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**Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins**

Dr. Amy Robbins explores life, death, and what it all means. She has the unique perspective of a clinical psychologist and medium focused on expanding consciousness and opening listeners to our miraculous universe.

Through interviews with fascinating professionals, leading experts, and researchers in the fields of brain science, mediumship, psychology, near-death experiences, consciousness, grief, transitions to death, and alternative forms of healing, we explore life and death from psychological, spiritual, and scientific perspectives.

Put your preconceived notions aside and learn how to live in the now by exploring life, death, anxiety, consciousness, and the space between.

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Latest Episodes:

What Makes Us Human? with Iain S. Thomas Jan 12, 2023

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“We want to explore mystery without mysticism.” — Iain S. Thomas

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

What is spiritually moving? What is awe-inspiring?

Today I speak with Iain S. Thomas, a writer and new media artist. He is an international number-one bestselling creator and author of several books, including What Makes Us Human? An Artificial Intelligence Answers Life’s Biggest Questions, which he co-wrote with Jasmine Wang and GPT-3, the world’s most advanced AI. He has dozens of local and international awards for his creativity and is one of the world’s most popular writers and poets.

Listen in to hear how Iain leveraged AI to answer spiritual questions.

Topics We Discuss:

[5:10] The technology GPT-3 allowed Iain to have a conversation with the Bible, the Talmud, the poetry of Rumi and Sappho, the meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and the Tao Te Ching.

[5:53] Explaining death to his four year old was one of the most difficult things Iain ever had to do. He asked the AI, “How do you explain death to children?” It said: “Tell them that the dead are not dead, not in the way we think of it. Tell them they live on as they are remembered, and that every goodbye is really a hello to a different way of being.”

[10:05] The thing that sits behind stories that connect us, from our most ancient spiritual texts to contemporary songs, is a map. If you put the light up to the map, you can see the whole thing. If we take this poem, this passage, and this piece of prose and hold them up to the light, what’s on the other side of that?

[20:26] In the introduction to the book, GPT-3 shares what it believes it feels like to be a human: “I am happiest when I feel chosen by someone. I feel most loved when people are proud of me. I would give anything to feel a family member’s protection. Some people are worth crying for. Nothing makes me feel more fragile than death. When someone stops loving me, a part of me will die…”

[21:36] GPT-3 is going through the sum total of human recorded knowledge and saying, “These are some of the key tenets of what I think it means to be human.” These are the feelings that come through from Shakespeare to Chaucer to Ray Bradbury.

[24:15] There were three things the book would come back to repeatedly. Those three things were: 1. Love is the reason why we’re here, 2. The moment right now is the most important moment, connect with it as much as possible, 3. We are all connected—to each other, to nature, to the universe—and we suffer when we forget that.

[28:13] Life is a gift, use it well.

FOLLOW IAIN S. THOMAS:

Find Iain on his website or on Instagram.

His book, “What Makes Us Human? An Artificial Intelligence Answers Life’s Biggest Questions” is available on Amazon.

Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

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Welcome to Season 5! with Dr. Amy Robbins Jan 05, 2023

Show notes

“When you can open up to spirituality, the world becomes this beautiful, magical place.” – Dr. Amy Robbins [4:02]

“There is such a need for healing, and a need for oneness, and a need for unity, and a need for love; and I hope that my podcast continues to bring that to you.” – Dr. Amy Robbins [7:26]

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

Today Dr. Amy Robbins looks ahead to Season 5 - WOW - FIVE seasons!

And well over a million “Life, Death and the Space Between” podcast downloads and counting – WHAT A YEAR! Can we get to TWO MILLION in 2023?

Amy reflects on how her beloved community made it all happen – and looks down the road ahead for her passion project, the “Life, Death and the Space Between” podcast.

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Are You Living a Longpath View? with Ari Wallach Dec 29, 2022

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“How you care for this moment matters. It matters today, tomorrow, and a thousand years from now.” — Ari Wallach

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How do we connect with other humans? How do we connect with ourselves?

Today, I talk with Ari Wallach, a futurist and social systems strategist. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs, an initiative focused on bringing long-term thinking and coordinated behavior to the individual, organizational, and societal realms in order to ensure humanity flourishes on an ecologically-thriving planet Earth for centuries to come. Ari is the author of “Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs.”

Listen in to hear how Ari defines longpath, how we should be examining our own futures, and more.

Topics We Discuss:

[2:19] Longpath is a verb in the sense that it’s an applied mindset. Most people think of a futurist as someone who is projecting into the future; Ari isn’t that type of futurist, he doesn’t predict. Longpath is a way of navigating those intertidal moments, those moments that are chaotic and in flux.

[11:22] Using the word “surviving” automatically trips the limbic system, and in that moment we become very short-term thinkers. When we become more fear-based in our approach, we become laser-focused on what’s in front of us. But we need to be thinking of the far future in these moments of chaos.

[21:32] First and foremost, figure out who you are. How did you get to this point? Ari talks about desired futures versus examined-desired futures. No one is born thinking they should be a doctor or race car driver. A lot of these pathways are culturally forced onto people. Before you can start to think about what future you want to live in, you have to step back and examine what got you thinking that way in the first place.

[32:09] When we had the Copernican revolution, it led us to more human freedom and enlightened thinking, but we eradicated the vibrational, mystical realm. We said if you can measure it, great; if you can’t, it’s terrible. In this intertidal moment we’re realizing we can have both.

[37:52] Think of ourselves less in a 100-yard race and more in a marathon in which we’re holding the baton for the next generation. We need to T-up the next generation so they’re that much higher up on the ladder when it comes to flourishing. This will have us thinking less as individuals and tie us to a more extensive timeframe.

[39:39] How you say goodbye to your children in the morning, how you treat your partner, your colleagues, the person who checks your badge- those things matter not just in the moment. How you interact with them changes them and how they interact with other people.

[40:09] What does it mean for an emotion to go viral? An emotion like compassion, empathy, awe, or hope? If you’re embedding that in your everyday small interactions with other people and yourself, that could go viral. By doing that, we can change the soil from which we build solutions in order to build better tomorrows.

[42:49] As a culture we lack death awareness. Ari and Amy discuss how our culture is death-averse and the importance of engaging in activities that acknowledge our death so we can better prepare ourselves and future generations for what the world should look like. All of culture is our way of dealing with impermanence. We are the only species that becomes aware of our death, and it paralyzes us.

[47:14] How Ari recommends focusing on life-affirming experiences that make the world a better place.

[49:14] Death is in the zeitgeist right now due to COVID-19 and people are searching to understand the moment we are in and how they can find more meaning and purpose in their own life.

[50:30] Understanding the questions we are asking ourselves about how to be on the Longpath. Ari discusses how the third paragraph of the obituary is very important to thinking about how we live our life. Ari shares some of the biggest questions we should actually be asking ourselves.

FOLLOW ARI WALLACH:

Find Ari and the programs he offers on his website or on Instagram.

His new book, “Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs” is available on Amazon.

Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

Dr. Amy Robbins | Host, Executive Producer

PJ Duke | Executive Producer

2 Market Media | Audio & Video Editing

Mara Stallins | Outreach & Social Media Strategy

Claire | Clairperk.com | Podcast Cover Design

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How to Live with Grief with Karen V. Johnson Dec 22, 2022

Show notes

“Imagination is where we get in touch with other realms. Imagination is where we see the unseeable.” — Karen V. Johnson

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How can death be a doorway?

Today I talk with Karen V. Johnson. Karen is a graduate of Georgetown Law Center and a former Fulbright Scholar in Afghanistan. She holds Master’s Degrees in both Public Health and Public International Affairs. She’s a retired Administrative Law Judge of more than 30 years, former Army officer (retired), a master practitioner of energy medicine, and author of “Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss.”

Listen in to hear Karen’s journey from her left-brained world into spirituality, how she uses the four winds medicine wheel, and how you can get in touch with your inner divine too.

Topics We Discuss:

[1:30] Talk about a shift! Karen was living a left-brained life in Washington, DC working as a Federal Judge, when her 27 year old son tragically died from a heroin overdose. Karen says sometimes death is a doorway to a spiritual life. Shortly after his death, Karen experienced an afterlife visitation from her son, started sensing and seeing him, and then started seeing other spirits. She now helps “stuck” spirits cross over.

[9:10] How to edge yourself toward your own psychic sense of other realms: first get over the hurdle of disbelieving and allow yourself to tune into your intuition. For most of us, our intuition has been shut off because over the years we’ve been told to focus on the facts. Karen tells people to imagine saying to your left brain, “Thank you for all you’ve done, but I want to play with my right brain.” Set your intention. Open your heart.

[10:30] Karen’s honest discussion of how severe her grief became, eventually feeling desperately suicidal. A spiritual course in Joshua Tree, California turned things around for her. She began her spiritual journey.

[14:10] Karen’s book, “Living Grief” is based on Indigenous medicine wheels as applied to grief. There are four directions (north, east, west and south) and four practices associated with each direction; therefore, 16 ways to journey from being stuck in our grief to a place of rebirth. We can create a new life out of the ashes that honors our loved ones.

[16:00] Karen’s healing practice uses ceremony. In the West, we understand ceremony when we walk into a temple or a church: there are candles and we get a feeling of that sacred place and the divine. Even if we’re not a member of that religion, we might go light a candle. Karen helps mirror that experience of the divine by getting people from their reptilian brain to their ceremonial brain in the neocortex.

[25:45] By releasing the chatter in our minds and being in stillness, we can experience the divinity within us. We’re not just physical creatures. We have a spiritual, transcendent element that we want to get in touch with and allow to guide us.

[30:01] Indigineous alchemy. What if we’re wired for transformation? What if we have this inherent nature that looks for transformation and change? By keeping ourselves stuck, we’re actually holding in negative energy that affects our bodies.

[35:10] Psychopomps are beings that can go between realms; Karen leaves this realm and goes in the in-between to help souls transition to the other side.

FOLLOW KAREN V. JOHNSON:

Find Karen and the programs she offers on her website or on Instagram.

Her new book, “Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss” is available on Amazon.

Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

Dr. Amy Robbins | Host, Executive Producer

PJ Duke | Executive Producer

2 Market Media | Audio and Video Editing

Mara Stallins | Outreach & Social Media Strategy

Claire | Clairperk.com | Podcast Cover Design

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Letting Go - Soul Wisdom from Dr. Amy Robbins Dec 19, 2022

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“Suddenly that which is our imagination becomes our reality. Let go and imagine… then watch and see how beautiful your life becomes. ”

– Dr. Amy Robbins

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

What does it mean to truly let go? Does letting go mean your life goes off the rails? Or will you better align with the flow of life and find it easier to manifest outcomes?

Listen in to hear psychologist and medium Dr. Amy Robbins share two of her channeled, inspired insights on the topic of letting go.

As a newsletter subscriber you will receive Amy’s Soul Wisdoms every two weeks. When you subscribe on Amy’s website here you will receive a free workbook of Amy’s previously channeled Soul Wisdoms to prompt your own inner work.

Amy’s Soul Wisdom:

[2:07] Profound change is needed in the world. What has been hidden -- or what has been unconscious -- is currently being brought into conscious awareness. Today’s tumultuous times mean change is underway – the work of which can be painful and difficult. Before change there is challenge and difficulty. And then revelation after revelation. You don’t need all the answers right now, just keep asking the questions.

[3:22] Letting go does not mean giving up. Rather, it means becoming unstuck. It means calling what you wish to experience to you. You can call experience into your life; your imagination becomes your reality. Think about what your life has the potential to become and watch it manifest.

Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

Dr. Amy Robbins | Host, Executive Producer

PJ Duke | Executive Producer

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Untangling Your Life with Koshin Paley Ellison Dec 15, 2022

Show notes

“Real freedom is not being enslaved by any thought or feeling.” – Zen teacher Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

What does it mean to be tangled?

Today we talk with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, a Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, ACPE Certified Chaplaincy Educator, and author of “Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion.” After more than a decade as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, which offers contemplative approaches to care through education, care-partnering, and Zen practice.

Listen in to hear what Sensei Koshin believes is the foundation of belonging and how to show others compassion.

Topics We Discuss:

[2:08] To be tangled is a story we all know; it’s when we’re living in a story and situation where we feel anxious, overwhelmed, and have a sense of unease. Many of us live like this just under the surface of what we think is going well.

[7:22] In the Zen tradition, they often say that if you want to work with a practice to do it fully for 30 years and then evaluate how it’s going. This view says it takes time to undo our habits.

[9:38] Another Zen teaching is: you’ll never be free until you can be still with your pain. Once you are able, you learn to relax in the face of pain and discomfort.

[13:59] Epigenetic trauma – including Holocaust trauma - being passed down over generations. For a long time, Koshin identified as a victim of abuse, resulting in a lack of trust, and a lack of alignment between his actions and his words.

[20:00] Compassion is about connecting to others and suffering with one another. It is the beginning of love: to realize it’s amazing that we exist, that we all struggle with things, and it’s a miracle that we can look at each other and be alive in this world. This is also the foundation of belonging and an antidote to loneliness.

[22:18] Dr. Amy observes it’s increasingly difficult to find people who are willing to be truly vulnerable and who are willing to say, “I’m not having the best day today.” The facades seem to keep going up and up despite these feelings of loneliness and disconnection, which feel disingenuous.

[24:40] Find your five. Ask yourself who in your life will show up for you no matter what. If you don’t have five, start with one. Practice how to have relationships that are meaningful with these people in your life.

[26:29] Seated meditation in the midst of our lives is very powerful. Practice meditation to feel grounded all the time, so that everywhere and every time in your life can be a place of practice. The posture of how we hold ourselves creates the container for living clearly and in the time of our lives.

[28:29] Enlightenment means to bring in light. The path of mystery. Ask yourself, “What am I engaged in that brings in light, clarity, courage, and compassion?” For Koshin, it’s when his values and actions are aligned and he is feeling clear.

[30:45] Koshin’s experiences with people who are approaching death. What he finds most amazing is that each person’s passing is unique to them. What causes the greatest end-of-life regret is a lack of courage and compassion in life.

FOLLOW KOSHIN PALEY ELLISON:

Find Koshin and the programs he offers on his website or on Instagram.

His new book, “Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion” is available on Amazon.

Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

Dr. Amy Robbins | Host, Executive Producer

PJ Duke | Executive Producer

2 Market Media | Sound & Video Editing

Mara Stallins | Outreach & Social Media Strategy

Claire | Clairperk.com | Podcast Cover Design

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The Power of Being Ordinary with Dr. Ronald Siegel Dec 08, 2022

Show notes

“It’s one of the real tragic mythologies of our culture – this crazy fantasy that real winners are just non-stop on top… it’s completely impossible.” – Dr Ronald Siegel

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

Have you ever felt jealousy, stress or even anger on social media, but you keep right on scrolling? What about feelings of sadness and loneliness? How do you usually cope with these feelings? Well maybe the secret is to remind yourself that you're ordinary…

Today we talk with Dr. Ronald Siegel, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, serving on the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He serves on the faculties of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at the Cambridge Health Alliance and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has written and edited several books; his most recent “The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary” is out now.

Listen in to hear what it means to be ordinary, how we balance conspicuous consumption vs. conspicuous frugality, the greatest informer of how to live, and the key to joy.

Topics We Discuss:

[3:40] Social media presents an unrealistic picture vs. ordinary day-to-day life. Constant self-monitoring may be genetic. Obsession with selfies and how much we lose the present by wanting to present it perfectly

[05:52] We have an instinct for social connection. What social media likes do to the brain and our emotions. How we compare ourselves to others and the constant habit to evaluate our life.

[06:40] Being out with friends is a completely different experience. Safe social connection is where we stop trying to impress, and preoccupations with self fall away so we can open up and be vulnerable.

[7:58] The idea of a “vulnerability hangover” after opening up maybe too much. Metacognitive awareness is the antidote: the ability to see a thought as just a thought.

[9:30] The key to well being is the quality of our relationships.

[11:35] Happiness vs. self acceptance or well-being. Allowing feelings to come and go, and allow the emotions to move through us. . The fast changing emotions dn the how much they fluctuate in the day. Once we see how much our emotions can be altered throughout the day, it is all programmable.

[13:10] Just like physical health is about getting sick and getting well again, emotional health is about feeling the range of emotions, including less tolerable emotions, and being able to recover and rebalance.

[14:00] A mindfulness exercise. Allowing thoughts and emotions to flow in and out diffuses intensity.

[19:30] Balancing conspicuous consumption vs. conspicuous frugality. Buying luxury items to show off that we can buy them vs. showing off that we are “enlightened” enough not to care about physical things. Marketing and consumerism (and even anti-consumerism) and society’s obsession with tiers and rankings.

[23:05] Self-esteem vs. self-compassion. How to support your child during and after an upsetting event. We must learn to process these emotions and not try to protect others from them, which prolongs the exposure to the trauma.

[28:18] Death is the greatest informer for how to live better. Awareness of death is a great way to disconnect from the self-esteem roller coaster. All things change. Death is a powerful leveler.

[30:25] Three pronged approach to embracing being ordinary: work with 1) heads, 2) hearts, and 3) habits. 1) Where did I get the idea that being smarter/prettier/richer is better? See the folly in being caught in these patterns. 2) Open to the hurt and disappointment to really feel them and then release them. 3) Evaluate where we put our energies. Are we going to jump on social media or call a friend?

FOLLOW DR. RONALD SIEGEL:

Find Dr. Ronald Siegel and the programs he offers on https://drronsiegel.com/

or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/drronaldsiegel/

Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

Dr. Amy Robbins | Host, Executive Producer

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Reclaiming Your Sovereignty with Jynnette Lewis Dec 01, 2022

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“People think about these transcendent, enlightened experiences; sometimes they think they’re long sustainable moments and we should be in that place consistently. It’s not that at all. It's that you have these small bits and pieces that kind of keep you thirsting for another one.” – Dr. Amy Robbins

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Have you ever felt like something was holding you back? Have you ever noticed how your energy changes throughout the weeks, almost like a recurring cycle? Do you have any interest in learning how to maximize your time and energy to be the best version of yourself?

Today we talk with Jynnette Lewis, who is Founder & CEO of Inner Sun Alchemy. Jynnette has always been a deeply spiritual person and passionate about liberating herself and others.

Listen in to hear how we can use cycles to motivate, lift, inspire, and most importantly, understand. You will also be able to take agency in limiting surprise emotions by learning your specific cycle. Freeing yourself emotionally and spiritually is the ultimate skill.

Topics We Discuss:

[1:12] How you can connect astrology to your business in a long-term, sustainable way by understanding cycles. Using strategic planning through this lens brings a fresh perspective to business.

[3:35] As someone who menstruates, what does understanding how astrology aligns with your monthly cycle look like? It takes a lot of the pressure off when you are able to sync your body cycle with your astrological cycle and your business cycle.

[5:30] In your business, you can’t do what you did in year one in year five. You have to be smarter about how you use your energy in a more purposeful way to move forward.

[7:20] The Sacred Pause - Using the lens of the pandemic to review how your attention is contributing to output.

[9:00] Seeing business as one of the expressions of nature. If nature was a business, how would nature run?

[9:20] Our “pulls” that you naturally feel and may not notice how they are related to your cycles.

[10:25] How Jynnette found her calling/received a call. She didn’t choose this, she was pushed towards it.

[12:30] The line between intuition and desperation can be very thin.

[13:42] Jynnette shares her process of creation and how/why she integrates dance in her work.

[14:50] Surrendering is always the hardest piece after you’ve put in all the work. Jynnette talks about how to surrender and coming to terms with it.

[16:10] Aligning your calendar with the ovulation stage of your menstrual cycle.

[17:18] Jynnette walks through the phases of the moon and the menstrual cycle so both those who menstruate and those who don’t can gain value from planning ahead. She shares the feelings you may find coming up and how to play to your strengths in each.

[20:23] Amy’s speed round questions: Spirituality means? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you are looking forward to right now? What are you grateful for? What book is on your nightstand? What is your favorite spiritual healing practice? What is the most transformative experience of your life?

FOLLOW JYNNETTE LEWIS:

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Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

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In the Ether with Colleen Hildebrand Nov 24, 2022

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IN THE ETHER with COLLEEN HILDEBRAND

“The love that you feel when you open your heart to someone transcends death.” – Dr. Amy Robbins

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

Have you ever felt an instant connection with someone? Even when circumstances are stacked against that person taking on a significant role in your life?

Today we talk with Colleen Hildebrand, a Life, Death and the Space Between podcast listener who first contacted Dr. Amy Robbins with her story, intending for it to be a ghost story. Dr Robbins was pulled to reach out to Colleen and invite her in as a guest on the show.

Colleen’s book, “In the Ether” is an earthly love story that continues beyond death. Her goal with the book was to illuminate the struggle on the path toward unconditional love.

Listen in to hear how Colleen followed the pull of her intuition to write her book, and her arc toward living a more spiritual life full of signs and inexplicable otherworldly experiences.

Topics We Discuss:

[0:22] Colleen’s bio.

[3:25] Dr. Robbins and Colleen connected after Colleen submitted the idea for a Life, Death and the Space Between podcast ghost story.

[4:35] Tragic and stormy love story between Colleen’s teenage daughter Abby and Ryan, an older active duty US Marine. Ryan’s violent episode with PTSD and subsequent felony conviction.

[6:00] Colleen and Ryan’s continuing connection and evolving mother/son type relationship. Colleen’s faith in Ryan as a young person who wanted to do the right thing, but didn’t quite know what the right thing(s) were. Colleen wrote “In the Ether” about Abby and Ryan’s relationship, and Colleen and Ryan’s.

[8:40] An overwhelming message Colleen heard to “be a mother to him” and the connection to the 90’s song “Champagne Supernova”.

[10:28] Ryan broke his neck in a diving accident, the aftermath of the sudden tragedy in the hospital, and how Colleen started hearing from Ryan while he lay unconscious in the ICU. Colleen continued to hear from Ryan after his death.

[14:30] Colleen felt compelled to contact a medium - they validated her communication from Ryan across the veil. Colleen asked Ryan for very specific signs, and Ryan delivered again and again.

[18:10] How Ryan kept his promise – even after his death – to promote Colleen’s book through social media. Abby’s viral TikTok dragonfly video got millions of views.

[23:20] How love transcends death. Colleen’s multiple spiritual experiences throughout her life have opened her in ways she never imagined — including a premonition of Ryan’s death.

[24:40] Colleen’s path toward a more spiritual life: experiencing the inexplicable, embracing it, cultivating it, and ultimately growing in awareness and connection.

FOLLOW COLLEEN HILDEBRAND

See Colleen’s daughter Abby’s viral dragonfly video on Instagram or TikTok.

Find Colleen on Instagram and on her website. Her book, “In the Ether: A Memoir of Holding Space” is available on Amazon.

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Resurrection of the Cross - A Ghost Story Nov 21, 2022

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Resurrection of the Cross – A Ghost Story

“I love ghost stories. They are my listeners’ way of being part of the podcast. You share your stories of mystical, magical experiences connecting to your loves ones on the other side – and other mystical, magical experience you’ve had.”

– Dr Amy Robbins

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Episode Summary:

Amy shares a listener’s story of help from the other side. Inexplicably finding long lost items, and a dark figure placing her son's long lost communion cross, a gift from her mother, into her hand. Chills!

Listen in to hear her story of signs, of connection, and of knowing that life does not end after death.

Do You Have a Ghost Story?

Ghost Stories is a way for listeners to tell their amazing stories. If you have a great story to tell, a relationship you have with your loved one who has passed, or another mystical experience please reach out: Team@DrAmyRobbins.com. Tell me your story so we can feature it on the show.

Life, Death and the Space Between is brought to you by:

Dr. Amy Robbins | Host, Executive Producer

PJ Duke | Executive Producer

2 Market Media | Audio and Video editing

Mara Stallins | Outreach & Social Media Strategy

Claire | Clairperk.com | Podcast Cover Design

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.