18/12/2025
I love Louise Hay’s way of talking about the body — especially how she names emotional doubt and fear as things we carry, often quite literally in the stomach. In this clip she does what she did best: speaks truth with warmth, humour, and deep humanity.
What she’s pointing to feels very familiar in therapy work. When doubt, anxiety or self-criticism show up, they’re rarely coming from our wise adult selves. More often, they’re echoes of younger parts of us — parts that learned to stay alert, worried, or braced because once upon a time they had to.
Working with these younger parts isn’t about forcing positivity or “thinking differently.” It’s about listening, reassuring, and gently bringing curiosity and compassion to what the body already knows.
Louise had a beautiful way of reminding us that healing doesn’t have to be harsh. Sometimes it starts with a smile, a hand on the belly, and a kinder inner voice.
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