Brian Withers is a life coach, author and the creator of Higher Vibrations Now, a gentle, practical approach to the law of attraction built on one idea: your emotions are guidance, and by choosing your thoughts in the present moment you can raise your “vibration” and let your life flow. He is quick to say he doesn’t really teach manifestation at all. He teaches alignment. [1] [2]
Who is Brian Withers?
Brian Withers describes himself as a life coach specialising in personal empowerment “the natural way”: through your personal energy vibration, which he says is really about how you think about yourself and your life. He has called himself a personal vibration trainer, or even a thought therapist. [1]
He says his approach grew from about 30 years of study, research and work, through which he came to believe that there is one underlying reason for everything in our lives, our vibration, and that we can choose it, thought by thought, in each present moment. [1]
He holds a certification in health and wellness coaching and is a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner, training that he says showed him how closely the way our thoughts feel is linked to how life unfolds. [1] [3]
He is the author of three books: Higher Vibrations for Health, Happiness and Harmony, which includes a 20-week programme; Higher Vibrations for a Happy, Healthy and Harmonious Relationship; and The Book of Life, which sets out what he calls the Creative Process Cycle. [3] He shares his teaching through coaching, a Higher Vibrations Now Facebook group and his YouTube channel, which has almost 700 videos. [4]
His approach in brief
- Notice how you feel. Emotions tell you whether a thought is high or low vibration.
- Choose a better thought. You never have to think the first thought that arrives.
- Release resistance. Let go, rather than forcing positivity or pushing for outcomes.
- Receive. When you are aligned, what you want comes naturally.
At a glance
Programme: Higher Vibrations Now, 20 weeks
Books: Three
Coaching: Health and wellness; Emotion Code
Videos: Almost 700
YouTube: @brianwithers357
Good fit if
You enjoy Abraham-Hicks style teaching on emotional guidance, you want a calm, kindly voice rather than hype, or you have found that forcing positive thinking just doesn’t work for you.
Our take
A warm, patient teacher with a simple, consistent message. Start with his alignment master class, then try his video on not forcing positivity.
Brian Withers’ teachings
Withers comes back to a handful of simple ideas. Tap a card to read more.
Your vibration
For Withers, “vibration” is simply the energy of your thoughts. When your vibration is high, he says, life flows in the satisfying ways you want; when it is low, it doesn’t. Because you can choose your thoughts in every present moment, you have control over your vibration. [1]
He sees this as our natural state. Much of his work is about returning to that natural high vibration rather than creating something new. [3]
Emotions as guidance
A central idea in his teaching is that emotions are not random. They tell you whether the thought you are thinking is high or low vibration. [1] He describes negative emotion not as something to fear, but as a signal pointing you back towards a truer perspective. [3]
His video “You Have a Vibration Guidance System – Use It!” explains the idea simply. For a related approach, see our guide to Abraham-Hicks.
Thought options
Withers teaches what he calls thought options: the simple but radical idea that we are never obliged to think the thought that arrives first. [2] Many of our automatic thoughts, he says, come from beliefs passed down from parent to child, running on repeat in the subconscious. [2]
He also talks about reparenting: giving yourself, as an adult, the encouraging guidance you may not have received as a child. [2] Our guide to inner child work explores this further.
Alignment, not forcing
Withers is clear that he teaches alignment, with manifestation as the natural by-product of the energy flowing from you. He distinguishes between inspired action and what he calls joy action, and describes us as receivers rather than makers. [2]
He also warns against forcing positivity, which he sees as a form of resistance in itself. His video “Stop Forcing Positivity, It’s Low Vibration” covers this, and “Just Release the Resistance” offers the alternative.
The Creative Process Cycle
In The Book of Life, Withers sets out the Creative Process Cycle, his framework for understanding why we are here, who we are and how life works. [3]
Linked to this is his view that “nothing is ever wrong or bad”: everything is vibrational information that can serve you, which is the theme of one of his popular videos. Our law of attraction guide covers the wider tradition he draws on.
Videos with Brian Withers
Hand-picked and checked one by one: his master class, his core ideas and practical talks.
Start here
Core ideas
Letting go
Self-worth and happiness
Articles about Brian Withers
Brian Withers’s books
Withers has written three books. The first includes his full 20-week programme. [3]
Find his books in your country: US · UK · Canada · Australia · India.
Coaching and free resources
Withers offers empowerment coaching, his Higher Vibrations programme and Higher Vibrations groups. Contact details are on his website. [1]
Coaching runs online, so it is open to people in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe and India.
What the Research Shows
“Vibration” is a spiritual idea, but the everyday skills Brian Withers teaches, noticing your feelings and choosing a better-feeling thought, overlap with well-studied psychology.
- Accepting feelings. People who habitually accepted difficult thoughts and feelings, rather than judging them, reported better psychological health. [5]
- Naming feelings. Simply putting a feeling into words reduced activity in the brain’s alarm centre. [6]
- Reframing. People who habitually reframe how they see a situation tend to feel more positive emotion and report better wellbeing. [7]
- Positive emotions broaden. Positive emotions widen attention and help people build lasting personal resources. [8]
- Gratitude. People who regularly wrote down what they were grateful for reported higher wellbeing and more optimism than comparison groups. [9]
Frequently asked questions
Who is Brian Withers?
A life coach and author, and the creator of Higher Vibrations Now, which teaches people to raise their vibration by choosing their thoughts in the present moment.
What is Higher Vibrations Now?
His coaching programme, books and teaching on personal vibration, emotional guidance and alignment.
What does Brian Withers mean by vibration?
The energy of your thoughts. He teaches that you can tell whether a thought is high or low vibration by how it feels.
Does Brian Withers teach manifestation?
He says he teaches alignment, with manifestation as the natural by-product of being aligned.
What are thought options?
His idea that you never have to think the first thought that arrives, and can always choose a better-feeling one.
What books has Brian Withers written?
Higher Vibrations for Health, Happiness and Harmony, Higher Vibrations for a Happy, Healthy and Harmonious Relationship and The Book of Life.
Where should I start?
Watch his master class on alignment, then read our Abraham-Hicks guide for a related approach.
Sources
- Higher Vibrations Now: About Me, by Brian Withers
- Feelings with Strangers: Why Alignment Is the Key to Everything, with Brian Withers
- Feelings with Strangers: You're Projecting Everything, with Brian Withers
- Brian Withers on YouTube: About
- Ford et al., The Psychological Health Benefits of Accepting Negative Emotions and Thoughts, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2018
- Lieberman et al., Putting Feelings Into Words, Psychological Science 2007
- Gross and John, Individual Differences in Two Emotion Regulation Processes, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003
- Fredrickson, The Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology: The Broaden-and-Build Theory, American Psychologist 2001
- Emmons and McCullough, Counting Blessings Versus Burdens, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003
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