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The Totality of Possibilities
Hay encourages listeners to drop all their limited expectations and to go for it. Learn to release old beliefs and fears while becoming in tune with the inner self. Conversations On Living Lecture Series.
Runtime: 1 hour and 13 minutes
Runtime: 1 hour and 13 minutes
2 pages, Audio CD
First published June 1, 1989
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About the author
Louise L. Hay
628 books2,899 followersLouise 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 name and began a career as a fashion model. She was successful at this, working for Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, and Pauline Trigere.
In 1954, she married Andrew Hay, but after fourteen years of marriage Louise was devastated when Andrew left her for another woman.
Hay said that she found the First Church of Religious Science on 48th Street, which taught the transformative power of thought. Hay revealed that here she studied the metaphysical works of authors like Florence Scovel Shinn and the Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes.
In the early 1970's Hay became a Religious Science practitioner. In this role she led people in spoken affirmations meant to cure their illnesses. She also became popular as a workshop leader.
She studied transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his university in Fairfield, Iowa.
In 1977 or 1978 she found she had cervical cancer, and she concluded that its cause was her unwillingness to let go of resentment over her childhood abuse and rape. She refused medical treatment, and began a regimen of forgiveness, therapy, reflexology, nutrition, and occasional enemas, and claims she rid herself of the cancer. She declared that there is no doctor left who can confirm this story, but swore that it is true.
In 1976 Hay wrote a small pamphlet, which came to be called "Heal Your Body." This pamphlet was enlarged and extended into her book You Can Heal Your Life, which was published in 1984. As of February 2008, it is still on the New York Times best sellers list.
Around the same time she began leading support groups for people living with H.I.V. or AIDS that she called Hay Rides. These grew from a few people in her living room to hundreds in a large hall in West Hollywood. Her work with AIDS patients drew fame and she was invited to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "Donahue" in the same week in March, 1988.
You Can Heal Your Life immediately landed on the New York Times Best Sellers List. More than 35 million copies are now in print around the world in more than 30 languages and has been made into a movie.
Louise Hay established Hay House Publishing. It is the primary publisher of books and audio books by Deepak Chopra and Doreen Virtue, as well as many books by Wayne Dyer.
In addition to running her publishing company, Hay runs a charitable organization called Hay Foundation that was established in 1985.
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.org.
She moved to Chicago, where she worked in menial jobs, before moving in 1950 to New York. At this point she changed her name and began a career as a fashion model. She was successful at this, working for Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, and Pauline Trigere.
In 1954, she married Andrew Hay, but after fourteen years of marriage Louise was devastated when Andrew left her for another woman.
Hay said that she found the First Church of Religious Science on 48th Street, which taught the transformative power of thought. Hay revealed that here she studied the metaphysical works of authors like Florence Scovel Shinn and the Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes.
In the early 1970's Hay became a Religious Science practitioner. In this role she led people in spoken affirmations meant to cure their illnesses. She also became popular as a workshop leader.
She studied transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his university in Fairfield, Iowa.
In 1977 or 1978 she found she had cervical cancer, and she concluded that its cause was her unwillingness to let go of resentment over her childhood abuse and rape. She refused medical treatment, and began a regimen of forgiveness, therapy, reflexology, nutrition, and occasional enemas, and claims she rid herself of the cancer. She declared that there is no doctor left who can confirm this story, but swore that it is true.
In 1976 Hay wrote a small pamphlet, which came to be called "Heal Your Body." This pamphlet was enlarged and extended into her book You Can Heal Your Life, which was published in 1984. As of February 2008, it is still on the New York Times best sellers list.
Around the same time she began leading support groups for people living with H.I.V. or AIDS that she called Hay Rides. These grew from a few people in her living room to hundreds in a large hall in West Hollywood. Her work with AIDS patients drew fame and she was invited to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "Donahue" in the same week in March, 1988.
You Can Heal Your Life immediately landed on the New York Times Best Sellers List. More than 35 million copies are now in print around the world in more than 30 languages and has been made into a movie.
Louise Hay established Hay House Publishing. It is the primary publisher of books and audio books by Deepak Chopra and Doreen Virtue, as well as many books by Wayne Dyer.
In addition to running her publishing company, Hay runs a charitable organization called Hay Foundation that was established in 1985.
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.org.
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August 19, 2018
Amazon resumé
"Dans ce livre audio plein d'inspiration, Louise L. Hay vous pousse à devenir tout ce que vous pouvez être. Si vous êtes prêts à dépasser les limites de vos attentes et que vous apprenez à laisser filer vos anciennes croyances et vos vieilles peurs, vous pouvez obtenir tout ce que vous croyez vraiment mériter.
L'auteur vous montre comment annoncer avec assurance tout ce que vous souhaitez en vous guidant à travers des affirmations (des déclarations positives) à propos de votre vie.
Elle vous met sur la même longueur d'onde que votre être intérieur et vous permet d'envisager plus calmement vos problèmes, en les abordant comme des expériences d'apprentissage."
"Dans ce livre audio plein d'inspiration, Louise L. Hay vous pousse à devenir tout ce que vous pouvez être. Si vous êtes prêts à dépasser les limites de vos attentes et que vous apprenez à laisser filer vos anciennes croyances et vos vieilles peurs, vous pouvez obtenir tout ce que vous croyez vraiment mériter.
L'auteur vous montre comment annoncer avec assurance tout ce que vous souhaitez en vous guidant à travers des affirmations (des déclarations positives) à propos de votre vie.
Elle vous met sur la même longueur d'onde que votre être intérieur et vous permet d'envisager plus calmement vos problèmes, en les abordant comme des expériences d'apprentissage."
March 24, 2025
Globalement j’ai trouvé que ce livre reprenait les enseignements généraux du développement personnel et j’étais donc d’accord avec la majeure partie du livre mais il y a néanmoins un moment où j’ai trouvé que c’était « trop » en demander. Donc encore une fois, je pense qu’il faut garder l’esprit ouvert mais qu’on ne peut tout entendre non plus. J’ai quand même passé un bon moment avec ce petit livre qui fait office de rappel.
October 31, 2019
Do you gravitate to the negative comments people say and push away the compliments people give? Then you probably live in doubt and fear. This book will help you start thinking about the opposite point of view which is something we all need.
May 12, 2023
I'm really loving Louise Hay right now. She can pull me out of negative thinking and open me to the totality of possibilities. I've seen it work in my life a lot and I am working to learn how to do it better.
August 26, 2023
This is the one hour version of you can heal you life. Louise Hay gets right to the point in this lecture and I appreciate her perspective. She has overcome a lot in her own personal life and is such a positive influence.
June 12, 2019
Reinforced some of the tools I have and that I need to apply them.
December 6, 2021
I like to listen to her books, snippets at a time. She is a good reader and with little bites I think it makes a bigger impact in my life. I can think on what is said longer and deeper.
February 13, 2013
I have the audiobook. Its really nice to listen to in the background when I am doing computer work.
September 4, 2013
Lovely ! :)
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