Rebecca Beard was widely known in the post-war period as a gifted speaker and teacher in the field of spiritual therapy. Her first book, “Everyman’s Search,” went through many editions because it offered practical suggestions to those seeking a deeper awareness of the power of God in their lives. Dr. Beard practiced medicine for twenty years until she recognized the tremendous influence that thoughts and emotions have upon the physical body. Her medical experience and research led her to the conviction that thoughts and emotions are largely responsible for many types of illness, and that by understanding the thoughts and redirecting the emotions, with the ever present help of prayer, lives can be re-molded and bodies healed.