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Luminaries · 1926–2017

Louise Hay

Health & HappinessEmotional Wellbeing

Popularized affirmations and self-compassion as everyday practices for emotional healing, wellbeing, and personal transformation.

Louise Hay is included in the Luminaries collection for work associated with Health & Happiness and Emotional Wellbeing. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Luminaries

movement in the collection

1926–2017

life and work

2

focus areas

Ideas associated with the work

  • Explore the work through health & happiness
  • Explore the work through emotional wellbeing
“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”

— Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life

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“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”

— Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life

Popularized affirmations and self-compassion as everyday practices for emotional healing, wellbeing, and personal transformation.

  • Health & Happiness
  • Emotional Wellbeing

Signature works

Start with the books.

Explore a short reading list, with purchasing links that support ManyMasters.

01

Heal Your Body

1976 · Her compact guide linking thought patterns with wellbeing.

02

You Can Heal Your Life

1984 · The book that made affirmation and self-love central to her work.

03

The Power Is Within You

1991 · A practical continuation of her core philosophy.

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