My Journey
My own personal struggle with depression and thoughts of ending it all began in early childhood, and continued well into my adult life. Tragically, the experience of my father ending his life reinforced my belief in the myth that that was the answer to all of my problems too. Following a devastating divorce, I soon found my problems went from bad to worse as a single, depressed, unemployed mother of three.
Finally, after years of suffering, including the pain of rheumatoid arthritis and numerous failed back surgeries, I was on my deathbed. Suddenly, the great turning point of my life arrived. A two-year period of being bedridden and deathly ill culminated in a profound Life After Life experience. Finding myself miraculously equipped with new, amazing heavenly answers, this was the transforming incident where I went from desperately wanting to die, to desperately wanting to help others live with hope and purpose.
Today, working full-time as a Certified Crisis Chaplain and the President and Founder of Stress and Grief Relief, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity, I have developed a life-changing, life-saving system that is getting extraordinary results. Countless once depressed and despondent people are living lives filled with hope and purpose. But now your help is urgently needed to continue this vital work.
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Look around you. There are so many hurting people. Would you like to help them find peace and joy and faith and fun?
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Dr. Joyce's Story
Author of Survivor of Life After Life Shares Heavenly Answers for Earthly Challenges: Simple Lessons for a Miracle-Filled Life, Dr. Joyce Brown knows something about wanting it all to end because she’s been there many times before. In fact, for years, Dr. Joyce Brown was sick and suffering and desperately wanted her life to be over.
Suddenly, after pleading with God for months, she did pass from this world. But now, out-of-body and on the “Other Side,” what she discovered was not at all what she expected, or what the world had led her to believe.
Despite the intense pain and suffering she had endured for years, including the pain of rheumatoid arthritis, repeated pneumonia, and 8 failed back surgeries (5 of which were accompanied by cardiac arrest), Joyce now wanted to return to her pain-ridden life to share what she learned from God.
Today, making frequent guest appearances on television as “The Hope Doctor,” Joyce Brown, Ph.D., shares her astounding story of meeting God, the gifts she received from the experience, a divine message offering proof of God’s unconditional love, and the eternal wisdom that radically transformed, and gave new meaning and purpose to her life.
As she shares in her bestselling book, Survivor of Life After Life Shares Heavenly Answers for Earthly Challenges, Dr. Joyce Brown’s unusually extensive Life After Life Experience offers a bright light of hope to all God’s children, and an answer to humanity’s most burning question. “How can I make certain that I will enjoy whatever happens after I leave this life on Earth?”
Now a Certified Crisis Chaplain with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®, Dr. Joyce is the Founder and President of Stress and Grief Relief, Inc., a non-profit, 501(c)(3) helping people survive and thrive with miraculous results, with a unique focus on youth.
Dr. Joyce’s story is helping to save and change lives in Nevada, where she lives, and across the U.S., and even in multiple countries around the world. But she needs your help now more than ever to reach even more people!
MEDIA COVERAGE
Dr. Joyce Featured
in ViewOn Magazine
Read all about Dr. Joyce Hunt Brown’s inspiring story featured in this recent issue of ViewOn Magazine. Click the play button in the YouTube video version here or you click here to see the two page spread on pages 40 and 41 of the January/February 2023 issue of ViewOn. You can also click here to read the article on the ViewOn website: ViewOn Magazine, January/February 2023
hope & purpose
“Every adversity carries with it seeds of benefits—the challenge is to ‘keep on keeping on’ until you find the benefits.”
-Dr. Joyce Brown,
“The Hope Doctor”
-Dr. Joyce Brown,
“The Hope Doctor”
Stress, anxiety, depression, and grief—these are all grave problems in and of themselves. But what makes it all so much worse is that, left untreated, any one of these complex conditions could easily lead to the most devastating, heart-breaking tragedy of them all. In fact, that is exactly what is happening over and over again, minute after minute, throughout the world. People from every background, and nearly every age are making the devastating decision to take their own lives. Consider some of the following statistics from the WHO (World Health Organization), and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention):
1
%
INCREASE IN SUICIDES
How much the suicide rate increased in the U.S. between 1999 and 2016.
1
SECONDS
How much time passes before there is another death by suicide in the world.
#
20
Leading cause
In the U.S., suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for those ages 10 to 24.
For those in the 10 to 24 age group living in the Rocky Mountains, suicide is the leading (#1) cause of death. For the rest of the world in this age group, suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death. And suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. for all ages. While suicide continues to plague our world, the good news is…
…There is hope for those who think life is not worth living!
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What People are Saying
"Life After Life Survivor" provides hope to those who think life is not worth living.
Janice Kapp Perry
Composer, Songwriter, and Author
“It’s great to be reminded in such a compelling way about what matters most—now and in eternity.”
Warren Jamison
Co-author with Ed McMahon,
Ed McMahon's Superselling
“If you sense someone drifting toward ending it all and you feel helpless, give them this book. It will probably save their life.”
Joy and Gary Lundberg
Authors of I Don’t Have to
Make Everything All Better
“A compelling, liberating, and motivating book! Everyone would benefit from reading this book, especially those who think life isn’t worth living.”
Darla Isackson
Author of Finding Hope
While Grieving Suicide
“I have firsthand knowledge that the book, Heavenly Answers, is actually saving lives. The author, Joyce Brown, shatters the myth that all you have to do is end it all to get a heavenly place of peace and beauty.”
Michelle L.
Student (Age 14)
“After reading this book, I have found reasons I why I want to live, instead of automatically wishing I could end it all, or wanting to trade places with someone else.”
Joel D. Roberts
Former Prime Time Talk Show
Host, KABC Radio Los Angeles
“Dr. Joyce Brown is a hugely inspiring human being… You are bound to be moved by her book and by her.”
David W. Allan
Atomic Clock Quantum Physicist,
Author of It’s About Time: Science Harmonizing with Religion
“Joyce has helped countless people deal with grief and major stress issues in their lives. It is interesting that more recently others have shown how almost all diseases, which includes depression and thoughts of ending it all, are linked to stress. Society owes a great debt of gratitude to Dr. Brown for her pioneering work and continued contributions. How fortunate we are to have her book, Heavenly Answers. It undoubtedly will be used countless times in helping people move through their challenges in life.”
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Now, at nearly age 90, and almost completely blind, Dr. Joyce Brown continues to work full-time to help stop depression and thoughts of ending it all. Nearly 38,000 copies of her book have now been sold or donated. Through her ongoing work as a guest speaker and trainer, she has a long record of helping organizations, non-profits, churches, and schools strengthen morale, reduce stress, improve communication, and resolve conflict. Dr. Joyce has a unique message that is getting miraculous results. But we need your help to reach even more people.
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Hope for the Hopeless
Renewed Hope. Stress and Grief Relief Now!
Despite the progress of civilization, advances in technology, and reductions in war, poverty, and hunger around the world, hopelessness remains rampant. People everywhere continue to struggle with life like never before. Consider some of the following facts:
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Record Levels of Stress
According to a 2019 Gallup poll, Americans are now among the most stressed people in the world (tied for 4th). What’s more, worldwide, negative experiences matched those in 2017, which The New York Times reported as “the darkest year for humanity in more than a decade.”
2
An Epidemic of Anxiety
According to the American Psychological Association, the U.S. is in the midst of an anxiety epidemic. In 1980, only 4% of Americans suffered with an anxiety related mental disorder. That number today is 51%. “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S.” according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).
3
Prolonged Grief
In the U.S., in 2018, 14 million people suffered the death of someone in their immediate family. Losing someone to suicide can be even more traumatic, and difficult to work through. Debilitating grief can also be caused by divorce (which can be especially difficult on children and teens), the loss of a pet, a job, a business, or a home. Sadly, the way people are often led to deal with grief can slow or even undermine the grieving process, leading to dangerous, destructive behaviors, prolonged grief and even depression. Known as complicated grief (CG), this affects up to 20% of grievers (2.8 million Americans in 2018).
4
Depression on the Rise
Depression is the number one cause of disability in the U.S. and worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In any given year, 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. is affected by depression.1 For teens, major depression increased 52% over the last decade.2 And for young adults (ages 18-25), major depression increased 63% over the same period.3 Depression is also the number one reason why someone dies of suicide.4
Click here to listen to Podcast Interview with Dr. Joyce Brown, Interviewed by Celebrity Newscaster Jill Nicolini:
Who isThe Hope Doctor ?
Who is Dr. Joyce Hunt Brown ?
After a profound Life After Life experience, Dr. Joyce went from desperately wanting to die, to desperately wanting to help others live. Watch this quick video to learn what happened that so radically changed her life and why she is now so desperate to help you live your own purposeful and miraculous life.
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