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In You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay provides the tools to help us free ourselves from negative thoughts and live a happier life. Her simple exercises guide us through a process of cleansing our mind and embracing a constructive approach to life that is focused on the present moment.
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Analysis and key concepts
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The way we lead our lives is the result of past thoughts and experiences
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In order to improve our situation, we need to question the beliefs that we learned as children
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There are many different ways to cleanse our mind, but at the beginning the process is often challenging
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In the beginning, when faced with change, it is normal to react with resistance
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In order to change, we have to let go of our behavioural patterns, work on our mind, and learn to forgive
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If we want to feel good, we have to listen to the messages our body is sending us
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We must learn to love who we are, and accept ourselves and our limits
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If we want to improve our relationships with other people, we have to look inside ourselves and identify the patterns that originated in our childhood
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Visualisation can help us get in touch with our inner child, by working on the shortcomings they had
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Positive thinking is a great way to change our minds and alter our perception of ourselves and our lives
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Quotes
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Take-home message
Our thoughts shape the world around us and determine the course of our entire lives. They have a huge impact on our existence, and according to the author, it is important to remember that we, and only we, are responsible for what happens to us; blaming external circumstances or the people close to us prevents us from taking responsibility for our own problems. Some people prefer to point the finger, or they avoid calling themselves into question, when trying to solve their issues, but this only leads to an endless and tiring internal struggle that gets us nowhere. If, on the other hand, we are able to change our attitude, stop blaming others, and start questioning ourselves, things will quickly start to change for the better. If we take a closer look at our life experiences and at our character, we soon realise that we can actively intervene and improve our situation.
If we reflect on our reactions, for instance, it soon becomes clear that we tend to follow precise behavioural patterns. As children, we learn our behaviour from our parents, who pass down their attitudes and reactions, and their general approach towards life. Children who spend a great deal of time with sad, unhappy, anxious, or resentful adults will be significantly affected by those negative feelings in later life. These unhappy emotions leave a mark on us and influence our behaviour in various ways.
Our experiences are the result of the thoughts that we formed in the past. According to the author, in order to change the course of our lives, we have to tune into the present, and train ourselves to create new thoughts that have a much more positive influence on our actions and on our way of interacting with the world.
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The author
Louise Hay was born in Los Angeles, and was best known for her self-help books on positive thinking. After a career as a model, she developed an interest in spirituality in the 1970s, and began attending seminars organised by the Church of Religious Science. She became a counsellor and specialised in the psychosomatic causes of physical illnesses. She wrote several books on the subject in the 1980s, and the response was so positive that she began to hold popular seminars on her theories all over America.
Edition
Publishing house:
Hay House Inc
Year:
1984
Pages:
272
ISBN:
978-0937611012