In this episode, Julie Kidd: The Last Laugh — Grief, Grace, Faith & Finding Home in Costa Rica, I sit down with award-winning author and comedian Julie Kidd. Crowned the Hilarious Housewife on ABC’s The View and runner-up on the Fox hit I Can See Your Voice, Julie is also the creator of the documentary The Last Laugh, featuring the Funniest Housewives comedy group. Today, she produces comedy in Costa Rica and performs her One-Woman Show, Costa Rica The Musical.

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Julie Kidd’s story is raw, brave, and beautifully human — a reminder that even in the deepest grief, the heart can still choose art, faith, humor, and life.

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Email: [email protected]
Website: JulieKidd.com
Instagram: @JulieKiddComedian
Facebook: Julie.Kidd.75 

How do you create the future you desire and deserve? It’s all about alignment!

Creating your magnificent future isn’t just about imagining or dreaming. It’s also about aligning your daily decisions with your desires in a way that feels natural, exciting, and totally intuitive.

Master motivator and empowerment entrepreneur Gina Maier Vincent created her Exquisite Alignment Blueprint to support high-achieving, success-oriented individuals like you to break away from adherence to external authorities and expectations, center their purpose and gifts, lean into their “more,” and create a life that feels delicious, elegant, and magical every single day.

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Near-death experiences have become more of a problem for us, simply because they often confuse so many people. They can feel so extraordinary that some people who have them, not our guest today of course, but some recent experiencers actually think they must have died and then come back to life! And IANDS, the International Association for Near-Death Studies, used to police pretty carefully what people said at their conferences; but not so much anymore. So we are going to have to say here just quickly once again that death is ALWAYS a one-way trip! And NEAR-death experiences are instances of spontaneous, out-of-body travel into the astral plane, usually when for one reason or another, the material body is briefly unable to support life. And when that happens, and we suddenly find ourselves awake and aware in the astral plane, which is an entirely different environment from the earth, although oddly it’s very earthlike and with a love-drenched atmosphere, our spirit guides will often give us weird and amazing experiences that are educational, and are meant for us alone. And then, of course we come back into our body, and we wake up. So, what can we assume but that we died and came back to life?

But in fact, such a round trip to the afterlife is impossible, because the definition of death is the severing of the energy cord from your energy body to your material body that keeps your material body alive when you astral travel. And in fact, many of us astral travel nearly every night while our bodies sleep. That silver cord cannot be re-attached once it breaks. So, if some living person is able to tell you their NDE story, that person never has actually died! And they never have been to where the dead go. All of that being said, near-death experiences can be amazing, and many of them are life-transforming. And our guest today had his first transformative near-death experience when he was only three years old! Jacob Cooper is with us today for the sixth time. His first book was entitled Life After Breath, and it begins with his remarkable near-death experience at the age of only three. His second book, called The Wisdom of Jacob’s Ladder, talks about his many further extraordinary spiritual experiences, and what he has learned from them. We have really loved having Jacob Cooper as our guest on Seek Reality, and we are delighted to have him back today!

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In this podcast, I am sharing information that will help provide an element of moving forward toward a healthy healing process because of erratic, chaotic, and stressful environments. 

I share an equation that breaks down elements of stress. I learned about this equation during a workshop that I completed with Gina M. Biegel in her Stressed Teens workshop, Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches, Second Edition 2014 189-212. Gina credits this equation with Shinzen Young (2004). This equation is stress equals pain times blockers(S=PxB). This can be a helpful tool that can help focus on emotional, environmental, and social factors that contribute to current destructive environments.

I define “destructive” environments/hosts as situations or activities that intentionally disrupt peace and promote harm to communities or individuals based on gender, religion, race, culture, or economic status. Destructive environments get a lot of attention. The goal of harmful host/environments are to get attention or control. We may not have much control over destructive behaviors that feed into the media, educational environment, or political arenas. We do have control over how we respond. When something tragic and chaotic happens, the typical reaction may be to freeze because the mind is trying to capture what is happening.

We’re trying to scan our environment so that we can respond. 

The calmer we are, the better we can respond with strategy and logic so that we can respond safely to the best of our ability to keep ourselves and our families safe. But even then, when there are erratic conditions, we’re stumbling and trying to make sense of it. As a result, the mental pain, the physical pain, and the emotional pain are something that may take a while to recover from. That recovery is so important to recognize what has gone on and an acceptance of the pain and the loss. Identifying behaviors or situations that prevent us from healing and improving the future is also essential. 

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Did we live before? Will we live after? Tedx keynote and community speaker, author, and life and spiritual coach, Annah Elizabeth, returns to the Accidental Experts podcast with Bryce Hamilton, LSCSW to talk about something a little different than usual in this episode. Annah discusses her experience working as an international evidentiary based medium and shares her thoughts and beliefs on the after life, staying in touch with loved ones after they’ve passed on, as well as sharing other experiences she’s heard about and observed over the course of her work.

Together Annah and Bryce discuss how one might go about trying to communicate with someone who has passed, what “answers” might feel or sound like, and what scientific evidence, if any, may support the theory of an afterlife. A fascinating topic for anyone exploring their thoughts on “the other side”, looking for closure after the loss of a loved one, or searching for potential answers to the unknown. 

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Annah is The Five Facets® of Healing founder and creator of The Five Facets Philosophy on Healing, a revolutionary and groundbreaking guide that helps you live your best personal, professional, and philanthropic life, even in the face of adversity.

Annah is a transformational Life and Spiritual coach, an international medium and an energy medicine practitioner and teacher. She is a published author; a TEDx, keynote and community speaker; a workshop facilitator; a continuing education trainer and a guest lecturer. Annah’s coaching, services, and training programs include academic and alternative modalities, all designed to meet your unique and preferred needs. Her writings and work have been featured in numerous online magazines, radio and TV programs, and national live events such as NC-NASW, Open to Hope, The Compassionate Friends conferences, and more.

Annah loves connecting with kindred spirits who are curious about life, love, healing, and what lies beyond. Join her neighborhood by following along on any of her socials.

Learn more and find information about Annah Elizabeth’s book here: https://www.annahelizabeth.com

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Book Recommendations:
Many Lives Many Masters by Brian Weiss
Digging For The Light by Annah Elizabeth

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The Pagalan Chronicles is a high-stakes epic fantasy and YA science fiction series that follows Morganuke, a mysterious orphan raised on a distant island, who discovers he is heir to a forgotten throne in a fractured and dystopian world. As war looms and ancient powers awaken, Morganuke must master his strange abilities, unravel his hidden past, and choose between the life he knows and the destiny he never asked for.

Blending classic elements of coming-of-age adventure, found family, and the chosen one prophecy, this action-packed trilogy transports readers across war-torn lands, political intrigue, underground cities, and long-lost civilizations. With danger around every corner and betrayal closer than it seems, Morganuke’s journey will test his courage, loyalty, and the limits of power.

Perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson, Christopher Paolini, and Rick Riordan, The Pagalan Chronicles delivers a gripping blend of fantasy world-building, sci-fi mystery, and unforgettable characters in a battle to reclaim what was lost and stop a future that could destroy them all.

Get your copy of The Pagalan Chronicles Book 1: Search for Morganuke’s Roots on Amazon.

Finding Motivation. The ultimate quest for persons with ADHD. My patients often tell me “I’m not motivated” or “I need more motivation”.  Actually, they have plenty of motivation…to do whatever they are doing, which often is not what they know they need to be doing, and on some level want to finish (or start).  Sound familiar?

My guest today is Jeff Copper, ADHD coach and Chief Engineer of Cognitive Ergonomics, a new paradigm for addressing the primary impairment in ADHD –  Executive Functions which don’t function well.

We have to “solve problems/figure things out” many times each day. Ones like balancing schedules of 3 kids in 3 different schools with getting errands done, and getting home in time to make dinner (or to take it out of the box before it gets cold). Or how to get out the door to not be late to whatever. Or planning for college/finding a job/finding a new job

The key to finding/having motivation is to reduce the effort it takes to problem-solve. And that is the topic of today’s show. See? You’re in the right place!

Join Jeff and I as we dive into the details of finding motivation.  Listen, and learn!

Education advocate Dr. Kathryn Otto meets with Bryce Hamilton LSCSW to discuss all things related to IEPs and 504s. These are specialized educational and/or behavior plans to help children adjust to a public school setting while meeting individualized needs of the student. Parents are encouraged to be involved in the making of these plans and each student has legal rights protected by their state. Dr. Otto helps explain what parents can do to advocate for their children, understand some of these rights, and how to work with the school system to help make sure the child’s needs are being met. 

They discuss specific examples of instances where an IEP or 504 would benefit, why it is beneficial, concerns a parent may have over implementing the plans and suggestions of what to include in the plans.

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Dr. Kathryn/Kathy Otto has a Doctorate in Education with an emphasis on Special Education. She began her career teaching special education students in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools. She also worked in Blue Valley School District and taught students who required behavior management and academic supports. After working as an Inclusion Specialist and supporting teachers who provided educational support in special education classrooms as well as general education classrooms she worked as a Special Education Coordinator working with staff members in all areas of special services. 

After leaving her career in the public school systems, Dr. Otto began her work as an Educational Advocate to help parents navigate the process of IEPs and other special education plans. Kathy collaborates with parents whose children have or are in the process of being identified for an Individual Education Program(IEP).  During the IEP process Kathy provides parents with guidance and information (legal and practical) about the process of an evaluation,  development of the IEP,  the completion of the final paperwork and initiation of services for the completed IEP. Her goal is to ensure that parents feel that they are not alone in an IEP meeting and that they can focus on their child and not the IEP process itself.

To learn more about Dr. Otto or contact her for her services, visit her website:
Advocacy in Motion advocacyinmotion.org

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We now understand that the energy that we experience as consciousness is all that exists. Consciousness is the Sculptor, and it is also the Clay. And some people are learning now to use that energy in ever more powerful ways! One of them of course is Master Jesus, and His teachings as we have them in the Biblical Gospels are a wonderful course in the mastery of consciousness. Another of them, too, is our guest today. He now calls himself Master Nick Eagle, and he has approached his study of the use of consciousness in a different way. Nick Eagle meditates now daily for hours. He tells us that he lives in high states of consciousness; he can at-will achieve a state of oneness or Nirvana with the universe, and he sees himself as a warrior against the self-delusional darkness that prevents people from living up to their highest potential, and experiencing the divinity within themselves. Nick’s fierceness in his mission has led him to stand away from the traditional image of teacher and master. With his long beard, he may look the part, but his approach to bringing people to enlightenment is a rigorous adherence to the principles that he espouses in his book, which is called Golden Laws of Enlightenment. It’s a demanding fealty to one’s highest self, resisting the temptation to believe or indulge in anything that does not serve that highest good.

Nick has a PhD in Philosophy, he is a certified yoga and meditation teacher, a Reiki and Kundalini Master, and he also is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt with world titles. He prepares people to work with enlightened plants, facilitates ceremonies, and teaches people how to be spiritual warriors at his Eagle Vortex Sanctuary in Sedona AZ. Nick’s attainment as an enlightened Master is the result of a long journey that he himself has made, from someone who was filled with self-doubt and low self-esteem, masking that with a life of bravado, before he came to know the truth behind the façade. He reached the pinnacle by starring in Showtime’s hit series Gigolos, which was a reality show that followed the lives of five Vegas male escorts. From that, he built an international reputation as a sex and confidence guru. A sudden and unexpected “Kundalini Awakening”—the life energy force surging up through him into the Nirvana state of oneness — fully cracked open that old persona, and ultimately it led our Nick to a new way of living that is in service to humanity and divinity. Nick’s website is https://www.nickeaglemystic.com.

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Join Eartha on a mindful walk with her special guest, Swan—a spirited rescue terrier mix with a story of her own. In this episode, Eartha explores what happens when we bring mindfulness into our everyday interactions, even with our pets. You’ll hear how gentle redirection, curiosity, and awareness can turn a simple walk into a shared practice of presence.

This is also a story about reaching beyond ourselves to bring out the best in another being. Swan was rescued from the kill list when Eartha’s daughter chose to foster her, giving her a second chance at life. At first, Swan was anxious and full of zoomies, unsure of her place in the world. But through patience, obedience training, and mindful reassurance, her true personality emerged—friendly, loving, and deeply grateful.

As Swan settled into her new family, she reminded everyone that healing is mutual. She is grateful to be with them, and they are grateful to have her. Together, they show us how practice—whether mindfulness or compassion—can transform fear into trust and connection.

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Doc Holliday goes over some of the shows and headlines as we finish the year of Rock Splitting Politics of 2025. So much has happened in one year it is hard to believe that Joe Biden was still President of the United States at this time last year. Oh, yes, there has been much change and we will go over these stories on this week’s show. Click on now for the last of the Rock Splitting Politics of 2025!