Caroline Myss

Infobox Writer


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name = Caroline Myss
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birthplace = Chicago
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occupation = Teacher, Author
nationality = American
period = 1987-present
genre = spirituality
subject = medical intuitive, spirituality, mysticism
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notableworks = Anatomy of the Spirit
influences = Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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website = http://www.myss.com

Caroline Myss (pronounced "mace") is an American medical intuitive [http://www.oprah.com/tows/booksseen/2002/tows_book_20020125_cmyss.jhtml Sacred Contracts] Caroline Myss on The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002.] 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 , and in 2001 she hosted a TV series, titled, "The Journey With Caroline Myss", at Oxygen (TV network), co-owned by Oprah Winfrey [ [http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2002/tows_past_20020125.jhtml Oprah Oxygen] The Oprah Winfrey Show website.] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E0D71E3EF936A15751C0A9649C8B63&scp=51&sq=Caroline+Myss&st=nyt The Oxygen TV Channel Is Bowing To Tastes] The New York Times, February 25, 2002.] , explorings the spiritual and psychological roadblocks of life in an intimate workshop setting [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Nov_28/ai_80371130 Caroline Myss" Premiering Saturday, January 12 At 10 pm] Business Wire, Nov 28, 2001.] , 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 [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1042332/Caroline-Myss/filmography Caroline Mys] New York Times".] [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/caroline_myss/ Caroline Myss] "Rottentomatoes.com".] .

Biography

Caroline Myss was born on December 2, 1952 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0007/ai_2603000768 Myss, Caroline (1953- )] "Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine" by Jane Spear.] in Chicago, and grew up with her parents, and two brothers, one elder and one younger, in the Melrose Park, Illinois neighbourhood near Chicago . 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 [ [http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/luminaries/caroline_myss Luminary: Caroline Myss] "ShiftinAction".] . 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 [ [http://www.kenwilber.com/scene/show/209 Caroline Myss profile] "Ken Wilber".] .

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 . She also claims to hold a Ph.D in "intuition and energy medicine", [ [http://www.consciouschoice.com/2003/cc1609/carolinemyss1609.html Conscious Choice: Caroline Myss' Journey ] ] [ [http://www.current.org/prog/prog804g.html Current.org | Self-help speakers on public TV ] ] 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.cite news | url = http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/policy_issues_reviews/key_issues/assuring_quality_in_higher_education/alert_on_greenwich_university.htm | title = Alert on Greenwich University | publisher = Australian Department of Education | date = 2002 | accessdate = 2006-10-20]

She started giving medical intuitive readings in 1982 [ [http://www.icandoit.net/speakers/speaker_details.php?author_id=59 Caroline Myss Profile] "Hay House", "I Can Do It".] and co-founded a small New Age publishing company, 'Stillpoint Publishing' in Walpole, New Hampshire, where she also worked as an editor [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=viyeNyLuKagC&q=Caroline+M.+Myss+-inauthor:%22Caroline+M.+Myss%22&dq=Caroline+M.+Myss+-inauthor:%22Caroline+M.+Myss%22&pgis=1 Caroline Myss] "Psychoimmunity & the Healing Process: A Holistic Approach to Immunity & AIDSBy Jason Serinus, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Celestial Arts, 1987. ISBN 0890874611, ISBN 9780890874615, "Page 324".] in 1983, next she began consulting with holistic doctors, , 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’ [http://www.myss.com/bio.asp] , 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 [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/books/bestseller/0401besthardadvice.html?scp=70&sq=Caroline%20Myss&st=cse Hardcover Advice] "New York Times", April 1, 2007.] . Starting with "" (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' [ [http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Spirit-Seven-Stages-Healing/dp/0609800140 Amazon Review] "Amazon.com".] ; 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" [ [http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahandfriends/mwilliamson/mwilliamson_20071106 Sacred Contracts] "Oprah & Friends".] . She has since appeared on the The Oprah Winfrey Show numerous times [ [http://www.oprah.com/article/spirit/knowyourself/ss_know_authentic_02 Discovering Why You Are Here] "The Oprah Winfrey Show".] .

By 2000, she discontinued doing private medical intuitive readings, and instead started teaching it, through her workshops, seminars, radio shows and guided tours [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403EED91E30F936A3575AC0A9669C8B63&sec=travel&spon=&&scp=36&sq=Caroline%20Myss&st=cse 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] . She tours internationally as a speaker on spirituality and mysticism [ [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/215/story_21521_1.html Entering the Castle - Interview] Beliefnet.com.] , and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago [http://www.consciouschoice.com/2003/cc1609/carolinemyss1609.html Caroline Myss' Journey] "www.consciouschoice.com", September, 2003.] [ [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=21720 Caroline Myss] Author spotlight - Random House Official website.] . In 2003, she started CMED, 'Caroline Myss Educational Institute', with Wisdom University, San Francisco [ [https://www.wisdomuniversity.org/carolinemyss.htm Caroline Myss Educational Institute (CMED)] "Wisdom University" Official website.] .

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", towards the end of her life [ [http://www.randypeyser.com/myss2.htm Entering the Castle of the Soul] ] [ [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/215/story_21521_1.html 'God Doesn't Want Your Real Estate'] "Beliefnet.com".] [ [http://in.integralinstitute.org/talk.aspx?id=728 Entering the Castle] "Integral Institute".] [ [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/teresa/castle2.titlepage.html Interior Catsle - Text] "Works of Teresa of Avila".] .

Books and recordings

Her first three books have consecutively been on the New York Times Best Seller list: Anatomy of the Spirit (1998) [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE6DB1431F931A15752C1A96E958260 BEST SELLERS] The New York Times, November 22, 1998.] , Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (1998) [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E3DC1E3DF932A35752C1A96E958260 BEST SELLERS:] The New York Times, November 1, 1998.] , Sacred Contracts (2002) [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E3DD173CF934A25751C0A9649C8B63 BEST SELLERS:] The New York Times, February 17, 2002.]

* "Aids: Passageway to Transformation", with C. Norman Shealy, Stillpoint Publishing, Walpole, NH. 1987. ISBN 9780913299470. ISBN 0913299472.
* "The Creation of Health: The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses that Promote Health and Healing", with C. Norman Shealy. 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); ISBN 978-0609810118
* "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. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Caroline%20Myss]

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” [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xc1CqsQu3lQC&pg=PA139&dq=Caroline+M.+Myss+-inauthor:%22Caroline+M.+Myss%22&sig=ACfU3U0KmEGwXdPcInfCSDHBXp8gun7ZQw 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".]
* "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." [ [http://www.sapphyr.net/women/women-quotes-carolinemyss.htm Caroline Myss Quotes] ]
* "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."

Weekly radio show

Myss does a weekly Radioshow, 'Sacred Contracts', at Hay House Radio, a webradio site, run by Hay House publishing, and gives online readings to callers [ [http://www.hayhouseradio.com/hosts_index.php Show Hosts] "Hay House Radio".] [ [http://www.hayhouseradio.com/day_by_day.php Hayhouse Radio, Daily Schedule] www.hayhouseradio.com.] .

Further reading

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GZzI3y8BAUoC&pg=PR8&dq=Caroline+M.+Myss+-inauthor:%22Caroline+M.+Myss%22&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1XGEPCyDHPReSElyI6ldI2khyAQg#PPR6,M1 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.
* [http://www.myss.com/news/media/ Online articles of Caroline Myss]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/myss-heal.html Why People Don't Heal and How They Can - Caroline Myss - Chapter 1] at "New York Times"
* [http://www.kenwilber.com/blog/show/133 Foreword to "Entering the Castle" by Ken Wilber]
* [http://www.onenessblessing-dfw.com/inspirational/a-message-from-caroline-myss/ A Gift of Light, A Gift For The Soul… by Caroline Myss]

References

* [http://www.myss.com/features/bio/ Myss.com, biography of Myss]

External links

* [http://www.myss.com Myss.com, the official website]
* [http://www.csicop.org/articles/myss Unproven Claims of Caroline Myss]
* [http://www.myss.com/CMED/media/ The Caroline Myss Educational Institute CMED]

Audio-Video links

* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=Caroline+Myss# Videos of "Caroline Myss" talks]
* [http://shiftinaction.com/discover/luminaries/caroline_myss Caroline Myss MP3 audio] , from "Shift in Action", sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences