This is the first book I bought by louise hay. I was wandering through a bookstore one day and it just looked like it might be good. It wasn't good, it was excellent!!! She has a way of making you look at things in a different perspective. She is all about positive affirmations. And she would say if you just said positive affirmations don't work, you just made an affirmation. She does have many more books out there. My favorite of hers is "I Can do it". But back to this book. It goes over all the illnesses in your body and how illness can be caused and cured with thinking. If you have an illness your negative emotions could be bringing it on. She gives you affirmations for the specific illnesses. I am not sure whether I buy into the whole thing. Yet it is very positive. I haven't found a book of hers I didn't like yet. She is inspiring. She helps you learn to love yourself. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have heard she had a horrible abusive past. She learned how to love and believe in herself. She passes this knowledge on in her books. I never knew how to make affirmations until I read her books. Read just one book of hers and you will be hooked. It is such a powerfully positive experience. I wouldn't say I am completely healed but she has been a step up the ladder of health, mentally, for me.