The Ex Factor Guide (Brad Browning) review
Practical coaching for the weeks after a breakup, and whether to try for your ex back
By the RJ Editorial Team. Sales page checked 2026-09-23. Last updated 2026-10-04.
Is it worth it?
It's 1am and you've read the same conversation four times looking for the sentence where it went wrong. You've drafted a message and deleted it. That's the state this is aimed at. Brad Browning has been giving breakup and marriage advice on YouTube for years, and the free video is the front door: watch it, and it leads to his paid guide. The advice itself is the familiar coaching playbook. Stop chasing. Go quiet for a set stretch of time. Use that stretch to get yourself back in shape, socially and mentally. Then re-approach from a calmer place, if you still want to. That's not magic, but it beats what most people do alone, which is text at midnight and apologise for things they didn't do. Where I'd be careful is the framing. The pitch leans on the idea that most breakups are reversible with the right steps, and no evidence is offered for that, because there can't really be any. Your ex has their own mind. What the material can genuinely do is stop you making things worse, give you something to do with the next month, and help you feel less like a person waiting by the phone. If your relationship involved cheating, control or anything frightening, skip this and don't try to win it back.
Pros
- Gives you concrete rules to follow when you can't think straight
- Free video first, so you can hear the approach before paying
- Cheaper than even one or two counselling sessions
- Focus on rebuilding yourself is useful either way
Cons
- Outcome depends entirely on another person's choices, which no guide controls
- The recurring charge isn't explained on the free video page
- Nothing here about abuse, coercion or relationships you shouldn't reopen
The Ex Factor Guide (Brad Browning)
Practical coaching for the weeks after a breakup, and whether to try for your ex back
What you get
The page itself gives you one thing: a free video tutorial. Pay, and you get Brad's written guide as a download, plus video and audio versions of the same material and a set of bonus extras, available immediately rather than in the post. There's also a recurring charge attached, some form of ongoing coaching or membership, which the free video page doesn't spell out at all.
Before you buy
- Find the actual price and what the repeat charge is for, plus how to cancel it, before you enter card details
- Check the refund window at checkout, the video page doesn't state one
- Be honest with yourself about whether you want them back or just want the pain to stop, they need different things
Who it suits
Someone recently dumped who wants a calm plan for the next month rather than a 1am text spiral
