Émile Coué
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Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie (French: [emil kue də la ʃɑtɛɲʁɛ]; 26 February 1857 – 2 July 1926) was a French psychologist, pharmacist, and hypnotist who introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion.[1][2]
- "It was in no small measure [Coué's] wholehearted devotion to a self-imposed task that enabled him, in less than a quarter of a century, to rise from obscurity to the position of the world’s most famous psychological exponent."
"Indeed, one might truly say that Coué sidetracked inefficient hypnotism [mistakenly based upon supposed operator dominance over a subject], and paved the way for the efficient, and truly scientific." — J. Louis Orton.[3] - "Coué’s method was disarmingly non-complex—needing few instructions for on-going competence, based on rational principles, easily understood, demanding no intellectual sophistication, simply explained, simply taught, performed in private, using a subject's own resources, requiring no elaborate preparation, and no expenditure."[4]
- "It was in no small measure [Coué's] wholehearted devotion to a self-imposed task that enabled him, in less than a quarter of a century, to rise from obscurity to the position of the world’s most famous psychological exponent."
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Émile Coué | |
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Born | (1857-02-26)February 26, 1857 |
Died | July 2, 1926(1926-07-02) (aged 69) Nancy, France |
Occupation(s) | Pharmacist; psychologist |
Spouse | Lucie Lemoine (1858–1954) |
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Coué's method was based upon the view that, operating deep below our conscious awareness, a complex arrangement of 'ideas', especially when those ideas are dominant,[5] continuously and spontaneously suggest things to us; and, from this, significantly influence one's overall health and wellbeing.[6]
- We possess within us a force of incalculable power, which, when we handle it unconsciously is often prejudicial to us.
If on the contrary we direct it in a conscious and wise manner, it gives us the mastery of ourselves and allows us not only to escape … from physical and mental ills, but also to live in relative happiness, whatever the conditions in which we may find ourselves.(Coué, 1922b, p. 35.)[7]
- We possess within us a force of incalculable power, which, when we handle it unconsciously is often prejudicial to us.