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Luminaries · 1926–2017
Louise Hay
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
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