This book originally caught my eye because I do know that your mind can have an effect on your health. I figured I would give it a read while at Barnes & Noble. While I can't say I agree with everything she says I can agree that some of it does indeed work. I followed some of her suggestions to try and relieve the lower back pain I feel sometimes and man what a difference it made. While its not gone, I can tell you that I feel better than I ever did before. If feeling some skepticism I recommend you do like I did and read it at a place that will let you read before you buy and give her suggestions a try. Then give it some time while trying out the suggestions and I bet you'll feel a difference.

This book is excellent, even if I didn't entirely agree with the premise that I create all of my illnesses by what I think or do. I have used this book for years when something is bothering me and I have tried typical remedies just to see what she had to say about the cause and which affirmations she recommended. Surprisingly, even if they didn't help in the moment, the insights often pointed to something I need to resolve. I often repeated them to myself while taking a walk, and would feel better in all ways when I got back. Now I know the walk was part of that, but I did like not feeling powerless over my health. I do believe in the power of the mind in healing and she confirmed that with this book and her own life experience. It is definitely worth a read.

I first read this book yeas ago when I was introduced to it in a Science of Mind class. In the intervening years I have given away many copies of it to friends, family and clients. When I was a massage therapist and holistic health practitioner I used it constantly when talking with clients about what ailed them.

I was a bit skeptical at first, but I have found that this book is uncanny in its accuracy. Even people who vehemently deny any such connection, given time and space to reflect often admit that indeed there is the suggested connection between their physical ailment and their mental state.

Louise Hay shows insight, compassion, and intelligence in her presentation. She is non judgmental in her analysis of cause, partly just because of the way she chose to present the material. This book offers hope and solace to anyone who is willing to try her suggestions.

For those of you who think health is important, there is no better way to keep fit than to treat this book like a Bible. Keep it beside you and refer to it every time you feel something wrong inside. You will discover an affirmation to rid yourself of the problem. Not just that, with a little practise you will start seeing repeat patterns in your thinking that will help you eliminate the problem from source.

Let me share my example. I have had astigmatism for 20 years. On reading Louise Hay I figured I was not acknowledging my own beauty and magnificance since college. I started to affirm and acknowledge. In about 2 months I took off my spectacles and kept them on the shelf. A few days later I threw them away, never to return. I'm 40 now.

The mind can alter every aspect of the body and the body actually signals you the condition of the mind. You can accept the signals and change what your mind believes... and never have another health challenge! Try it.