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Louise Hay, advocate, speaker and author dies age 90
Louise Hay, advocate, speaker and author dies age 90
Statement from Hay House
Our beloved friend and founder Louise Hay transitioned
this morning, August 30, 2017 of natural causes at age 90. She passed
peacefully in her sleep.
Louise was an incredible visionary and advocate. Everyone who had the
privilege to meet her, either in person or through her words, felt her passion
for serving others.
Considered a founder of the self-help movement, Louise was dubbed “the
closest thing to a living saint.” She published her first book, Heal
Your Body, in 1976 (at age 50) long before it was fashionable to
discuss the connection between the mind and body.
Louise started what would become her life’s work in New York City in
1970. She began attending meetings at the Church of Religious Science and then
entered a ministerial program. She became a popular speaker at the church, and
soon found herself counseling clients. This work quickly blossomed into a
full-time career. After several years, Louise compiled a reference guide
detailing the mental causes of physical ailments and developed positive thought
patterns for reversing illness and creating health. This compilation was the
basis for Heal Your Body, also known affectionately as
“the little blue book.”
Louise was able to put her philosophies into practice when she was
diagnosed with cancer. She considered the alternatives to surgery and drugs,
and instead developed an intensive program of affirmations, visualization,
nutritional cleansing, and psychotherapy. Within six months, she was completely
healed of cancer.
In 1980, Louise began putting her workshop methods on paper. In 1984,
her second book, You Can Heal Your Life,
was published. In it, Louise explained how our beliefs and ideas about ourselves
are often the cause of our emotional problems and physical maladies and how, by
using certain tools, we can change our thinking and our lives for the better.
You Can Heal Your Life became
a New
York Times bestseller and spent 16 weeks on the list. More than 50
million copies of You Can Heal Your Life have
been sold throughout the world.
In 1985, Louise began her famous support group, “The Hayride,” with six
men diagnosed with AIDS. By 1988, the group had grown to a weekly gathering of
800 people and had moved to an auditorium in West Hollywood. Once again, Louise
had started a movement of love and support long before people began to wear red
ribbons on their lapels.
In 1987, what began as a small venture in the living room of her home
turned into Hay House, Inc.: a successful publishing company that has sold
millions of books and products worldwide and now has offices in California, New
York, London, Sydney, Johannesburg, and New Delhi.
“Meeting Louise changed the direction of my life,” said Reid Tracy, President and CEO of Hay House, Inc.
“Her passion for serving others translated into everything she did.
Simply by working alongside her, an analytical accountant like me transformed
into someone who became aware of the power of affirmations and self-love. Being
able to learn from her has been one of my life’s greatest blessings. The beauty
of Louise was that you didn’t have to work alongside her to learn from her, you
felt like you were there with her with every word you read or heard.”
Hay House has published works by many notable authors in the self-help
movement, including Dr. Wayne Dyer, Doreen Virtue, Dr. Christiane Northrup, and
Esther and Jerry Hicks, among others.
Louise was very vocal in her belief that age was irrelevant to achieving
one’s dreams. To that point, at 81, Louise released her first-ever film on her
life and work, You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie.
Hay House will carry on Louise’s legacy and continue to publish products
and online learning courses that align with her message of self-improvement and
self-love.
Louise Hay’s estate, as well as all future royalties, will be donated to
The Hay Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Louise that
financially supports diverse organizations supplying food, shelter, counseling,
hospice care, and funds to those in need.
The service in honor of Louise Hay will be a private and intimate event.
In lieu of flowers, we welcome your donations to the Hay Foundation. www.hayfoundation.org
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Remembering Louise Hay, One
Positive Thought at a Time
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: MAYA ANGELOU DIES AT AGE 86
Maya Angelou dead at 86
Courtesy of Web Staff, http://myfox8.com/2014/05/28/maya-angelou-dead-at-86/
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86.
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her caretaker on Wednesday morning.
Angelou’s publicist, Helen Brann, also confirmed the news.
Angelou had been reportedly battling health problems. She recently canceled a scheduled appearance of a special event to be held in her honor.
Angelou was set to be honored with the “Beacon of Life Award” at the 2014 MLB Beacon Award Luncheon on May 30 in Houston.
Wake Forest University issued a statement on Wednesday:
“Dr. Angelou was a national treasure whose life and teachings inspired millions around the world, including countless students, faculty, and staff at Wake Forest, where she served as Reynolds Professor of American Studies since 1982. Our thoughts and prayers are with Dr. Angelou’s family and friends during this difficult time.”
School officials said information about a campus memorial may be shared at a later date.
Angelou, one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time, is a celebrated poet, novelist, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker and civil rights activist.
A professor, singer and dancer, among other things, Angelou’s work spans several different professions. She spent her early years studying dance and drama in California.
After dropping out at age 14, she became the San Francisco’s first African-American female cable car conductor.
Angelou later returned to high school to finish her diploma and gave birth to her son a few weeks after graduation. While the 17-year-old single mother waited tables to support her son, she acquired a passion for music and dance.
Affectionately referred to as Dr. Angelou, the professor never went to college. She has received over 50 honorary degrees and was Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University.
Angelou is famous for saying, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou’s birth name was Marguerite Annie Johnson, and she was fluent in 6 languages
Angelou was also named one of the 10 most admired North Carolinians in a recent Elon Poll.
Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up between St. Louis and the then-racially-segregated Stamps, Arkansas.
The famous poet got into writing after a childhood tragedy that stunned her into silence for almost a decade. When she was 7, her mother’s boyfriend raped her. He was later beaten to death by a mob after she testified against him.
“My 7-and-a-half-year-old logic deduced that my voice had killed him, so I stopped speaking for almost six years,” she said.
From the silence, a louder voice was born.
Her list of friends is as impressive as her illustrious career. Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey referred to her as “sister friend.” She counted Martin Luther King Jr., with whom she worked during the Civil Rights movement, among her friends. King was assassinated on her birthday.
Angelou spoke at least six languages, and worked as a newspaper editor in Egypt and Ghana. During that time, she wrote “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” launching the first in a series of autobiographical books.
“I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine … before she realizes she’s reading,” she said.
Angelou was also one of the first black women film directors. Her work on Broadway has been nominated for Tony Awards.
Before making it big, the 6-foot-tall wordsmith also worked as a cook and sang with a traveling road show. “Look where we’ve all come from … coming out of darkness, moving toward the light,” she has said. “It is a long journey, but a sweet one, bittersweet.”
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