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Signs of Life with Bob Ginsberg. Personal Experiences hosts Kimberly Saavedra and Dr. Betty Kovacs Pennies, Radio Songs, and a Slamming Exercise Band: Callers Share After-Death Signs and Near-Death Visions On this Personal Experiences edition of Signs of Life, hosts Kimberly Saavedra and Dr. Betty Kovacs read after-death encounter stories from Diane Arcangel and Melvin Morse and take calls from Melanie in Nevada and Marlene in Massachusetts, who describe pennies, a radio song, and other unmistakable signs from parents and partners who have died. A Personal Experiences Evening Without Janet Mayer Kimberly Saavedra opens this Personal Experiences hour of Signs of Life for the Forever Family Foundation, explaining that unlike the show's medium-focused episodes, tonight centers on listeners' own encounters with the afterlife, no medium required. She reads the call-in numbers for North America and international callers and thanks everyone who has shared stories in the past, saying it means more than they may realize. She introduces her co-host, Dr. Betty Kovacs, author of The Miracle of Death: There Is Nothing But Life and Merchants of Light, and notes that Janet Mayer is absent this evening but will return next month. The two settle into an easy exchange about the courage it takes to call in, agreeing that anonymity helps callers open up, and that listeners who stay quiet often reach out afterward to say how much the stories meant to them, even when the phone lines stay silent during the broadcast itself. Betty Kovacs On Awakening And The Biofield Dr. Betty Kovacs reflects on living in what she calls a suppressed and repressed world, one that inherited a centuries-old belief that death ends everything, a worldview she says causes needless suffering. She reads from Victor and Wendy Zammit's Friday Afterlife Report a channeled passage urging people not to give in to darkness but to keep sending light, calling the present moment a great awakening organized like a trauma center on the other side. She describes the biofield, the shared energetic space she says every experience of spirit ripples through, magnifying whatever is shared rather than staying contained to one person. Kimberly Saavedra likens grief to a journey through that same trauma center, and Kovacs recalls her late husband's vision of their son Pisti on a mountain in Peru, telling him that even the horizon is not the limit, a memory she says took her years to fully understand. Melanie's Penny And A Text Thread From Mom Melanie calls from Nevada, a regular listener nearing the six-year anniversary of her daughter Quincy's crossing and the first anniversary of her mother's death on August 30. She explains that her mother, married 76 years before her father died, was never a subtle communicator, so Melanie was surprised by what came through after a long-delayed driveway renovation, paid for partly with her inheritance, finally finished just days before the anniversary. Standing on the new porch, she finds a penny on the step, which she credits to her daughter. Sending a celebratory group text to her siblings, she later learns, to her shock, that it landed on the one dormant thread the family used a year earlier to announce their mother's hospitalization and stroke. Melanie calls it her mother's clumsy but unmistakable way of saying she is present, and a photo of her parents together that surfaces unbidden on her phone that same night. Marlene's Signs From Her Soul Partner Marlene calls from Massachusetts to describe the wave of signs that followed the death of her partner, a heavy metal musician she calls the love of her life. The day he died, she opens the console of his car and finds a dental floss package with the word Hi printed on the back. Renting a car soon after, a song he wrote for her plays unprompted on the radio. Walking laps around a nearby pond in her grief, she keeps finding stones painted with messages like I love you. The most striking sign comes when a resistance band looped over her doorknob lifts on its own and slaps against the door before falling still, a moment she says ends with her feeling slammed back into her own body. She adds that after being resuscitated during his hospitalization, her partner told her he saw a white light, and that a medium at a Forever Family Foundation grief retreat later told her he had struggled to let go because he did not want to leave her. Hidden Money And A Verified Red Shoe Kimberly Saavedra turns to Diane Arcangel's book Afterlife Encounters, reading the story of Houston businessman Charles Vance, visited in a dream by Murphy, a modest former vacuum cleaner store owner who tells him where he hid a large sum of money inside a wall, near a light socket, and asks that the message reach his widow, Lorraine. A year later, Lorraine confirms she found the money exactly where the dream described, just before a remodeling project would have exposed the hidden cash to demolition, and her daughter in Florida reports an identical dream with the same vivid, three-dimensional imagery. Betty Kovacs answers with a story from Dr. Melvin Morse about a heart transplant patient whose son-in-law, alone at home, wakes to see her standing at the foot of his bed telling him she will be fine, at the exact moment her heart stopped on the operating table. Kovacs follows with Morse's famous account of a man who left his body during surgery and correctly described a red tennis shoe sitting on a sixth-floor windowsill, later verified by hospital staff. Closing Stories Of Comfort And Recognition Betty Kovacs shares more accounts from Morse's Parting Visions, including two young cancer patients, Sandra and Chrissy, who never meet in life but reunite in a vision that erases Sandra's fear of death, and a woman who watches her room fill with light and hears a gentle voice say I'm taking him with me the night her father dies. Kimberly Saavedra reads two entries from Arcangel's collection: a stepfather's dream visit asking his stepdaughter, nicknamed Debba, to reassure his grieving wife, and an Argentine grandmother, Maria Elena, so skeptical of an afterlife that she hides under the covers rather than face her late grandson Pablo's luminous apparition at her bedroom door. Kovacs then recalls her own vision of translucent spirit beings at Lake Titicaca, long before any family loss, and closes with a shared vision she and her brother-in-law describe involving her son Pisti and the highway accident in Hungary that killed her husband, a passage that grows tangled in the source transcript. Saavedra thanks Melanie and Marlene for calling as the broadcast ends.

Signs of Life with Bob Ginsberg Research-Tested Mediumship and Live Caller Readings with Joanne Gerber Mediums and Messages host Joe Perreta welcomes lab-tested, Forever Family Foundation certified medium Joanne Gerber for an evening of live call-in readings connecting four callers with mothers, a son, a father and brother, and a grandmother in spirit. Announcements And Introducing Joanne Gerber Joe Perreta opens this Mediums and Messages hour of Signs of Life for the Forever Family Foundation, reminding listeners to call in on a landline for the best reception and thanking sponsor Hugs from Heaven, which turns clothing into keepsakes. He previews two upcoming events: an October 24 and 25 psychic and mediumship development convention with an optional Friday dinner featuring Laura Lynne Jackson and Travis Holp, and a January 15 through 17 winter grief transformation retreat held at an intimate, bucolic center, which he notes was featured in the Netflix series Surviving Death. Perreta then introduces tonight's guest medium, Joanne Gerber, describing her as a Forever Family Foundation certified medium and a certified research medium with the Windbridge Institute, holder of a business administration and marketing degree, Reiki certified, certified in clinical and metaphysical hypnotherapy, lab certified through the University of Arizona's VERITAS Research Program, and an ordained spiritual minister. Inside The World Of Tested Mediums Perreta and Gerber compare notes on being research-tested mediums, a topic they realize they have never discussed on air. Gerber explains she was certified through the University of Arizona in 2007, before the Windbridge Institute existed, undergoing triple-blind readings given by phone with no feedback from anyone on the line, an experience she compares to doing radio into dead air. She recalls people around her reacting with alarm when she left her business to pursue mediumship, and now those same people ask her to read for friends. The two discuss why certification matters, since many self-styled mediums claim credentials without any real testing process, and they distinguish between an accurate reading and one that is both accurate and specific, using a joking example about hair color. Gerber calls herself a healthy skeptic who wanted proof her work was genuine connection rather than simple psychic guessing. She also plugs a demonstration this weekend with Reverend Kathleen Hoffman at the First Spiritualist Church of Onset, Massachusetts, tickets available through her website. Sandy Connects With Her Mother The phone lines open with Sandy from New York, who asks for a mini reading. Gerber connects with a maternal energy and describes a mother who was strong-minded and held on despite a difficult final illness, a homebody who preferred family closeness over travel and disliked flying. Sandy confirms her mother suffered end-stage Alzheimer's, developed pneumonia, and went septic, and that her father, still living when her mother passed, has since died as well and now stands beside her in spirit. Gerber's impressions about Sandy's mother running the household and playing matchmaker draw gentle pushback, though Sandy agrees her mother was deeply opinionated about her relationships. Gerber describes a woman who entrusted Sandy with family matters and who, from the other side, expresses regret for not always showing appreciation while alive. She mentions an unidentified J-name and a coming celebration, perhaps a wedding or engagement, that Sandy cannot yet place. The reading closes with Sandy's father adding, through Gerber, that her mother wants more conversation than he does. Susan Hears From Her Son Michael Susan from New York calls next, and Gerber first senses a mother's energy with a strong sense of humor before a younger male presence comes through more urgently. Susan confirms the connection is her son, whose sudden, accidental passing Gerber describes as unexpected rather than self-inflicted, a detail Susan validates. Gerber picks up specific details: Susan keeps his wallet, sits near his photograph, and feels his presence riding along in her car. She identifies the M initial as Michael and names his brother Matthew, prompting Susan's emotional confirmation. Gerber describes Michael as independent-minded, unafraid of peer pressure, fond of the outdoors, and connected to a dog, which Susan clarifies belonged to people he lived with for a time rather than to him directly. Gerber notes a fondness for T-shirts that Susan confirms she still keeps, and closes by naming a March 30 birthday, which Susan confirms exactly. Susan thanks Gerber, calling the reading very helpful as the segment ends. Michelle's Father And Brother Come Through Michelle from Massachusetts requests a reading, and Gerber describes an older father figure who kept health worries private to avoid burdening his family, a trait Michelle recognizes. Gerber senses Michelle is one of two children and describes a sharp, well-read father who followed current events and markets closely, which Michelle confirms. A second male presence follows, and Michelle reveals her brother is also in spirit, killed instantly in a car accident with no known prior health issue, a passing Michelle says she still questions. Gerber offers several impressions, including foreign coins found in the family house, a Winnebago motorhome her father drove on family trips, and an occasional after-dinner cigarette her brother sometimes smoked, all of which Michelle confirms to varying degrees. Names like Benny, Pat, and Bill draw no recognition. Gerber senses Michelle is weighed down by sorting sentimental belongings left behind, which Michelle confirms she is doing in her basement, and passes along her father's encouragement to ask for help rather than carry the task alone. Ariel's Grandmother Sends Signs From Spirit The final call comes from Ariel in New Mexico, and Gerber connects with a maternal-side grandmother rather than Ariel's still-living mother. She describes a beautiful, simple-living woman who painted, especially flowers, kept a garden, and wrote personal notes inside cards she exchanged with Ariel, all of which Ariel confirms. Gerber mentions a California connection to living relatives and a great-uncle nearing the end of his life, details Ariel verifies. An image of a towering tree leads Gerber to say the word Sequoia, and Ariel confirms she has visited Sequoia National Park. Gerber notes Ariel wears her grandmother's ring and describes a maiden name starting with M, both validated. She adds that Ariel has recently felt a touch on her head, which Ariel says she and her mother already recognize as a sign from her grandmother. Perreta then thanks Joanne Gerber, directs listeners to joannegerber.com and the Forever Family Foundation's medium list, and closes the broadcast reminding listeners that loved ones remain, as he puts it, a heartbeat away.

Signs of Life with Bob Ginsberg Negative Energy, Grief Counseling, and the Ethics of Delivering Messages with Dusten Lyvers Medium Insights host Roman Karpishka catches up with newly credentialed Dr. Dusten Lyvers, a Forever Family Foundation certified medium, about negative energy, Ouija boards, grief therapy, and the ethics of delivering difficult messages from spirit. A Reunion And A New Doctorate Roman Karpishka opens Signs of Life's Medium Insights hour by welcoming back certified Forever Family Foundation medium Dusten Lyvers, joking about the pronunciation of his last name and tracing it to an old family surname, Levers, recorded in an ancestry book dating to 1669. Lyvers shares that since his last appearance, around Christmas, he has finished a seven-year doctoral journey and can now be called Dr. Dusten. Karpishka congratulates him, and the two banter about hair, aging, and Theresa Caputo's line that 'the higher the hair, the closer to God.' The mood is warm and unhurried, setting up an hour built around open conversation rather than readings; Karpishka repeats his standing rule that the show never delivers messages on air. He reminds listeners they can call in with questions, and the two settle into catching up before turning to the heavier subject of the approaching anniversary of September 11. 9/11 And The Weight Of Loss With the anniversary of September 11 one day away, Karpishka asks whether the date feels different to a medium who works with grieving clients across the country. Lyvers says the heaviness is constant in his practice because most of his clients live in the United States and many have been touched by the day personally or know someone who was. He describes reading a few weeks earlier for a woman whose relative was near the city during the attacks, calling it a significant moment for her. Karpishka suggests the emotional weight builds like a bell curve around the date itself. The exchange is brief but sets a reflective tone, linking personal loss to the wider themes the show returns to throughout the hour: how spirit communication intersects with real grief, how mediums carry the emotional residue of their clients' histories, and how national tragedies leave traces that Lyvers says he can still sense years later in the people who come to him for readings. Negative Energy, Ouija Boards, And Real Exorcists Caller Tim from Pennsylvania, prompted by the coming anniversary, asks about evil and negative energy in the afterlife given conflicting claims from mediums, religions, and Ouija board warnings. Lyvers says he was the only medium in a Forever Family Foundation study for the Bigelow Institute of Consciousness Studies who described encountering negative manifestations of energy rather than only positive ones. He recalls investigating reportedly haunted locations with Michiana Paranormal Investigations and feeling watched and unwelcome, and argues most mediums simply block themselves off from that side. He advises that Ouija boards are tools requiring protection and intention rather than something to avoid outright. Talk turns to The Exorcist, with Karpishka calling it the scariest film ever made, and Lyvers describing real exorcists connected to Notre Dame University near his home in South Bend, Indiana, while stressing that genuine hauntings are rare compared with psychic imprints. Tim also recalls predicting, before the last election, that the outcome would go a certain way, a detail the hosts quickly steer away from politics. Delivering Hard Messages With Care Karpishka asks how a medium handles a painful message, and Lyvers explains that 'delivery' is a skill taught at the Arthur Findlay College in England, where softening a message does not mean withholding truth. He describes a recent reading in which a deceased baby validated a grieving father's small emotional progress without Lyvers passing along a harder note about the marriage. The conversation moves through gender identity on the other side, which Lyvers frames as energy rather than fixed biology, and briefly touches on continued intimacy in spirit form. He explains why sessions run a set length, comparing it to a therapist's boundaries and insisting spirits respect time just as the living do. Asked about sensory impressions, Lyvers says he experiences clairvoyance, clairsentience, and an unusually strong clairaudience that lets him hear accents and vocal qualities, joking that he can sometimes tell if a spirit sounds like Sylvia Browne, whose old videos, he notes, are now circulating again on social media years after her death. A Haunted Apartment And A Search For Answers Crystal calls from New Hampshire describing years of frightening activity in her apartment that began in September 2023, weeks after a sudden death in her life, including sightings of a nun on her balcony, a floating head, and photos that appeared to show movement. Lyvers tells her he doubts a portal was opened but says significant loss often becomes a doorway through which people suddenly begin sensing spirit, sometimes overnight, a pattern he says many mediums describe in their own histories. He recommends she keep protecting and cleansing her space, connect with a support community, and seek out a spiritually open therapist rather than face the experience alone, adding that her sensitivity may itself indicate mediumship ability. Karpishka points her toward Victor Zammit's online resources and Lyvers mentions Psychology Today's therapist directory, which lets users filter for practitioners open to spirituality. Crystal says the activity has eased since she stopped photographing it, and thanks the hosts before the call ends warmly. Grief, Growth, And Building A Practice Karpishka asks about connecting with people whose minds have been altered by Alzheimer's or dementia before death, and Lyvers explains that mediums sometimes sense such people are already partly crossed over, their souls beginning to detach before physical death occurs. He reflects on what sustains him in the work, describing the reward of watching grief soften into humor and peace, and contrasts it with his frustration at clients who book reading after reading without integrating any message into real change. Lyvers, trained as a licensed clinician, says he hopes to compile a national list of spiritually open therapists. He plugs his eight-week intuitive and mediumship development courses at Sacred Waters, his Linktree, and his website, Dustenlyvers.com, mentioning upcoming group readings in Ottawa and travel bookings roughly a week out. Karpishka thanks him for the hour, closes with Fran Ginsberg's line that loved ones are 'a heartbeat away,' and signs off until next month's Medium Insights.

Signs of Life - The Gathering With Bob Ginsberg, Marta Kane and Tom and Melissa Gould Messages Beyond the Veil: Mediumship, Signs, Free Will, Past Lives, and the Nature of the Afterlife Summary Receiving Signs and Messages from Loved Ones The episode opens with a discussion of how people may seek communication from loved ones who have died. The panel recommends approaching reputable mediums while remaining open to whoever may come through rather than insisting on one particular person. They also suggest recording readings because emotionally intense sessions can make details difficult to absorb in the moment. Meditation, quiet breathing, intention, and simple practices such as using a pendulum are discussed as ways to become more receptive. The speakers repeatedly emphasize what they describe as a personal “knowing” that accompanies a meaningful sign. Their advice is presented as their experience and belief about spirit communication rather than as an independently established conclusion. Mediumship, Evidence, and the Limits of Summoning Caller Tanya asks how to know whether a perceived sign is genuine and whether a psychic or medium can improve the chances of hearing from a particular person. The panel says a one-on-one session with a skilled medium may provide evidential details that the sitter recognizes. They also explain their belief that a medium cannot simply summon a particular deceased person on command because the communication is driven by the spirit and depends on what they describe as compatible frequency or vibration. The Forever Family Foundation’s medium-certification process and waiting lists are discussed, including the suggestion that callers may place themselves on several wait lists. Phone and Zoom readings are described as viable alternatives to in-person sessions. The discussion stresses patience, openness, and the possibility that someone other than the hoped-for loved one may communicate. Group Readings, Meditation, and Altered States The panel compares one-on-one readings with group mediumship sessions and discusses what listeners can take from each. Melissa encourages people in group readings to listen not only for messages directed to them but also for meaningful information received by others. Bob describes “piggybacking,” in which a detail given during another person’s reading may also seem relevant to someone else in the room. The speakers portray mediumship as a process in which many impressions may be present at once and must be sorted out by the medium. Meditation and quieting the mind return as a central theme, with Marta describing an intense experience of oneness that she found life-changing. Nature is presented as an especially helpful setting for her own sense of calm and connection. Free Will, Thought, and the Nature of the Afterlife A listener question about Bob’s book The Medium Explosion leads into an extended discussion of free will after death. The panel argues that free will in a nonphysical realm would operate differently because, in their view, greed, possessions, ego, and ordinary physical competition would no longer function in the same way. They discuss communication as mind-to-mind or telepathic and suggest that thoughts would be more transparent than they are in physical life. The speakers also explore the idea of differing levels of spiritual development and whether people with harmful or maladaptive attitudes would be less able to communicate from an elevated state. These ideas are framed as beliefs, interpretations, and personal theories expressed by the speakers. The conversation repeatedly acknowledges that human language may be inadequate to describe what they regard as a nonphysical realm. How to Approach a Mediumship Reading and Why Past Lives May Be Forgotten The panel gives practical advice about how much information a sitter should provide during a mediumship reading. They recommend answering simply, validating what is understood, and asking the medium to provide more detail rather than volunteering facts that could shape the reading. Bob suggests questions such as “What else can you tell me?” as a way to preserve the evidential value of the session. The discussion then turns to why people generally do not remember past lives. The speakers speculate that forgetting may be part of the design of physical life, allowing people to experience uncertainty, growth, learning, and the feeling of being separate. They compare life to an exam in which already knowing the answers would undermine the experience. Love, Identity, Reality, and the Closing Peace Prayer The final portion of the episode explores whether people fall in love after death, how multiple spouses might relate in the afterlife, and whether love becomes broader and less possessive. Marta shares a dream after her husband’s death in which she experienced an overwhelming sense of light, joy, care, and reassurance. The group also discusses houses, food, telepathic privacy, personal facades, and the possibility that familiar physical preferences could be mentally manifested in a nonphysical realm. Marta offers an “epiphany” that the physical world may be temporary while consciousness and the unseen world are more enduring, leading to playful speculation about whether ordinary life is itself a kind of dream. The episode closes with Bob’s global peace prayer calling for love, forgiveness, kindness, care for other people, and care for the Earth.

Signs of Life - Personal Experiences - hosted by Dr. Betty Kovacs, Janet Mayer and Kimberly Saavedra Cracking the Code of Connection: Signs, Synchronicities, and Love Beyond Loss Everyone Has A Story To Share. We Invite You To Share YOURS! Many Of Us Have Personal Experiences That Defy Mainstream Thinking. Join Us As We Explore The Types Of Experiences That People Have, What They Mean, And How We Can Integrate Them Into Our Daily Lives. Summary Technology, Timing, and a Mother’s Continuing Bond The episode opens by inviting listeners to share direct personal experiences that they interpret as evidence of continuing connection with deceased loved ones. Caller Georgia describes the death of her son and says she has experienced many signs from him over the years. Her most striking story involves repeated device notifications telling her she was a few minutes away from what the phone identified as her son’s home, even though his old phone service and accounts were no longer active. She says the notifications appeared on multiple devices and recurred on the 22nd of successive months, which she connected with the date of his death. Georgia also describes an LED candle that appeared to illuminate while switched off and that seemed to activate around a time she associated with August 22. The co-hosts respond by emphasizing attentiveness and by framing Georgia’s experiences as meaningful to her without suggesting that grief itself disappears. A Pomeranian, a Stairway, and a Shared Experience Caller Teresa recounts losing her husband of 37 years to COVID and bringing his ashes home after the cremation process. The morning after the urn returned to the house, her daughter’s Pomeranian behaved in a way that Teresa and her daughter found extraordinary. The dog stood at the bottom of the staircase, barking, bouncing, and staring toward a landing while refusing to respond to either woman. Teresa explains that the dog had shared a playful daily routine with her husband before his death, including stealing his socks while he dressed. When Teresa’s daughter watched the dog and quietly suggested “Dad,” Teresa says they both understood the moment in the same way. She later explains that having her daughter witness the event kept her from dismissing it and opened her to asking for and noticing additional signs. Parking Spots, Synchronicity, and Hope Within Grief Teresa continues with a pattern of repeatedly finding unusually convenient front-row parking spaces while running errands. She initially laughed about the pattern and began telling family members about it. Later she watched a movie in which a deceased brother appeared to a living character and referred to being responsible for years of favorable parking spots, creating a synchronicity that stunned her because it mirrored her own recent experiences. Teresa stresses that these experiences do not remove the sadness of losing her husband. Instead, she says they provide hope and a sense that the relationship is not entirely gone, even though it is no longer physical. The co-hosts use her story to discuss how personal meaning can emerge through patterns that another observer might interpret differently. Paying Attention Without Living in Constant Vigilance Janet expands on a phrase she calls a “short window” for noticing experiences associated with loved ones. She does not mean people should spend every moment searching for signs, but rather that ordinary life can make subtle moments easy to miss. According to Janet, a person may be reading, meditating, watching television, or going about routine tasks when something suddenly captures attention. She encourages listeners to pause and notice what the experience means to them while also continuing to live their normal lives. Janet later describes several household objects that appeared to move unexpectedly while she was recovering from a foot and leg injury, including a massage ball, a water-bottle lid, and a massage gun. She interpreted the cluster of events as a practical reminder to hydrate, care for her body, and follow through with physical therapy. Dreams, Belief, and the Limits People Accept Betty shares a dream involving tiny pebbles that are first dismissed and then transformed, through an artist’s attention, into enormous sacred standing stones. She uses the dream to describe what she sees as a tension between a culturally conditioned tendency to dismiss unusual experiences and a more receptive, imaginative way of perceiving them. She later recounts a profound vision in Peru in which she experiences herself approaching a sacred mountain, only to realize that she does not need to enter it because, in the vision, she already embodies the mountain and its wisdom. A loving voice then tells her that saying she cannot create a world has itself created a world in which she cannot create. Betty interprets the experience as a lesson about how beliefs can shape the boundaries of what people allow themselves to experience. She connects that idea with a vision her husband had after their son’s death in which their son’s voice said that even the horizon was not the limit. Recording Experiences and Remaining Open to Meaning Near the end, Janet recalls falling forward on a staircase years earlier and suddenly finding herself seated safely back on the top step, an event she personally interpreted as intervention from spirit. She recommends that listeners write down and date meaningful experiences because patterns may become easier to recognize over time. Betty adds a story from a friend who believed she and her son had inexplicably avoided being struck by a truck that ran a stop sign. Throughout the episode, the co-hosts repeatedly emphasize that one person’s experience may not convince another person and that listeners should not assume everyone will interpret unusual events identically. They describe storytelling itself as valuable because hearing how others process grief, coincidence, synchronicity, and spiritual experience can broaden the range of possibilities people are willing to consider. The program closes with a prayer for all beings to be fulfilled, awakened, liberated, free, and at peace, followed by thanks to Georgia and Teresa for sharing their experiences.

Signs of Life's Medium & Messages with Host: #FFFCertifiedMedium Joe Perreta and Guest: FFFCertifiedMedium Nancy Marlowe When Love Sends a Sign: Mediumship, Grief, Spirit Messages, and Unexpected Connections Summary A Conversation About Grief, Worth, and Inner Strength Joe Perreta opens the program with Forever Family Foundation announcements, including an upcoming psychic and mediumship development convention and a winter grief transformation retreat. He introduces guest medium Nancy Marlowe and describes her background in tested and evidential mediumship. Their early conversation centers on Marlowe's book Let Your Soul Shine and the emotional struggles she says she encounters in people dealing with bereavement, broken relationships, loneliness, and diminished self-worth. Marlowe says the book is meant to remind readers that each individual is unique, loved, and capable of making a difference. She emphasizes kindness, spiritual connection, and the idea that a simple smile or compassionate act can create a positive ripple through other people's lives. Kindness, Humor, and the Everyday Human Connection The host and guest move into a lighter discussion about smiling at strangers, Southern accents, and the difference between social interactions in California and New York City. Perreta recalls how smiling at people after returning from California felt unusual on the streets of Manhattan, while Marlowe encourages him to keep doing it. Their banter reinforces the larger theme that kindness costs nothing and can have effects beyond the original interaction. Perreta also praises the value of a short book carrying a large message, while Marlowe reiterates that people should remember their strength, their worth, and their ability to influence others positively. Humor throughout this section keeps the discussion conversational while maintaining the focus on compassion and personal meaning. Psychic Investigation and Claims of Information From the Deceased Perreta asks Marlowe about her experiences working on cold cases and investigations because he participates in a paranormal program combining true crime and psychic investigation. Marlowe says she has worked on numerous cases and recounts her claimed involvement with the BTK case, the Natalee Holloway case, and a medical case involving a woman whose daughter died during a routine procedure. She describes psychic information as puzzle-solving and says deceased people sometimes come to her in dreams with instructions or details about what happened. Perreta relates this to his own interest in mysteries and his work on Voices from the Grave, including an investigation involving the Black Dahlia murder. Both speakers frame these experiences as psychic or mediumistic perceptions rather than conventional investigative proof. Debbie's Reading and the Search for Reassurance The first caller, Debbie from New York, requests a spirit connection. Marlowe says she senses a profound loss, ongoing grief, and a person who is trying to communicate that they remain close to Debbie. She describes possible signs in the backyard, kitchen, and around familiar sensory experiences, while also acknowledging that she is not receiving many specific identifying details. The reading then shifts to a deceased dog, with Marlowe describing the sound of toenails, closeness, warmth, and the possibility of feeling pressure beside Debbie at night. The central message offered to Debbie is that both the deceased person and the pet remain near her and are attempting to provide comfort. Bonnie's Son, Electronic Signs, and Thelma's Family Connection Bonnie from California asks primarily for mediumship and first receives a description of a maternal, talkative, loving woman she identifies as her nanny. She then asks about her deceased son, and Marlowe describes his death as sudden, tragic, and not something Bonnie could have prevented. Perreta joins the reading after saying he has been receiving an image involving batteries and electronics, which Bonnie connects to unusual behavior involving a photo on her cell phone and rapid battery drain. The hosts discuss electronics, lights, phones, butterflies, hummingbirds, and feathers as possible signs from spirits. The next caller, Thelma from Georgia, receives impressions involving a man who smoked, another person associated with reading and news, and someone who experienced severe breathing difficulty before death; Marlowe encourages her to speak to deceased loved ones and listen for responses. Dawn's Career Concerns, a Beloved Dog, and the Closing Message Dawn from Kentucky asks about a career loss that occurred several months earlier and says she is struggling to maintain faith that she can regain what she lost. Marlowe tells her that the future opportunity may not be in the same job or company but says she sees Dawn moving forward through persistence, creativity, experience, and help from her angels. Perreta then describes a deceased dog that loved being outdoors, had breathing or lung problems, and felt like a soulmate to Dawn; he later connects Dawn's deceased mother, Pat, with the dog. He also offers an impression about a group work project, delegation, and coworkers paying attention to Dawn's performance. The episode closes with Marlowe explaining how listeners can join her reading waitlist and Perreta reminding the audience that healing, continued bonds, and the possibility of life beyond physical death are the program's central themes.

Laura Wooster is an Intuitive Medium, Teacher, and host of The Intuitive Life podcast on MindBodySpirit.fm. On her journey of 18 years, she has studied with top teachers in her field from the US and the UK. Laura is a Spiritualist minister ordained by The Journey Within Spiritualist Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ. With a calm and supportive presence, Laura offers private Intuitive sessions to help you become the person you are meant to be while honoring where you are today. In addition, she offers private Mediumship sessions that offer peace in the awareness that your departed loved ones are still present.

Signs of Life - The Gathering With Bob Ginsberg, Marta Kane and Tom and Melissa Gould Signs From Beyond: Mediumship, Grief, Soul Connections, and the Questions We Carry Summary Religion, Mysticism, and Mediumship The discussion opens with a listener asking how religious mediums reconcile scriptural prohibitions against communication with the deceased. The panel describes its view that mysticism and belief in continuing consciousness have existed within major religious traditions, while organized religious dogma can create fear or resistance around mediumship. Melissa recounts a painful hospice experience in which a nurse reacted strongly to her and Tom’s belief that his mother would reunite with loved ones after death. Marta describes religious friends who are open to life after death and recalls a mystic rabbi who welcomed conversations about spiritual connection. The panel repeatedly distinguishes personal belief and mystical experience from institutional rules, while acknowledging that people raised with prohibitions may feel genuine apprehension. Learning to Communicate and Quiet the Mind Caller Pam asks how people might communicate with deceased loved ones for themselves. The panel recommends speaking to loved ones directly, using their names, and developing a regular practice of quieting the mind rather than trying to force an experience. Melissa describes a month-long meditation practice that gradually created a stronger internal sense of connection. Bob discusses mindfulness, positive emotion, nature, gratitude, music, and other practices the panel associates with raising one’s vibration, while Tom emphasizes that calmness rather than emotional intensity is the desired state. Marta shares a guided visualization she used even during oral surgery, illustrating how focused imagery and breathing can move attention into a deeply relaxed mental space. Evidential Readings and Continuing Bonds The panel reflects on a recent retreat and the visible emotional impact of strong medium readings. They discuss why some people may find a reading from a qualified medium more convincing than a private experience, because specific information delivered by another person can feel less easily dismissed as imagination. The speakers recommend seeking mediums who provide evidential details and note that readings can be conducted remotely by phone or video. In response to a question about a recently deceased friend, the panel expresses its belief that loved ones remain aware of events, emotions, memorials, and family milestones. The conversation also includes discussion of orbs, cemeteries, celebrations, and the idea that continuing bonds may be felt most strongly when the living remain engaged with life. Traumatic Death, Children, and Soul Contracts A listener’s questions about the deaths of three young children lead into the episode’s most difficult discussion. The panel repeatedly acknowledges that it cannot know exactly what happens after traumatic death, but describes its belief that people crossing over are greeted, helped, and understood regardless of physical age. Several panelists discuss the concept of soul contracts—the idea that a soul may agree before birth to broad aspects of a physical lifetime, including a short life or difficult circumstances. Tom explicitly notes that he has not personally seen enough evidence to present that idea as certain, even though it has been widely discussed within spiritual circles. The panel also considers whether children who died very young could communicate through a medium and whether, from a spiritual perspective, they might possess awareness beyond their physical age. Signs, Pets, Past Lives, and Personal Meaning The conversation turns to worries about missing signs from deceased loved ones. Tom tells a humorous story about mowing over a feather he had interpreted as a sign, only to encounter another feather moments later, and the panel emphasizes that the recognition of a sign may matter more than preserving the physical object. They discuss recording signs in a journal, noticing subtle patterns, and accepting that signs may become less frequent as grief changes and life moves forward. The panel extends the same idea of continuing connection to beloved pets, describing love as the basis of an enduring bond. The discussion then moves to past lives, déjà vu, and regression, with Marta recounting a past-life regression that helped her understand and end a recurring dream she had experienced for years. Skepticism, Legitimate Mediums, and Hope In the final portion, the panel considers what happens when a medium cannot connect, recommending honesty, rescheduling, or refunding the sitter rather than forcing a reading. They describe skepticism as healthy when it is paired with openness to specific evidence, and they recount examples of skeptical people changing their views after receiving or witnessing detailed readings. Tom shares how a reading involving his mother affected his highly skeptical brother and recalls how his mother’s growing belief in life after death helped her approach her own death with hope rather than fear. The panel discusses thought communication in spirit and then offers practical warning signs for evaluating a medium, including leading questions, information fishing, repetition, and a lack of specific evidence. The episode closes with a global peace prayer centered on love, forgiveness, kindness, humanity, and care for the Earth, followed by the message that loved ones are “only a heartbeat away.”

Signs of Life - Personal Experiences - hosted by Dr. Betty Kovacs, Janet Mayer and Kimberly Saavedra Love Beyond Loss: Personal Signs, Shared Visions, and Continuing Connection Everyone Has A Story To Share. We Invite You To Share YOURS! Many Of Us Have Personal Experiences That Defy Mainstream Thinking. Join Us As We Explore The Types Of Experiences That People Have, What They Mean, And How We Can Integrate Them Into Our Daily Lives. Summary Creating a Safe Space for Personal Experience The co-hosts open the program by defining it as a safe place for people to discuss direct experiences that they associate with deceased loved ones, survival of consciousness, dreams, signs, and other events that mainstream culture may dismiss. Janet emphasizes that each caller's account is personal and that sharing it can help listeners recognize patterns in their own lives. She encourages people to pay attention to meaningful timing and to signs such as coins, birds, lights, balloons, dreams, or other individually recognizable symbols. The speakers repeatedly distinguish these direct experiences from formal mediumship while acknowledging that mediums can sometimes help grieving people begin recognizing an ongoing connection. The program's central invitation is to remain receptive without insisting that every person's experience take the same form. Sacred Space, Intention, and Frequency Dr. Betty discusses Celtic traditions involving wells, waterfalls, caves, and other places believed to support communication with the invisible world. The co-hosts extend that idea to sacred locations, long-used meditation sites, Forever Family Foundation gatherings, and even ordinary places made sacred through intention and attention. They describe grief and crisis as conditions that may intensify focus and open people to experiences they previously dismissed. The foundation is presented as a community where people arrive prepared to hear, share, and consider accounts of continuing connection. Although the speakers frame these ideas through spiritual interpretations, they preserve the importance of giving experiences time and space rather than attempting to control them. Balancing Analysis With Lived Knowing Dr. Betty recounts how the death of her son opened a door to dreams and visionary experiences, while her analytical mind continued to demand conventional proof. She describes gradually developing a cooperative relationship between the left and right brain, allowing herself to experience an event before analyzing it afterward. Janet explains that she began documenting experiences with dates and times so she could identify recurring patterns instead of dismissing each event in isolation. The hosts discuss the value of rational validation while also asserting that some experiences carry an immediate quality of knowing for the person involved. Their conversation suggests that reflection, pattern recognition, and careful documentation can help people integrate experiences without forcing them into a single explanatory model. Love, Grief, and Continuing Bonds Caller Al shares channeled messages about meditation, love, and the removal of demands or restrictions from love, although portions of the wording are unclear in the automated transcript. His offer to help a grieving caller leads to a broader discussion about whether loved ones must find one another after death. The co-hosts express their belief that love itself maintains connection and that deceased loved ones are already aware of the living person's emotional state. Janet recounts feeling a room fill with people who seemed to be gathering for someone approaching death, while Dr. Betty describes a visionary encounter with grieving mothers. The conversation presents grief as transformative, capable of opening new levels of compassion, especially for parents whose losses are complicated by judgment, isolation, or the circumstances of a child's life. Signs, Shared Perceptions, and Personal Validation Kimberly reads accounts involving Amanda and her parents, including an angel reportedly seen by a nurse, lights moving through a room after Amanda's death, and a distinctive woodsy-citrus scent connected with a childhood scratch-and-sniff book. The same fragrance was later perceived by several family members during a Christmas trip, making it a shared experience in their interpretation. Dr. Betty describes a group visionary experience at a sacred mountain near Lake Titicaca, where she and a friend reported seeing matching figures, a dog, and a being of light. The hosts emphasize that these experiences may arrive through sight, sound, smell, dreams, bodily feeling, synchronicity, or unexpected information. They encourage listeners to acknowledge meaningful experiences and remain attentive to what may follow. Evidence, Transformation, and the Invitation to Share A final account concerns Linda, who reported meeting her deceased fiance Wayne during a dreamlike medical crisis and receiving information that led to a correction concerning the circumstances of his death. The co-hosts discuss this as an example of information that appeared to fall outside Linda's prior knowledge and later received external confirmation. They describe such validation as reassuring to the analytical mind while also focusing on the emotional transformation Linda reported afterward, including greater peace about death and a changed approach to life and motherhood. The episode closes by encouraging listeners to call future programs because no experience is considered too small to share. Janet ends with a prayer for all beings to be fulfilled, awakened, liberated, free, and at peace throughout the universe.

Signs of Life's Medium & Messages with Host: #FFFCertifiedMedium Joe Perreta and Guest: FFFCertifiedMedium Travis Holp Messages Across the Veil: Healing, Humor, and Evidential Connections Summary A Medium's Unexpected Calling Host Joe Perreta welcomes certified medium Travis Holp for his first appearance on the program and explores the unconventional path that led him to professional mediumship. Holp explains that intuitive and spiritual experiences had been present throughout his life, although he did not initially recognize them as communication from spirit. After a 17-year career in the beauty industry, sobriety during the pandemic, and a major professional transition, he began offering readings online and gradually embraced mediumship as his life's work. He describes the practice as a way to help people find peace, closure, and a renewed connection with a higher power. Learning Through Practice and Self-Knowledge Holp discusses studying through virtual classes, mentors, and the traditions of Spiritualism while emphasizing that consistent practice is the most important part of development. He explains that learning to distinguish personal anxiety from energetic impressions helped him understand how his body processes intuitive information. Perreta and Holp agree that therapy, self-awareness, and understanding one's own emotional patterns are essential for anyone doing psychic or mediumistic work. They also acknowledge that the work can be emotionally intense and requires deliberate mental-health practices. The Emotional Weight Behind the Work Holp recounts an experience at a Pride event in Tacoma where two separate encounters reminded him of the emotional responsibility attached to his public work. One person asked him to record encouragement for a terminally ill friend, while another thanked him for a previous reading involving departed family members. Although he deeply values these connections, the emotional impact left him needing a private moment to cry. The conversation underscores that mediumship can be both deeply rewarding and personally demanding. Live Connections with Callers The program then moves into a series of live mini-readings with callers from Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Georgia, and Texas. Holp offers impressions involving departed parents, children, friends, family health concerns, meaningful dates, jewelry, flowers, hearts, hummingbirds, and other personal symbols. Some details are immediately recognized, while others require reflection or are only partially understood during the call. The full range of responses is preserved, including moments when a caller cannot initially identify a name, date, or relationship. Messages of Reassurance and Continuing Bonds Across the calls, the central themes are reassurance, gratitude, and continuing emotional bonds with departed loved ones. Dawn receives messages connected to her mother and a lively friend; Angela hears reassurance about caring for her father's siblings; Kim is told that her daughter's soul is at peace; and Kathy receives anniversary acknowledgments from her parents. Mary's reading centers on her close relationship with her father, including his special chair and distinctive signature, while Griselda receives a message intended in part for her mother about her father's complicated passing and an upcoming birthday remembrance. Healing, Humor, and Hope The episode balances grief-centered conversations with humor, warmth, and candid discussion about the fallibility of interpretation. Holp and Perreta repeatedly explain that a medium may misunderstand a name or symbol even when the underlying impression has meaning, and they allow callers space to recognize details later. The program closes with information about Holp's events, book, and website, as well as the Forever Family Foundation's educational programming. Perreta ends by encouraging listeners to seek healing and remember their enduring connection with loved ones who have died.

Signs of Life - Medium Insights with Host Roman Karpishka Guest: #FFFCertifiedMedium Sirry Berndsen Love With Nowhere to Land: Mediumship, Grief, and the Bonds That Remain Summary A Friendship Rooted in Grief and Service Roman Karpishka welcomes certified medium Sirry Berndsen for a conversational look at mediumship, grief, healing, and the relationships formed through Forever Family Foundation. Their warm exchange begins with stories about Mo, the host’s late son Stefan, and the ways meaningful encounters can feel like signs from loved ones. Healing the Body Through Intention Speaking from Iceland, Sirry describes several years of health challenges, recent surgery in Germany, and the prayer, meditation, visualization, exercise, and holistic practices she believes supported her recovery. She frames the experience as part of an ongoing healing journey and emphasizes privacy, resilience, and self-care. Where Psychology Meets the Soul Sirry previews a podcast she is developing with Mo called The Psyche and the Soul. The planned program will combine psychological insight, grief education, mediumship, and personal accounts from people who have endured loss, attended grief retreats, or received readings that helped them find a path forward. Evidence, Ethics, and the Work of a Medium The discussion explores how Sirry experiences clairvoyant detail, why names can be harder to receive outside her native Icelandic language, and why clients should avoid giving mediums advance information. Both speakers share stories of readings, unexpected evidence, efforts to test mediums, and the importance of separating sincere practitioners from charlatans. Love, Transformation, and Continuing Bonds In response to a listener’s question, Sirry says that people may appear gentler after death because she believes they undergo a life review and are surrounded by love. The conversation returns repeatedly to the idea that grief is love with nowhere to land and that continuing bonds, memory, service, and evidential communication may help people live with loss. Animals, Callers, and Signs of Connection Callers ask about deceased pets, personality changes after death, unusual experiences with lights, energetic protection, and the comfort of previous readings. Sirry offers her spiritual interpretations, including beliefs about animal reincarnation and lingering pet presence, while also recommending grounding practices such as rest, healthy food, meditation, breathing, Reiki, or other healing work.

Signs of Life - The Gathering With Bob Ginsberg, Marta Kane and Tom and Melissa Gould When Signs Become Messages: Spirit, Memory, Grief, and the Open Mind Summary A Listener's Extraordinary Childhood Experience The episode opens with Bob Ginsberg welcoming listeners to The Gathering on Signs of Life Radio and reminding the audience about the upcoming grief retreat in Connecticut. The first listener submission comes from Sarah, who describes being 12 years old when she felt an unexpected inner message while walking in the woods and found the body of a missing 17-year-old boy. The hosts consider whether the experience may have been a form of intuitive communication, a spiritual download, or a message that others might have dismissed. Openness, Downloads, and the Courage to Listen The discussion explores why some people receive signs, impressions, or information and why many people ignore them. The hosts suggest that children may be more naturally receptive and that Sarah's response was unusual not because she received the thought, but because she acted on it. The conversation also connects Sarah's experience to the idea of developing psychic or mediumistic sensitivity rather than fearing the loss of a gift. How Loved Ones Visit and Why Communication Changes A major theme of the episode is how people in spirit may visit the physical world. The hosts discuss the belief that loved ones remain connected, may come close when called by memory or emotion, and often reach out soon after passing to reassure those left behind. They also address why communications may seem to fade over time, suggesting that time operates differently in the spiritual realm and that spirits may be engaged in continued growth and learning. Memory, Consciousness, and the Question of the Brain The hosts consider how people in spirit can remember events if they no longer have a physical brain. They suggest that memory may not be stored only in the brain and discuss concepts such as the Akashic Records and the zero-point field. The conversation briefly touches on research-minded skepticism, quantum questions, and the limits of what can be explained from the physical side. Family, Adoption, and Reunion After Death Marta joins briefly from a doctor's office and contributes to a question about whether birth parents will be present when an adopted person crosses over. The hosts discuss biological and emotional bonds, the absence of jealousy or competition on the other side, and the idea that adoptive parents, birth parents, former spouses, and others connected by love may all be present in a spirit reunion. Signs, Subtlety, and Spiritual Practice The episode returns repeatedly to the theme that signs are often subtle. The hosts discuss dream visits, corner-of-the-eye sightings, seeing loved ones in nature, EVP, meditation, gratitude, and the importance of acknowledging communications when they occur. They caution against forcing phenomena and emphasize patience, receptivity, and calm attention. Afterlife Questions, Growth, and Closing Prayer The final portion of the show moves through listener questions about free will after death, pain at the moment of passing, why bad things happen if loved ones protect us, whether communications stop so the living can move forward, religious teachings about the afterlife, unresolved emotions, pets and consciousness, purgatory, past-life regression, and hypnosis. The episode closes with a global peace prayer, a reminder that loved ones are only a heartbeat away, and the hope that science will eventually accept survival of consciousness.

Signs of Life - Personal Experiences - hosted by Dr. Betty Kovacs, Janet Mayer and Kimberly Saavedra When Spirit Finds a Way: Pendulums, Parking Spaces, and the Signs That Keep Love Close Everyone Has A Story To Share. We Invite You To Share YOURS! Many Of Us Have Personal Experiences That Defy Mainstream Thinking. Join Us As We Explore The Types Of Experiences That People Have, What They Mean, And How We Can Integrate Them Into Our Daily Lives. Opening the Door to Direct Personal Experiences In this episode of Signs of Life from the Forever Family Foundation, hosts Dr. Betty Kovacs, Janet Mayer, and Kimberly Saavedra focus on personal encounters that point toward survival of consciousness and continuing bonds with loved ones after death. Kimberly explains that while mediums can provide meaningful connections, this episode is centered on direct experiences from listeners: signs, synchronicities, communications, and moments that challenge mainstream assumptions about life, death, and the afterlife. Loved Ones Working Quietly in the Background Before taking callers, Janet shares a reflection prompted by a friend who wondered why a recently deceased loved one had not sent more obvious signs. Janet suggests that loved ones may not always appear in dramatic ways, but may instead be working in the background. She gives two personal examples involving her mother, Carol: one at a doctor’s office where “Carl” was mistakenly read as “Carol,” and another after a difficult year of ovarian cancer, thyroid cancer, and her mother’s passing, when she unexpectedly received a call scheduling the PET scan her mother had repeatedly urged her to get. Al’s Pendulum Messages and a New Form of Communication The first major caller, Al, describes how his daughter introduced him to tarot and pendulum work, leading him to discover that a pendulum could spell out detailed messages through alphabet charts. He says his first message was the word “meditate,” and that over time he began receiving teachings from guides, including what he describes as information about energetic waves, soul pathways, realms, dimensions, and communication with people who have died, people in comas, people with Alzheimer’s, and autistic non-speakers. The hosts listen with interest while also keeping the program focused on personal experience and encouraging Al to consider sharing his extensive material through a website, podcast, or other dedicated platform. Messages That Heal and the Need for Discernment Al also shares that he has received deeply personal messages for others, including one for his daughter-in-law from her deceased maid of honor. He says that message helped her feel her friend’s continuing presence and gave her courage to change her life. The hosts respond with appreciation, curiosity, and discernment, noting that spirit can communicate in many unexpected ways. Betty asks him to share a brief definition he has received for “love,” and he offers a poetic description of love as a force that burns inside the soul, allows compassion, answers doubt, heals wounds, and wipes away pain. Grief, Afterlife Patterns, and Building a Personal Understanding Caller Melanie reflects on Al’s description of receiving information about what happens after death, connecting it to her own grief after her daughter’s passing. She mentions reading afterlife-related works and finding comfort in patterns that appear across different accounts. The hosts affirm that while every person’s experience is unique, recurring themes from near-death experiences, mediumship, after-death communication, and spiritual testimony can help people process grief, loosen its grip, and build a more expansive understanding of consciousness continuing beyond the body. Susie the Parking Lot Angel Caller Eileen shares a warm and humorous series of signs involving her husband’s cousin Susie, whom she now calls her “parking lot angel.” She first describes hospital experiences where the name “Susie” appeared in unusual ways around surgery, then tells several stories of asking Susie for help finding parking spaces and receiving them almost immediately, including at concerts, in Los Angeles, and at Walmart. The hosts enjoy the humor and tenderness of these stories, noting that signs from loved ones often preserve personality, playfulness, and everyday usefulness. Laughter, Joy, and the Continuing Presence of Spirit The episode closes with the hosts reflecting on how laughter and small practical signs can help soften grief and remind people that their loved ones remain connected. Janet emphasizes that signs do not always arrive as dramatic events; they may come through names, timing, music, parking spaces, or quiet background support. Betty adds that joy and laughter are healing not only for grieving people but also for the Earth itself. The program ends with gratitude for the callers and the Mahayama prayer, asking that all beings be fulfilled, awakened, liberated, free, and at peace.

Signs of Life's Medium & Messages with Host: #FFFCertifiedMedium Joe Perreta and Guest: FFFCertifiedMedium Catherine Nadal Mediumship, Grief, and Messages That Keep Love Close A Warm Opening for Mediums and Messages The episode opens with Joe Perreta welcoming listeners to Mediums and Messages on Signs of Life Radio, presented by the Forever Family Foundation. He invites callers to phone in for live spirit connections, names the evening's sponsor, HUGZ from Heaven, and shares updates about the Summer Solstice Medium Raffle and the Love Knows No Death summer grief retreat in Chester, Connecticut. He then introduces guest medium Cathy Nadal, noting her background as a Forever Family Foundation certified medium, clairvoyant, coffee reader, author, military veteran, grief educator, and radio host. Cathy Nadal on Music, Mediumship, and Grief Work Cathy explains that her BBS Radio show, Bringing the Darkness to the Light, often features rock, heavy metal, and touring musicians, many of whom open up about personal struggles during interviews. She connects this broader work to her social media platform, her mediumship, and her role as a certified grief educator through Dr. David Kessler's program. The conversation reveals that Cathy works with children in school settings during the school year and sees grief education as a separate but deeply important part of her calling. Mediums Grieve Too Joe asks Cathy whether being a medium changes how she experiences the death of loved ones, sharing that his grandmother died two months earlier and that some people assume mediums grieve less because of their spiritual work. Cathy responds that mediums grieve like everyone else because grief comes from love. She says mediumship may make death more understandable, but it does not remove sorrow, longing, or the human need to mourn. Both Joe and Cathy emphasize that mediums do not have a special VIP pass to receive messages more easily than anyone else. Readings as Comfort, Not Therapy Cathy makes a clear distinction between evidential readings, which may offer validation and comfort, and therapy or grief education, which serve different purposes. She explains that traumatic deaths, sudden deaths, and the death of a child can carry particularly heavy emotional weight for families. She describes grief work such as memory boxes and empty-chair exercises as healing tools that help people speak about the person who died and keep that person's presence alive within the family or group. Callers Receive Personal Spirit Connections The live readings begin with Nelson from Hawaii, who asks about connecting with his dog in spirit, and Cathy brings through a maternal grandmother figure before describing the dog's continued presence near his shoes and sleeping area. Pam from Nevada receives messages from a fatherly male spirit and a close female family spirit who encourage her to slow down, recognize her creativity, and stop being too hard on herself. Ariel from New Mexico first receives an unclear connection from Cathy, then Joe picks up a grandmother figure connected to a family miscarriage and an unusual reference to an umbilical cord keepsake. Kathy from Pennsylvania receives messages involving a male spirit, a dog in spirit, a mother figure, a possible name heard as Frank, and support for her daughter. Laura from New Mexico receives a deeply emotional reading centered on her son in spirit, including references to confusion around his passing, writing or remembering his story, an upcoming birthday, and shared outdoor memories. Closing With Paranormal Events and Healing As the show winds down, Cathy discusses a YouTube feature called Through Static and Shadows, her mediumship and coffee-reading work connected to heavy metal and horror, and upcoming paranormal community events. Joe notes the synchronicity of having recently wished to attend a Paracon, and Cathy offers to help connect him with one. The program closes with Joe thanking Cathy, directing listeners to her website and social media, inviting listeners to visit the Forever Family Foundation website, and reminding the audience that loved ones are “just a heartbeat away.”

Signs of Life - Medium Insights with Host Roman Karpishka Mediumship, Forensic Astrology, and the Many Ways Spirit Communicates Guest: #FFFCertifiedMedium Dave Campbell Dave has more than twenty years of experience as a medium and astrologer. He wrote the book 'Forensic Astrology: Solving Crimes with Astrology,' and is also a contributing author of the book 'Find Me', which is about the group of psychics, mediums, astrologers, and law enforcement canine search and rescue that is dedicated to assisting families and the police in finding missing people. Roman Karpishka Opens Signs of Life: Medium Insights In this episode of Signs of Life: Medium Insights, host Roman Karpishka welcomes listeners to the Forever Family Foundation broadcast exploring survival of consciousness, spirituality, mediumship, and the afterlife. Roman introduces guest Dave Campbell, a professional psychic medium and astrologer with more than 20 years of experience. Dave is described as a specialist in forensic astrology, a contributor to the book Find Me, and someone who has worked with families and law enforcement-related groups to help locate missing people, profile cases, and interpret information through astrology and psychic perception. Symbols, Names, and Spirit Communication Roman begins by asking Dave about symbolism and how symbols speak to him during readings. Dave explains that spirit often communicates through images, names, songs, characters, or unusual symbols, and that he does not always know whether something is literal or figurative until the client confirms it. He gives examples of receiving cartoon references like Fred Flintstone, Velma from Scooby-Doo, Tabitha from Bewitched, and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz to identify names or personal connections. He also shares a memorable example of hearing the song “Love Shack” during a group reading, which turned out to be a meaningful private reference for a man whose girlfriend had passed. Helping Clients Relax Before Readings The conversation moves into how clients often feel nervous or apprehensive before a psychic or medium reading. Dave says almost everyone is nervous at first, and he tries to calm them by talking with them and explaining that nothing scary will happen. He says nervous energy can affect him as well, so helping clients relax is important for the reading itself. Roman and Dave frame the process as one that requires openness, calm, and trust rather than fear or forced expectation. Forensic Astrology and Missing-Person Cases Dave then discusses his work with a group that assists in missing-person and law-enforcement-related cases. He says the group includes psychics, mediums, astrologers, and other intuitive practitioners, and that cases generally come through the group rather than directly through him. Dave explains that they will not take a case unless law enforcement is willing to receive the information, because otherwise the work may not be used. He describes how some cases take years to receive feedback, and how the group later compares results against known information to evaluate accuracy. Remote Work, On-Location Impressions, and Case Examples Dave explains that most of the group’s work is done remotely, but sometimes small teams go on location when assigned. He says being physically present at a location can intensify the connection because the raw energy of the place is stronger. He shares one example of following a road on Google Maps and identifying where a missing man would be found after his vehicle went off a cliff. He also mentions a murder case in which he visited the victim’s home, received impressions of the perpetrator, and later saw those impressions validated when the suspect was caught and convicted, though he avoids naming the case because of legal sensitivity. Mediumship Evidence and Unusual Validations Roman asks Dave about mind-blowing experiences from his mediumship practice. Dave describes a reading for a mother and daughter in which the deceased father brought through the image of an octopus. Although Dave thought it sounded unlikely, the women had specifically agreed that if he mentioned an octopus, they would know the reading was real. Dave says such unusual validations are meaningful because they are too specific to be guessed easily. He also explains that animals can appear in readings and may communicate much like people do, whether dogs, cats, horses, turtles, or other pets. The Afterlife, Heaven, and the Moment of Death The conversation turns to what Dave has perceived about the afterlife. He says departed loved ones often describe themselves as being in heaven, though the details vary because each person’s experience of the other side may be different. Some may show mountains, landscapes, space-like imagery, or places that resemble what they loved while alive. Dave also says he does not believe people experience pain at the moment of death once they are out of the body. He describes accounts in which people observe their bodies being worked on after an accident without feeling physical pain, and he says the transition is generally associated with peace, love, light, and spiritual release. Astrology, Destiny, Free Will, and Life Plans Roman and Dave also discuss astrology, destiny, and free will. Dave says his view has changed over time, and he now believes much of life is pre-planned, with free will influencing how people respond to the plan. He describes an astrology chart as a kind of map a person comes in with, showing major life themes, people, career paths, lessons, and opportunities. According to Dave, if something is not in the chart, it is not likely to happen, but individuals still have choice in how they engage with what appears. The conversation also touches on reincarnation, soul lessons, and the possibility that difficult experiences may need to be faced again if they are not worked through. Violence, Disclosure, Aliens, and the State of the World Roman asks Dave whether the world is more violent than it used to be, and Dave says he believes people may simply hear about violence more because of instant news and social media. They also discuss astrology’s connection to major historical cycles, including planetary alignments Dave connects with revolutionary periods. The conversation briefly moves into extraterrestrial life, with Dave saying he believes intelligent life exists elsewhere and that contact has likely already happened in some way. Roman and Dave discuss government disclosures, media manipulation, skepticism, intuition, and the need for discernment when interpreting public events. Caller Melanie, Grief, Charts, and Soul Lessons A caller named Melanie from Nevada joins the show and offers a reflection on timelessness, comparing it to flow states such as playing music and losing track of time. She asks Dave about choosing astrological reports, and he recommends starting with a natal chart if someone has never had their chart interpreted before. Melanie also discusses soul contracts, the death of her daughter, grief, choice points, suicide, and the possibility that souls may face lessons again if they leave before completing them. Dave agrees that suicide is overly stigmatized and says he has not seen evidence that people who die by suicide are condemned to hell or eternal darkness. He encourages a more compassionate understanding while still acknowledging that unresolved lessons may continue. Boundaries, Ethics, and Closing Reflections Near the end, Roman asks Dave whether he has ever refused to give someone a reading. Dave says he has, especially when someone is in such severe grief that they need counseling first, or when a person comes in only to challenge or test him rather than receive healing or evidence. He emphasizes that mediumship can support grief, but it does not replace counseling. Dave closes by telling listeners they can find him through The Astrology Store in Glendale, Arizona, where he offers medium readings, natal chart readings, forecasts, relationship readings, compatibility work, relocation readings, and group events. Roman thanks Dave, the caller, and the listeners, and signs off until the next second-Thursday broadcast.

Signs of Life - The Gathering With Bob Ginsberg, Marta Kane and Tom and Melissa Gould Messages Beyond the Veil: The Gathering on Reincarnation, Spirit Love, Angels, and Life After Death This episode of Signs of Life radio, hosted by the Forever Family Foundation, explores the intersection of scientific inquiry and spiritual experience. The discussion features Bob Ginsberg, Tom and Melissa Gould, and Marta Kristen as they address listener questions regarding the scientific acceptance of the afterlife, the nature of life reviews, and the validity of various forms of mediumship. Bob Ginsberg Opens Signs of Life: The Gathering In this episode of Signs of Life: The Gathering, host Bob Ginsberg is joined by Marta Kane, Tom Gould, and Melissa Gould for a listener-question program centered on survival of consciousness. Bob opens with announcements from Forever Family Foundation, including the upcoming July grief retreat, a mediumship raffle, and a California medium and psychic development conference. The group then turns to audience questions about reincarnation, spirit communication, afterlife relationships, soul memories, angels, suicide, and what proof of the afterlife might mean for humanity. Reincarnation Back Into the Same Family The first major question asks whether a soul can reincarnate back to the same mother. Bob says researcher Jim Matlock believes this is possible and that children who die very young, or even before birth, often reincarnate back into the same family and sometimes to the same mother. The group discusses how reincarnation cases are investigated through memories, family recognition, physical markings, and records. They also recall a child at a previous grief retreat who said he had been here before and did not want to stay because people had not learned much since his last life. Love and Relationships After Death Another listener asks whether a loved one who has crossed over still maintains the earthly relationship they had with a partner or family member. The group agrees that love continues after death and that a lack of direct “I love you” messages in a reading should not be taken as evidence that the relationship is gone. Bob explains that mediums often focus first on evidence of identity, while Tom adds that the very effort of a spirit coming through in a reading can itself be seen as a message of love. Being Born Aware and Early Memories Bob introduces the idea of people who are born aware, meaning they retain memories from birth, pre-birth, or the other side. The hosts discuss whether early-life impressions remain in the body or subconscious even when people do not consciously remember them. Marta shares that she remembers certain early experiences from her time in an orphanage, including both frightening and joyful moments. The group reflects on how strong memories, especially emotional ones, can stay with people and shape them even when ordinary details fade. Soul Readings, Past Lives, and Angelic Encounters The group answers a question about soul readings, explaining that these are usually described as explorations of a person’s inner essence, soul blueprint, emotional patterns, or spiritual alignment. Bob notes that this kind of work is harder to evaluate evidentially than mediumship. Marta then raises the question of whether angels can appear as people. The hosts share stories of mysterious helpers who appear during danger or crisis and then disappear, including roadside helpers, rescue stories, and a mountain encounter that may have been a visitation from a deceased mother. Personality, Humor, and Communication in Spirit A listener asks whether people retain personalities in the afterlife and whether personalities ever clash. The hosts agree that personality appears to continue, especially because mediums often receive humor, mannerisms, and familiar expressions as evidence. Marta recalls a reading in which Tom’s father came through with the kind of self-description and humor that matched him. At the same time, the group suggests that ego-driven conflict may fade because communication on the other side is often understood as telepathic, loving, and less burdened by human emotional distortions. Suicide, Compassion, and the Afterlife One of the most sensitive questions concerns whether someone who dies by suicide still has hope for the afterlife. Bob strongly reassures the listener that the answer is yes. He says suicide is often connected to emotional pain, depression, or illness, and he questions why mental illness should be treated differently from physical illness. Marta adds that the idea of punishing someone after death for ending their life in despair does not make sense to her, especially if one believes in divine love and forgiveness. The group frames the afterlife as compassionate, loving, and free from the harsh judgment some religious teachings may imply. Technology, Spirit Contact, and Future Proof The hosts also discuss whether future technology may make communication with the next world easier. They mention that Thomas Edison reportedly worked on the idea of a device to communicate with spirit and speculate that future discoveries about consciousness, information, communication, and perhaps artificial intelligence could help open new paths. Bob then poses a larger question: what would happen if spirit offered humanity irrefutable proof of survival after death? The group wonders whether people would live more recklessly, become more compassionate, lose fear of death, or simply appreciate life more deeply. Living With the Knowledge That Life Continues The episode closes with reflection on how belief in survival of consciousness changes the way people live. Tom says the work of Forever Family Foundation has given him confidence that consciousness continues, and that this has reduced fear, including during surgery. The group agrees that knowing life continues should not lead people to hasten death, but to value the present life more fully. They close with Claude Swanson’s global peace prayer, encouraging love, forgiveness, kindness, care for the earth, and the reminder that loved ones are only a heartbeat away.

Signs of Life - Personal Experiences - hosted by Dr. Betty Kovacs, Janet Mayer and Kimberly Saavedra Personal Experiences of Spirit, Love, and Afterlife Connection Everyone Has A Story To Share. We Invite You To Share YOURS! Many Of Us Have Personal Experiences That Defy Mainstream Thinking. Join Us As We Explore The Types Of Experiences That People Have, What They Mean, And How We Can Integrate Them Into Our Daily Lives. Kimberly Saavedra Opens a Personal Experiences Conversation In this episode of Signs of Life Radio, Kimberly Saavedra, Director of the Coma Communication Center, is joined by Dr. Betty Kovacs and Janet Mayer for a Personal Experiences program focused on survival of consciousness and direct afterlife encounters. The hosts invite callers to share experiences that do not involve mediums, including signs, communications, and moments that challenge mainstream views of death and consciousness. Kimberly notes how meaningful it is when all three hosts can be together, while Janet begins by returning to a powerful caller story from the previous month. Returning to Laura’s Story of Love After an Abortion Janet revisits the prior show’s final caller, Laura, who had spoken briefly about having an abortion and later experiencing an ongoing loving connection with the spirit of the child, whom she called Lily. Janet says she wanted to give the story more space because Laura had asked whether others had similar experiences. Janet reflects that the spirit may have chosen even a brief earthly experience with Laura and that the connection may have been meaningful for both of them. Betty then shares a related story of a stillborn child whose soul, in Betty’s strong intuitive impression, had received exactly the love and nurturing it needed during pregnancy and did not need to remain longer on Earth. Continuing Bonds and the Nearness of Loved Ones The hosts broaden the discussion into the idea that loved ones remain close after death. Janet says people often assume the deceased are far away, but in her experience, loved ones are likely nearby, present, and trying to communicate through signs. She encourages listeners to “pay attention” and accept meaningful experiences rather than dismissing them as imagination. Betty adds that people are connected with energies, guides, and loved ones beyond the physical world, and she says that even amid troubling events on Earth, people should not fall into despair because love, prayer, meditation, song, dance, and spiritual intention are contributing to a larger field of light. Elizabeth’s Communications with Her Son Shawn Caller Elizabeth shares that her son Shawn died by suicide in 2015 after struggling with severe depression. She says that within 24 hours of his passing, she woke in the early morning surrounded by what felt like a glowing cocoon of love and began communicating with him telepathically. According to Elizabeth, these communications continued regularly for about ten months, during which she kept a headlamp, pen, and paper nearby so she could write them down as they occurred. She says Shawn and what she called a spirit collective helped guide her through grief, forgiveness, and renewed purpose, teaching her that love is not merely a feeling but a powerful force connecting both sides. Shawn in Spirit Speaks and Healing Through Love Elizabeth explains that she has now written a book titled Shawn in Spirit Speaks: Love Is the Forever Adventure. She says the book includes his words as she received them and is expected to be released near the end of the summer or early fall, with an audiobook to follow. Betty asks whether Shawn spoke about his own decision to leave life, and Elizabeth says he did, describing the soul’s growth in terms of “attunement opportunities” rather than punishment. The hosts respond with compassion, emphasizing that such a story may comfort others grieving children or loved ones who died by suicide, while also showing that relationship and love continue beyond physical death. Books, Signs, and Stories of Evidential Contact After Elizabeth’s call, Janet encourages listeners to read spiritual books during the summer, suggesting that a sentence, page, or passage can become a meaningful message from spirit. Kimberly then shares stories from Diane Archangel’s work on afterlife encounters, including one in which a murdered son reportedly gave his mother specific information in a dream that helped police locate evidence, and another in which a deceased mother directed her son to hidden money in the house. These stories lead the hosts to discuss how verifiable information, unexpected signs, and meaningful synchronicities can become powerful experiences for people trying to understand survival after death. Tiffany’s Sign from Her Beloved Dog Caller Tiffany from California shares a personal experience involving her late dog, C.K. Mr. Haven, whom she describes as the love of her life. On the anniversary of the day she had to put him down, she was saddened that she could not find photos of him on her phone because they had been moved to an external drive. That same day, while clearing old papers from a speaker so she could set up a new printer, she discovered a stack of glossy photos of C.K. Mr. Haven. Tiffany says she knew this was a visit from her dog, and the hosts affirm the importance of animal souls and the loving ways they can continue to reach people. Spirit, Music, Language, and the Closing Prayer Near the end, Janet reminds listeners that spirit communication can come through books, songs, dreams, sensations, and other unexpected signs. She shares that after doing a Signs of Life reading show years earlier, she felt spirit touching her feet under the covers as though calming and grounding her energy. Betty recounts experiences involving spiritual support around death, including a friend who sensed a male spirit taking over healing work near Betty’s dying son and another father who experienced drumming around his daughter’s passing. Janet also discusses her own experience of receiving a spiritual language, which led to the title of her book, Spirits, They Are Present. The show closes with the Mahayana prayer for all beings everywhere to be fulfilled, awakened, liberated, and free.

Medium & Messages With Host: #FFFCertifiedMedium Joe Perreta and Guest:FFFCertifiedMedium Rebecca LoCicero Messages from Spirit, a Haunted New Home, and Healing Connections Beyond Loss Rebecca has been working as a Psychic Medium since 1994. Born in Connecticut and known worldwide as an expert in her field of spiritual communication. She is also a Certified Medium through the Forever Family Foundation.org. Currently she is the Host of Messages from Heaven™ Public Access CVCCT Bolton, CT Roku & Firestick. and is featured in ‘Surviving Death’ a NETFLIX Documentary (episode #4). Rebecca can accurately present messages from souls with amazing validation, humor, boldness and with blunt expressions. She presents verifying facts about your loved ones in spirit. Come and experience Rebecca Anne talking to the dead through her trademark presentation ‘Messages from Heaven’™. She has an educational book out called ‘Living with Messages from Heaven’ you can purchase through Balboa Press and Amazon! All events listed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessagesfromHeavenTM. Welcoming Listeners to Mediums and Messages In this episode of Signs of Life: Mediums and Messages, host Joe Paretta welcomes listeners to the live call-in program presented by the Forever Family Foundation. He invites callers seeking messages from loved ones in spirit and announces upcoming foundation activities, including an online medium raffle and a summer grief transformation retreat in Connecticut. Joe then introduces the evening’s guest medium, Rebecca, describing her as a Forever Family Foundation certified medium, author, energetic healer, and pastoral counselor. Rebecca’s Historic Home and a Vision for Grief Retreats Before taking calls, Joe and Rebecca discuss her recent purchase of an 1856 home in New Hampshire. Rebecca explains that the house previously served different purposes over the years, including connections to blacksmithing, horses, printing, and bullet making. She says she dreamed about a printer’s drawer before finding the house and felt spiritually guided to purchase it. Rebecca describes activity in the home, including an incident involving an old clothespin in the attic, but says the presence feels welcoming rather than threatening. She also shares her hope of eventually using the home as a retreat setting where grieving individuals can receive more time, care, and understanding. Stephanie Receives Messages About Her Parents The first caller, Stephanie from Florida, receives a reading in which Rebecca says Stephanie’s father comes through first with a message of love and a desire to be remembered and spoken about. After Stephanie reveals that her mother is also deceased, Rebecca says her parents are together in spirit and describes the mother as joyful and affectionate toward her husband after a marriage lasting more than sixty years. Rebecca also connects Stephanie’s father with his brother Francis, presenting this as additional validation that family members remain connected beyond physical death. Cathy’s Mother, Family Connections, and Holiday Memories The next caller, Cathy from Pennsylvania, is told that she has healing or angelic energy around her before Rebecca connects with Cathy’s mother in spirit. Rebecca initially sees a nativity scene, and Cathy later confirms that her mother died shortly before Christmas, giving the image personal meaning. The reading also includes references to Cathy’s sister, her children who are seeking new living spaces, and repeated “J” names within the family. Rebecca says Cathy’s mother remains involved with the family and attentive to the lives of her children and grandchildren. Susan’s Son and Vicki’s Birthday Message Susan from Tennessee receives a reading centered on her son in spirit. Rebecca says he wants Susan’s husband, Daryl, to know how important he was to him and emphasizes that his death was not caused by anything Susan or Daryl did. The reading includes references to his sister, hawks as possible signs, humor, a puffy jacket, and a young relative watching Thomas the Tank Engine. Later, Vicki from New Mexico receives messages first associated with an aunt and cousin, followed by a connection from her deceased son. Joe describes seeing her son as a little boy in a baseball uniform or on a Little League-style card, which Vicki connects to her family’s time in Germany. He presents the message as an early birthday gift from her son, since her birthday is the following week. Debbie’s Father-in-Law and the Closing Message of Healing In the final brief reading, Debbie from Ohio receives impressions connected with her father-in-law, whom Joe associates with an acknowledged drinking problem and a message of recognition or accountability from spirit. Rebecca also senses a deceased female best friend, saying that this friend wants Debbie to know the afterlife is real and that she may be responsible for signs Debbie has noticed, particularly through music. As the show closes, Joe thanks Rebecca and the listeners, encourages people to visit the Forever Family Foundation, and repeats the program’s central reassurance: loved ones remain close, and he believes science will one day prove that consciousness survives physical death.

Signs of Life - Medium Insights with Host Roman Karpishka Spirit Art, Evidential Mediumship, and the Healing Power of Consciousness Beyond Life Guest: #FFFCertifiedMedium Joseph Shiel Joseph Shiel is a highly regarded Evidential Medium and Spirit Artist internationally known for his accuracy and integrity, Joe is considered one of the foremost authorities on Spirit Artistry and is recognized the world over for his Spirit Portraits, referred to by many as "Portraits from Heaven." Joe shares his remarkable talents with students and audiences worldwide, and his talents are also expressed in his Fine Art, Music and Poetry. It is through creativity that he has come to understand the language of Spirit in a deeply unique and vibrant way. Joe is the author of "Edge of Wilderness - You are My Poems, Prayers and Songs." Introducing Joseph Shiel and Spirit Art In this episode of Signs of Life, host Roman Karpishka welcomes evidential psychic medium, spirit artist, teacher, and speaker Joseph Shiel. The conversation introduces Shiel’s background as someone who has sensed spirit since childhood, later leaving the Catholic seminary and developing his mediumship and artistic abilities. Roman highlights Shiel’s unusual gift of drawing people who have crossed over, noting how striking and accurate many of the portraits appear. Shiel explains that his drawings began almost accidentally, sometimes producing many faces in one sitting, and that over time the process became a deeper part of how he communicates with spirit. Drawing as a Way to Deepen Communication Shiel describes spirit drawing as more than a visual demonstration; for him, looking into the eyes of the person he is drawing helps him make a stronger connection and receive more information. He explains that not every drawing is exact, but that the process often brings through enough recognizable detail for the sitter to identify the loved one. He also discusses his “Soul Journey” artwork, which uses symbols, colors, animals, lines, textures, and life-path imagery to help people consider their options and directions. Rather than telling people exactly what will happen, he sees this work as a way of showing possible paths and helping people make more conscious choices. Family, the Afterlife, and Continuing Bonds A major listener question asks whether family life continues after death and whether loved ones who have passed will reunite with those still living when they eventually cross over. Shiel answers from his own experience as a medium, saying he has come to know within himself that consciousness continues. He reflects on losing his mother as a child and wondering who his father would be with in heaven after remarrying, then explains that his readings have shown him a larger understanding of love, family, and togetherness beyond earthly separation. In his view, the spirit world reveals why life unfolded as it did, what lessons were learned, and how love continues in a broader, more unified way. Integrity, Evidence, and the Medium’s Role The episode spends significant time discussing the importance of integrity in mediumship. Shiel says he does not see his role as proving something to the sitter or performing for them, but as serving the spirit world for the sake of the person receiving the reading. He describes himself as an instrument through which information, emotion, physical impressions, mannerisms, voices, and sometimes even foreign words may come through. Roman and Schiel also discuss certification through Forever Family Foundation, the rigor of testing, and the danger of fraudulent online demonstrations, especially when mediums use visible names or internet searches to gather information. Justice, Life Review, and Spiritual Responsibility Roman asks about justice after death, especially for perpetrators of violent acts, and Shiel explains that he does not believe in a simplistic image of eternal punishment. Instead, he describes the possibility of life review, where a person sees clearly what they did and can no longer deny the impact of their actions. He shares that in some readings, spirits connected to violent deaths have identified perpetrators, and he has even sat with people he believed were responsible for deaths and encouraged them to turn themselves in. Shiel frames mediumship not only as contact with the dead, but as guidance for how the living should treat one another, take responsibility, and make better choices in this life. Mediumship, Grief, and Living More Fully The closing portion explores how mediumship can help people grieving profound losses, especially parents who have lost children. Shiel speaks with compassion about grief, saying he cannot fully know the pain of losing a child because he has not experienced it, but he has sat with many grieving parents and works hard to bring through evidence that their loved ones remain close. He also discusses altered states, the preparation involved in readings, how distractions can affect the connection, and a powerful story in which his own grandfather appeared during a reading to reveal a connection between his death and a client’s daughter’s death on Christmas morning. The episode closes with Roman thanking Shiel for his work and with Shiel inviting listeners to visit his website for readings, programs, and upcoming mediumship offerings.

Signs of Life with Bob Ginsberg The Intersection of Psychology and Mediumship in Grief Recovery Guests, Sirry Berndsen and Dr. Mo Hannah This episode of Signs of Life features a deep-dive conversation between host Bob Ginsberg, clinical psychologist Dr. Mo Hanna, and certified medium Siri. The discussion highlights the powerful synergy between psychological frameworks and spiritual mediumship, introducing their upcoming collaborative podcast and exploring innovative grief recovery techniques like Induced After-Death Communication (IADC). The Synergy of "The Psyche & the Soul" Dr. Mo Hanna and Siri are collaborating on a new podcast titled The Psyche & the Soul, born from their shared work at grief retreats. They argue that psychology and mediumship are "good bedfellows," where clinical expertise in trauma and grief complements the spiritual validation provided by evidential mediumship. While mainstream colleagues might have once frowned upon such a partnership, the guests emphasize that integrating the science of the afterlife with psycho-spiritual components is essential for raising a mourner's "frequency" and facilitating recovery. Evidential Mediumship as a Witness to Trauma Siri, who transitioned from atheism to mediumship over 25 years ago, views her role as more than just providing "readings." By moving through a client's "timeline," she can identify specific traumatizing moments in their past, providing a sense of recognition and witnessing that aids the healing process. This approach often brings through profound messages of forgiveness from the deceased, particularly in cases involving difficult relationships or complex deaths like murder-suicides. This "energy work" helps bypass the analytical mind to reach the heart center. Navigating the "Windows and Waves" of Grief A central theme of the discussion is the non-linear nature of mourning. Dr. Mo introduces the concept of "windows and waves"—where "windows" represent periods of clarity and connection, and "waves" are the inevitable returns of intense pain. Rather than viewing waves as a lack of progress, Dr. Mo suggests "embracing the wave" as a testament to the depth of love for the deceased. Host Bob Ginsberg emphasizes that while waves are a "given," having tools like journals, previous reading recordings, and IADC experiences provides the "mechanism" to dig oneself out of the valleys of despair. Induced After-Death Communication (IADC) Dr. Mo explains IADC, a technique refined by the late Dr. Allan Botkin. Adapted from EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), IADC targets the "core of sadness" and fear. By integrating traumatic memories into the brain's background, the person’s internal frequency shifts, making them naturally more receptive to spontaneous after-death communications. Practitioners find that when sadness is reduced toward zero, the likelihood of a profound connection increases significantly. The discussion underscores that grief recovery is a multi-dimensional process involving the physical, psychological, and spiritual. By combining the evidential "knowing" of mediumship with clinical tools like IADC and the support of in-person communities, the bereaved can transform their relationship with loss, moving from acute suffering to a sustained, loving connection with those on the other side. Bringing You Evidence of An Afterlife Since 2004 Forever Family Foundation is a global 100%volunteer non-profit, non-sectarian organization that supports the premise that life does not end with physical death, furthers the understanding of Afterlife Science and survival of consciousness, and offers support to the bereaved. Among the active members of the organization and the executive board are scientists, researchers, medical doctors, philosophers and educators who have devoted substantial parts of their careers to the investigation of the survival hypothesis - an existence beyond this physical world.