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You Can Heal Your Life
If you haven't seen Hay House's Lifestyles series of gorgeous gift books, there is no better way to acquaint yourself than with publisher/author Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life. A bestseller for many years, You Can Heal Your Life has been republished with bright, beautiful illustrations in full, living color and exquisite typography--each and every page is a work of ar...more
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I listened to this book as an audiobook of CDs. I only made it through the first disc before deciding it was not for me. At first it seemed to make some sense, that we poison ourselves with toxic thoughts, but then the author (who was also the narrator, I believe) started going off with platitudes, too many of which I took issue with. For example, she implied that studying history was irrelevant and that we should instead teach our children about how our minds work, psychologically speaking. Not...more
As usual I was hesitant to read this book as it is not "Christian" but the more I read in it the more I like it and the more I gleaned from it in practical ways in order to overcome resentment and practice forgiveness and thus receive healing. Christian preacher keep telling us we need to forgive and so on and we end up feeling even more guilty. Louise is fantastic: she doesn't yell and she has given me some ideas, practical ideas to apply. What is funny and being the cheater that I am, I take h...more
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If v're willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed...
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I have read many "self help" books...this one is metaphysical
Dec 09, 2007
Jamie Saloff
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone needing healing and willing to dig within to find the answer.
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What I like about You Can Heal Your Life is that the reader can look up a specific illness to find out typically related emotional issues. This gives them a starting point in healing their life. For me, however, these connections were too vague and the affirmations didn't work for me. I was a novice at the time, and had trouble understanding the full impact. It was because of my lack of understanding, though, that I went in search of a simpler, more personalize method, and thus created my own. T...more
Sometimes to go deeper we must silence the negative gate keeper in our minds…this book showed me the way…Louise also makes a statement about finding a diet that’s right for you, she puts it in a better way but it was from that seed that grew a compassionate eater…Me a vegan, thanks to Louise Hay for planting a tiny seed in my mind, in a book that has nothing to do with diet or veganism.
Don’t underestimate the power behind her concepts, I used to think that her writings were for flighty new-ager...more
Don’t underestimate the power behind her concepts, I used to think that her writings were for flighty new-ager...more
This is a classic, and can be very useful as long as one doesn't get too literal about these things. I find that sometimes people in the "new age" community use this kind of information to judge and define rather than to support themselves or others with possible interpretations.
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So many of us are just suffering quietly inside, and pretending that the world is just fine and peachy. So many of us would never utter a word about our inner tumult to anyone and in fact, I am certain that Louise Hay wrote her book “You Can Heal Your Life” for the silently misguided souls among us much more so than the ones that are openly unhappy and miserable and in dire need of help.
A friend told me about Louise Hay. The first time I watched her on video, I fell in love with her sincerity an...more
A friend told me about Louise Hay. The first time I watched her on video, I fell in love with her sincerity an...more
I held back on reading this for a while, and, while reading, have (so far) held back on doing some of the exercises it suggests. Still trying to figure out WHY, but I have some inklings.
I think, if you read this book and do the suggested affirmations and exercises when YOU are in the right emotional place to do them, this book could potentially be life-changing. There's so much good here, so much about rejecting negativity and embracing one's one loveability and worthiness, I think everyone shou...more
I think, if you read this book and do the suggested affirmations and exercises when YOU are in the right emotional place to do them, this book could potentially be life-changing. There's so much good here, so much about rejecting negativity and embracing one's one loveability and worthiness, I think everyone shou...more
This book is one of those timeless classics that takes the fundamental precepts of New Thought, and makes them accessible, relevant and particularly practical for someone who might be facing emotional or physical challenges.
Having been introduced to Louise Hay's work with this book, just hours before meeting her, I found it to be an invaluable tool for cutting through what I would have considered too much "religion" and "Jesus-talk" in the writings of Dr. Ernest Holmes. At the time that I read...more
Having been introduced to Louise Hay's work with this book, just hours before meeting her, I found it to be an invaluable tool for cutting through what I would have considered too much "religion" and "Jesus-talk" in the writings of Dr. Ernest Holmes. At the time that I read...more
I got this for my mother after a personal tragedy destroyed our family. She was having trouble eating, sleeping, smiling, being awake, being alive... When she had finished, I read it myself and found incredible tools there for taking responsibility for myself, while letting go of my irritation, anger, whatever, toward those whom I perceive as shirking responsibility. This book has given me tools to get things DONE, to control my own thoughts and thought process, to put my powers to use for Good,...more
This is actually the second time I have read this book. I remember reading it as an undergrad years ago in the early 1990s. I remember then that there was some interesting information in the book, but there were things that just didn't make sense to me then and now, looking at it again 20 years later, it still doesn't.
First, this book is an entertaining read and has some good suggestions about how to overcome trauma and the importance of forgiveness. Also, she makes the connection that physical...more
First, this book is an entertaining read and has some good suggestions about how to overcome trauma and the importance of forgiveness. Also, she makes the connection that physical...more
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I heart this book! I read it when I was fifteen and it changed the way I structured my thinking. Louise L. Hay sent about a dozen copies to my mom and she handed them out to a bunch of my friends. I have bought copies for so many people over the years because she offers such a great way to think about life. It puts the reader in the realization that we have a life we can learn to love and we can use the tools in her book to change it. It’s pretty much a psychology book with spiritual undertones...more
I once held a great respect for Louise Hay, but in her recent publishing years, she has proven herself to be as much of a fraud as the authors she promotes, including the charlatan Sylvia Browne, former Amway star Jerry Hicks (with his wife Esther who speaks for "nonphysical"), plagiarist Neale Donald Walsch, and phony PhDs Doreen Virtue and Caroline Myss. This book, though including some practical advice that she has pulled from Aaron Beck's work in cognitive science, contains an overwhelming a...more
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This book takes the reader through counseling sessions with the author. While it has some very good things I found beneficial, it also has crazy parts. I did enjoy the illistrations throughout.
First, the good parts. The book is very positive and helped me be more positive towards myself. It's OK that I made mistakes in the past, but I don't need to feel guilty because I did the best I could. Everyone else did the best they could as well, so I should move on and not hold grudges. I've also tried...more
First, the good parts. The book is very positive and helped me be more positive towards myself. It's OK that I made mistakes in the past, but I don't need to feel guilty because I did the best I could. Everyone else did the best they could as well, so I should move on and not hold grudges. I've also tried...more
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I've been using this book off and on for years, but had never read the whole thing, until recently. I was impressed with the easy readability. The language is so simple and clear. I like the frequent examples Hay provides to illustrate her concepts. The part I was taken with was the little chapter, "Daily Work," in which she describes a longer term use of affirmations around her landlord and moving. I have mixed feelings about using her "list." On the one hand it seems too simplistic to me. On t...more
I loved the quotes Ms. Hay provides. Such as:
"In the infinity of life where I am,
all is perfect, whole, and complete.
I recognize my body as a good friend.
Each cell in my body has Divine Intelligence.
I listen to what it tells me, and know that
its advice is valid. I am always safe, and
Divinely protected and guided. I choose to
be healthy and free. All is well in my
world."
Even better...in Chapter 15 she again includes here "List." The same list given in her boo, Heal Your Body.
If you look up the...more
"In the infinity of life where I am,
all is perfect, whole, and complete.
I recognize my body as a good friend.
Each cell in my body has Divine Intelligence.
I listen to what it tells me, and know that
its advice is valid. I am always safe, and
Divinely protected and guided. I choose to
be healthy and free. All is well in my
world."
Even better...in Chapter 15 she again includes here "List." The same list given in her boo, Heal Your Body.
If you look up the...more
Dear Oprah,
I typically appreciate your literary leadership. "The Secret" and I have had some good times together. I even enjoyed A Million Little Pieces despite the lies. However, you have dropped the ball on this one. This chick is crazy! She has some good ideas, sort of, but wow this one was hokey hokey hokey. I forced myself to read it, and I wish I hadn't. Feel free to make it up to me by sending me a new car.
I typically appreciate your literary leadership. "The Secret" and I have had some good times together. I even enjoyed A Million Little Pieces despite the lies. However, you have dropped the ball on this one. This chick is crazy! She has some good ideas, sort of, but wow this one was hokey hokey hokey. I forced myself to read it, and I wish I hadn't. Feel free to make it up to me by sending me a new car.
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As an aside, I should mention that I have no problems with self-help books. As your average female goes, my self-esteem is lower than temperature of the Arctic Circle. But I'd have to be much harder up to take this book very seriously.
I'd like to say that I did well in my biology, chemistry, and science classes. But that would be a lie. I didn't do well in them, not at all, but the fact that I barely understood half the stuff they were teaching was and still is enough to convince me that Science...more
I'd like to say that I did well in my biology, chemistry, and science classes. But that would be a lie. I didn't do well in them, not at all, but the fact that I barely understood half the stuff they were teaching was and still is enough to convince me that Science...more
You can heal your life.
Author Lousie.L.Hay
Published by Hay House publishers
Indian reprint first 2007, sixteenth reprint in India 2011
Genre Self help—healing.
ISBN 978-81-90655-8-5
The book deals with healing your life. The book was recommended by a friend.
The book is interactive. It does require guidance to be really effective. But it does help to identify areas of stress and the areas that need healing. Some of the exercises recommended are quite overwhelming. The building of affirmations and f...more
Author Lousie.L.Hay
Published by Hay House publishers
Indian reprint first 2007, sixteenth reprint in India 2011
Genre Self help—healing.
ISBN 978-81-90655-8-5
The book deals with healing your life. The book was recommended by a friend.
The book is interactive. It does require guidance to be really effective. But it does help to identify areas of stress and the areas that need healing. Some of the exercises recommended are quite overwhelming. The building of affirmations and f...more
If there was such a thing as five and a half stars I would give it to this book. Ms Hay's story is so inspiring and the reference section for healing affirmations is clear and concise. I started initially with the original little blue book, which was more like a pocket book. It included the affirmations but very little about Louise Hay's life, but I was still hooked because it all made sense to me. That was twenty-five years ago. When earlier versions of this full book came out I wasn't tempted...more
I was recommended this book by a new friend :-) I haven't read any self help books before, though I have read Shirley Maclaine's books, which seem to be of a similar vein.
Its difficult to conceive that such simplistic thought patterns could make a difference in this world, and Louise does write using quite simply analogies. But I firmly believe that if we had a more positive outlook in life the world would be a better place, I have always wondered why it is that the news only really presents us...more
Its difficult to conceive that such simplistic thought patterns could make a difference in this world, and Louise does write using quite simply analogies. But I firmly believe that if we had a more positive outlook in life the world would be a better place, I have always wondered why it is that the news only really presents us...more
I couldn't finish this one due to high levels of disagreement & seeing flames ;]
While I agree that our physical states are tied to our emotional ones, I don't think breast cancer or HIV affects people who just didn't love themselves enough. Her approach tries to be inspiration but just ends up blaming the victim.
No thanks.
While I agree that our physical states are tied to our emotional ones, I don't think breast cancer or HIV affects people who just didn't love themselves enough. Her approach tries to be inspiration but just ends up blaming the victim.
No thanks.
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If you believe in Quantum Physics this is a book for you. Louise Hay gives us many ideas and resources to heal our inner feelings, to heal our bodies and our minds. What I learned from this book is that diseases are a result of our negative emotions. This book is very enlightening.
This is a tough book for me to admit to. Because its self-help. And its got goofy-sounding psuedo-science around the edges...and its hippy flakey commie witchy woman so on so forth... everything that is the opposite of how I indentify myself.
But damn. The core of it is one revolutionary idea that I can't disassemble, with any amount of cynicism or logic. And that is: I'm choosing my life. All sadness, failure, struggle in my life...I'm creating it, ASKING for it, even. And it can change.
Its a b...more
But damn. The core of it is one revolutionary idea that I can't disassemble, with any amount of cynicism or logic. And that is: I'm choosing my life. All sadness, failure, struggle in my life...I'm creating it, ASKING for it, even. And it can change.
Its a b...more
Okay, yes, cheesy title. I like her own story even more than her book. She has a very encouraging story. I am a confessed recent reader of a few "self-help" books (since motherhood, interesting:) and hers was good, but her own story of life was more interesting to me.
This is really where language fails, because there are no amount of words to describe just how spectacular this lady is. The closest thing we have to a living saint, I recently heard of her. And I agree.
Besides Dr. Wayne Dyer, Ms. Hay is my favorite of the Hay House crew.
I read this book about a year ago and WOW! Along with Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth , my brain hasn't been the same since.
Unlike Tolle teaching by identifying and then destroying our ego though, Hay teaches nothing but raw self-...more
Besides Dr. Wayne Dyer, Ms. Hay is my favorite of the Hay House crew.
I read this book about a year ago and WOW! Along with Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth , my brain hasn't been the same since.
Unlike Tolle teaching by identifying and then destroying our ego though, Hay teaches nothing but raw self-...more
Louise Hay writes in such a beautiful way.
I love this book and the movie of the same name. For me, who has struggled all my life with self esteem it made sense. She has presented the material in a non threatening manner and tried to bring understanding to how our beliefs are created and followed blindly throughout our lives.
Louise gives the reader permission to forgive oneself for their choices in the past and to 'know' that we did the best we could at the time. She then gives us the informati...more
I love this book and the movie of the same name. For me, who has struggled all my life with self esteem it made sense. She has presented the material in a non threatening manner and tried to bring understanding to how our beliefs are created and followed blindly throughout our lives.
Louise gives the reader permission to forgive oneself for their choices in the past and to 'know' that we did the best we could at the time. She then gives us the informati...more
This book is a good reference guide to help me process what is going on in my thought habits that is creating undesirable results to my physical body. It also helped open my awareness to an attitude of self love. I still refer to it on a regular basis.
May 31, 2012
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I have not started reading this book yet, but it is on my to read short list. It was given to me by my therapist to help me as I face a seperation and divorce from my husband. She did tell me to take what I find useful as some of her ideas may be too far out their for everyone. I'll come back after I have read it and given it a try.
Update: Read all the way through. Now I guess I need to go back to the beginning and try some of the exercises. Not sure i agree with all her ideas but it won't hurt...more
Update: Read all the way through. Now I guess I need to go back to the beginning and try some of the exercises. Not sure i agree with all her ideas but it won't hurt...more
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Louise Hay was born to a poor mother who married Hay's violent stepfather. When she was about five, she was raped by a neighbor. At fifteen she dropped out of high school without a diploma, became pregnant, and on her sixteenth birthday gave up her newborn baby girl for adoption.
She moved to Chicago, where she worked in menial jobs, before moving in 1950 to New York. At this point she changed her...more
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“I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach them important subjects such as How the Mind Works, How to Handle Finances, How to Invest Money for Financial Security, How to be a Parent, How to Create Good Relationships, and How to Create and Maintain Self-Esteem and Self-Worth. Can you imagine what a whole generation of adults would be like if they had been taught these subjects in school along with their regular curriculum?”
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“In the infinity of life where I am,
All is perfect, whole and complete,
I no longer choose to believe in old limitations and lack, I now choose to begin to see myself
As the Universe sees me --- perfect, whole, and complete.”
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All is perfect, whole and complete,
I no longer choose to believe in old limitations and lack, I now choose to begin to see myself
As the Universe sees me --- perfect, whole, and complete.”
Apr 02, 2011 06:55am