Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins

FREUD MEETS BUDDHA with DR. MARK EPSTEIN (Parts 1 & 2) “Therapists are part voyeur, part gossip.” – psychiatrist Dr. Mark Epstein, Episode Summary: Another rock star guest! Dr. Amy Robbins has been admiring Dr. Mark Epstein’s work for years. Mark is an MD and psychiatrist in private practice in New York city and the prolific author of books about the overlap of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including: Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart, Going on Being: Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and Psychotherapy, Open to Desire: Embracing a Lust for Life, Psychotherapy without the Self and The Trauma of Everyday Life. His newest work, The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life is out now. Mark received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard and is currently clinical assistant professor in the post-doctoral program in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis at New York University. We’re talking credentials! Because this conversation was so juicy and ran long, we present it in two parts. Topics We Discuss in Part 1: [4:05] Healing occurs when therapy acts as a holding environment where anything that needs to be talked about is talked about. A spiritual friendship. [5:20] Dr. Epstein’s early interest in Buddhism, studying for years in Asia before he entered Harvard medical school with the interest in psychiatry. [8:09] Dr. Epstein’s foray into writing books to translate or interpret Buddhist psychological thought into Western psychodynamic language. And sharing his personal experiences to illustrate that bridge. [10:50] Free association may be Freud’s version of meditation. Or maybe meditation is Freud’s version of free association. [13:31] Dr. Epstein stretches the interpersonal boundaries of traditional psychotherapy, sees it as a “spiritual friendship”. While valuing boundaries as important elements of healthy psychotherapy. The delicate balance. [18:07] Anger as a stepping stone to love. The normal parent-child emotional dance around anger and love. [24:23] Western culture can be an obstacle to absorbing the benefits of meditation. What meditation could or should can do for us. [29:39] Amy’s own struggle with her mind wandering during meditation. And Dr. Epstein’s response to her very normal struggle. Topics We Discuss in Part 2: [1:43] Dr. Epstein sees the division between real life and meditation as artificial. [4:20] The importance of answering the question, ““How are we not living life fully?” Therapy opens people to themselves. [4:50] The three components to an insight meditation. Concentration practices Observing awareness, mindfulness Insight stages; “who am I”? Letting the ego take a rest. [11:28] A Buddhist perspective on grief and loss: every minute with your object of love is precious. [17:25] Dr Epstein’s long term acquaintance with Ram Dass, formerly Richard Alpert. (Guru Ram Dass was the subject of recent Life, Death and the Space Between podcast Episode #231.) [24:55] Dr. Epstein answers Amy’s speed round questions… Spirituality means…? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you’re looking forward to? What are you grateful for right now? What book is on your nightstand? What is your favorite healing practice? What is the most transformative experience of your life? FOLLOW Dr. Mark Epstein You can learn more about The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life and purchase your copy wherever books are sold. You can follow Dr. Mark Epstein here: Website SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FREUD MEETS BUDDHA with DR. MARK EPSTEIN (Parts 1 & 2) “Therapists are part voyeur, part gossip.” – psychiatrist Dr. Mark Epstein Episode Summary: Another rock star guest! Dr. Amy Robbins has been admiring Dr. Mark Epstein’s work for years. Mark is an MD and psychiatrist in private practice in New York city and the prolific author of books about the overlap of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including: Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart, Going on Being: Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and Psychotherapy, Open to Desire: Embracing a Lust for Life, Psychotherapy without the Self and The Trauma of Everyday Life. His newest work, The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life is out now. Mark received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard and is currently clinical assistant professor in the post-doctoral program in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis at New York University. We’re talking credentials! Because this conversation was so juicy and ran long, we present it in two parts. Topics We Discuss in Part 1: [4:05] Healing occurs when therapy acts as a holding environment where anything that needs to be talked about is talked about. A spiritual friendship. [5:20] Dr. Epstein’s early interest in Buddhism, studying for years in Asia before he entered Harvard medical school with the interest in psychiatry. [8:09] Dr. Epstein’s foray into writing books to translate or interpret Buddhist psychological thought into Western psychodynamic language. And sharing his personal experiences to illustrate that bridge. [10:50] Free association may be Freud’s version of meditation. Or maybe meditation is Freud’s version of free association. [13:31] Dr Epstein stretches the interpersonal boundaries of traditional psychotherapy, sees it as a “spiritual friendship”. While valuing boundaries as important elements of healthy psychotherapy. The delicate balance. [18:07] Anger as an stepping stone to love. The normal parent-child emotional dance around anger and love. [24:23] Western culture can be an obstacle to absorbing the benefits of meditation. What meditation could or should can do for us. [29:39] Amy’s own struggle with her mind wandering during meditation. And Dr. Epstein’s response to her very normal struggle. Topics We Discuss in Part 2: [1:43] Dr. Epstein sees the division between real life and meditation as artificial. [4:20] The importance of answering the question, ““How are we not living life fully?” Therapy opens people to themselves. [4:50] The three components to an insight meditation. Concentration practices Observing awareness, mindfulness Insight stages; “who am I”? Letting the ego take a rest. [11:28] A Buddhist perspective on grief and loss: every minute with your object of love is precious. [17:25] Dr Epstein’s long term acquaintance with Ram Dass, formerly Richard Alpert. (Guru Ram Dass was the subject of recent Life, Death and the Space Between podcast Episode #231.) [24:55] Dr. Epstein answers Amy’s speed round questions… Spirituality means…? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you’re looking forward to? What are you grateful for right now? What book is on your nightstand? What is your favorite healing practice? What is the most transformative experience of your life? FOLLOW Dr. Mark Epstein You can learn more about The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life and purchase your copy wherever books are sold. You can follow Dr. Mark Epstein here: Website SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A LOVE STORY GHOST STORY with RICKI LAKE “We don’t lose our loved ones when they pass. They are still here… I still think he's as much here with me today as he was when he was actually alive.” – Ricki Lake Episode Summary: Happy Valentine’s Day! We are so excited to honor the day by bringing you a delightfully magic love story from our special guest, actress/producer Ricki Lake. In keeping with the usual Life, Death and the Space Between vibe, this love story has a twist -- it occurs across the veil! Singing professionally since age 9 – Wow! – Ricki’s film debut came as the lead role Tracy Turnblad in John Water’s 1988 cult classic Hairspray. At age just 24, she became the youngest ever TV daytime talk show host. In her hugely popular show, Ricki Lake, she invited lively conversation with guests and engaged the audience with animated candor. Ricki has a long list of film and TV credits. Most recently, Ricki has produced illuminating documentaries, including The Business of Being Born about home birth and midwifery, and The Business of Birth Control, which is out now. Ricky shares her very personal experiences in the most open, authentic way. Listen in to hear about the incredible string of synchronicity after synchronicity and how Ricki knows, knows, knows in every cell of her body that she remains connected with her beloved Christian. And how love, indeed, never dies. Topics We Discuss: [2:19] Ricki’s devastating loss of her ex-husband and beloved friend Christian to death by suicide. He had suffered horribly from bipolar manic/depressive episodes and physical pain. [4:59] Ricki and Christian’s last night together just days before his death – against the advice of all of her friends to keep him at a distance – allowing a beautiful last experience. [6:14] Her experience with a psychic who told Ricki where to find his body. [7:44] The message from Christian through a psychic that he wanted Ricki to “have the ring”. And how Ricki managed to locate their wedding ring in a pawnshop in Los Angeles. [9:15] Although he couldn’t stay on Earth, Ricki feels Christian orchestrating events and feels his continued devotion and protection. [10:18] How another psychic reading gave Ricki details only Christian would know, giving her peace and validation that Christian was still with her, and allowing her to climb out of her grief and to begin to put her life back together. [15:25] Even as Ricki was devastated after losing Christian, she did not feel responsible for his death. She understood how much he suffered in his life physically and mentally, living with both his madness and his genius. [19:14] How Ricki met her current husband, Ross after a chance encounter with a friend on the beach. She is in what she calls a “state of grounded euphoria”, and in the prime of her life at age 53. [23:58] Ricki’s advice to finding love at any age: keep your heart open, really love yourself, and value yourself. There is hope. There is someone. [25:02] Ricki is in the euphoria of love for Ross while continuing to process her grief over Christian. Grief and love coexist for her. [26:49] How Ricki processed her devastating grief by forcing herself to get out and walk the dog, forcing herself to smile, forcing herself to find gratitude. [28:45] Her magical marriage to Ross just a month ago. And another synchronicity where her and Christian’s song came on just before the wedding ceremony. [31:54] How Christian gave Ricki another sign turning on her backyard lights. When you know it in your heart it is true, you know it, and it transforms you. [36:47] Christian’s past life story as a Native American where he was killed by a bear while protecting his brother’s life. The amazing connection to a his bear claw ring that Ricki found in his things in Ibiza, Spain - where she spread some of his ashes. [40:30] Ricki feels close to Christian when she wears or holds his jewelry. FOLLOW RICKI LAKE You can find her on social or just search! Instagram Twitter Facebook SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEING RAM DASS with RAMESHWAR DAS “The definition of a spiritual path is that we all keep failing until we don’t.” -- Ram Dass (1931-2019) as told by biographer Rameshwar Das “The feeling of an all-embracing consciousness and love filling the space. And being a part of that.” – biographer Rameshwar Das on what it felt like to be with Ram Dass (1931-2019) Episode Summary: Curious about Indian spirituality and the magic of Mother India? Wonder what happened when Western spiritual seekers traveled to India in the 1960’s? Talk about a window into 60’s history! In this episode, we talk with biographer Rameshwar Das, a lifelong collaborator and a friend of beloved guru Ram Dass (1931-2019). Ram Dass, born Richard Alpert, is credited with helping to usher Eastern spirituality into Western consciousness. Ram Dass and Rameshwar Das (yes, two different people) co-authored the colorful and storied journey of Ram Dass’ life -- being born into white privilege in Boston, through teaching psychology at Harvard as Dr. Richard Alpert, breaking ground on psychedelic research with Timothy Leary, being kicked out of Harvard, his long spiritual journey with guru and magic man Neem Karoli Baba in India. Rameshwar Das travelled alongside Ram Dass, and was with him as his soul left his physical body. Their fascinating auto/biography, “Being Ram Dass” is available everywhere books are sold. Listen in to hear why Amy calls Rameshwar Das a dream guest, and how psychology and spirituality intertwine. Topics We Discuss: [3:05] Ram Dass’ early family life, including Alpert family pressure to achieve success in the traditional Western sense, and becoming Harvard psychology professor Dr. Richard Alpert. [5:30] Ram Dass’ drive to explore the mind, ultimately breaking ground in the forefront of the psychedelic movement in the 1960’s with Timothy Leary. Ram Dass and Timothy Leary’s early psychedelic research established the importance of “set and setting” during a psychedelic experience. [8:00] How Dr. Andrew Weil got Ram Dass and Timothy Leary kicked out of Harvard over their psychedelic research. Afterward, Ram Dass went underground with his psychedelic research. [10:00] Ram Dass meeting his guru Neem Karoli Baba aka The Maharaja in India and being instantaneously transformed, or what he called “being cracked open”. [13:20] The change in point of view Rameshwar Das experienced in the presence of what Ram Dass manifested. Feeling pure love and awareness. Feeling pure being. [17:00] Ram Dass’ definition of a spiritual path: “we all keep failing until we don’t.” [18:30] The eclectic methods and tools Ram Dass used to grow spiritually. “Use what you can and lose the rest.” [21:00] Ram Dass’ sharing “enough LSD to put a horse on the moon” with his guru, provided by underground chemist who also happened to be the Grateful Dead’s soundman. [27:00] How Ram Dass approached his own death fearlessly. Rameshwar’s experience watching Ram Dass leave his body. [33:18] Love and power. “Love is the greatest power.” FOLLOW RAMESHWAR DAS You can follow here: Website SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEYOND MEDICINE with PATRICIA MUEHSAM, MD “When we can experience fearlessness, our body-mind is in the place where it needs to heal... If we can really wrap our heads and hearts and minds and entire beings around this notion that there is this greater reality, how might it change how we experience life? How might it change how we experience illness? How might it change how we think about dying and death?” – Patricia Muehsam, MD Episode Summary: This episode will have you questioning your very senses. In a good way. In this episode, we talk with Patricia Muehsam, MD a pioneer in the synthesis of science, holistic health and contemporary spirituality. Dr. Muehsam is a physician who has distinguished herself as a practitioner, educator and research scientist shaping the landscape of health care options available today. As the founder of transformational medicine, Dr. Muehsam prefers a whole person approach to health and wellbeing. Doesn’t that sound refreshing? Dr. Muehsam offers tools and resources for individuals and communities in person and online. Her new book, “Beyond Medicine”, is out now and available everywhere. Listen in to learn about Dr. Muehsam’s five absolute health tools available to everyone, anywhere! Topics We Discuss: [2:52] Dr. Muehsam’s intense psychic experiences during college: out of body experiences, seeing future events that came true, changing the substance of objects, communicating with animals, hearing people’s thoughts! And how that forever changed her understanding of our three-dimensional, five senses world perceived through our thinking brains. [15:31] How Dr. Muehsam defines Absolute Health as being in a place of peace, and being in touch with our essential nature. [22:15] Dr. Muehsam’s “Five Absolute Health Tools”: 1) breathing, 2) mindfulness and meditation, 3) journaling, 4) mind/body sensing, and 5) mirror work. All methods to return us home to a place of healing. [25:30] The science of belly breathing, how to experience mind-body sensing, the mirror work technique. [31:50] Where illness and disease come from. [32:56] Inherited ancestral trauma. [36:18] The book “Near Death in the ICU, Stories from patients in the ICU and Why We Should Listen to Them” by an ICU physician Laurin Bellg [37:25] Dr. Muehsam answers Amy’s speed round questions: Spirituality means…? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you’re looking forward to? What are you grateful for right now? What book is on your nightstand? What is the most transformative experience of your life? FOLLOW DR. PATRICIA MUEHSAM You can find Dr. Muehsam here: Website Her book, “Beyond Medicine”, is available everywhere. If you are in New York City, get a signed copy by finding Grace, a homeless woman who lives outside Metropolitan Museum of Art, near the 81st Street entrance. Please. SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FROM OPIOID TO OPENING with GINNY JABLONSKI “I got off pain medications through forgiveness and self-awareness. It wasn’t easy and I wouldn’t recommend it to everybody… but it is possible.” – Ginny Jablonski Episode Summary: Continuing with the theme of healing, in this episode we talk with Ginny Jablonski, a two time near death experiencer who unwittingly found herself with extraordinary spiritual senses. After being bedridden with chronic pain for eight years and dependent on high doses of prescription opioids, and nearly overdosing, Ginny saw God and decided to return to earth to continue with a higher purpose. After her hear death experience Ginny could sense multidimensionally, and see and feel energies in what she calls the “causal realms” in an otherworldly way. She and her husband, who were respectively educated as an economist and a scientist, had no intellectual context whatsoever for what she was experiencing. She could feel guilt and judgement, sense peoples’ broken hearts, hear the consciousness of plants and animals, see energy moving through the body. Listen in to hear Ginny’s inspiring story. Topics We Discuss: [4:15] Ginny’s near death experiences. [12:09] Ginny’s long and winding road to recovery and self-healing. [13:47] The otherworldly spiritual senses she gained. [19:18] Learning how childhood traumas shape our adult responses, Ginny worked to overcome her own childhood wounds. FOLLOW GINNY JABLONSKI Follow Ginny on her Website SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SHARED CROSSINGS with WILLIAM J. PETERS “Synchronicities happen pre-death, at death, post-death… cloud formations, lights, energetic things, clocks stopping, phones ringing, digital displays, all sorts of things. There's all sorts of quantitative data to decipher whether this is possible within pure chance. There's no way these are coincidence; there's something else happening here and it's profound.” -- William J. Peters Episode Summary: Is the very idea of the death of a precious dear one just too much to even consider? What if you could participate in the end-of-life experience of your loved one? What if those experiences allowed you to diminish - or maybe even lose - your fear of death? William J. Peters is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project whose mission is to positively transform relationships to death and dying through education and raising awareness about shared crossings and their healing benefits. Director of the Shared Crossing Research Initiative (SCRI), William and his team collect and study extraordinary end-of-life experiences, also known as shared crossings. William has developed methods to actually facilitate shared crossings and to help you meaningfully integrate those experiences. A psychotherapist at the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara, William specializes in end-of-life counseling as a means toward psycho-spiritual evolution. A frequent presenter, William’s book entitled At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better (Simon & Schuster) is available now. William’s work is informed by his not one but two Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and so many Shared Death Experiences (SDE) while serving as a hospice worker with the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco. William J. Peters and Dr Amy Robbin’s enjoy an upbeat conversation about their favorite topic: the transition from this human life to into the next world. Listen in to hear William make sense of some of Amy’s own very personal shared death experiences. Her mind is blown! Topics We Discuss in Part 1: [4:20] William’s two near death and shared death experiences. First, after a horrible accident on a ski slope, hovering over his body, and telling God that wasn’t ready to die. And secondly in the ICU – hovering over his body, seeing the hospital staff working on his body, hearing the doctor calling out his name. [11:40] Years later while sitting bedside in hospice, William “popped out” of his body and was able to communicate with essence, or possibly the soul, of the dying man. [13:20] Fascinating end-of-life phenomenon, which William calls “shared crossings”: shared death experiences, pre-death premonitions and visitations, terminal lucidity, direct post-death communication, post-death visions, dreams and visitations, synchronicities. [20:00] Differentiating a shared crossings “adept” vs. a medium – basically it is about who places the call. [28:15] What William means by the euphemism he uses “traversing the veil”. And what William feels bedside during this shared death experience crossing over the veil between this life and the next with the dying soul. [33:10] The difference between a near death experience and a shared death experience. How difficult it is for the medical community to dismiss a shared death experience. Topics We Discuss in Part 2: [1:50] William’s methods to enable shared death experiences – talking about death, working through psycho-emotional luggage, meditation, spiritual explorations, guided visualizations. Ultimately to become more comfortable with the idea of death. William offers courses [6:01] Losing the fear of death can extend the length of life, even after a terminal diagnosis. [8:20] Shared death experiencers report a deep inner knowing around dying. 51% of loved ones encounter the dying, 16% see a non-human, elevated highly evolved being (angel or spirit guide or other benevolent being of light); 13% experience a deceased relative, 12% of the time someone “sees” the spirit leaving the body. [13:14] The multiple dimensions of shared death experiences, from experiences in our normal earthy dimension, ending with “going into the light”. [20:18] William answers Amy’s speed round questions… Spirituality means…? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you’re looking forward to? What are you grateful for right now? What book is on your nightstand? What is the most transformative experience of your life? [29:29] Amy’s own recent shared death experience involving the imminent crossing of her sister-in-law’s grandmother, and messages relayed. Follow William J. Peters You can learn more about “At Heaven’s Door” and purchase your copy wherever books are sold. Follow William J. Peters and find out how to participate in his events. He invites you to share your story with him! Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories,

SHARED CROSSINGS with WILLIAM J. PETERS “Synchronicities happen pre-death, at death, post-death… cloud formations, lights, energetic things, clocks stopping, phones ringing, digital displays, all sorts of things. There's all sorts of quantitative data to decipher whether this is possible within pure chance. There's no way these are coincidence; there's something else happening here and it's profound.” -- William J. Peters Episode Summary: Is the very idea of the death of a precious dear one just too much to even consider? What if you could participate in the end-of-life experience of your loved one? What if those experiences allowed you to diminish - or maybe even lose - your fear of death? William J. Peters is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project whose mission is to positively transform relationships to death and dying through education and raising awareness about shared crossings and their healing benefits. Director of the Shared Crossing Research Initiative (SCRI), William and his team collect and study extraordinary end-of-life experiences, also known as shared crossings. William has developed methods to actually facilitate shared crossings and to help you meaningfully integrate those experiences. A psychotherapist at the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara, William specializes in end-of-life counseling as a means toward psycho-spiritual evolution. A frequent presenter, William’s book entitled At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better (Simon & Schuster) is available now. William’s work is informed by his not one but two Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and so many Shared Death Experiences (SDE) while serving as a hospice worker with the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco. William J. Peters and Dr Amy Robbin’s enjoy an upbeat conversation about their favorite topic: the transition from this human life to into the next world. Listen in to hear William make sense of some of Amy’s own very personal shared death experiences. Her mind is blown! Topics We Discuss in Part 1: [4:20] William’s two near death and shared death experiences. First, after a horrible accident on a ski slope, hovering over his body, and telling God that wasn’t ready to die. And secondly in the ICU – hovering over his body, seeing the hospital staff working on his body, hearing the doctor calling out his name. [11:40] Years later while sitting bedside in hospice, William “popped out” of his body and was able to communicate with essence, or possibly the soul, of the dying man. [13:20] Fascinating end-of-life phenomenon, which William calls “shared crossings”: shared death experiences, pre-death premonitions and visitations, terminal lucidity, direct post-death communication, post-death visions, dreams and visitations, synchronicities. [20:00] Differentiating a shared crossings “adept” vs. a medium – basically it is about who places the call. [28:15] What William means by the euphemism he uses “traversing the veil”. And what William feels bedside during this shared death experience crossing over the veil between this life and the next with the dying soul. [33:10] The difference between a near death experience and a shared death experience. How difficult it is for the medical community to dismiss a shared death experience. Topics We Discuss in Part 2: [1:50] William’s methods to enable shared death experiences – talking about death, working through psycho-emotional luggage, meditation, spiritual explorations, guided visualizations. Ultimately to become more comfortable with the idea of death. William offers courses [6:01] Losing the fear of death can extend the length of life, even after a terminal diagnosis. [8:20] Shared death experiencers report a deep inner knowing around dying. 51% of loved ones encounter the dying, 16% see a non-human, elevated highly evolved being (angel or spirit guide or other benevolent being of light); 13% experience a deceased relative, 12% of the time someone “sees” the spirit leaving the body. [13:14] The multiple dimensions of shared death experiences, from experiences in our normal earthy dimension, ending with “going into the light”. [20:18] William answers Amy’s speed round questions… Spirituality means…? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you’re looking forward to? What are you grateful for right now? What book is on your nightstand? What is the most transformative experience of your life? [29:29] Amy’s own recent shared death experience involving the imminent crossing of her sister-in-law’s grandmother, and messages relayed. Follow William J. Peters You can learn more about “At Heaven’s Door” and purchase your copy wherever books are sold. Follow William J. Peters and find out how to participate in his events. He invites you to share your story with him! Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories,

SUPERCHARGED SELF-HEALING with RJ SPINA “The future is here now. The future of medicine is high frequency energy.” – RJ Spina Episode Summary: You have heard that we all have the power to heal ourselves. But where do we find that power? How do we access that power? Do you feel ready to access that power? In this episode, we talk with metaphysical teacher RJ Spina, who verifiably healed himself from spinal paralysis after a catastrophic injury, along with diabetes, hypothyroidism, autoimmune disease, and autonomic dysreflexia. Today his teaching, wisdom, and guidance is changing and saving lives across the globe. He is dedicated to the freeing and healing of humanity on all levels through self-realization. His new book Supercharged Self-Healing is out now. Listen in to understand how RJ Spina describes complete cosmic consciousness and the steps available to absolutely anyone to self-heal. Topics We Discuss: As a child, RJ Spina had an innate ability to live separate from his body as pure spirit. After being told he would live only 48 hours longer, after surgery, he awoke into what he describes as “complete cosmic consciousness” – remembering the power of creation itself. Seeing himself as unlimited and divine. RJ’s road to self-healing… Identify and halt the ego mind identity, which is responsible for all ill health. All disharmony comes from disharmonious thought states. Define the self as divine intelligence, sentience, the direct fractal of god. Detach from the human condition. Know very specifically what you are going to achieve, give it focus. Activate your healing intention. As humans we can express mentally, verbally, emotionally, physically… Combining these methods is a kind of magic. Command creator consciousness – via a very specific mediation. Channel intelligent energy into your body. Turn off programs of illness. Use the power of the spoken word. What you say has a huge impact on your physical body. Affirmations, mantras, commands… How RJ’s doctors and physical therapists responded after his dramatic self-healing, although being told he would spend the rest of his life paralyzed from the chest down. FOLLOW RJ SPINA You can learn more about RJ Spina and his teachings at his website. SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AWAKENING THE HEALER WITHIN with KELLY GORES “You can learn to play the instrument of your own body and stimulate healing.” -- Kelly Noonan Gores, director of the documentary “Heal” Episode Summary: Why do some of us get sick and others skate through life unscathed by illness? Are we victims of our circumstances -- or do we have significant influence over our health? How do our thoughts, beliefs and emotions impact our ability to heal? In this first episode of 2022, we talk with Kelly Noonan Gores, a well-known Los Angeles based child actress turned producer/director of the widely popular documentary Heal, seen formerly on Netflix and currently on Amazon Prime. Heavyweights in the mind body arena – foremost scientists and spiritual leaders - make up the cast: Deepak Chopra, Joe Dispenza, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Michael Beckwith and Dr. Bruce Lipton and so many fascinating others. Kelly’s new book, “Heal: Discover your Unlimited Potential and Awaken the Healer Within” is out now. Listen in to hear Kelly Noonan Gores’ enthusiasm for consciousness and possibility, and the miraculous intelligence of the human body. Topics We Discuss: [5:10] Starting from a characteristic teenage cloud of aimlessness and angst, how a transformative experience at age 19, reading Marianne Williamson’s book “Return to Love” on a flight home from Australia, upshifted and redirected Kelly’s intentions toward a spiritual path. [8:35] The process of making the unconscious conscious, and the importance of replacing our early childhood imprinting programs with more serving belief systems. [13:37] The easy availability of free, powerful alternative modes of healing – for example, breathwork to stimulate the vagus nerve, Joe Dispenza’s online meditation courses, books, books, books. Libraries and the internet are loaded with free resources. [18:55] The importance of balancing alternative and Western medicine methods. [20:20] Acceptance as step one to healing, vs. resisting what is. Letting go of the fear of death, which is the ultimate resistance. And finding your joy. [23:50] Disease prevention practices. Find what feels good! Meditate. Turn your phone off. Give your body time to rest and reset and repair. Open to your internal guidance system. Approach exercise to feel good – move your body to release endorphins, eliminate toxins, release positive hormones and feel positive emotions (vs. fear weight gain or fear ill health). Be outdoors in nature. Give yourself grace. Do the best you can. [35:54] The importance of taking the leap to follow your heart, whether or not you know how to get there. Saying “yes” and moving forward. [38:40] Kelly answers Amy’s speed round questions. Spirituality means…? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you’re looking forward to? What are you grateful for right now? What book is on your nightstand? What is the most transformative experience of your life? FOLLOW KELLY NOONAN GORES: You can learn more about the “Heal” documentary and podcast here and follow Kelly Gores: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Season 4! of Life, Death and the Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins “How amazing it can be to find a place of awe. Speaking to my guests I am awestruck, awe inspired… so moved by what they are sharing. Whether it’s a story of grief, a story of life, a story of death, a story of what happens after death… all of it speaks to me of the magic of this universe.” -- Amy Robbins In this Season 4 Opener, Dr. Amy Robbins talks about: Her motivation to create her podcast and YouTube channel: Life, Death and the Space Between. Her excitement about her Season 4 guest lineup. For example: Kelly Noonan Gores, producer of the documentary Heal Author of At Heaven’s Door, William J. Peters World-renown channeler, Paul Selig Rameshwar Das, Co-Author of Being Ram Dass and executive producer of the upcoming series Being Ram Dass A recent Ask Me Anything live zoom call with Patreon supporters. And your opportunity to support via Patreon, so she can continue to deliver intelligent, curious episodes with integrity. Her overflowing gratitude, and how humbled she is by your support! SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! STAY CONNECTED WITH DR. AMY ROBBINS: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“How you respond to that person is going to be different than how I respond to that person. What does that say? It’s not the person, it’s what’s inside of me, my own consciousness. That is where the science and the spirituality and the awareness all come together. We can begin to make changes at the cellular level by shifting our unconscious awareness to conscious awareness. Many tools to get us there – meditation, yoga, nature, therapy, whatever it is - just get here.” -- Dr. Amy Robbins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PART 1 of 2 – Amy Reflects on The Biology of Belief with Dr. Bruce Lipton “How you respond to that person is going to be different than how I respond to that person. What does that say? It’s not the person, it’s what’s inside of me, my own consciousness. That is where the science and the spirituality and the awareness all come together. That is where we can begin to make changes at the cellular level by shifting our unconscious awareness to conscious awareness. Many tools to get us there – meditation, yoga, nature, therapy, whatever it is - just get here.” -- Dr. Amy Robbins Episode Summary: Do you ever mean for your day to go differently than it actually does – and you’re stumped as to why it went off the rails? Do you want to shift the trajectory of your life but you don’t know quite how? Do you wonder how much control you actually have over your circumstances? Well… hold on to your hat! Science and spirituality fuse in this mind blowing episode where Dr. Amy Robbins reflects on her super popular podcast episode – #157 The Biology of Belief with stem cell biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton, PhD. His findings in cell biology not only changed the conversation at the medical table, he knocked the table over! Dr. Amy Robbins narrates and shares very personal impressions of their conversation. You also enjoy behind the scenes clips. Well known internationally, Dr. Bruce H. Lipton bridges science and spirit. He is a ground breaking stem cell biologist, best-selling author of The Biology of Belief, and recipient of the 2009 of the Goi Peace Award. BTW, Goi is Japan’s version of the Nobel, and Bill Gates won it in 2008. He has been a guest on hundreds of TV and radio shows, and is a frequent conference keynote speaker. Listen in to understand how -- using stem cell biology and quantum physics -- Dr. Bruce Lipton connects the dots through early childhood subconscious imprinting, different ways to navigate our lives, and ultimately how we can create the lives we want by changing our biology. Dr. Lipton tells us how to live our dreams. Topics We Discuss: [5:02] The premise of Dr. Lipton’s work and why people have flocked to it for years. [15:15] The energy in your environment shapes your DNA! [17:15] The chemistry of your blood determines the fate of your cells. Love chemicals hate chemicals. [21:30] How to replace fear with feelings of love. [23:00] Epigenetic control of genes is like an architect’s blueprint. Genes are turned on and off depending on your perception of your environment. We have control! [25:30] Deep dive and how to manage inevitable, real, human fear. [29:20] There are no genes for cancer. Lifestyle, belief, stress are the determining factors. [33:28] Take more vacations! Regular daily mind vacations are essential: walk with a friend, art class, yoga, meditation… [34:50] Positive thinking alone will not impact our lives. Rather, more mindfulness is key. We are 95% subconscious vs 5% conscious. The goal is to decrease thinking and increase conscious mindfulness. [45:38] The importance of becoming aware of your behavior. Using meditation, yoga, nature, therapy to bring your unconscious conscious. FOLLOW DR. BRUCE LIPTON Dr. Lipton’s works summarizing his findings, The 10th anniversary edition of The Biology of Belief, his second book Spontaneous Evolution, Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There from Here, and his third book The Honeymoon Effect, the Science of Creating Heaven on Earth are all available now. Follow Dr. Bruce Lipton: Website SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE EMOTIONAL ENTREPRENEUR with SCOUT SOBEL “I don't control my bipolar disorder. I live in a dance with it. I accept that… I always say pain alchemized into gold.” “Live in uncertainty’s discomfort. There you will find all future abundance.” – Entrepreneur Scout Sobel Episode Summary: How do you control the most negative aspects of your personality? Of your life? How do you manage emotional turmoil, or maybe a negative thought running on a loop? In this episode, we talk with Scout Sobel, founder of Scouts Agency, a PR agency that gets women as guests on podcasts. Scout’s agency had six figure revenue the first year, grew by 250% the next and grew 60% this year. Scout is cohost of the popular, Okay Sis podcast which spotlights female guests and focuses on telling women’s stores. Through Okay, Sis, Scout fell in love with spreading women's stories and identified the rising popularity and influence of podcasts. She is a trailblazer in the media industry for using podcasts as a powerful form of PR for women, entrepreneurs, podcasters and brands. She now hosts The Emotional Entrepreneur podcast. Scout's success did not come without trials and tribulations. For 15 years she has been living with a severe case of bipolar disorder. Once unable to hold a job, go to college or function in society -- with a lot of self-development work, through a harrowing emotional journey with psychosis, depression, anxiety, and self-harm -- Scout turned her life around. Listen in to this inspirational conversation to understand how Scout took radical responsibility for her mental health and now successfully manages her bipolar disorder and uses her mental health strength to fuel her entrepreneurial dreams. Topics We Discuss: [8:50] A key to feeling safe in your emotions is giving yourself time to heal. Change takes time. A long time. [11:39] Building a toolbox to help regulate your emotions: therapy, psychiatry, yoga, meditation, support groups… [12:50] What it means to be an Emotional Entrepreneur. [14:00] Finding a framework that suits your soul, your potential, passion and purpose. [16:00] Incorporating spirituality and prayer into an emotional journey. [18:30] When Scout calls on her higher power, she feels safe enough to be strong and secure. [19:42] Why Scout says, “Live in uncertainty’s discomfort. There you will find all future abundance.” Especially for women. Because life is uncertain. [22:35] Setting a higher standard for yourself. Walk before you run. If you are emotionally weighed down and lost, setting a higher standard means tomorrow you're going to wake up and add in hope. Baby steps. [24:05] Where Scout finds hope. No intellectualizing, don’t look for evidence. Just trust. Find something that sounds better than where you are today and hope for that. [26:30] How do you know the Universe is showing you your path? How to open our eyes so we can follow the breadcrumbs. [30:57] Why resting is as productive as healing. Filling our free time with what nourishes and restores: a bath, meditation, journaling, putting the phone away and reading a book, cooking with your own two hands, getting outside. NOT frying our nervous system with stimulation, stimulation, stimulation. [35:09] Scout’s first transformative spiritual experience -- where she felt in complete flow with the spiritual realm. FOLLOW SCOUT SOBEL: You can learn more about Scout Sobel, connect with Scout’s Agency, and purchase your copy of “The Emotional Entrepreneur” here: Instagram Website SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kissable Cheeks – A Ghost Story “I know this was a sign from my little man, Mason, in his silly way, that gives me so much comfort. I continue to struggle with the loss of my son, but I also continue to look at the world with an open heart... feeling connected here on earth to learn the lessons my soul continues to need to learn, and to feel connected to the universe and beyond all the wonder that it is.” [10:30] – Life, Death and the Space Between podcast Listener Episode Summary: A incredibly beautiful and touching story from a mom who lost a her young son just two years ago. Missing his kissable cheeks, and struggling to shake a mother’s overwhelming grief, she tried all the things: grief counseling, grief workshops, ceremony to honor him. But the grief did not budge. She shares her incredible journey from grief to comfort -- through recognizing the depth of meaningful “knowing” dreams and other unmistakable signs – and how she ultimately opened up to the miracles around her. She now feels her son’s ever-present spirit. Do You Have a Ghost Story? Ghost Stories is a way for listeners to tell their amazing stories. If you have a great story to tell, a relationship you have with your loved one who has passed, or another mystical experience please reach out: [email protected]. Tell me your story so we can feature it on the show. SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BUDDHISM IN BUSINESS with RYAN ESTES “Vulnerability is the key to a great conversation. Conversation is the antidote to polarization.” – Ryan Estes, American Buddhist and Entrepreneur Episode Summary: Does your spiritual path sort of meander around here and there? Or are you one of those people who has unwavering beliefs and disciplined spiritual routines? Or do you fall somewhere in the middle? In this episode, we talk with Ryan Estes, an American Buddhist entrepreneur, an overall powerhouse when it comes to work life balance. He owns multiple businesses. As founder of podcast booking agency Kitcaster, he facilitates thousands of extraordinary conversations. He is a firm believer that vulnerability is the key to a great conversation. And that conversation is the antidote to polarization. Listen in to understand how Ryan Estes defines himself as an American Buddhist, and how he integrates Buddhist teachings into successful enterprises. Topics We Discuss: [2:52] How raised as a self-described “strip mall Christian”, he found Buddhism by way of native American Lakota purification ceremony, and psychedelics including ayahuasca. Always driven by innate curiosity. [10:46] How Ryan integrates spirituality and entrepreneurship. Asking the three questions: Is it fun? It is of service? Does it make money? Ritual of loving-kindness meditations. Bringing calm and peace to the workplace. [15:45] Ryan’s perspective of what it means to be an American Buddhist. How Buddhist ideas are seeping into the American culture. [18:45] Spiritual bypass vs. integrity in spirituality. Humility. Keeping it real. [21:50] At time with deep social, political, economic stressors and differences of opinion -- conversation is the only antidote to polarization. [22:42] Jujitsu! [26:00] Metta meditation – a technology to practice loving-kindness. A series of affirmations projected first onto oneself, then projected onto someone near to you, then projected to someone you are indifferent to, then finally projected onto someone with whom you are in conflict. FOLLOW Ryan Estes: You can learn more about Ryan Estes and his world here: Kitcaster.com Follow Ryan Estes on: LinkedIn SUPPORT LIFE, DEATH AND THE SPACE BETWEEN: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earth is a School with William Wildblood “After we die we experience that which is a reflection of our own consciousness.” – William Wildblood Episode Summary: Do you ever ask yourself, “Why me?” Do you wonder if there is rhyme or reason for the inexplicable things -- the good things and the bad things -- that happen to you? Would you like to find meaning in everything that happens to you in your life? In this episode, we talk with global citizen William Wildblood – BBC writer, antique dealer, and guest house host across locations in the UK, India, and France. His new book “The Earth is a School”, tells us our world is designed to bring human consciousness closer to its divine Source. He tells us every moment and every event holds meaning. Listen in to understand how William Wildblood views our time spent on earth, as an opportunity to grow spiritually, and ultimately to become closer to our source. Topics We Discuss: [3:05] Why William says Earth is a school. Before birth, our soul exists on the other side, a place of bliss, peace, oneness, joy. We come to Earth; a place suffering, pain, challenges and the duality of good/bad. By overcoming those difficulties, we become more conscious spiritual beings, and learn about love. [5:00] Suffering teaches us about empathy and love. And results in a deeper spiritual love. [8:50] Differentiating human love with spiritual love. How the love of a parent for a child is closest to divine love. [12:30] How after death we go to a realm that reflects our consciousness. [17:04] What a soul experiences when it returns to earth (or returns in part) and begins to experience another incarnation. [20:00] Children’s awareness of the soul, and a sense that this world is not the only world. [20:55] William Wildblood’s experiences where his spiritual guides communicated with him over a course of 25 years. Everyone who is interested in these kinds of transmissions can received by engaging in the spiritual world. [25:41] More people than ever are seeking spiritual connection, are able to wishing to engage with other realms. [29:48] How seemingly difficult experiences are actually spiritual gifts to surface your imperfections. We are often tested where we are weakest. [30:45] An example of a “birthday present” for William from his guides – an unpleasant argument with a close friend. Follow William Wildblood: You can learn more about Willian Wildblood’s book, “The Earth is a School”, and his other books “Meeting the Masters” and “Remember the Creator”, and purchase your copy wherever books are sold. SUPPORT LIFE, DEATH AND THE SPACE BETWEEN: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SYNCHRONICITIES with DR. LYDIA CHO “The universe is always nurturing and provides.” “Prayer is an important form of meditation -- being at peace with yourself and the universe, beseeching what you would like. Prayer, spiritual, enlightenment, and awakening are so related.” – neuropsychologist Dr. Lydia Cho Episode Summary: Have you ever wondered if you can influence how often you experience significant spiritual events? Is there anything you can do to experience more meaningful synchronicities in your life? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Lydia Cho, a Harvard Psychologist who studied spirituality with recent guest Dr. Lisa Miller at Columbia Teachers College, author of “The Awakened Brain”. Dr. Cho is currently teaching and researching neuropsychology at Harvard affiliated McLean hospital. And she loves to talk about spirituality and synchronicity. Wow! Listen in to hear how Dr. Lydia Cho views the interplay between spirituality, religion, psychology, mental health, and the higher power of the universe. Topics We Discuss: [3:30] How Dr. Lydia Cho ended up studying synchronicities. From a family of medical professionals with a constant religious practice, emotional functioning felt more important to Dr. Cho than just physical body healthcare. [10:44] As teenager while playing piano, Dr. Cho experienced smelling the perfume of her beloved, deceased piano teacher. And how her grandparents reacted. [12:00] While jogging on campus Dr. Cho had a premonition of a dear friend’s passing, followed by a grief dream visitation from her friend. [13:30] Synchronicity is a meaningful coincidence, a connection between your outer and inner worlds. [13:30] Dr. Cho’s masters level study in synchronicity awareness resulted in an increase in experiences of synchronicities and a feelings of connectedness. [19:50] How “the fathers of psychology” and collaborators, Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, viewed synchronicity very differently. Freud considered religion mass delusion. Jung considered religion a valuable psychotherapeutic system of images and symbols. [25:17] Synchronicities positively impact health outcomes. Outcomes are more positive for people with spirituality within a religious framework vs. being spiritual without a religious framework. [34:11] Harold G. Koenig's research at Duke University on the effects of religion and spirituality on health. The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) measure of religious involvement. FOLLOW DR. LYDIA CHO: You can find more about and contact Dr. Lydia Cho here: McLean Hospital bio Email Dr. Lydia Cho here: Email [email protected] Email [email protected] SUPPORT LIFE, DEATH AND THE SPACE BETWEEN: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cracking Open Your Tuition with Isabeau Maxwell “Your guides will show you exactly what you need, and exactly what you can handle.” – Isabeau Maxwell “You hear me say this over and over again... The inner work is a BIG piece of this, because if you don't do the inner work, if you don't look at what's holding you back, if you don't look at the traumas and the difficulties that you've experienced and some early childhood stuff, and maybe even some past life stuff, and you don't clear that out – you can’t connect in this way. And it’s hard AF.“ – Dr Amy Robbins “When you go through inner work, when you raise your vibration, you're raising yourself up into a space of compassion, a space of higher understanding and knowing… there's more compassion, more love, more connectiveness in your life. You're able to set more healthy boundaries. You experience more joy.” – Isabeau Maxwell Episode Summary: Have you ever kicked yourself because you didn’t listen to your gut feeling? You know, when you JUST KNOW the right thing to do? What if you could amplify your intuition so the messages were clear as a bell? In this episode, we talk with Isabeau Maxwell, internationally known medium, author and teacher known for her compassion and accuracy. Isabeau specializes in teaching people how to open their own intuitive abilities and live an authentic, blissful life. Her latest books are, “Cracking Open” and “Adventures of a Reluctant Medium”. Listen in to understand how you can more easily tap into that deep knowing. Topics We Discuss: [5:05] Much like Dr. Amy Robbins, Isabeau Maxwell was a reluctant medium. Earlier in life, Isabeau was a spiritual skeptic, having majored in mathematics and chemistry, until a profound and unmistakable after-life visit from her deceased grandmother. [9:59] Isabeau’s personal experience with asking and receiving proof. [13:57] Souls who are “stuck” between Earth and the other side. The fear, confusion or resistance that keeps them from fully crossing over. [18:32] The review process after death. Dr. Amy Robbins idea of what hell may be. Isabeau’s description of what Hitler experienced after death. [24:02] How to develop your own intuition. Everyone is a natural intuitive; it’s a matter of putting in the effort – practice Intuition is the sixth sense, just not a body-centered sense like the other five senses Defocusing on the “agreed upon reality” of the solid world [30:48] Difference between imagination and intuition, which flow through your brain the same way. Over time, however, you will be able to feel the difference. Imagination is a push, the intuition is a pull. Exercises to help you use imagination to spark intuition. [32:49] Synchronicities happen when you open your intuition and expand your channel. [36:27] The Sage Method – The approach Isabeau’s guide used – over two years - to show her to tap into her own intuition. Now a 7 week course Isabeau teaches. [40:54] The importance of doing the hard, critical inner work. [43:46] The intense 30-second daily exercise - grounding, clearing and protecting – to move forward with balanced energy. FOLLOW ISABEAU MAXWELL You can learn more about Isabeau Maxwell and The Sage Method here: Website SUPPORT LIFE, DEATH AND THE SPACE BETWEEN: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enveloped in Love – A Ghost Story “I recently began sensing my angels and guides again, and I believe there's such love and support for each and every one of us.” – Life, Death and the Space Between podcast Listener Episode Summary: A granddaughter shares her experiences growing up as a Christian, playing with angels, and being taught that Christianity was an elitist club, where only a very few would get into heaven. The rest would end up in the eternal torment of hell. She adored her grandmother who was spunky and fun, loved to sing and dance, and loved people. She cried at every single episode of touched by an angel. However, she wasn't a Christian. After her grandmother passed suddenly and unexpectedly, she feared for her grandmother’s soul. But her grandmother reassured her from the other side that she was ok, in a place of incredible love, and completely safe. The message came with an overwhelming sense of peace, light, and love she describes as, “a cloud of beautiful colors, this most serene sense of love”. Do You Have a Ghost Story? Ghost Stories is a way for listeners to tell their amazing stories of the metaphysical. If you have a great story to tell, something similar to this, contact you have had with your loved one who has passed, or any other mystical experience please reach out: [email protected]. Tell me your story so we can feature it on the show. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE QUANTUM BRAIN with Dr. Amit Goswami “Quantum entanglement aka quantum correlation is the integration of science and spirituality.” – Theoretical Quantum Physicist Dr. Amit Goswami Episode Summary: Have you ever wanted to find a bridge between science and spirituality? Does your intuition tell you it’s not a hard “either/or”? In this episode, we talk with theoretical quantum physicist Dr. Amit Goswami who was a physics professor at the University of Oregon from 1968 to 1997, and has appeared in the movies “What the Bleep Do We Know?”, “Dalai Lama Renaissance” and the award winning documentary, “The Quantum Activist”. Dr. Goswami is a revolutionary amongst a growing body of renegade scientists who in recent years have ventured into the domain of the spiritual in an attempt to both interpret the seemingly inexplicable findings of curious experiments, and to validate intuition about the existence of a spiritual dimension of life. His new book, “The Quantum Brain” is out now. Listen in to understand how Dr. Goswami bridges the chasm between quantum physics and conscious awareness. Today We Discuss: A basic concept in quantum physics is that there are multiple waves of possibilities. Quantum objects are waves of possibilities. When they are observed they become experience. When we observe something, we are choosing to collapse the object into a certain state. What we perceive as stationary – the Newtonian reality we are all familiar with – is not really stationary. Rather, apparently stationary objects are moving very slowly – much too slowly for us to perceive any motion. Which is why we can share experiences with others and how we develop a consensus reality. Our experience creates a convenient but inaccurate notion about reality. Our experiences create our reality; there is nothing in the world until we experienced it. The crucial question: How do we apply quantum physics to our everyday life? Quantum entanglement - when two quantum objects become essentially one and share information without signals being exchanged over space and time. This concept was verified with a space experiment in France in 1982. And of course by the experience of mystics 7,000 years ago, starting in India and then spreading to China, Greece, the Middle-East, and perhaps the America's in the hands of the shamans. This is where quantum science connects with mysticism, where it connects with spirituality. This is signal-less togetherness, spontaneous non-local togetherness; or in spirituality - Oneness. Quantum entanglement or quantum correlation is the integration of science and spirituality. Quantum Leap occurs when electrons make a transition from one atomic orbit to another. The notion of quantum leap comes into play with the experiences of intuition and insight, that feeling in the gut so compelling, so convincing that you know that you have seen truth. Changing brain behavior so that we are better able to choose a particular outcome. Through meditation we become the boss of our brain, vs the other way around. To learn creativity we have to take charge of the brain’s automatic responses through alternating between meditation and relaxation. Focus and then relax. Transport potential - Nonlocal transfer of information between two meditating brains. We are capable of quantum non-locality, and we are ultimately a non-local consciousness. Why traditional quantum physicists are not open to these concepts – due to pressure from the establishment to support the official position of the American physical society. How to live a quantum life The ultimate problem is that the brain evolved over millions and millions of years, and the conditioned response builds on itself. The persona “me” that I present to society gains strength over a lifetime. To move toward conscious awareness, and perception of reality, we need to maintain a lifestyle conducive to that state. We need to surround ourselves with things of love, things of beauty, and positive relationships; and not pay attention to all the negativity of the world. “The Seven I’s” for manifestation -- Inspiration, Intention, Intuition, Imagination, Incubation, Insight, Implementation FOLLOW DR. AMIT GOSWAMI You can learn more about “The Quantum Brain” and purchase your copy at Dr. Goswami’s website: Website SUPPORT LIFE, DEATH AND THE SPACE BETWEEN: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WHERE DO OUR LOVED ONES GO WHEN THEY DIE? with Mariel Forde Clarke “We all have the journey… It's already written into our sacred contract long before we come upon Mother Earth. And it is a lovely journey, but it can be so challenging and painful as well. The most painful experiences are the ones that our souls have called forth for learning and for mastery.” -- Mariel Forde Clarke “We all get messages from our loved ones, if we're open to it.” -- Mariel Forde Clarke “The heavens and the earth meet during our dream and sleep state.” -- Mariel Forde Clarke Episode Summary: We all miss the loved ones we’ve lost. Where are they? What did they experience when they crossed over? Where are they now? In this episode, we talk with Irish teacher and counselor Mariel Forde Clarke who had not one, not two, but THREE near death experiences (NDEs)! Wow! Listen in to understand how Mariel Forde Clarke has experienced life on the other side, and how she now communicates with spirit guides, and uses her gifts to help people heal and grow. We Discuss: Her THREE near death experiences! 1) falling off a roof as a child when her life flashed before her eyes, 2) near drowning while being trapped under a diving board, where she felt a man’s hands bringing her to the surface, although there was no one there, and 3) the most vivid of the three for Mariel – while hemorrhaging during surgery, hovering over her body and being catapulted into a place of heavenly music, rainbow color of light, a feeling of blissful euphoric peace without pain or worry, a feeling of undiluted love. The silver cord that connects our body to our soul, much like the umbilical cord connecting a baby to their mother. Except the silver cord remains in place during our lives, and keeps us connected to our higher selves and the spirit world. Even during near death experiences, the cord remains in place. The silver cord only snaps upon final death, that is when the soul is ready to leave earth. Soul fragmentation, often where one experiences repeated traumas (things like sexual or verbal abuse, alcohol abuse), or perhaps even multiple surgeries. Mariel’s treatment involves soul integration, when she perceives it as the right course, which can take many sessions over many hours. If soul integration or soul retrieval is not right for this person, she refers to a professional counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist. Fear during death and dying. How Mariel works with the dying, always with the permission of the soul. She finds those with a belief in the afterlife experience much less fear around their own death. How one’s experience of the afterlife is related to their belief system during life. Those with a belief system where they believe in a God or Allah or Buddha or Krishna leave this Earth plane much freer without struggle, without fighting. Those that don't have beliefs are the ones paralyzed, so afraid of crossing over. Different levels or spheres in the afterlife, contrasted with just the two traditional realms of heaven and hell, as is taught in many religions. The lowest levels are devoid of God’s light, like the flicker of a candle, and there is much learning to do, available through spirit guides and counselors, spiritual midwives. Why do so many people dismiss the possibility of any type of life after death? No theologian, no scientist, no doctor, no physicist in the world has ever stepped forward and said, categorically, there is no proof for afterlife. On the other hand, hundreds and thousands of doctors and scientists and physicists have endorsed the phenomena. Back to Plato and Aristotle, to philosopher Descartes (1600s), to scientist and mathematician Swedenborg (1700s) - they all support the afterlife, because they had so much evidential proof themselves. Einstein said there was a greater energy in the Universe, far greater than man, a supreme intelligence. FOLLOW MARIEL FORDE CLARKE You can learn more about “Where do our Loved Ones Go After They Die?” and purchase your copy at Amazon, Barnes and Nobel, or anywhere books are sold. Contact and follow Mariel Forde Clarke on: Website SUPPORT LIFE, DEATH AND THE SPACE BETWEEN: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Instagram YouTube Fireside Website Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Letting Go of Nothing with Peter Russel “Practice not-doing, and everything will fall into place.” – Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu Episode Summary: Can you really, truly let go? When you hear people talk about letting go, do you wonder what that even means? In this episode, we talk with Peter Russel, author, speaker and leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. He earned an honors degree in theoretical physics and psychology, as well as a master’s degree in computer science at the university of Cambridge, England. He also studied meditation and Eastern philosophy in India. He has written 12 books, his latest is “Letting Go of Nothing”. Listen in to understand how Peter Russel views letting go as leaning into and allowing vs. resisting. Topics We Discuss: Tuning into the body - noticing, being curious about and exploring the sensations in your body without judging or labeling. How our thoughts can create the discontent in our lives. How the societal belief system around us reinforces our tendency to focus on what is wrong in our lives, and our subsequent want to correct them. Developing a practice via baby steps to step out of that habit of focusing on what is wrong. Ego is defined as a way of thinking which focuses on keeping you safe. How gaining the skill to recognize the ego when it comes up results in more contentment and recognizing the true self. Peter’s unique perspective of praying to the true self – the eternal sense of “I am” - vs praying to a higher power. Finding compassion for a difficult person in our lives heals us. The difference between Buddha’s life time, and the times we are living in with all the distractions of email, television, social media, etc. Follow Peter Russel: You can learn more about “Letting Go of Nothing" with forward by Eckhart Tolle - and purchase your copy at Peter’s website. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connecting to Your Higher Self with Elyse Cathrea “We always have the opportunity to learn and grow from what’s happening to us.” – Elyse Cathrea Episode Summary: Do you ever feel disconnected, stuck and frustrated in your everyday life? Do you ever wonder, if this what it's supposed to be like? Do you wish you felt more connected to your life? In this episode, we talk with Elyse Cathrea, an intuitive life and wellness coach whose natural intuitive abilities evolved completely organically. What started as an intuitive sense of knowing evolved into seeing spirits and energies. Elyse’s unique talents allow her to work with you by channeling YOUR higher self, to ultimately help you feel excited about creating a life you are connected to. Listen in to understand how you might find yourself on a more spiritual path in your own life. Topics We Discuss: The difference between claircognizance (the intuitive sense of knowing) and your brain just thinking. The practice of automatic writing to tune into your higher self, how you might recognize the voice of your higher self, and mental blocks that might get in your way. How to differentiate your higher self (your own consciousness) vs. spirit guides and energies that spend time with you from other realms or other dimensions to support you. The spiritual experience of being in nature, being near water, being near trees, connecting to something greater than yourself. Our spirit, our soul comes down to this earth to learn lessons; that is the human experience. How Elyse tunes into your higher self to deliver the guidance and messages you most need to hear for your own growth, and to feel inspired and aligned with your life. The mind-body connection and how to merge both ways of living. Follow Elyse Cathrea Website LinkedIn Instagram Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE MEANING OF LIFE, A DAD’S LAST WORDS – A Ghost Story “Happiness, success has nothing to do with what you put in your bank – nothing. Success is about whether you enjoyed the journey.” – dying words from a beloved father Episode Summary: A super intimate look into the final hours of an adored and respected father. As told by a daughter sitting bedside, this heart wrenching and beautiful episode includes recorded messages of his dying words, about the meaning of life and what sounds like an out of body experience. The lively, close, authentic and loving relationships they shared comes through loud and clear. Before he died, his daughters told him exactly how much he meant to them, how much they loved him, how much they were going to miss him – and thanked him for being the best dad ever. Do You Have a Ghost Story? Ghost Stories is a way for listeners to tell their amazing stories of the metaphysical. If you have a great story to tell, something similar to this, contact you have had with your loved one who has passed, or any other mystical experience please reach out and let me know. Tell me your story and so we can feature it on the show. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spirit Vessels with Jessica Wertz “Death is not easy to talk about. Grief is not comfortable to feel.” “We believe in the courage of the human spirit and the depth that love can weave together in times of grief.” “We recognize the power of ceremony for both its ability to create and hold a safe space for your emotions and assist in the process of self-healing.” -- Jessica Wertz Episode Summary: Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to talk about, much less deal with, death in our society? Have you struggled with your emotions around the death of a loved one? Have you scrambled to find ceremony and meaning when facing death? In this episode, we talk with Jessica Wertz, a ceramics artist and founder of “Spirit Vessel” where she creates personalized ceremonies to honor the lives of loved ones, with meaningful ritual and handcrafted, uniquely designed urns. Listen in to hear Jessica Wertz invite you to redefine your relationship with loss through guided, personalized ceremony. Topics We Discuss: How Jessica Wertz’ journey from artistry and creativity, through the forests of Oregon, lead her to Spirit Vessels so early in her life. Using an intentional, uniquely created Spirit Vessel urn to beautify and signify a loved one’s life. How to bypass the tabu and stigma around death in our culture, and rise above the difficulty of talking about death. How to approach a better way of living through the lens of death; growing through the wisdom of death. Jessica’s passion for reintroducing the long lost art of ceremony into the common experience of losing a loved one. Rekindling the lost ancient technology of ceremony, helping to create a sacred time to give reverence, honor and celebrate; to center the community around the spirit of a loved one. Spirit Vessel will help continue the markers of life: birth, baptism/bris, graduation, marriage, anniversaries – with emotional and spiritual living memorials or after death memorial services. How you can honor your loved ones in this world and into the next. How we are socially wired to connect in community! Learn More about Spirit Vessels You can learn more about Jessica Wertz, and find out more about Spirit Vessels at their website. Follow Jessica Wertz on: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facing More Than You Can Handle? with Miguel Sancho “It’s OK to be scared. You’re not the first person to go through this. Be patient. Focus on what’s in front of you. Push forward. Protect your head. Hold on. And you can do this.” — Miguel Sancho Episode Summary: As a parent, can you wrap your mind around what it would be like to be facing the possible death of your child? How would you face what feels like more than you can handle? In this episode, we talk with Miguel Sancho, an Emmy Award winning journalist, and executive producer of award winning documentaries and news programs. His work has been seen History Channel in 2021, 2020. His current work is “The Proof Is Out There” on The History Channel. Miguel Sancho's book, "More Than You Can Handle, A Rare Disease, a Family in Crisis, and the Cutting-Edge Medicine that Cured the Incurable is a page turner! His book chronicles the lives and deaths of patients and staff at the Duke University Hospital Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, where his son’s life was saved in 2016. Listen in to hear Miguel Sancho share the harrowing experience of parenting his critically ill son, Sebastian. Topics We Discuss: Chasing medical answers while their infant son Sebastian endured surgeries, treatments, medicines in his first months. Ultimately, a bone marrow transplant when his son was age 4. Miguel Sancho’s journey of ups and downs - through stoicism, workaholism, depression, anxiety, marital issues, and finally through meditation, discipline and faith. Plunging into the science and knowledge of the situation, as an ennobling exercise in optimism. The importance of trying and using multiple modes of healing to find the particular combination that works for you individually – therapy, mediation, medications, exercise... The therapeutic benefit of mindfully allowing yourself to feel your intense emotions. Meditation and lovingkindness or meta as coping and healing practices. Miguel Sancho’s wife’s program: “Five F’s” – faith, family, friends, food, fun. Get Your Copy of “More Than You Can Handle” You can learn more about “More Than You Can Handle” and purchase your copy at here or anywhere books are sold. Follow Miguel Sancho on: Website LinkedIn Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Change Your Relationship with Pain with Dr. Serena Sterling “When you’re in pain you may wonder, Is this as good as it gets?” Episode Summary: Do you live with pain? Does pain keep you from living the life you truly want to be living? Is it even possible you have actually chosen your pain? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Serena Sterling a well-known mind-body pain specialist who found a path to her own wellness via a journey through juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and an in depth educational journey. Dr Serena’s new book “Pain, A Love Story” chronicles her experience and her clients’ experiences being treating chronic pain. Listen in to understand how Dr. Serena Sterling uses mind/body techniques to diagnose and identify repressed emotions, and shift negative beliefs and patterns to relieve experienced pain. Topics We Discuss: Dr. Serena Sterling’s journey from her own chronic pain to wellness How the neuro-emotional technique works to uncover suppressed emotions via eastern medicine techniques. How the simple muscle test technique and tapping into the client’s energy – even virtually online -- can uncover the root cause of chronic pain in the body. How the body and subconscious mind trap unresolved emotions, and how a combination of physical body work and talk therapy to process experienced can release these emotions, and ultimately address pain, typically over the course of a few months. Pain as an expression of emotional health. It’s not always the “Big T” traumas. “Small T” traumas can compound to create pain and injury. Get Your Copy of “Pain, A Love Story” You can learn more about “Pain, A Love Story”, and purchase your copy at her website. Follow Dr. Serena Sterling on: Facebook Instagram Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did You Choose Your Family? with Stacey Aaronson “It is so important for us to heal our inner wounds, not to wait, especially now with the world turning upside down.” – Stacey Aaronson Episode Summary: Have you ever wondered why you have a stronger bond with some relatives above others? Do you ever feel a familiarity as if you’ve known a loved one before? As a parent, have you ever asked yourself, “Why is this child's here? Why did this child choose me? Why did I choose this child? Why did we choose this time?” In this episode, we talk with Stacey Aaronson, established writer, ghostwriter editor, book, designer, and publishing partner who's been involved in the full or partial production of over 200 books. Listen in to understand hear about Stacey Aaronson’s unconventional journey raising her teenage mother, and the unshakable, otherworldly bond between them. Topics We Discuss: Stacey believes, and spiritual readers validated, that Stacey and her mother had a soul contract, and were told of a past life together as twin sisters. Stacey’s experience of her mother’s death, from two very different perspectives: both at a soul level and at a human level Her mother’s soul space messages before her passing via a medium, including, “If only I could capture this expansiveness and keep this wisdom on your plane, what joy I could spread, knowing what I have here. Now I have to figure out how to use it from another angle… It's going to be grand. Just you wait and see.” Stacey’s continued relationship with her mom after her death through numbers and song lyrics, and her deep knowing that her mom is nearby. Get Your Copy of “Raising, and Losing, My Remarkable Teenage Mother”: You can learn more about Stacey Aaronson and purchase your copy of her book at https://www.staceyaaronson.com. Follow Stacey Aaronson on: Facebook Instagram Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Science FINALLY Catches Up with Spirituality with Dr. Lisa Miller “Life is like the winds or the river, life is moving. It is full of waves. Life is very much alive, very dynamic.” “We are knowers in many forms and we need empiricists AND scientists… the magician, the intuitive, the mystic. We need to ask the questions in our head, and get answers in our hearts… This is how the big decisions need to be made - decisions on the board room, decisions with foreign policy. If we use just a tiny little splintered part of our brain, we will not make the best decisions.” “The outward stuff falls in place when we follow the truth.” “Are we pushing the wave or are we surfing the wave? If I try to push the wave, I get drowned under, but if I surf the wave and my goal is to ride with the flow of nature, then I go places I didn't know I was going to go... It opens up in the realm of miracles and unforeseen opportunities and magnificent surprises.” “We're living the same life. We are the family of life. We are one human family and we are one living being.” Lisa Miller Episode Summary: Have you ever had an overwhelming feeling of inner-knowing pops up inexplicitly? Can current science validate that your gut feeling is real? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Lisa Miller, Columbia University professor of Clinical Psychology, and New York Times bestselling author of “The Spiritual Child”. Talk about credentials! A graduate of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, she's the founder and director of the Spiritual Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy league graduate program and research institute in spirituality and psychology, and has held over a decade of joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical School. Her innovative research has been published in more than 100 peer reviewed articles in leading journals including: Cerebral Cortex, American Journal of Psychiatry, and The Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Miller is the editor of the Oxford University press Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality, founding co-editor-in-chief of the APA journal, Spirituality and Clinical Practice, and an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association and two time president of the APA Society for Psychology and Spirituality. WHOA! Her latest book, “The Awakened Brain”, is amazing. Dr. Miller describes it as “the culmination of 25 years of research. And equally importantly, interwoven with those 25 years of research, 25 years of life.” Listen in to understand Dr. Lisa Miller validate the science of spirituality, intuition, synchronicity. Topics We Discuss: Most women know to use awakened awareness, will make an important decision out of a deep inner hunch, their instincts, a transcendent dream, some sort of inescapable synchronicity. They will count on that form of mystical awareness far and above the sort of linear, lists of pros and cons and statistics. The hard-nosed empirical scientific materialism validates our spirituality as our birthright. MRI studies, genotyping studies, long-term clinical course studies all say that this deep form of awareness, our awakened awareness, the neuro docking station of transcendent spiritual experience -- A is real, B is our birthright, and C it is the foundation for greater health, greater recovery and renewal in times of suffering. How spirituality mitigates depression and addiction, suicidal deaths. Learning to trust that intuitive, inner-knowing as legitimate, right and true. Authenticity, synchronicity. Schumann Resonance – a high amplitude alpha wavelength within all of nature from the earth crust up one mile. The spiritually engaged brain vibrates at the wavelength of all creation of all nature of all life, the consciousness of the life, the loving felt substance of existence, the essence of existence, the family of life. “Spiritual bypassing” – the attempt to self-label as spiritual, without actually being spiritual. Dr. Lisa Miller assures we are all spiritual, and we can all count on our awakened brain. Follow Dr. Lisa Miller: You can learn more about “The Awakened Brain”, purchase your copy and find out more about Dr. Lisa Miller at her website. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Magic of Surrender with Kute Blackson “None of us has control in this life. Our demand that life go the way we want it is what causes so much suffering. Know that the degree to which you surrender determines the degree to which you are alive, the degree to which life can use you, the degree to which you enjoy life.” – Kute Blackson’s mother’s parting words, said with a smile Episode Summary: When it is imminent, will you be able to completely surrender to your own death? Have you ever contemplated how will you face your own death? Does surrender even come into the picture for you? Born in Ghana, West Africa, Kute Blackson’s multicultural upbringing as the child of a Japanese mother and Ghanaian father, raised in London, and on 4 different continents defies stereotype. His mission is to awaken millions to Love and to Living their inspired destiny. Kute believes we are being initiated and upgraded into a more enlightened way of living as humans – centered on surrender. We are being invited toward living more in alignment with the divine, more in alignment with our souls. Listen in to understand how Kute Blackson views ego vs. soul purpose, and surrendering into our pure essence. Topics We Discuss: Asking ourselves a different question. Not “What do I want?” but instead, “What does life want for me?” Aligning beyond ego and personal power to soul power. Surrender + Trust = Magic Control + Resistance = Suffering Inevitability of childhood human trauma, and how that shapes our roles in order to be loved and validated. Ultimately how that conditioning separates us from our true selves. Path back to our true selves: Be aware that you are conditioned! Ask: Where am I in physical or emotional pain? Ask: What lies am I telling myself? Ask: Where do I have disease? Ask: Where is energy not flowing in my life? Ask: Where are my roadblocks? Give yourself permission to acknowledge your truth and FEEL what you feel. Miracle Mindset – seeing every moment as a miracle, recognizing innate intelligence Your purpose of life is every moment of life. Stay in Touch with Kute Blackson Kute’s latest book, “The Magic of Surrender” is available on Amazon. Find out more about Kute: Facebook Instagram Website Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Own Your Life with Rajan Shankara “Ego is a fabric of reality blocking us from true consciousness.” Episode Summary: Do you believe a leopard can change its spots? Can a person truly change their nature in an instant? Rajan Shankara was pulled over by a police officer with a trunk full of marijuana, cocaine and other drugs -- and inexplicably walked away free. He asserts he changed his life in an instant. He describes how he vowed to live within the law and contribute positively to society. In this episode we explore the perspectives of a former drug dealing thug turned monk, turned meditation guide, life coach, fitness expert, and author. Listen in to understand hear Dr. Amy Robbins and Rajan Shankara discuss and debate ego, meditation and paths to personal growth. Topics We Discuss: The details of Rajan’s life changing close call with the law Rajan’s perspective on meditation: the restraint of mental activity The advanced meditation technique of “touching in” What is the “right” way to meditate? Is expert yogi an oxymoron? Get Your Copy of Everything is Your Fault: You can learn more about Everything is Your Fault and purchase your copy at rajanshankara.com. Follow Rajan Shankara: Facebook Instagram Podcast Man in the Making Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tools for Your Life with Bridget Finklaire “Consciousness is the key to human evolution.” -- Bridget Finklaire Episode Summary: What is consciousness? What is awareness? What are sacred geometries in nature? Weaving together the threads of her spiritual and professional journeys, Bridget Finklaire designed "The Bone Circle" - a unique, transformative and life-changing programme that ties together three significant areas of expertise: Intuition and creating, the sacred and the metaphysical, and therapy and healing Her new fictional and loosely biographical novel, Red Dress, is out now. A relatable story of a stressed out working mom on a spiritual path, a journey within to finding self. While reading a fun novel, you hear about , the story offers insights into spiritual tools – acupuncture, energetic clearings, balance Listen in to understand how Bridget Finklaire views the universe as vibration, love and energy – and how she sees the future of science and spirituality. How science is catching up. The qa Topics We Discuss: Awareness is becoming conscious of your thoughts, your words, your actions, what you do, how it affects you, how it affects others and the world! Working with women to empower and raise awareness is key to our evolution. It’s all about vibration – and love is the highest vibration. Light and matter have a frequency and a vibration. When you have conscious awareness and feel deeply, your vibration is higher, then you attract more of that same energy. When you feel good you feel vibrant. When you’re feeling badly, you don’t. Spiritual awakening is almost always a string of fleeting moments of awareness – like appreciating morning bird songs, or morning sunlight. It’s almost never “the big trumpet call”. Acceptance is a key step in the process of healing.As is choice. Tools to keep moving forward and process feelings of grief, sadness, depression, emotional pain… Schumann Resonance – the frequency of the Earth’s energy. Why we feel better when we spend time in nature. Nature is in harmony with the Schumann resonance.The importance getting away from our Wi-Fi, our mobile phones, in favor of spending time in nature. Sacred mathematics behind creation reflected in structures, numbers and geometries in nature. Fibonacci numbers. Golden ratio. Get Your Copy of Red Dress: Find out more about Bridget Finklaire, her work and The Bone Circle: Website Facebook Instagram You can learn more about Red Dress and purchase your copy wherever books are sold. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daddy’s Tune – A Ghost Story “Nothing survives but the way we live our lives.” – Jackson Browne, Daddy’s Tune Episode Summary: What do our loved ones experience when they die? How do we interpret the feelings and synchronicities we experience after losing someone so dear? Today’s story from a Life, Death and the Space Between listener shares what she feels certain were communications from her father, through: flashback childhood dreams, an inexplicable and exquisitely timed electrical anomaly, an overwhelming feeling of calm, and perfectly safe ending to a potentially catastrophic icy driving accident well-timed funny cartoon Do You Have a Ghost Story? Ghost Stories is a way for listeners to tell their amazing stories of the metaphysical. If you have a great story to tell, something similar to this, contact you have had with your loved one who has passed, or any other mystical experience please reach out and let me know. Tell me your story and so we can feature it on the show. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transforming Grief to Growth with Susan Angel Miller “Through struggle with adversity, we all have the ability to gain wisdom and growth.” Episode Summary: As a parent, can you imagine losing your child? How would you navigate this unthinkable trauma? In this episode, we talk with Susan Angel Miller, mother, wife and author of a powerful, touching memoir of grief and recovery -- after her seemingly healthy teenage daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer and died within 24 hours. Incredibly, just three years later, she herself was diagnosed with a brain tumor! Dr. Amy Robbins calls Susan Angel Miller’s book, “Permission to Thrive, My Journey from Grief to Growth” powerful, moving and compelling, and a candid conversation about death, grief and recovery. We Discuss: Community helping in so many ways. “The community was everything.” There is no wrong way to support someone in grief. The family’s organ donation decision – and the silver lining of meeting the recipient whose life was saved. Every grief story is unique. Gratitude changed everything:seeing what you have as enough. Post traumatic growth – hopefulness, gratitude, enhanced spirituality, wisdom and deeper meaning. Get Your Copy of Permission to Thrive: You can learn more and purchase your copy at her website. Follow Susan Angel Miller on: Facebook Instagram Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Powerful Replay: Soul Meditation – a Tribute to Dr. Amy Robbins’ mentor and “Soul Mama”, Ariana Garrett Dr. Amy Robbins says of Ariana Garrett, “I believe there is no one who could explain the Soul better than she could. There is no one who understood the soul better than she did. And there is no one who could help manifest sh*t faster than she could help manifest sh*t. She was magical where that is concerned.” Episode Summary: Today Dr. Amy Robbins shares very personal grief; her rocked faith, sadness, and vulnerability – after losing her mentor, teacher and friend – after losing her “Soul Mama”. Internationally renowned master energy therapist, spiritual life coach, and meditation teacher Ariana Garrett lost her earthly life to cancer in early August 2021. From a place of raw grief, Dr. Amy Robbins is grateful to share this tribute to Ariana’s wisdom, knowledge, soul and light. This timeless conversation originally aired in 2019. Enjoy. Today We Experience a Powerful Soul Meditation Together! Enjoy one of Dr. Amy Robbins’ favorite meditations. More than quieting the mind… The goal of this meditation is to connect with our soul to align and commune with the soul, to experience a conscious unity, and then and bring the energy of the soul back into our personalities. Prepare the personality to receive those soul energies. The soul is the actor, and the personality is the role the actor is playing. Sit upright with a straight spine. Unwind with micromovements. Settle into stillness. Focus attention on the feet. Realize that right here, right now, all is well. Rest in this. Feel the earth below you – and how beautiful and powerful that is. Rest in this. Focus attention at the base of your spine. Imagine a column of light running up your spine to your heart. Feel a sphere like a bead of light at your heart, a place of inspiration and compassion. Recognize that all is well right here, right now. Imagine expanding your heart, and invite energy from the awakened collective heart into our own heart. Rest in this. Slowly rise up that column of light in a counterclockwise direction, and imagine a beautiful sphere of light above your head. Rest here. Recognize you a part of a soul tribe, your spiritual family, in and out of bodies. Attune to your soul tribe. Recognize the vast resources available within your soul tribe - protection, guidance, etc. Call on your soul tribe for those resources, even if you don’t know just what they are. Stand in openness in receiving. Expand your awareness, visualize bright spot high above you. Imagine the a cone of light from that high point coming down all around you. This divine light is shining down you at all times, and Earth supports you. Set an intention to live within these forces. Set an intention to share these subtle energies Let’s express gratitude for this time together and this sacred space we have created. Learn More about Ariana Garrett’s Life and Contribution: Facebook Instagram Website Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finding Light in the Darkness – Surviving Devastating Grief -- with Maryanne O’Hara “The miracle of human beings is that we are all able to go on living despite the certainty that we will die.” -- Caitlin O’Hara (1983-2016) “You think it is all important, but all that matters is loving people and being kind.” -- Caitlin O’Hara (1983-2016) Episode Summary: How do you make sense of life after you lose someone you love madly? Can you even imagine it? How would you survive that kind of devastating loss? In this episode, Author Maryanne O’Hara shares her story – experiencing overwhelming grief after the death of her too young daughter – surviving loss and celebrating life. Maryanne’s way out of the darkness was blogging, writing, and talking about her experiences. While writing a book was not on her to-do list, Maryanne realized how healing sharing her experiences with the world could be, and wrote in her emotionally moving book “Little Matches, A Memoir of Grief and Light”. PEOPLE Magazine immediately chose it as their Book of the Week, calling it “bracingly honest and deeply comforting.” Listen in to how Maryanne found light in the darkness. Topics We Discuss: How Maryanne objectively pursued answers to what she calls “The Big Life Questions”, and settled into a belief of knowing “there is something more”. Living with her daughter’s long term chronic illness, and the impact on her marriage -- which managed to survive their ordeal. Exploring reiki, and end of life services, energy work, reincarnation, synchronicities. How her exploration and her experiences shaped her current beliefs. Her calling to help people write their legacy stories. Get Your Copy of Little Matches, A Memoir of Grief and Light”: You can learn more about book “Little Matches, A Memoir of Grief and Light”. and purchase your copy here. Follow Maryanne O’Hara on: Instagram Facebook Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Powerful Replay: Transitions of the Soul – a Tribute to Dr. Amy Robbins’ mentor and "Soul Mama" Ariana Garrett “There is definitely a connection between what is happening on the other side, and what is happening here in this physical reality. The more we are attuned to our own soul, the more our soul can bridge those worlds, and it becomes natural to know life on a deeper level, and to know a more multi-dimensional expression of life.” – Ariana Garrett Dr. Amy Robbins says of Ariana Garrett, “I believe there is no one who could explain the Soul better than she could. There is no one who understood the soul better than she did. And there is no one who could help manifest sh*t faster than she could help manifest sh*t. She was magical where that is concerned.” Episode Summary: Today Dr. Amy Robbins shares very personal grief; her rocked faith, sadness, and vulnerability – after losing her mentor, teacher and friend – after losing her “Soul Mama”. Internationally renowned master energy therapist, spiritual life coach, and meditation teacher Ariana Garrett lost her earthly life to cancer in early August 2021. From a place of raw grief, Dr. Amy Robbins is grateful to share this tribute to Ariana’s wisdom, knowledge, soul and light. This timeless conversation originally aired in 2019. Enjoy. Topics We Discuss: The soul is the more transcendent aspect of yourself, your better self. Beautiful union of soul and personality on a spiritual path. Why Adriana uses “personality” (positive connotation) vs. ego (negative connotation) Consciousness as another word for soul, and subtle attunement to consciousness in everyday life. The souls purpose is always movement in the direction of love, creativity and presence. Death as a long, multi-step process, punctuated with choice points culminating with the last breath. Each individual’s transition (death) is unique, depending on how aligned vs. resistant the individual personality is with the process. Most deaths are positive experiences, with feelings of peace and bliss, a sense of coming home. How you die is reflective of how you’ve lived. Learn More about Ariana Garrett’s Life and Contribution: Facebook Instagram Website Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Powerful Replay: Soul Searching – a Tribute to Dr. Amy Robbins’ mentor Ariana Garrett Dr. Amy Robbins says of Ariana Garrett, “I believe there is no one who could explain the soul better than she could. There is no one who understood the soul better than she did. And there is no one who could help manifest sh*t faster than she could help manifest sh*t. She was magical where that is concerned.” Episode Summary: Today Dr. Amy Robbins shares very personal grief; her rocked faith, sadness, and vulnerability – after losing her mentor, teacher and friend – after losing her “Soul Mama”. Internationally renowned master energy therapist, spiritual life coach, and meditation teacher Ariana Garrett lost her earthly life to cancer in early August 2021. From a place of raw grief, Dr. Amy Robbins is grateful to share this tribute to Ariana’s wisdom, knowledge, soul and light. This timeless conversation originally aired in 2019. Enjoy. Topics We Discuss: What is the soul? How would you define it? The three soul qualities: love, present moment awareness, creative intelligence Collective soul purpose is to show up! Soul vs. personality, and how to connect the two Signs, or confirmations, or “yesses” from the universe; and the importance of healthy skepticism Soul tribe – that resonating knowing you feel when you meet someone Learn More about Ariana Garrett’s Life and Contribution: Facebook Instagram Website Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tapping into Flower Power for Healing and Clarity with Katie Hess “There are over 40,000 species of flowering plants on the planet, and every single flower is in service to us as humans in a unique, specific way emotionally and mentally.” – Katie Hess, founder of Lotus Wei Episode Summary: Do you remember the magic you felt in the forest as a child? Ever wonder why children are drawn to the magic of flowers? What makes flowers so mesmerizing? In this episode, we talk with Katie Hess, host of The Flowerlounge podcast and founder of Lotus Wei, a source for personalized flower botanicals and elixirs. Katie and Lotus Wei have been featured on O, Oprah Magazine, New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Katie uses flower bioenergetics to cultivate immediate short term results – such as positive mood shifts -- and long term effects like accelerated spiritual growth. Katie’s goal is to expose 3% of the world’s population to the healing effects of botanicals, creating enough ripple effect to change the future of humanity. Listen in to learn how flowers essences offer healing, vitality and clarity! Topics We Discuss: Ancient cultures used the naturally occurring dew on flowers for their healing capacity and life force. Powerful flowers essences help people reach their true potential by moving and clearing stuck emotions and energies. How to find the unique flower essences to balance, clear, heal parts of you. Katie Hess demonstrates a live “flower reading” with Amy – and Amy totally resonates! Find Out More: Take a quiz to see what flowers you are drawn to say about you at lotuswei.com. Follow Katie Hess on her website. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Using Tarot and Oracles to Uncover Life’s Mysteries with Amy Zerner & Monte Farber “The most spiritual thig you can do is know yourself.” – Dr. Amy Robbins Episode Summary: What are Tarot cards all about? What IS an Oracle? Are they different spiritual tools or the same thing? How can you use them to find your unique spiritual path? The inscription at Oracle at Delphi from ancient Greece is “Know Thyself” and “Nothing in Excess”. In this episode, we talk with spiritual power couple Amy Zerner & Monte Farber who use ancient methods to connect to the Divine. Monte Farber is an internationally known self-help author and Amy Zerner designs exquisite one-of-a-kind spiritual couture, jewelry and fabric collages. For forty years they’ve combined their deep love for one another with inner-exploration and self-discovery to help millions answer questions, find deeper meaning, and follow their spiritual paths. Topics We Discuss: The history of tarot and oracles from origins in ancient Greece What the tarot death cards means Different traditions worldwide use oracles, especially ancient cultures, How you can ultimately become your own oracle using tarot How to prepare for a tarot reading Tarot use has been on the rise during covid-19 When looking for a tarot deck, pick the deck you like the look of Get Your Copy of Mindful Astrology: You can learn more about Amy Zerner & Monte Farber and purchase your copy of “Mindful Astrology” at their website. See Amy Zerner’s Designs at her website and follow Monte Farber at his website. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Overcoming Diversity with Burn Survivor Samuel Moore-Sobel “This isn’t the face I wanted. This isn’t the story I wanted. But it’s what happened... It took a good eight years not to see my scars as objects of shame or ugliness, but to see them as triumph, to see them as survival.” - Samuel Moore-Sobel, Burn Survivor Episode Summary: How would it feel to look at yourself in a mirror and literally not recognize yourself? What if you were literally looking at an image you do not recognize? Who are we when we no longer recognize ourselves? In this episode, we talk with Samuel Moore-Sobel -- author, speaker, and columnist. His memoir, “Can You See My Scars?” is the story of a harrowing encounter with sulfuric acid, trauma, and severe burns. He tells his story of his experience as a 15 year old burn survivor, a series of surgeries, his PTSD, his journey through intertwined physical and mental healing. Listen in to understand how convert any experience of trauma into a sense of triumph and strength, ultimately making meaning. Everyone is walking around with scars – some seen, some invisible. Topics We Discuss: The circumstances of his tragic, painful and traumatic accident with sulfuric acid – and the immediate emergency medical treatment to wash the acid off of his body. Growing up overnight, and attempting to return to a new normal through many years and a dozen surgeries to recover physically. Emotional and psychological healing necessary in parallel to physical healing. How his story has helped other people find meaning in their lives after trauma. Transformation from victim to seeing scars as a beautiful part of who you are. Get Your Copy of “Can You See My Scars?”: You can find Samuel Moore-Sobel’s memoir everywhere books are sold. Follow Samuel Moore-Sobel Twitter Website Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Looking for a Compass? If you’ve been feeling rudderless or second-guessing your life’s true path, get on the waitlist for the next session of Live Your Life Backwards. This community-driven experience helps you chart your spiritually-guided journey using the wisdom of mortality to live an intentional life. Join the waitlist! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support Life, Death and the Space Between: Reimagine Death and Celebrate Life with Brad Wolfe and Dara Kosberg “Grief is like a Jackson Pollock painting.” – Brad Wolfe “There is room for art, music and even comedy in that sacred transition we call death.” Episode Summary: Have you ever thought about YOUR death? Really thought about it? In this episode, we literally talk about life, death and the space between with Brad Wolfe and Dara Kosberg from Reimagine. Reimagine is a non-profit founded by Brad Wolfe that draws on arts, design, and spirituality to transform culturally tabu attitudes around death and grief, to enhance how we live and how we die. Brad Wolfe has a Stanford MA in Sociology and a Berkley MBA, with a human design focus. Dara Kosberg has an MA in education from Stanford, and is director of programming at Reimagine. Listen in to understand how to transform the experience of your own death -- or the death of a dear one -- and ultimately find more meaning in your life. Topics We Discuss: Reimagine grew from the unlikely intersection between Death and The Arts – including Comedy! Comedy can crate openings to transform the experience of death, and diffuse the intensity of an end-of-life experience. Death shifts you into a new relationship with yourself. Especially during the isolation of COVID, people are looking for connection. For example, a widow hearing “yes, me, too” can create an intense, magical connection between people. Death being a hushed tabu is a modern reality! Ancient Greek cultures celebrated death. Ways to invoke Post Traumatic Growth. Finding the benefits of a tough experience. Leaning into how to go deeper. Seeing a positive growth framework to flourish. Building a community that wants to flourish by facing these hard things together; let’s dance with them! Transform the way we interact with each other, as individuals, and as a culture. Democratizing underrepresented voices in this arena through Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Focus on what matters in life – by being conscious of death. Thinking, “What if today is my last day?” Or, “What if this is the last time I see this person?” Mindfulness. Contact with Reimagine: You can learn more about transforming any end-of-life experience Let's Reimaging website Follow Brad Wolfe here Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Looking for a Compass? If you’ve been feeling rudderless or second-guessing your life’s true path, get on the waitlist for the next session of Live Your Life Backwards. This community-driven experience helps you chart your spiritually-guided journey using the wisdom of mortality to live an intentional life. Join the waitlist! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mental Illness or Spiritual Emergence? – A Ghost Story “The dark presence that had been haunting me, I now understand to be my native ancestors, who have been calling my name since I was a child.” –Listener Episode Summary: What is our perception of reality? How do we understand reality? How do we understand these perceptions in the realm of psychology and psychiatry, and when we are diagnosing mental illness? Perhaps mental illness is on a spectrum, and not as cut and dry as the DSM and symptoms would have us believe they are. Today’s story from a Life, Death and the Space Between listener story weaves in and out of the concepts of mental illness and spiritual emergence. And what a ride it is! If you have not yet listened to Episode 189, “A Medium Walks into a Psychiatrist’s Office with Dr. Al Powers and Brittany Quagan – you might want to start there. Either way, please listen in with an open mind. This Listener’s Story Touches on: Early auditory hallucinations, as a child in Columbia. Ayahuasca journeys Mental illness including manic episodes giving way to spiritual clarity Managing experiences with lifestyle choices (food, exercise, etc.) Coming to understand the experiences as helpful messages from native ancestors Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Looking for a Compass? If you’ve been feeling rudderless or second-guessing your life’s true path, get on the waitlist for the next session of Live Your Life Backwards. This community-driven experience helps you chart your spiritually-guided journey using the wisdom of mortality to live an intentional life. Join the waitlist! Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Medium Walks into a Psychiatrist’s Office with Al Powers and Brittany Quagan “The voices are real. Real experiences. They deserve to be taken seriously as real human experiences; as real as anybody else’s.” – Dr. Al Powers Episode Summary: Have you ever heard voices? Do you know anyone who hears things when others don’t? Are they delusions -- or are they spiritual experiences? Does it matter? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Al Powers, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist on faculty at the Yale Department of Psychiatry, and Brittany Quagan, a working medium and “voice-hearer” who attributes her experiences to her spirit guides. They work together on the Yale COPE (Influence/Control Over Perceptual Experiences) Project. Yale COPE Project goals are: To learnfrom those who hear, see, and feel things others can’t/don't To understandthe ways people can control these experiences and their lives To create new treatmentsfor those who need them Listen in to understand how Dr. Al Powers and Brittany Quagan are bridging the gap between spiritual and mental health experiences. Which may not be so terribly different. Topics We Discuss: Delusions vs. spiritual experiences Pros and cons of antipsychotic medications and applicability to voice hearers How the Yale COPE project gives voice hearers control over their voices Voice hearers who saw their experiences as spiritual (vs. pathological) exerted more control over their voices Empowering voice hearers by humanizing these experiences Contact the Yale COPE Project: If you, or someone you know, has perceptual experiences like hearing voices when no one is speaking, you are invited to join in the COPE Project. You do not need to have influence over the voices to join! Learn more about Dr. Al Powers and Brittany Quagan and the Yale COPE Project. Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Looking for a Compass? If you’ve been feeling rudderless or second-guessing your life’s true path, get on the waitlist for the next session of Live Your Life Backwards. This community-driven experience helps you chart your spiritually-guided journey using the wisdom of mortality to live an intentional life. Join the waitlist! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raising our Vibration into the 5th Dimension and Beyond with World-Class Medium Ginette Biro Ginette says 2020 was all about, “Going inward to ourselves, discovering who we are, what we’re all about, what truths resonate with us. Being called to find what is right for us, to get rid of triggers and traumas, to come to a place of peace to navigate these next several years.” Episode Summary: Have you been hearing people talk about the 5th dimension? What does that have to do with living a life full of joy, love, and purpose on earth? Do you wonder what 2020 was all about? In this episode, we talk with Ginette Biro, a world class medium who connects with beings from the 4th to 12thdimensions. She connects people to the other side and brings messages to inspire and inform our world. Ginette relays what her spirit guides, angels, and ascended masters have told her about the chaos of 2020 and Earth’s ascension. Mind-blowing Topics We Discuss: Ginette’s encounter on the other side, her life-changing Near Death Experience (NDE) during surgery -- working with spirit, pouring over her life blueprint and making life choices Ginette describes our 3D reality vs. higher dimensions! Mind blowing! Anyone can ask spirit to show them a greater understanding of reality; it moves you toward higher dimensions The galactic federation – a collection higher consciousness light beings here to help humanity ascend in technology, consciousness, wellness, spirituality. Those on earth are meant to ascend and grow in consciousness further help out other places. Why we’re hearing more on the media about alien contacts Ascension means balancing harmony – between light and dark, science and metaphysics, left and right, masculine and feminine, fear/oppression/control energies and compassion/love/creative energies… What Ginette says 2020 was all about for those on Earth Get Your Copy of “Avalon to Aurora”: You can learn more and purchase your copy at avalonspirit.com. Follow Ginette Biro on: Facebook Instagram Support Life, Death and the Space Between: If you’re enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins As a member you’ll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness! Looking for a Compass? If you’ve been feeling rudderless or second-guessing your life’s true path, get on the waitlist for the next session of Live Your Life Backwards. This community-driven experience helps you chart your spiritually-guided journey using the wisdom of mortality to live an intentional life. Join the waitlist! Stay Connected: Facebook Instagram YouTube Fireside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“We should all have the goal of emotional wellness. Because if we manage ourselves emotionally, we forestall a lot of physical disease that could be coming.” – Lisa Samet “Life is full of challenges, we will never get rid of those challenges. But we can navigate them better.” – Lisa Samet Lisa Samet, ND, is a well-known health practitioner who has appeared on the Dr. Oz show to promote homeopathy and naturopathic healing. She has an international practice based in Montreal, specializing in homeopathy, emotional wellness, nutrition and lifestyle optimization. Lisa Samet is the author of “Emotional Repatterning” (O-books.com). “Emotional Repatterning” provides insights, stories and real-life examples to deepen the reader's understanding of their own mind; the patterns of thinking and deep-seated beliefs that keep them feeling stuck and unhappy. Today we talk about: After working with patients extensively over the past 20 years, how feelings and emotions fit into her work as a naturopath; the mind-body connection. How emotional stress, or "wrong thinking" is responsible for not only great emotional suffering but oftentimes physical illness as well. You are not the victim of your genetics! Lisa’s personal experience with her youngest son’s mind blowing leukemia diagnosis, and the subsequent two year program of chemotherapy treatments in the traditional medical system. Her model of 8 spheres of emotion – what she calls “thinking traps” – which emerged from her practice: self-love, acceptance, responsibility, stories, cocreation, gifts, regret, and death. How death is not normalized in our culture, and because we don’t talk about it, it becomes a tabu topic. 5% of our awareness is conscious, therefore 95% is subconscious. Emotional Repatterning technique - akin to a software upgrade: 1) engage both the left and right sides of the brain, and then 2) replace long standing subconscious negative beliefs (often from childhood) like “I am not loveable” with more current positive beliefs like “I am a good person” or “I have great worth and value”. We then no longer see the world from such a distorted way. We see things from a more healed place, more clearly, where I know who I am. Emotional Repatterning typically takes a minute or two per belief that needs to be upgraded. FOLLOW LISA SAMET EmotionalRepatterning.ca https://www.instagram.com/lisasametnd/ WAITLIST FOR COURSE DrAmyRobbins.kartra.com/page/waitlist FOLLOW DR. AMY ROBBINS firesidechat.com/AmyRobbins patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins DrAmyRobbins.com Instagram.com/DrAmyRobbins [email protected] youtube.com/c/LifeDeaththeSpaceBetweenDrAmyRobbins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“We have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world.” – Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor “We are not thinking creatures who feel, we are feeling creatures who think.” – Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor JILL BOLTE TAYLOR is a Harvard trained and published neuroanatomist. In 1996 she experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Her memoir, My Stroke of Insight, documenting her experience with stroke and eight-year recovery, spent 63 weeks on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list and is still routinely the #1 book about stroke on Amazon. In her groundbreaking new work, Dr. Jill shares how we all have two emotional and two cognitivemodules of cells that underlie four predictable characters: Left and Right Thinking and Left and Right Emotional. WHOLE BRAIN LIVING marries our psychology with our brain's anatomy, giving us the power to choose who and how we want to be in every moment regardless of our external circumstances. Dr. Taylor is a dynamic teacher and public speaker who loves educating all age groups, academic levels, as well as corporations about the beauty of our human brain and its ability to recover from trauma. In 2008 she gave the first TED talk that ever went viral on the Internet, which now has well over 26 million views. Her TED talk is in the top 10 TED talks of all time. Also in 2008, Dr. Taylor was chosen as one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” and was the premiere guest on Oprah Winfrey’s “Soul Series” webcast. I am so excited to have Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor on the show today! We talk about: After her stroke Dr. Bolte Taylor sensed the energy of her surgeon, and said to him, “Please be responsible for the energy you bring into this space.” Although she couldn’t move or speak after her stroke, she could sense people as energy For those who haven’t watched her incredible Ted talk -- her stroke story from the perspective of a neuroscientist. How her book “Whole Brain Living” came to be from the experience of her stroke Her 4 characters, and she encourages you to name yours! Character 1: Left Brain Thinking - rational interaction with the outside world, language, ego center, judgment Character 2: Left Brain Emotional – deep emotions (shame, guilt, blame), past trauma, alarm/alert, likes what is familiar, addiction, stress circuitry Character 3: Right Brain Emotional - interconnectedness of everything, fun loving, joy, enthusiasm, us not me, thrill seeking, comradery/togetherness, present moment experience Character 4: Right Brain Thinking - the portal to the peaceful and beautiful energy of the universe, consciousness of the universe, present moment, meditation, no ego self, supportive, nurturing, connected to all that is, connected to nature, kind, loving, gratitude The “BRAIN Huddle” which Dr. Bolte Taylor says, “is how we own our power by taking full responsibility for who and how we present ourselves to the world, as well as how we choose the let the world influence our emotions, feeling and behavior.” BRAIN = Breathe to come to the present moment + Recognize which character you are in + Appreciate all four characters + Inquire which character I want step into + Navigate your new reality Division between science and spirituality in our brain FOLLOW DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR ted.com/speakers/jill_bolte_taylor wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Bolte_Taylor WAITLIST FOR COURSE DrAmyRobbins.kartra.com/page/waitlist FOLLOW DR. AMY ROBBINS firesidechat.com/AmyRobbins patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins DrAmyRobbins.com Instagram.com/DrAmyRobbins [email protected] youtube.com/c/LifeDeaththeSpaceBetweenDrAmyRobbins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is really hard for me to do… I have been creating podcasts for 2 ½ years, I love interviewing all these amazing guests! So many people have reached out lately that I have a huge backlog of guests Our community has grown organically – all because of you. Thank you! I love your ghost stories, and hearing from all of you about how the podcasts impact your life Integrity is everything to me – for me, and the interviews themselves. I want to continue to dive deep into what we are all curious about – Life, Death and the Space Between – What happens after death? What is consciousness? And I want to continue to present a scientific perspective – the latest science So far, I have done it all without ads, and my goal is to keep it ad-free. Love the Show? Show the love! If you are NOT able to contribute – I totally understand. Please continue to enjoy the podcast. If you ARE able to contribute at some level, think of Patreon as a membership platform like Netflix or Hulu. Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins You will be enabling me to continue to create these amazing shows. At $5/month, you will help me shape future podcast content and themes. At $10/month , you get juicy behind the scenes footage with my guests. At $20/month, you will also be invited to a quarterly live Q&A – where you can Ask Me Anything. I am super excited about this! If you would like to contribute differently, reach out to me at [email protected] or DM me on Instagram @DrAmyRobbins And to all my listeners – Please do me the favor of helping me out: Share my Podcast with friends and family who you think would be interested, Follow me on Instagram Subscribe to my YouTube channel Leave podcast episode reviews often. Even if you already have done a review. It helps! Thanks again for being such an important part of my life! Questions I answered today, asked by listeners Sara and Donna, both about reincarnation: If someone I lost has chosen to reincarnate, can I still communicate with them? If a soul in heaven decides to reincarnate, will they be born into a different body? How can a soul be in a different body since that’s no longer that person? WAITLIST FOR COURSE DrAmyRobbins.kartra.com/page/waitlist FOLLOW DR. AMY ROBBINS firesidechat.com/AmyRobbins patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins DrAmyRobbins.com Instagram.com/DrAmyRobbins [email protected] youtube.com/c/LifeDeaththeSpaceBetweenDrAmyRobbins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Life only matters because we die.” – Alua Arthur “There is something absolutely miraculous about standing at the doorway of existence. I am absolutely humbled by it every time. Rather than it being heavy, there is a lightness of being that goes along with it because there is such a mystery to this human ride.” – Alua Arthur Alua Arthur is a death doula, attorney, adjunct professor, and ordained minister. Her goal is to bring grace and compassion to the cycle of life by planning for it and effortlessly tying up the loose ends. Going with Grace exists to support people when they answer the question, “What must I do to be at peace with myself so that I may die gracefully?”, and to support family members completing the affairs of their loved ones life after death. I am so excited to have Alua on the show today! Today we talk about: After 10 years as social justice attorney what triggered her transition to career path of death doula First, a literally accidental interaction with a young woman her own age facing death Next, helping a dear, close family member and her family walk toward his death, and the resulting grief and depression Then, deep dive into around the topics of death and dying Along with the heaviness and sadness of death -- there is also laughter, joy, tenderness, compassion; the juicy human emotions along with the difficult ones. The miracle of standing at the very doorway of existence. What she observes as death approaches: more difficulty interacting with the outside world, the life force diminishes, loss of appetite for food and drink, changes in skin. Often followed by a “death rally” just before death. We need a functional and cultural death literacy. Considering things like what happens to the body, finances, stuff, grief, what to say, what to do with leftover medication. We need Death Ed. How unlike as an attorney in court, she is able to cry with clients as a death doula Her organization Going With Grace – teaches how to surrender to the process of death. How death makes life more meaningful. Life only matters because we die. Swedish death cleaning – pairing things down, and holding onto only the essential stuff, considering someone needs to deal with your stuff after you are gone. Alua’s values to live authentically, boldly, as fully as possible. How one of these 365 days is our Death Day! We both talk about what we want our deaths to look like. FOLLOW ALUA ARTHUR goingwithgrace.com youtube.com/c/GoingwithGrace https://www.instagram.com/going_with_grace twitter.com/goinggracefully linkedin.com/in/alua-arthur/ WAITLIST FOR COURSE DrAmyRobbins.kartra.com/page/waitlist FOLLOW DR. AMY ROBBINS firesidechat.com/AmyRobbins patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins DrAmyRobbins.com Instagram.com/DrAmyRobbins [email protected] youtube.com/c/LifeDeaththeSpaceBetweenDrAmyRobbins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.