In this compilation of inspiring stories, edited by renowned healing expert Brandon Bays, practitioners of The Journey method share their powerful experiences with natural healing. EXPERIENCE HOPE AND HEALING BY LIVING THE JOURNEY The Journey inspired people worldwide to follow Brandon Bays’s teachings in an effort to achieve healthful, more fulfilling lives. In 1992, Bays was diagnosed with a basketball-sized tumor in her uterus and refused surgery. Catapulted into a remarkable, soul-searching, and ultimately freeing healing journey, six and a half weeks later, she was pronounced completely tumor free. The Journey outlined practical steps for ordinary people to take toward a path of healing. Now, Living The Journey is an opportunity for those seeking wellness to learn from the many people who have successfully integrated The Journey into their lives. Sixteen contributors tell remarkable stories of profound healing–– of overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder and depression; ridding the body of cancer and chronic pain; clearing addictions; and transforming devastating grief into peace, all through the measured steps of The Journey Method. “Brandon Bays is a remarkable soul, and her story of healing and reconciliation is a testament to the capabilities of human beings. Read this book and be inspired to take your own journey of healing.” --Anthony Robbins “Brandon’s inspiring story is proof of the healing power that exists within every individual.” – New York Times bestselling author John Gray “ The Journey will inspire millions, not only those with physical challenges in their lives but those seeking spiritual understanding.” –Candace B. Pert, Ph.D., coauthor of Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d "As a practitioner of social healing and teacher of peacebuilding I am deeply impressed with the raw transformational power of this book. Living The Journey is a benchmark contribution to redefining how we can achieve personal and collective healing. Every story takes us into the intimate territory of authentic healing." --James O'Dea, former Director of Amnesty International Washington Office "A collection of moving accounts of people whose lives were transformed using a brilliant method called "The Journey." This book demonstrates that ordinary people can discover extraordinary healing through the power of love and forgiveness.” --Shepherd Hoodwin, author of JOURNEY OF YOUR SOUL Internationally bestselling author Brandon Bays is one of the most dynamic, inspirational, and innovative teachers in the filed of personal growth and consciousness training today. Known for her radically transformative work in the fields of cellular healing, emotional well-being, and spiritual awakening, the powerful teachings of The Journey were born from her own direct experience of healing naturally from a large tumor, without drugs or surgery, by way of a life transforming spiritual journey. She has been teaching journeywork for more than seventeen years, and she currently resides in Wales. Living The Journey 1 One Crumb at a Time by Debbie Clarke Change . . . it’s something that can occur in the blink of an eye, or it can be something that happens so slowly that it’s not until you wake up one day and ask, “How did I get here?” that you even notice the change. This can be either change for the better or for the worse, on the scale of, How’s your life working for you? My experience of change has been the slow, subtle type. It wasn’t until my life had tipped to a very low point that I woke up and began to realize that I couldn’t continue on the path I was on. Even my awakening to the fact of how bad I felt was slow. It was as if I couldn’t have tolerated noticing it all at once, so I become aware of each aspect, one little bit at a time. Let me describe what my life was like back in October 2006. I was a month away from turning forty-six years old, and I was in a longtime relationship with my spouse, Dan. We had just celebrated twenty-four years of being together, and our relationship had grown unhappy and unhealthy in many ways. In my eyes, at that time, it was all because of Dan. I blamed Dan’s discontent, his choices, his moods and unhappiness as being the cause of our problems and ultimately my own unhappiness. I felt so sad most of the time, as well as alone, isolated, stressed, frustrated, hopeless and unloved; the list was endless. To make matters worse, I had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis nineteen years earlier. This disease had, at times rapidly and more often slowly and insidiously, accelerated to the point that eventually I was no longer able to work. Despite the evidence that something was very wrong, though, I had lived in denial from the time I had first gotten sick. My jaw was the first area to be affected. Within two months I couldn’t open my mouth more than enough to fit my baby finger between my top and bottom teeth. I would force myself to go to work ev