Caroline Myss

Caroline Myss
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Caroline Myss
Born December 2, 1952 (1952-12-02) (age 57)[1]
Chicago
Occupation Teacher, Author
Nationality American
Period 1987-present
Genres spirituality
Subjects medical intuitive, spirituality, mysticism
Notable work(s) Anatomy of the Spirit
Influences[show]
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Official website

Caroline Myss (pronounced mace) is an American medical intuitive[2] and mystic as well as the author of numerous books and audio tapes, including four New York Times Best Sellers: Anatomy of the Spirit (1996), Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (1998), Sacred Contracts (2002), and Entering The Castle (2007).

She has also been on the The Oprah Winfrey Show, several times, since her first appearance in 2002,[2] and in 2001 she hosted a TV series, titled, "The Journey With Caroline Myss", at Oxygen (TV network), co-owned by Oprah Winfrey,[3][4] exploring the spiritual and psychological roadblocks of life in an intimate workshop setting,[5] apart from that she has also done TV Specials, "Three Levels of Power & How to Use Them" and "Why People Don't Heal & How They Can," based on her work.[6][7]
Contents
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* 1 Biography
* 2 Books and recordings
* 3 Quotes
* 4 Weekly radio show
* 5 Further reading
* 6 References
* 7 External links
o 7.1 Audio-Video links

[edit] Biography

Caroline Myss was born on December 2, 1952[8] in Chicago, and grew up with her parents, and two brothers, one elder and one younger, in the Melrose Park, Illinois neighbourhood near Chicago.[9] Caroline was raised a Catholic, and attended the Mother Guerin High School, River Grove, Illinois, run by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.[10] She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana in 1974, and started her career in journalism in Chicago.[11]

In the course of her career, she interviewed Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D., the author of the famous book, On Death and Dying, which inspired her to pursue a Master's degree in theology from Mundelein College, Chicago, which she completed in 1979.[8] She also claims to hold a Ph.D in "intuition and energy medicine",[12][13] but the degree was granted by Greenwich University, a now-defunct correspondence school that was never accredited to deliver higher education awards by any recognized government accreditation authority.[14]

She started giving medical intuitive readings in 1982[15] and co-founded a small New Age publishing company, Stillpoint Publishing in Walpole, New Hampshire, where she also worked as an editor[16] in 1983, next she began consulting with holistic doctors,[8] which in 1984, led to her extensive collaboration with Dr. Norman Shealy, an M.D. schooled at Harvard, and the founder of the American Holistic Medical Association[17], with whom she later co-authored, "Aids: Passageway to Transformation," in 1987, followed by "The Creation of Health: The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses that Promote Health and Healing," in 1988. Deriving from her practice as a medical intuitive, she started writing books, in the field of energy medicine, and healing, all of which became New York Times Best Sellers.[18] Starting with Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing (1996), which overlapped seven Christian sacraments with seven Hindu chakras and the Kabbalah's Tree of Life to create a map of the human "energy anatomy";[19] this was followed by Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (1998), which explored the reasons people do not heal through her concept of "woundology." Her next book, Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential (2002) dealt with the issue of finding "Life Purpose," while describing Sacred Contracts as "a set of assignments that our soul had formed around before incarnation".[20] She has since appeared on the The Oprah Winfrey Show numerous times.[21]

By 2000, she discontinued doing private medical intuitive readings, and instead started teaching it, through her workshops, seminars, radio shows and guided tours.[22] She tours internationally as a speaker on spirituality and mysticism,[23] and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago.[9][24] In 2003, she started the Caroline Myss Educational Institute, with Wisdom University in San Francisco.[25]

Her 2007 book, "Entering the Castle" draws upon the writings of Saint Teresa of Ávila, a 16th century Carmelite nun, who wrote her most important work, The Interior Castle (1577), towards the end of her life[26][27].[28][29]
[edit] Books and recordings

Her first three books have consecutively been on the New York Times Best Seller list: Anatomy of the Spirit (1998),[30] Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (1998),[31] Sacred Contracts (2002)[32]

* Aids: Passageway to Transformation, with C. Norman Sheally, Stillpoint Publishing, Walpole, NH. 1987. ISBN 9780913299470. ISBN 0913299472.
* Archetype Cards, an 80 Card Deck with Instruction Booklet; copyright 2003; ISBN 1401901840
* The Creation of Health: The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses that Promote Health and Healing, with C. Norman Sheally. Three Rivers Press, 1988. ISBN 0609803239.
* Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing 1996; ISBN 978-0609800140
* Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (paperback); ISBN 978-0609802243
* Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential (paperback); Three Rivers Press; 2003. ISBN 0609810111
* Spiritual Madness (audio CD); ISBN 978-1564559029
* Spiritual Power Spiritual Practice (audio cassette); ISBN 978-1564556479
* Three Levels of Power and How to Use Them (audio CD); ISBN 978-1591792352
* The Creation of Health: The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses That Promote Health and Healing (Audio CD); ISBN 978-0609803233
* Spiritual Power, Spiritual Practice, Sounds True, 2004. ISBN 1591791499.
* Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles, 2002, Free Press. ISBN 0743264258.
* Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices that Create Miracles (Audio CD); ISBN 978-1591791355
* Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and your Soul, 2007, (hard cover); ISBN 978-0-7432-5532-5
* The Sacred Contract of America: Fulfilling the Vision of Our Mystic Founders, 2007, Sounds True. (Audio CD), ISBN 1591796067.[33]
* Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond The Bounds Of Reason, Hay House, 2009, ISBN 1401922902.

[edit] Quotes

* “Intuition is natural by-product of flowering of a mature self-esteem and a sense of empowerment – not power over, but power to be”[34]
* "To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina."
* "Whenever you become empowered, you will be tested."[35]
* "The act of forgiveness is the act of returning to present time. And that's why when one has become a forgiving person, and has managed to let go of the past, what they've really done is they've shifted their relationship with time."

* "Keep your honor code between you and God, you don’t break that, no matter who’s not looking. God is."[9]

[edit] Weekly radio show

Myss started hosting a weekly Call-in Talk radio show, "Sacred Contracts" around 2005, at Hay House Radio, a Internet radio site, run by Hay House publishing, where she gave online intuitive readings to callers. Then in 2009, the show was renamed "Defy Gravity" after her book by the same name was released in October, 2009 [36][37].
[edit] Further reading

* Foreword True Coming of Age: A Dynamic Process That Leads to Emotional Well-Being, Spiritual Growth, and Meaningful Relationships, by John T. Chirban. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004. ISBN 0071426817.
* Made in Image of God - Caroline Myss The Fabric of the Future: Women Visionaries of Today Illuminate the Path to Tomorrow, by Mary Jane Ryan, Patrice (INT) Wynne, Ken Wilber, Published by Conari, 2000. ISBN 1573241970. Page 120-124.
* Online articles of Caroline Myss
* Why People Don't Heal and How They Can - Caroline Myss - Chapter 1 at New York Times
* Foreword to Entering the Castle by Ken Wilber
* A Gift of Light, A Gift For The Soul... by Caroline Myss
* Caroline Myss articles at The Oprah Winfrey Show
* Caroline Myss articles at The Huffington Post

[edit] References

1. ^ Caroline Myss Horoscope
2. ^ a b Sacred Contracts Caroline Myss on The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002.
3. ^ Oprah Oxygen The Oprah Winfrey Show website.
4. ^ The Oxygen TV Channel Is Bowing To Tastes The New York Times, February 25, 2002.
5. ^ Caroline Myss" Premiering Saturday, January 12 At 10 pm Business Wire, November 28, 2001.
6. ^ Caroline Mys New York Times.
7. ^ Caroline Myss Rottentomatoes.com.
8. ^ a b c Myss, Caroline (1953- ) Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine by Jane Spear.
9. ^ a b c Caroline Myss' Journey www.consciouschoice.com, September, 2003.
10. ^ Luminary: Caroline Myss ShiftinAction.
11. ^ Caroline Myss profile Ken Wilber.
12. ^ Conscious Choice: Caroline Myss' Journey
13. ^ Current.org | Self-help speakers on public TV
14. ^ "Alert on Greenwich University". Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia). 2002. http://www.deewr.gov.au/HigherEducation/Programs/Quality/QualityAssurance/Pages/AlertGreenwichUniversity.aspx. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
15. ^ Caroline Myss Profile Hay House, I Can Do It.
16. ^ Caroline Myss Psychoimmunity & the Healing Process: A Holistic Approach to Immunity & AIDS By Jason Serinus, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Celestial Arts, 1987. ISBN 0890874611, ISBN 9780890874615, Page 324.
17. ^ Bio
18. ^ Hardcover Advice New York Times, April 1, 2007.
19. ^ Amazon Review Amazon.com.
20. ^ Sacred Contracts Oprah & Friends.
21. ^ Discovering Why You Are Here The Oprah Winfrey Show.
22. ^ Seven Days, Six Nights, One Author; If You Liked the Book, You'll Love the Tour Guide – Page 2 New York Times , September 5, 2000
23. ^ Entering the Castle - Interview Beliefnet.com.
24. ^ Caroline Myss Author spotlight - Random House Official website.
25. ^ Caroline Myss Educational Institute (CMED) Wisdom University Official website.
26. ^ Entering the Castle of the Soul
27. ^ 'God Doesn't Want Your Real Estate' Beliefnet.com.
28. ^ Entering the Castle Integral Institute.
29. ^ Interior Castle - Text Works of Teresa of Avila.
30. ^ BEST SELLERS The New York Times, November 22, 1998.
31. ^ BEST SELLERS: The New York Times, November 1, 1998.
32. ^ BEST SELLERS: The New York Times, February 17, 2002.
33. ^ Caroline Myss
34. ^ Using Psychic Abilities in Our Life "Miracles of Mind: Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness and Spiritual Healing", by Russell Targ, Jane Katra. New World Library, 1999. ISBN 1577310977, ISBN 9781577310976. "Page 139".
35. ^ Caroline Myss Quotes
36. ^ Show Hosts Hay House Radio.
37. ^ Hayhouse Radio, Daily Schedule www.hayhouseradio.com.

* Myss.com, biography of Myss

[edit] External links
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Caroline Myss

* Myss.com, the official website
* The Caroline Myss Educational Institute CMED

[edit] Audio-Video links

* Videos of Caroline Myss talks
* Caroline Myss MP3 audio, from Shift in Action, sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences

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