Welcome back, Bright Lights Beyonders, to lucky episode number 3! Join us as we explore signs and spirit guides with our first guest of the season, Peyton Spurlock!

In this episode, Lexie and Andie take it old school as they discuss not only the brilliance of M. Night Shyamalan's Signs but also the significant ones in our own lives. From spirit guides that offer sage advice on the bridge between realms to our ever so helpful and present guardian angels, this episode is one that will have you looking deeper into seemingly normal circumstances.

With input from the world's best DJ, @p__spur, learn about how someone's synchronicities, signs, and spirituality can give depth and meaning to "surface" interactions and learn to walk with signs in mind.

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Welcome back, Bright Lights Beyonders! It's here, the long-awaited and much-anticipated episode two! Come with us on a ride through fate; you know, some might say it's the journey, not the destination, but what if it's both?

In this episode, Andie and Lexie explore the themes of fate, family, and just how closely connected they are. From a brief palm reading to a full-on existential crisis; fate lines and family ties offer a few answers and a lot of questions about our own destiny.

Whether it's nurture vs. nature or free will vs. predetermination, join us as we get into the "Carl Jung" of it all and see what might be going on if we look a little deeper into things... fate does whisper to the willing heart!

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We welcome you to follow our Instagram ⁠⁠@brightlightsbeyond⁠⁠ and get aquatinted with our website ⁠⁠https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com⁠⁠ for all new content from us! 

We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on February 23th! 

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or has experienced a major synchronicity, has experience with manifestation, meditation, is a healer, a spiritual shaman or anyone who considers themselves a light worker! ⁠⁠REACH OUT⁠⁠ via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

Welcome back, Bright Lights Beyonders! It's official; we're in our Synchronicities era with new episodes, a new season, a new host, and a new topic, all fueled by the same love for the great beyond! We're thrilled to welcome you and yours into our world full of meaningful coincidences.

In this episode, Lexie and Andie (season 3's new host) delve into the topic of synchronicities and explore how this term has come about. With an introduction to Carl Jung and the merry band of "new *thoughters*," we start to see the concept of coincidences take on a whole other meaning.

Chock-full of golden scarabs, Jimmy Buffet tattoos, and a final kiss goodbye, it's a side of the great beyond we haven't seen before, or rather, not known to look for before. Join us as we discover the reasons behind the signs we see and explore some signs we choose not to!

Welcome back, guys!

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We welcome you to follow our Instagram ⁠@brightlightsbeyond⁠ and get aquatinted with our website ⁠https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com⁠ for all new content from us!

We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on February 9th!

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or has experienced a major synchronicity, has experience with manifestation, meditation, is a healer, a spiritual shaman or anyone who considers themselves a light worker! ⁠REACH OUT⁠ via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

Welcome back to Bright Lights Beyond...THE GRAVE! We're so excited to welcome you to the season 2 finale! We are officially wrapped... signed, sealed, and delivered!

In this episode, Marina and Lexie welcome you back to the great beyond one last time this season with some ideas to jump start your afterlife journeys. In the book titled "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" by Margaret Magnusson she explains the importance of de-cluttering before de-ath. Listing 9 helpful things to remember while clearing out your personal effects that can help bring you and your loved ones peace in death.

Legacy journals, projects, and videos are all the new rage and this is one fade we think you should hop on. Letting our family, friends, and future generations know our stories is one of the many reasons you should stop what you're doing and start legacy journaling.

Sounding off with a re-cap of our amazing season 2 we want to thank you again for all your love and support. We can't wait to see you next season ... wherever and whatever beyond we decide to adventure into. (P.S. we'd love to get your ideas of where we should go)

We welcome you to follow our Instagram @brightlightsbeyond and get aquatinted with our website https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com for all new content from us! We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on April 14th! Also listen every Friday @ 12 am on WLUW 88.7 FM Radio One Chicago!

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or any other "death" or other worldly/spiritual experiences as well as any type of spirit guide, death doula, ghost encounters, or anything paranormal in the realm of the after life or life beyond our own! REACH OUT via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

TW: this episode contains material pertaining to sexual assault, themes of suicide, and overall death/dying... viewer discretion is advised

Welcome back to Bright Lights Beyond: the Grave! We are so excited to announce we have a real life death doula in the house today!

In this episode, Lexie and Marina welcome Sandi Bianchi - a reiki healer, ordained minister, death doula and one of the founding members of the Chicago Death Doula Collective! Listen and learn about the practice of death doula-ism and how Sandi got started on her journey. Hear why talking through and healing from past hurt and trauma can be so beneficial to a happy life ... and death.

This episode is chalked full of inspiration, so be sure to grab your tissue box and remember in the words of one of the best bands to come out this side of Abbey Road... all you need is love!

Our greatest thanks again to Sandi and the whole CDDC! Here are links to their Instagram @chicago.death.doula.collective and website! ( https://www.chicagodeathdoulacollective.com/) Give them a follow !

AND AS ALWAYS

We welcome you to follow our Instagram @brightlightsbeyond and get aquatinted with our website https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com for all new content from us! We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on April 28th! Also listen every Friday @ 12 am on WLUW 88.7 FM Radio One Chicago! BLB is getting re-broadcasted! 

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or any other "death" or other worldly/spiritual experiences as well as any type of spirit guide, death doula, ghost encounters, or anything paranormal in the realm of the after life or life beyond our own! REACH OUT via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

Welcome back to Bright Lights Beyond...THE GRAVE! We're over the hump! We have officially hit the halfway mark and it's all down hill from here... way down ... into the ground!

In this episode, Marina and Lexie welcome their first in studio guest - Mitch Donahue! Famously known for drawing our cartoon characters and for being Marina's lovely husband, Mitch shares his eerie yet nostalgic experiences with the other side. Once as a young middle-schooler and another time in early high school Mitch tells us about his experiences with seeing ghosts of the Interactive Personality variety!

After a brief yet informative conversation about the different types of ghosts and the history of Poltergeists, in true ghost-story fashion, Lexie shares an experiences she's had depicting her own encounter with a ghost! Proving that sometimes ghosts are bad, good, or scary sometimes they just are... now what they are in the real question!

We'd love to have your feedback on what you think ghosts are and how they get here! We'd also love to hear about a ghost/paranormal encounter that you've had! Leave a comment down below! Thank you again for tuning in... and I'd listen with the lights on!!

We welcome you to follow our Instagram @brightlightsbeyond and get aquatinted with our website https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com for all new content from us! We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on April 14th! Also listen every Friday @ 12 am on WLUW 88.7 FM Radio One Chicago! BLB is getting re-broadcasted! 

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or any other "death" or other worldly/spiritual experiences as well as any type of spirit guide, death doula, ghost encounters, or anything paranormal in the realm of the after life or life beyond our own! REACH OUT via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

Welcome back to Bright Lights Beyond...THE GRAVE! Season 2 episode 3 is finally here and so is the quiz... not!  

In this episode, Lexie and Marina talk "ghosts" and all things in-between! Now that we've learned about burial rituals and shared death experiences it's time to take the next step and learn a little about what happens when you're not quite ready to cross over to the other side!

Mentioned throughout out Gaelic, Celtic, and Irish folklore banshees are female spirits who herald death through their screaming, shrieking, and wailing. It's said that whoever hears the banshees cry is met by death soon thereafter... but after some digging around their might be another reason banshees comes to some and much a like a Celtic knot... there are strong family TIES! 

Yurei are the Japanese folklore equivalent to the western ideal of ghosts. Often depicted as floating, feet-less, and wearing a ghostly white kimonos; Yurei are said to take whichever shape they were in once they met their untimely death. Barred from reaching the afterlife until they are freed from whatever curse was put not them, Yurei are said to drain the energy of the mortals around wherever they haunt! If you're a Yurei you might be in luck because family member can help preform rituals to free you from you're halfway state and send you on your way to the Shinto heaven: ame!

Caught between our world and the afterlife, ghosts are pretty much a staple in American society. Whether it's Casper or Bruce Willis in that very famous M. Night Shyamalan movie... sometimes other can "see dead people"! And after our brief history of different cultures "caught-betweens" I think we're ready for our own ghost story! Next episode we'll be talking with someone who has a real life ghost encounter... and we can't wait!

So thank you again for tuning into this episode of BLB, we hope it's not only educational but also a little eerie! If you want to learn more about Banshees, Yurei, Ghosts, or anything else we've talked about there's always google and REACHING OUT! We'd love to get your insight and perspective on these folklores! And just because we can't see them ... doesn't mean they're not there!! 

We welcome you to follow our Instagram @brightlightsbeyond and get aquatinted with our website https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com for all new content from us! We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on March 31st! Also listen every Friday @ 12 am on WLUW 88.7 FM Radio One Chicago! BLB is getting re-broadcasted! 

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or any other "death" or other worldly/spiritual experiences as well as any type of spirit guide, death doula, ghost encounters, or anything paranormal in the realm of the after life or life beyond our own! REACH OUT via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

Welcome back to Bright Lights Beyond...THE GRAVE! Season 2 is in full swing, join Marina and Lexie as they tackle questions and concepts about death, dying, and the afterlife!

In this episode, Marina and Lexie talk bodies; warm and cold! Through our NDE's studies we've found some possibility of where our souls might go when we die but what happens to our physical bodies? It's a little more "cut and dry" ... or is it? 

Throughout all of history the ritual of death has been practiced and perfected over and over again. It's important to not only the person who's died but also the people who loved that person. In looking at Egyptian, Tibetan, Mexican, Malagasy, Nordic, and even modern American cultural funeral processions and rituals we can get a better sense of how universal death, dying, and remembrance is!

Whether through mummification or viking burials, how does the way we send off our dead make a difference in them getting to the afterlife?

And, how does the process of remembering our lost loved ones bridge the gap between life and death like in the practices of Día de los Muertos or Famadihana?

We hope this episode helps you remember that losing someone doesn't mean you've lost them forever, it's a part of life. Remembering them and looking forward to meeting them again is something that is shared throughout the world and in almost ever culture! Come along and learn as we go over some of our favorite practices... you might be making some *asterisks* to your funeral arrangements! 

We welcome you to follow our Instagram @brightlightsbeyond and get aquatinted with our website https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com for all new content from us! We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on March 17th!

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or any other "death" or other worldly/spiritual experiences as well as any type of spirit guide, death doula, ghost encounters, or anything paranormal in the realm of the after life or life beyond our own! REACH OUT via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

Welcome back to Bright Lights Beyond...THE GRAVE! Season 2 is finally here! Join Marina and Lexie as they tackle a whole new season of the Great Beyond. 

In this episode, Marina and Lexie welcome you back to the great beyond! With the announcement of a brand new season and a whole new angle, our podcast co-hosts are ready to tackle not only NDE's but also the concept of death. 

Coined in the mid-1970's Shared Death Experiences, SDE for short, are a concept that allows those who've experienced it to really feel, see, and encounter what is it like to die. Watching someone's soul leave their body or feel the icy breath of death can only be explained as one of the most unique phenomena that exist today. 

How do people continue living once seeing death? What can death teach us about life? It's questions like these that this episode, season, and podcast aim to answer (or at least attempt)! Come along this season as we chart perviously uncharted water of life after death... life beyond the beyond! 

We welcome you to follow our Instagram @brightlightsbeyond and get aquatinted with our website https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com for all new content from us! We will be releasing episodes every other Friday so look out for our next one on March 3rd!

Again thank you so much for listening and supporting us! It's been such a privileged to get to learn with y'all!

ALSO: we are looking for anyone who is willing and wants to talk about an NDE or any other "death" or other worldly/spiritual experiences as well as any type of spirit guide, death doula, ghost encounters, or anything paranormal in the realm of the after life or life beyond our own! REACH OUT via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE)

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick

Welcome to the FINAL Bright Lights Beyond episode of season 1, episode 6! Having learned all we can this season about NDE's it's time to look some of the science behind the phenomena... or the lack thereof! 

In this season finale, Lexie and Marina bravely venture into the scientific side of near death. Looking at not only the fringe science involved but also at the possibility that somethings can't be explained away with even the most basic of scientific methods. 

It seems to be that science itself doesn't quite have the answers all figured out but one thing that might make all the difference is our conscience. It's theorized that our consciences are able to live outside of our physical bodies, could that be part of the science we're seeking? With the ever changing world of medicine, science, and technology; it could be just a matter of time before we find out! 

Beyond our talk of science, this episode also serves as a recap and review of our first season, podcast, and near death "hunting"; leaving our listeners with some bread crumbs to find us and our other projects! (don't worry, I've added hyperlinks!) 

A special thanks to you, our loyal Bright Light Beyonders, for listening and learning with us! It wouldn't have been possible without you and all your love and support so thank you! We can't wait to see what the future holds for us... see you in season 2!

so for the last time for this season : 

AS ALWAYS - We welcome you to follow our Instagram @brightlightsbeyond and get aquatinted with our website https://brightlightsbeyondthepodcast.squarespace.com for all new content from us! 

ALSO - Even though we've wrapped on season 1, season 2 is right around the coroner... get it? Which means we're still are looking for people who are willing and want to talk about an NDE they've had! We would love to have you as a guest & no worries we have a recorded line to call in! OH and Zoom!

ALSO (again) if you have any suggestions of different NDE type stuff you'd like us to talk about! REACH OUT via our website! (we have a CONTACT US PAGE) 

LASTLY - Here is our personal websites and instagrams were you can find all things Lexie and Marina! Follow our future endeavors and creative projects! If you like BLB I'm sure you'll find some of our other content enjoyable! 

Thank you again for a great season and an even greater sense of community! REMEMBER to LIVE LIFE BEYOND! 

Lexie's Website : https://lexiegarrett0216.wixsite.com/my-site     

Lexie's Instagram : @lexieg16

Marina's Website : https://marinadonahue.com

Marina's Instagram : @marinaaahart

music: slow-mo dream Rob Kelly & Duncan Pittock/ microcosm - Tom Quick