UK Author’s Healing Movement Hits Global No.1, Shares Bestseller Status with Gabor Maté

A British entrepreneur and former social worker who once struggled as a single mum is now making global headlines. Natasha Leigh Bray’s latest book, When Hearts Heal, has reached No.1 in Amazon charts across four countries, and landed just behind Gabor Maté—her personal hero—in the United States.

The inspiring anthology has captured worldwide attention, achieving No.1 rankings in the UK, Australia, Italy and Germany, and No.2 in the US—outperforming bestselling authors such as Jay Shetty. For Natasha, who now shares chart space with trauma and healing expert Gabor Maté, the moment is particularly meaningful.

Now 38, Natasha’s own journey began in a small Welsh town on a council estate, where she experienced severe bullying, abuse, and chronic trauma throughout her childhood. Despite this, she’s gone on to become a multi-award-winning Success Mastery Coach, Spiritual Teacher and Healer. Since 2017, she has generated more than $9 million in revenue through her business, helping women from 106 countries overcome emotional trauma and transform their lives. When Hearts Heal is the latest chapter in her mission to elevate and empower.

The book showcases the voices of 18 expert contributors, including professionals, healers, and doctors from the UK, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Australia, Canada and the US. All were trained in Natasha’s signature HeartHealing™ modality through her School of Healing Mastery. The anthology combines personal stories and professional insights to explore the emotional, relational and generational aspects of healing.

HeartHealing™, Natasha’s unique approach, brings together psychology, spiritual practices, trauma-informed methods, and heart-based science. This integrated system is at the heart of her vision to “heal 10 million people worldwide”, and the book is already proving a powerful tool in that mission.

When Hearts Heal is more than a bestseller—it’s a celebration of resilience, insight and transformation. And with all launch proceeds going to Little Lives UK, a charity supporting vulnerable children with counselling and digital access, the book is healing far more than hearts—it’s opening futures.

Natasha, who was recently flown to the US to star in a new multi award-winning Amazon Prime film, Zero Limits, alongside The Secret’s Dr Joe Vitale, who wrote the foreword to ‘When Hearts Heal’, said; “My mission is to heal ten million hearts. I truly believe that this is how we break cycles and create a better world for our future generations. I believe if the people around me had healed their own hearts, I would not have suffered the way I did in my childhood. I am a mother to two children and I want a better world for them, and ALL children. This is how we create it.” 

She added: “Joe Vitale, described this book as a ‘portal to healing’, and that meant so much as with this book we hope to be able to open up healing to many who may not have explored the power of the heart in healing before. It is centred around my own methodology of HeartHealing™ – a methodology I developed after I had ‘healed myself’ to overcome significant childhood trauma, which had a profound impact on my emotional wellbeing, life, relationships and business success. I then created a system which enabled me to teach this to others, and for them to then heal others – as my goal is to create a global ripple effect of millions of people who are then able to move forward freely, no longer trapped by trauma. I truly believe when hearts heal, families heal and the world heals and that is why this work is so important to me.”

“I have a mission to impact millions of hearts across the world and so I trained other Drs, psychologists and professionals in my method. This book brings together some of the expertise and wisdom from these people. From overcoming burnout and addiction to reshaping identity and reclaiming one’s voice, every chapter reveals a unique facet of the human experience, offering powerful, practical wisdom for those who are ready to lead, love, and live differently. Whether you are interested in the neuroscience behind the ‘heart-brain’, the energetic impact of unhealed wounds, or how to create legacy-level change through healing, When Hearts Heal  has it all.” said Natasha.

Qualified in Clinical Hypnotherapy, Social Work, Behaviour Change and Psychology, Natasha drew on her own experiences of trauma from childhood abuse and domestic violence, as well as those she helped when working as a social worker to create something she believes is more powerful.

She said: “I used to be a specialist rapid intervention social worker in the field of addictions and mental health. There was a lot of red tape. I felt like the tools were surface level and that true transformation needed something deeper – I went out and created that something deeper.“ Clients describe it as “more powerful than decades of therapy”. 

With this book she hopes to share knowledge, and real life experiences, to help others see how they can heal themselves, overcome their limits and improve their mental wellbeing for more success. Each contribution enables the reader to take ownership of their own transformation and focuses on different topics from overcoming limits, to improving mental health, and creating sustainable success -including chapters on limitless potential, grief, addiction, ADHD and feminine leadership. 

Natasha, who also has two other bestselling books under her belt is widely recognised as making a huge impact with her work. She recently won 2 awards in the Women Changing the World Awards – The People’s Choice Impact Award – Recognising the global reach and profound life-changing impact of HeartHealing™ across 106 countries worldwide; and  Well-being & Wellness Programmes – Honouring the HeartHealing™ Certification as a globally award-winning programme, setting a new standard for subconscious and emotional healing. She has also won The Ultimate Entrepreneur Award in 2024 and was named in 35 under 35 with Management Today.

Following the book launch, Natasha flies to America for the red carpet film premiere with Joe Vitale and the rest of the cast of Zero Limits where HeartHealing will be featured in a global film that has already won 15 awards at film festivals.