Trained as an energy-healer, Candace L. Talmadge has been taking clients to meet their guides since 1988. The stories do suggest that after-death contact — and before-birth contact, too — have distinct emotional benefits. The slightest research uncovers many studies documenting the survival of something after the physical body. Is love real? Neither the soul nor love can be measured, but we acknowledge the presence and influence of the latter on our lives and in our world.