Louise Hay
1926 – 2017 · United States · New Thought, Psychology
You Can Heal Your Life and Hay House globalised affirmation culture; its health claims are contested.
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Who shaped Louise Hay, and who they shaped
Inherited from2
- Joseph Murphy
1898 – 1981 · New Thought, Psychology
Subconscious-mind healing is the mechanism Hay's affirmations assume.
- Napoleon Hill
1883 – 1970 · New Thought, Economics
Affirmation-and-autosuggestion technique passes into Hay's self-healing programme.
Passed the work to1
- Deepak Chopra
1946 · Integrative Medicine, Ayurveda
Mind-body self-healing publishing created the audience Chopra's medicine addressed.
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