Who Is Louise Hay?

 

 

Hay recounted her life story in an interview with Mark Oppenheimer of the New York Times in May 2008.

Hay stated that, "...she was born in Los Angeles to a poor mother who remarried Louise's violent stepfather

who physically abused her and her mother. According to Hay--  when she was about five, she was raped by a neighbor.

At 15, she dropped out of high school without a diploma, became pregnant and, on her 16th birthday,

gave up her newborn baby girl for adoption. She then moved to Chicago, where she worked in low-paying jobs.

In 1950, she moved on again--  to New York. At this point she changed her name and began a career as a fashion model. She achieved success, working for Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini and Pauline Trigère.

In 1954, she married the English businessman Andrew Hay.  And after 14 years of marriage, she felt devastated

when he left her for another woman."  Read the full story here>>> "The Queen of the New Age"

 

 

 

 

 

Louise Hay's New Age Thoughts--

 

 

"Hay described how in 1977 or 1978 she was diagnosed with "incurable" cervical cancer, and how she came to

the conclusion that by holding on to her resentment for her childhood abuse and rape she had contributed to its onset. She reported how she had refused conventional medical treatment, and began a regime of forgiveness, coupled with therapy, nutrition, reflexology [...]. 

 

 

Hay's approach is to identify and work to resolve what she perceives as the mental root causes of disease. Hay believes that the causes of "dis-ease" include stress and unhealthy thought patterns and beliefs about oneself, and postulates that the most fundamental way to affect positive change in the body is to change the way we think, using tools such as "mirror work" and affirmations.