Our guest, Brooke Grove, MA, is a near-death experiencer, integrative healer, shamanic energy medicine practitioner and writer. A former psychotherapist, Brooke has advanced degrees in Clinical Psychology, Marital and Family Therapy and Clinical Art Therapy. Brooke is the mother of two highly-intuitive children, whom she calls her esteemed wisdom teachers. She maintains a private, international healing practice, offering remote services, where the goal is "to explore, transmute and empower the evolution in human consciousness through gratitude, service and Light."

Host Lee Witting blames, in part, the perennial 1897 editorial, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" for encouraging parents to confuse childhood faith. The resulting post-traumatic faith disorder (PTFD), he argues, contributes to the anti-spiritual, materialist attitudes that, among other things, limit the acceptance of NDEs, and other personal mystical experiences.

Host Lee Witting reads a remarkable report of a near-death-like experience. In this account, a man from the UK shares in depth about a spiritual experience he had in 2014 which changed his life. It began with a dream, and included a Kundalini awakening and a trip into the Light.

This show's return guest, Dr. PMH Atwater, L.H.D. is an experiencer and early pioneer in the study of NDEs, and has published numerous books on her discoveries. She combines some 38 years of near-death research with what she was doing in the 60s and 70s, experiencing, experimenting with, and researching altered states of consciousness, mysticism, psychic phenomena, and the transformational process, to reveal what transformations of consciousness really are, why we have them, and where they lead us. Her research thus far has involved nearly 7,000 people, including her extensive work with children. Find more about her NDE studies at pmhatwater.com.

Academic neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander III has had a great impact on the world's appreciation of NDEs. A physician who served as an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Alexander was once staunchly committed to the materialist belief that the physical world is all that exists. That view was forever altered by his amazing near-death experience in 2008, when a bacterial infection severely damaged his brain and plunged him into a week-long coma. Though not expected to live, Dr. Alexander awoke to make an inexplicable return to full health. Since his NDE, Dr. Alexander has been reconciling his rich spiritual experience with quantum physics, cosmology, the philosophy of mind, and the proposition that consciousness is primordial and the physical brain its filter. His most recent book, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Heart of Consciousness, co-authored with Karen Newell, explores the nature of consciousness. www.ebenalexander.com.

Research partner Karen Newell joins Dr. Alexander in this segment, as they discuss the book on consciousness, Living in a Mindful Universe, which they authored together. Karen Newell is also a personal development expert, and a co-founder of Sacred Acoustics (which we’ll discuss in Part Three). Her personal growth writings, workshops, guided meditations and teachings enable individuals to achieve life transformations towards greater self-fulfillment and contentment, quality relationships and career choices aligned with one’s soul calling. Karen is an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation. Using Sacred Acoustics recordings, she teaches how to enter and engage one’s own consciousness to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness, and develop intuition.

Lee continues his fascinating discussion with Dr. Eben Alexander and Karen Newel.

For many years the show's guest, Paulina Howfield, has been dedicated to spiritual ascension, right-brain consciousness, and the healing of the collective. After a near-death experience in the 1980's, Paulina developed skills to help others understand life after death, energy and healing medicines, consciousness, and spirituality. She has lectured at colleges and universities in the UK and Australia, and provided training consultation in the UK, US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Her book, Remembering Isis – Reconnecting the Divine Feminine at the Goddess Temples of Malta, discusses her interactions with the earth energies and cosmic archetypal Imprints on the Islands of Malta in the 1980's.

Lee continues his conversation with Dr. Susan Shumsky, to explore other spiritual options that can happen when we die.

The show’s guest, Dr. Susan Shumsky, is a highly respected spiritual teacher and best-selling author. A pioneer in the human potential field, she has taught meditation, prayer, affirmation, and intuition to thousands worldwide for many decades. For two decades, Susan studied under the direct guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru of the Beatles and guru of Deepak Chopra. She served on Maharishi's personal staff for six of those years. Dr. Shumsky is founder of Divine Revelation®—a unique field-proven technology for contacting the divine presence, hearing and testing the inner voice, and receiving clear divine guidance. Her websites are www.drsusan.org and www.divinetravels.com.