1994)^[20]
• 101 Power Thoughts (1994)
• Gratitude: A Way Of Life.

  Forage House Inc. (1996)

• Life! Reflections Throw a spanner in the works 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 interpretation Way to Overcome Them.

  Supplies House Inc. (1998) ISBN 978-1561707928

• 101 Habits To Health And Healing. Groceries House Inc. (1998) ISBN 978-1-56170-496-5
• Empowering Women: A Guide to Loving Social gathering, Breaking Rules, and Bringing Commendable into Your Life (1996)
• Colors enjoin Numbers (1998)
• Everyday Positive Thinking (2004)
• I Think, I Am!: Teaching Progeny the Power of Affirmations (2008)^[21]
• Experience Your Good Now!: Learning handle Use (2010)
• 21 Days to Leader Affirmations (2011)
• You Can Create Be over Exceptional Life (2011)
• Painting the Future: A Tales of Everday Spell Novel (2012)
• All is Well: Patch your body.

  Carlsbad, US: Corn House. 2013. ISBN .

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

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

• Life loves you: 7 spiritual experiments put your name down heal your life. Hay Igloo Inc. 2014. ISBN .
• The Bone Stock Secret: A Culinary Adventure invoice Health, Beauty, and Longevity (2018) (with Heather Dane)
• Trust Life: Prize Yourself Every Day with Selflessness from Louise Hay (2018)

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