14 Facts About Louise Hay

Louise Lynn Hay was an American motivational author, professional speaker and AIDS advocate.

Louise Hay authored several New Thought self-help books, including the 1984 book You Can Heal Your Life, and founded Hay House publishing.

Hay was born Helen Vera Lunney in Los Angeles to Henry John Lunney and Veronica Chwala, Hay recounted her life story in an interview with Mark Oppenheimer of The New York Times in May 2008.

Louise Hay then moved to Chicago, where she worked in low-paying jobs.

Louise Hay achieved success, working for Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, and Pauline Trigere.

Louise Hay said that about this time she found the First Church of Religious Science on 48th Street, which taught her the transformative power of thought.

Louise Hay studied the New Thought works of "positive thinking" authors.

Louise Hay studied Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa.

Louise Hay reported how she had refused conventional medical treatment, and began a regimen of forgiveness, coupled with therapy, nutrition, reflexology, and occasional colonic enemas.

Louise Hay said in the interview that she rid herself of the cancer by this method, but, while swearing to its truth, admitted that she had outlived every doctor who could confirm her story.

In 1976, Louise Hay wrote and self-published her first book, Heal Your Body, which began as a small pamphlet containing a list of different bodily ailments and their "probable" metaphysical causes.

Louise Hay House publishes the teachings of "Abraham" as channeled through Esther Hicks.

In 2008, a movie about Louise Hay's life was released, titled You Can Heal Your Life.

Louise Hay died at her home in San Diego on August 30,2017, at the age of 90.