Brandon Bays (born August 21, 1953) is an American author and motivational speaker. She has authored
New Thought
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...
self-help
Self-help or self-improvement is a self-guided improvement''APA Dictionary of Physicology'', 1st ed., Gary R. VandenBos, ed., Washington: American Psychological Association, 2007.—economically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a subst ...
books, and is best known for her 1999 book, ''The Journey'', which became a bestseller in England and Australia.
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She was born in New York City to an American father and a Romanian mother, who grew up in Vienna, Austria.
''The Journey''
The Journey is the title of Brandon's first book, The Journey (1999 and 2012). The Journey book has been translated into 23 languages.
The book describes her experience of healing from a basketball-sized tumour, without drugs or surgery, in 6 weeks.
Ultimately, she attributes her healing to 4 key elements:
# Gaining access to the '
cellular memory' where the trauma associated with the tumour was stored
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Forgiveness
Forgiveness, in a psychological sense, is the intentional and voluntary process by which one who may initially feel victimized or wronged, goes through a change in feelings and attitude regarding a given offender, and overcomes the impact of th ...
of the circumstances surrounding the trauma.
# Accessing 'Source' / her own soul / infinite intelligence /
Purusha.
# Feeling the emotions associated with the trauma, as a gateway into the direct experience of Source.
Based on these experiences, she pioneered a healing methodology that combines all four elements of healing. The Journey method is designed to help individuals access and resolve the root cause of longstanding difficulties – emotional or physical.
The Journey Method
The Journey is also the name of the healing method Brandon developed. This method is currently taught in 44 countries via live online workshops.
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Education and career
As she writes in ''The Journey'' book:
Brandon Bays studied at University
Her informal studies included naturopathy, iridology, philosophy, storytelling, among other things.
Together with a group of colleagues, she volunteered at a free-of-charge clinic in New York City which provided alternative treatments to people with terminal illness and no other options from the medical profession.
She worked for Tony Robbins for 10 years, presenting the Living Health program as a Master Trainer.The Journey: A Road Map to the soul.
Simon and Schuster. 2001. ISBN 978-0743443920.
Spiritual life
Brandon was deeply influenced by a spiritual teacher she fondly calls 'Papaji' (
H. W. L. Poonja
Sri H. W. L. Poonja (; born Hariwansh Lal Poonja; 13 October 1910 (or later) in Punjab, British India – 6 September 1997 in Lucknow, India), known as "Poonjaji" or "Papaji" , was an Indian sage.
Biography
Early life
At the age of eig ...
ji ) whom she met in Lucknow, India in the early 90s. Papaji was a teacher of
self inquiry in the tradition of the sage,
Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi (; 30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu sage and ''jivanmukta'' (liberated being). He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
He was born in Tiruchuli, Ta ...
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Personal life
Brandon's first husband, Dr. Bob (Robert) Bays was also a former Head Trainer for Tony Robbins.
In the 1990s, Brandon and Bob lived on the beach in Malibu and lost everything when flames from the Californian brushfires leapt over the 6 lane highway and burned their house down.
Brandon lives in Greece with her second husband, Kevin Billet, who is co-director of The Journey and the primary author of Light in The Heart of Darkness: The Surprising Truth About Depression & How To Free Yourself Completely from its Grips, which Brandon Bays co-authored.
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Motivational Speaker
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1953 births
Living people
American motivational speakers
American motivational writers
American self-help writers
American spiritual writers
American people of Romanian descent
New Thought writers