
Louise Hay (1926–2017) was an American self-help pioneer and spiritual teacher who revolutionized personal empowerment through affirmations and mind-body healing philosophy. She sold over 50 million copies of You Can Heal Your Life and founded Hay House Publishing, the world’s largest independently owned mind-body-spirit publishing enterprise with 1,000+ authors and $100M+ annual revenue. Dubbed “the closest thing to a living saint” by Australian media, Hay transformed her own trauma into a global healing methodology grounded in New Thought principles and positive psychology.