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Louise Hay: Every thought is an affirmation

Oct 30, 2025
Louise Hay, an influential author and motivational teacher renowned for her work on self-love, shares her powerful insights. She emphasizes that every thought we have acts as an affirmation, shaping our realities. Louise discusses the significance of mirror work for fostering self-acceptance and how positive affirmations can plant the seeds for personal transformation. She encourages listeners to bless and release negative situations to invite better opportunities into their lives, reinforcing the importance of self-love and trust in the process of change.
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INSIGHT

Thoughts Create Your Experience

  • Louise Hay argues our thoughts and words shape our experiences by returning to us as reality.
  • She claims we become who we are through early thinking and feeling patterns formed by age three to five.
INSIGHT

Self-Love Unlocks Life's Flow

  • Louise Hay emphasizes that self-love is the single most important teaching for healing and change.
  • She says appreciating oneself opens life to flow and creates small 'green lights' of positive change.
ADVICE

Practice Daily Mirror Work

  • Do mirror work: look in your eyes each morning and say 'I love you' to rebuild trust with yourself.
  • Repeat this for weeks and notice resistance as a signal of early learned beliefs to investigate.
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