The Cou method centered on a routine repetition of this particular expression according to a specified ritual--preferably as much as twenty times a day, and especially at the beginning and at the end of each day. When asked whether or not he thought of himself as healer, Cou often stated that I have never cured anyone in my life. All I do is show people how they can cure themselves. Unlike a commonly held belief that a strong conscious will constitutes the best path to success, Cou maintained that curing some of our troubles requires a change in our unconscious thought, which can be achieved only by using our imagination. Although stressing that he was not primarily a healer but one who taught others to heal themselves, Cou claimed to have effected organic changes through autosuggestion.
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. --Emile Cou
My Method, Including American Impressions (1923) describes autosuggestion, a psychological self-help technique developed by mile Cou at the beginning of the 20th century. This technique, also known as the Cou Method, is about using one's imagination and repeating a specific sentence--such as the above quote--at the beginning and at the end of each day in order to cure one's troubles.
This book also describes Cou 's impressions visiting the US. This is what he said about his American lectures: American audiences have two characteristics which I have rarely encountered in Europe: they smile while they listen to you, and at the end of the lecture they are fresher than at the beginning. While Cou was more popular in Europe than in the US, his method influenced some famous American self-help experts, such as Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale, and Robert H. Schuller.
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