About Dr. Bradley Nelson
BYLINE BIO: Holistic physician Dr. Bradley Nelson is one of the world’s foremost experts on natural methods of achieving wellness. He is the creator of The Emotion Code®, The Body Code™, and The Belief Code®, and CEO of Discover Healing. His bestselling books include “The Emotion Code,” and “The Body Code.” His newest book, “The Heart Code” (Dec. 2, 2025), is now available for preorder with special gifts. Learn more at drbradleynelson.com.
BROADCAST BIO: Have you ever wondered how your emotions affect your health, happiness and success, or even your ability to love? Our guest today is Dr. Bradley Nelson, author of the bestselling books “The Emotion Code” and “The Body Code.” His newest book, “The Heart Code” (Dec. 2, 2025), is now available for preorder with special gifts. Learn more at drbradleynelson.com. Dr. Nelson and his company Discover Healing have trained more than 15,000 practitioners worldwide in the energy healing methods he pioneered, including The Belief Code, an advanced method that helps people identify and clear limiting beliefs. Welcome, Dr. Brad. What is the Heart-Wall, and why did you and your wife and co-author Jean Nelson make it the focus of your new book?
FULL BIO: Renowned holistic physician Dr. Bradley Nelson is one of the world’s foremost experts on natural methods of achieving wellness. He is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and the bestselling author of “The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness," and ““The Body Code: Unlocking Your Body's Ability to Heal Itself.” His much-anticipated newest book, “The Heart Code: The Breakthrough Method to Open Your Heart and Transform Your Life” (Dec. 2, 2025) is now available for preorder with special gifts. Learn more at drbradleynelson.com.
Dr. Brad was raised in rural Montana and practically grew up on the back of a horse. As a child, he suffered two life-threatening illnesses — both of which were healed, not by conventional medicine, but by separate alternative approaches. These early experiences opened his eyes to the power of natural healing and set the course for his life’s work.
While studying computer programming in college, Dr. Brad felt drawn toward business. But just six months before beginning an MBA program at Brigham Young University, he had a spiritual experience that changed everything.
“I asked God for direction, and one night I woke with an overwhelming feeling of purpose. A clear voice said, ‘This is a sacred calling.’ From that moment, I knew I was meant to help others heal.”
Dr. Brad entered Life Chiropractic College West and graduated with honors in 1988. As a holistic chiropractic physician, he treated patients with a wide variety of complex conditions. Drawing from ancient healing principles, quantum physics, and personal revelation, he began to see that unresolved emotional energy — what he would later call “trapped emotions” — was often at the root of physical and emotional symptoms.
“The body is essentially energy, and emotion is energy too. When the energy of a negative emotion gets stuck in the body, it can disturb the healing process. These trapped emotions are often at the root of pain, illness, and emotional distress.”
Using this knowledge, Dr. Brad designed processes that have helped thousands of people achieve greater wellness by learning to identify and release their trapped emotions. This work became the foundation for his first book, “The Emotion Code,” which teaches a simple process for finding and clearing these emotional energies. First published in 2007, a revised and expanded edition was published in 2019 by St. Martin’s Press. The bestselling book also introduces the concept of the Heart-Wall, a cluster of trapped emotions that forms around the heart — a discovery Dr. Brad explores more fully in “The Heart Code.”
In time, Dr. Brad developed The Body Code, a comprehensive healing system designed to identify and correct six major types of imbalance in the body: energies, circuits and systems, toxicity, nutrition and lifestyle, misalignments, and pathogens. His 2023 book, “The Body Code: Unlocking Your Body’s Ability to Heal Itself,” gives readers a step-by-step guide to working with the body’s inner wisdom and healing ability.
He later collaborated with Josh Nelson, Director of Education at Discover Healing, to create The Belief Code, an advanced certification program that teaches how to identify and release negative belief systems held in the subconscious mind. These hidden beliefs often stand in the way of healing, success, and personal growth, even after other imbalances have been resolved.
Dr. Brad’s newest book, “The Heart Code,” co-authored with his wife Jean Nelson, focuses entirely on the tremendous significance of the Heart-Wall. Heart-Walls are energetic barriers made up of layers of trapped emotions. Created by the subconscious to protect the heart in moments of trauma, they can block people from fully realizing their greatest potential and from giving and receiving love, often leading to feelings of loneliness, sadness, and emotional isolation.
“The Heart-Wall is like armor for the heart — but if it stays in place too long, it can hold us back from the very things we’re longing for,” Dr. Brad says.
“The Heart Code” offers a clear method for identifying and releasing Heart-Walls, along with personal stories, spiritual insight, and practical tools to help readers reconnect with their heart’s natural wisdom, restore their capacity to love and flourish, and live with more peace, success, and sense of purpose.
In 2004, Dr. Brad left his private practice to bring these methods to the world. He has trained and certified more than 15,000 practitioners in over 80 countries and his books have been translated into multiple languages. Today, he is the CEO of Discover Healing, a holistic education company that offers certification in The Emotion Code®, The Body Code™, and The Belief Code®.
Dr. Brad and his wife Jean have been married for over 40 years. They have eight children and six grandchildren, and live in St. George, Utah. For more information, visit DiscoverHealing.com.