Let's Talk Near Death

Linn Rivers is a 3 x Near Death Experiencer, who came back with insights into her life, and abilities to connect spiritually. She has faced multiple hardships and death within her life, and today shares how her journey to learn how to live, to love and to experience all that life has to offer has led her to a place of openness. Linn is also making films and helping to share NDE strories.  If you would like to be involved or to connect further with Linn, email: evolve@linnrivers.com

Join me for the first episode of Season 14. I'll be chatting a bit about what I'm feeling for 2023, and some things I think we can all aim for over the next 10 - 12 months

In this podcast conversation, I chat with Dr. Kathryn Mannix firstly about her experiences with physical death, and secondly some of the more non physical aspects of death and dying including deathbed visitations, spiritual signs that death is close and Near Death Experiences. Dr. Kathryn Mannix has spent her medical career working with people who have incurable, advanced illnesses. Starting in cancer care and changing career to become a pioneer of the new discipline of palliative medicine, she has worked as a palliative care consultant in teams in hospices, hospitals and in patients’ own homes, optimising quality of life even as death is approaching. She is passionate about public education, and having qualified as a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist in 1993, she started the UK’s (possibly the world’s) first CBT clinic exclusively for palliative care patients, and devised ‘CBT First Aid’ training to enable palliative care colleagues to add new skills to their repertoire for helping patients. To find out more a

Join me for a quick reflection back on the last 10 episodes, plus also a few stories from listeners... Plus pick up your free Creating Consciously Workbook to help step into 2023 feeling connected and full of intention. Get your workbook at: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/c8i2p2

Dr. Peter Fenwick is a neuropsychiatrist and world renown expert on end of life phenomena, including near-death experiences and deathbed visions. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and is a senior lecturer at King's College, London, where he worked as a consultant at the Institute of Psychiatry.  Dr. Fenwick's research looks into deathbed visions of the dying person, as well as the experiences of hospice and palliative care workers and relatives of dying people. Along with wife Elizabeth Fenwick, Peter is the author of multiple books, the latest being The Art of Dying which helps the dying, their loved ones and their health care workers better understand the dying process and to come to terms with death itself. Find Peter's book The Art of Dying at: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Dying-Peter-Fenwick/dp/0826499236/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Peter+Fenwick&qid=1668373604&s=books&sr=1-5

Subscribe for email updates at https://letstalkneardeath.com/#newsletter Helen Callanan is the Managing Director and Lead Educator at Preparing The Way, training End of Life Doulas. Helen is trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a Reiki Practitioner and has more than 30 years experience working with the very ill and dying. The death experiences of her own parents, family, friends and many clients and her passion for education that transforms, led Helen to establishing Preparing the Way and bringing her wealth of knowledge to hundreds of doulas, clients and their families and those close to them. In this episode we discuss consciousness, deathbed experiences and the incredible experiences Helen has had.  For more about Helen, visit: https://preparingtheway.com.au https://www.facebook.com/endoflifedoulas

Subscribe for email updates at https://letstalkneardeath.com/#newsletter Over the past 23 years, Father Nathan, has helped more than 300 “stuck” – and not-so-stuck souls who died suddenly and traumatically adjust to the afterlife. Victims of fires, automobile accidents, shootings, stabbings, drownings – and suicides – come to him in his dreams seeking help to resolve their Interrupted Death Experiences.™ As the author of Afterlife Interrupted and Afterlife Interrupted Two, Father Nathan also addresses questions like: Is death survivable? What does he do to help people cross over? Does time exist in the afterlife? Do deceased relatives help us adjust to moving through our deaths?

Find Part 1 at: https://youtu.be/uLV9ql_jBew Paul Smith has worked in Hospice for nearly 20 years and been at the bedside of many dying people. In today's episode Paul shares what it's like to be a hospice worker, the things that can happen at the end of life, and some of the experiences that stand out to him. Paul is also a long time meditator, and brings meditation experience into his work. To find out more about his book, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Meditate-Yourself-You-Your-Guru/dp/1082402141

Paul Smith has worked in Hospice for nearly 20 years and been at the bedside of many dying people. In today's episode Paul shares what it's like to be a hospice worker, the things that can happen at the end of life, and some of the experiences that stand out to him. Paul is also a long time meditator, and brings meditation experience into his work. To find out more about his book, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Meditate-Yourself-You-Your-Guru/dp/1082402141

Johanna Lunn is an award winning Producer, Near Death Experiencer and Director of the ground breaking film 'In the Realm of Death and Dreaming'. She has worked in the film and television business for over 30 years and at a young age witnessed a number of significant deaths that completely cracked her world apart. Johanna has learned that death, like birth, is one of the most extraordinary events in life, and it is critical that we learn to talk about it.” In this episode Johanna shares her own personal experiences with death, her outlook on consciousness, the motivation behind creating her documentary series, and her own near death experience. Join the Private Screening event via: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/j9z9w8 Find out more about Johanna at: www.https://whenyoudie.org The video mentioned about Johanna's dinner with her Dad can be found at: https://vimeo.com/352499024/a3c000e8ad

Julie Ryan is an entrepreneur, psychic and medical intuitive. Julie shares her spiritual insight into the dying process. A process which involves angels, deceased relatives, friends, and even pets in what she had described as the Twelve Phases of Transition™. Julie is the author of 3 books, including 'Angelic Attendants: What Really Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next'. For more about Julie visit: https://askjulieryan.com https://www.facebook.com/askjulieryan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYtR_CBJeC6MKbzuQ2dd6A/featured

An impromptu (and casual) conversation about what I'm currently watching, reading and Listening to... Register for the Upcoming Documentary Screening of Death and Dying at: https://bit.ly/3QHZWmO Join the email updates list at: https://letstalkneardeath.com/#newsletter And if you enjoy this content, please consider subscribing :)

Dr. Christopher Kerr, End of Life researcher, Hospice Physician and CEO and Chief Medical Officer at Hospice Buffalo. He is also the author of 'Death Is But a Dream', (Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End) based on his extensive research with hospice patients and their families and and validates the powerful dreams and visions often experienced at end of life that bring comfort and meaning to the dying process. Dr. Kerr is a TedX Speaker with his incredible talk 'I See Dead People': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbnBe-vXGQM You can find more of Dr. Christopher Kerr at: https://www.drchristopherkerr.com

Welcome to our new season! Here is a quick introduction into deathbed phenomena (End of Life Experiences), and some first hand accounts from some of our listeners. 5 Signs that someone might be about to die: https://www.kirstysalisbury.com/blog-posts/5-signs Subscribe for email updates at: https://www.subscribepage.com/letstalkneardeathnewsletter Like the Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/letstalkneardeath You can find more about VIP content at: www.letstalkneardeath.com Share your personal experience at: kirsty@letstalkneardeath.com

After being diagnosed with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (an incurable lung disease) back in 2014, Mike Olsen underwent an open lung biopsy surgery - and his health went downhill from there. He spent the next 5 years on oxygen 24/7 until he got the news that there were a set of lungs available for him. An ecstatic Mike was scheduled for a double lung transplant operation - during which he bled out and experienced a profound out-of-body experience that briefly took him to heaven, where he met his organ donor. In this episode of the Let’s Talk Near Death Podcast, Mike Olsen narrates his struggles with IPF, having a supernatural near-death experience on the operating table, meeting his donor, and coming back with a renewed perspective on life. Key Topics Discussed in this Episode: Being diagnosed with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) Raising awareness on the terminal lung disease Mike double lung transplant, in which he had an NDE, went to heaven, and met his lungs donor Mike’s mantra of making every breath

Kat Sanders life changed in an instant when she was overun by pain, and felt like she was fading into nothingness.Turns out it was an AVM, an arteriovenous malformation. Kat remembers being outside her body, and in a park. She also connected with her deceased Father. In this episode, Kat explains her journey, and how this experience plays out in her everyday life. Some key topics discussed in this episode include: 3:00 - Kat's story and what she felt before she was taken to the hospital 6:55 - Kat's memory when she had a near-death experience 13:05 - The moment she came back to her body and what she felt 16:49 - Things Kat saw and experienced from that beautiful park 21:08 - How Kat recognized her father and what happened after she saw him. 27:10 - What her life has been like since 35:42 - Kat's spiritual outlook

Steve Taylor PhD is the author of 13 books on psychology and spirituality, and is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University. His new book is Extraordinary Awakenings: When Trauma Leads to Transformation investigates the phenomena of awakenings that occur after trauma. How psychological suffering can often be a catalyst to an expansive identity and shift in consciousness. Eckhart Tolle has described his work as ‘an important contribution to the shift in consciousness which is happening on our planet at present.’ Steve lives in Manchester, England, with his wife and three young children. For more about Steve, visit: https://www.stevenmtaylor.com Or find his new book Extraordinary Awakenings at: https://www.stevenmtaylor.com/books/extraordinary-awakenings/

Join me live as I chat with Tonya Swan, Past Life Regression and Life Between Lives Therapist. Tonya has had some amazing spiritual experiences and feels it is her mission to share the information she has gained from these experiences to help us understand: What we are here for Our soul purpose What happens between lifetimes Soul groups Spiritual/Angelic helpers We also include viewer questions as they and join the live conversation.  For more about Tonya visit www.tonyaswan.com To join our next LIVE episode, visit www.youtube.com/kirstysalisbury

Patricia Dunn has had many different spiritual experiences in her life time, from a Shared Death Experience to a Near Death Experience to out of body experiences and things she simply calls 'paranormal'. As an experiencer of childhood trauma, Patricia is interested in how trauma plays into spiritual experiences and the paranormal. Can trauma open a door that might otherwise be closed? Patricia is the author of Paranormal Ponderings, and also her blog at www.paranormalponderings.com where she discusses all sorts of spiritual experiences and the after effects they might have.

In 2018 Chas Hathaway published the first episode of the Near Death Experience Research podcast (NDERF.org) which he now hosts with John Meser. Chas is the author of Life in the Spirit World: What Near-Death Experiences May Teach About Life on the Other Side. Join us for casual conversation episode as we chat all things, life, death and experiences in between