Spiritual Experiences Between the Two “Jeffs” with Jeff O’Driscoll – Episode 47

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Over twenty years ago, Dr. O’Driscoll met an unconscious Jeff Olsen in the emergency department following the devastating car accident that killed Olsen’s wife, Tamara. While Olsen experienced a profound out-of-body and near-death experience, Dr. O’Driscoll had an amazing shared-death experience with Tamara. Jeff and Jeff later shared their experiences with one another and have been dear friends since. They shared their experiences at a conference of the International Association for Near-Death Studies.

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  • Jeff Olson’s experience in the hospital – 3:47
  • Jeff talks about his book: “Not Yet” – 7:57
  • How Jeff and Jeff shared their experiences at the International Association for Near-Death Studies conference – 9:36
  • His first spiritual experience – 11:09
  • He started seeing things that nobody else could – 12:41
  • Knowing and understanding are the senses of the spirit – 13:33
  • People need to trust their feelings and believe what they know – 13:43
  • How a voice told him to give his family a message – 16:55
  • What can I do to serve somebody else?: With this question, you can have a spiritual connection – 19:58
  • Lisa reads some cards for Jeff O’Driscoll – 23:40

 

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A Tale of Perseverance and Inner Strength with Jeff Olsen – Episode 46

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Jeff Olsen is a bestselling author and inspires audiences internationally with his intriguing story of perseverance and inner strength. In 1997, Jeff experienced a horrific automobile accident which inflicted multiple life-threatening injuries, but the most devastating outcome of the accident was the loss of his wife and youngest son, both killed instantly.

At that time, Jeff had profound out of body experiences, which gave him insights and gifts not common in today’s world. Olsen has appeared on many national and international radio and television programs sharing his insights and gifts and today he is here with Lisa Jones on Exploring Death.

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  • The tragic story of the accident that took his son and wife – 2:55
  • The aftermath: “My choice was to come back” – 8:50
  • “…that was my body and I was outside of it” – 10:55
  • How the accident changed his life – 11:54
  • Jeff explains how going back to the body was difficult – 12:23
  • How he continued to have conversations with his passed away wife – 13:35
  • His little boy became a part of him – 17:59
  • Lisa and Jeff talk about grieving  – 22:43
  • The importance of not judging other people – 27:43
  • Lisa reads some cards for Jeff – 31:01
  • It’s all about healing – 33:51
  • Lisa reads some cards about near-death experiences – 38:10

 

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Body, Mind, and Spirit with David Maginley – Episode 45

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David Maginley is an interfaith spiritual counselor at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. David has also survived cancer four times, which resulted in a profound near-death experience and explorations in the connection of body, mind, and spirit. He knows cancer from both sides of the hospital bed, and this life from both sides of the veil.

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  • David’s background – 1:19
  • His fight with cancer since he was 17 years old – 2:44
  • They talk about the feeling of being home – 8:12
  • How to play the “sound of love” – 13:39
  • How he has survived cancer four times! – 15:50
  • David’s thoughts on life and regrets – 17:02
  • Look at the past but don’t stay there – 17:21
  • God is the high level of consciousness – 21:56
  • Lisa reads some cards for David – 23:13
  • We are on earth to figure out what our love story is – 23:39

 

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Surviving The Death Of A Son To Create Something Amazing with Elizabeth Phinney – Episode 44

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Elizabeth Phinney was the founder and President of a multi-million dollar destination management company for meetings and incentives in Boston, MA. At the age of 21, her son was riding his bike one night to pick up some beer from the liquor store, ½ mile from his house, when he was hit from behind and died instantly.

Now, almost nine years later, Elizabeth has grown into a dynamic speaker, trainer and consultant for Fitness After Forty Five and her son is her guide and greatest support as she writes her first book. Elizabeth believes that her destiny and strength to pursue it are directly connected to the strength she gained from surviving the death of her son.

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  • Elizabeth explains to us how she found out her son had died – 2:39
  • She explains to us how this experience made her a stronger person – 5:04
  • They talk about the importance of being grateful for what we have – 7:20
  • Elizabeth talks about the book that her son told her to write – 9:30
  • She explains to us how she created a new training technique – 17:14
  • She explains to us how her book is about designing your physical future – 19:59
  • We all have a role to play in the universe – 24:19
  • Elizabeth talks about the night that she knew her son was dead – 26:13
  • The strength that you get when a loved one dies – 30:11
  • Elizabeth tells us that she went to art therapy – 31:50
  • Her dead son’s visit in Las Vegas – 34:46
  • Lisa reads some cards for Elizabeth – 38:59
  • Get in touch with Elizabeth – 47:44
  • Lisa reads some cards about losing a loved one – 48:56


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Getting Your Affairs In Order with Rick Randall – Episode 43

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In this podcast, Lisa Jones talks with Rick Randall about getting your legal affairs in order before you pass away. They talk about the importance of taking care of the difficult times in our lives, what is a Loving Trust and the terminal illness process.

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  • Lisa talks about Rick’s occupation – 2:30
  • Rick’s Background – 2:35
  • Lisa talks about Rick’s book: Empowered Estate Plan – 3:04
  • Rick has a Podcast: “The Truth about Estate Planning” – 3:09
  • Traditional planning” – 4:11
  • The importance of having your estate plan in order before you pass away – 7:02
  • Rick shares with us how he became interested in estate planning – 8:41
  • The importance of teaching the classification of estate planning – 14:00
  • Rick’s story about the “Loving Trust” – 16:42
  • What is a Loving Trust – 18:53
  • Lisa shares her father’s Estate Planning – 20:10
  • Rick talks about a “Life Review” – 25:06
  • They talk about the terminal illness process – 27:27
  • Rick shares with us how an estate plan works – 30:40
  • Lisa reads some cards about estate planning – 31:50
  • The dash between the year of your birth and the year of your death –  39:05
  • Get in touch with Rick Randall – 47:15
  • Lisa reads some cards for us: about doing our estate planning – 50:05

 

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No Regrets

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In this podcast, Lisa talks about the top five regrets: a life transformation by a departure.

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  • First regret: I wish I had lived my life thru myself and not the life others expected of me – 0:57
  • Second regret: I wish I hadn’t worked so hard – 2:03
  • Third Regret: I wish I had the courage to express my feelings – 3:06
  • Lisa tells us that the more you share your feelings you can be happier with people – 4:01
  • Fourth Regret: I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends – 4:20
  • Lisa challenges us to reach two or three of our old friends – 4:50
  • Fifth Regret: I wish I had let myself be happier – 5:35
  • Lisa express us another regret that her husband Ian had before he died – 6:53
  • Lisa tells us Ian’s regret: He didn’t help enough people – 8:51
  • Lisa explains to us the meaning of “I wish I could help more people” – 11:08
  • Lisa reads some cards about regrets, living life and dying – 15:02
  • Your life is short so think about what you want to do because you may not get a second chance – 18:09


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Letting Go

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In this podcast, Lisa talks about her experience around her father’s death but also all the other things in our lives that die as well. The end of a career, kids who have grown and leave their father’s house, when you retire of a job or the end a relationship. All of those things are “small deaths” and for some people, these experiences can give you emotional traumas.

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  • Lisa talks about the process of letting go – 1:41
  • She explains to us that in our lives we have zero control – 2:30
  • The first step to letting go is feeling without resisting it – 3:09
  • She recommends us the book “Letting Go” by David Hawkins – 3:28
  • Lisa shares with us her experience as a child and her dad’s death- 6:40
  • How to let go feelings of loss and sadness- 9:58
  • Lisa reads some cards about letting go – 10:33
  • Taking responsibility for your feelings – 12:10
  • Start working on yourself and figure out a way to let go of the past – 14:25

 

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Animal Death Talk

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In today’s episode Lisa shares her thoughts on how animals behave around death and how different that approach is from the one our human society has.

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Showing Up For Death with Bodhi Be – Episode 42

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Bodhi Be is helping people by recognizing death as a sacred and spiritual passage. He is the Executive Director of Doorway Into Light, a 501c3 nonprofit educational and charitable organization. The organization is engaged in advocacy and educational programs regarding Death and Dying on Maui, Hawaii, with families and professionals in the field.

 

Doorway Into Light is also actively engaged in helping dying people, their families and care-givers. He runs the Death Store as well as has a funeral home which is the only nonprofit and only certified green funeral home in Hawaii, where he offers low-cost, personalized, green burials and ocean body burials.

 

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  • How Bodhi got interested in death – 1:32
  • His first experience with death – 3:31
  • Why he created the most unique and special funeral home in Hawaii – 4:38
  • A death phobic culture and what we can do about it – 10:19
  • The toxins that go into the burial process – 14:22
  • How to have a green burial – 16:13
  • The death training program – 20:55
  • Lisa doing a reading for Bodhi – 28:35

 

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Connecting to Spirit

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Lisa shares her previous experiences connecting with passed away loved ones and how you should approach these. Also she gives us tips to help us be more aware of “signs”.

 

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  • Lisa talks about her first holiday without her husband – 1:16
  • She talks about seeing her husband as a ghost – 2:06
  • She talks about another’s experience – 4:17
  • Tips to be aware of signs – 5:50
  • You have to have faith and believe – 6:20
  • The way our beloved ones communicate with us is through our thoughts  – 7:00
  • If you are thinking of your passed away loved ones, they’re thinking of you – 11:28
  • Lisa reads some cards about connecting with our passed away loved ones – 12:06


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