Is there life after death? The #afterlife or life after #death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of #consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body. The surviving essential aspect varies between belief systems; it may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, which carries with it personal identity. Belief in an afterlife is in contrast to the belief in oblivion after death. Katie joins us to discuss the signs her boyfriend of 14 years, Shawn, has been leaving her.