You Can Heal Your Life By Louise Hay who is a bestselling author and is an internationally known leader in the self-help field. Her key message is: "If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." The author has a great deal of experience and firsthand information to share about healing, including how she cured herself after being diagnosed with cancer. In this book, Louise Hay, believing that we make ourselves ill by having thoughts of self-hatred, tells us that we are each responsible for our own reality. The book includes a directory of ailments and emotional causes for each with a corresponding affirmation to help overcome the illness.