Dr. Amy Robbins explores life, death, and what it all means. She has the unique perspective of a clinical psychologist and medium focused on expanding consciousness and opening listeners to our miraculous universe.
Through interviews with fascinating professionals, leading experts, and researchers in the fields of brain science, mediumship, psychology, near-death experiences, consciousness, grief, transitions to death, and alternative forms of healing, we explore life and death from psychological, spiritual, and scientific perspectives.
Put your preconceived notions aside and learn how to live in the now by exploring life, death, anxiety, consciousness, and the space between.
Join me as I explore the fascinating world of intuition with Kim Chestney, discussing her book, "The Illumination Code: Seven Keys to Unlock Your Quantum Intelligence." We'll delve into practical exercises to hone your intuition, the concept of living in an illusionary world called Maya, and the role of intuition in navigating alternate realities. Discover how quantum intelligence connects us to a unified field of energy and consciousness, and how sacred seeing and spiritual practices can unlock your inner wisdom. Tap into your higher self and expand your consciousness in this enlightening conversation. Visit our podcast page for episode notes, Kim's works, and more resources.
**Introduction to Quantum Intelligence (00:00:00)**
**Understanding Quantum Intelligence (00:02:09)**
**Interconnectedness and Energy (00:03:21)**
**Time and Quantum Perception (00:05:46)**
**Accessing Cosmic Memory (00:08:01)**
**Tapping into the Energy Field (00:09:01)**
**Free Will and Potentiality (00:11:02)**
**Overcomplicating Intuition (00:11:52)**
**Defining Consciousness Expansion (00:13:13)**
**Vibration and Frequency (00:15:06)**
**Psychedelics and Accessing Truth (00:18:30)**
**Quantum Living and Intuition (00:19:37)**
**The Illusion of Matter (00:20:28)**
**The Holographic Universe (00:21:56)**
**Living in a Video Game (00:22:55)**
**Perception and Reality (00:23:58)**
**The Mind Matrix (00:24:53)**
**Alternate Realities (00:26:03)**
**Simultaneous Timelines (00:27:10)**
**Intuition and Understanding (00:29:57)**
**Doppelgangers and Choices (00:30:18)**
**The Journey of the Soul (00:32:10)**
**Intuitive Downloads (00:34:39)**
**Creating Space for Intuition (00:35:47)**
**Unconscious Downloads (00:37:57)**
**Intentional Downloads (00:38:30)**
**Understanding Intuition's Journey (00:39:31)**
**The Nature of Intuition (00:40:27)**
**Clarity from Intuitive Steps (00:41:24)**
**Introduction to "The Illumination Code" (00:42:07)**
**Book Hacking Explained (00:42:44)**
**Music as Intuitive Guidance (00:43:43)**
**Finding Kim Chestney's Work (00:44:41)**
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Join me as I delve into the potential for meaningful change through psychedelics with best-selling author Matt Zemon. We'll discuss how these substances can shift behaviors and expand consciousness, touching on the intersection of science and spirituality in mental health treatment. Learn about the use of MDMA in treating PTSD, the importance of set and setting, and the difference between ceremonial and medical psychedelic use. We also explore the legal landscape, microdosing, and the powerful role of music in psychedelic experiences. Don't miss this enlightening conversation. Visit our podcast page for episode notes, Matt's books, and additional resources.
0:00 - Introduction of Matt Zemon
05:23 - The Transformative Power of Psychedelics
12:34 - Mystical Experiences and Sacred Connections
20:17 - Harm Reduction: The Three S's (Source, Set, and Setting)
28:05 - Psychedelics in PTSD Treatment: MDMA Protocol
35:48 - Legal Landscape and the Future of Psychedelics
45:12 - Exploring Microdosing: Protocols and Efficacy
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All About YOUR Energetic Body
Season 6 · Episode 378
Monday, June 24, 2024 • Duration 37:23
Join me as I dive into an enlightening conversation with Laurel Stuart, a doctor of acupuncture and founder of Vibrational Yin. We explore chakras, meridians, and acupoints, discussing their impact on our physical and emotional health. Laurel breaks down the energies tied to each chakra and provides practical tips for balancing them. We also touch on grounding techniques and the benefits of vibrational yin yoga, which blends sound therapy with acupuncture points. Laurel shares wisdom from her book, highlighting the importance of self-awareness and holistic health practices.
**The energetic body (00:01:47)**
Chakras, meridians, and acupoints in the energetic body.
**Understanding chakras, meridians, and acupoints (00:03:18)**
Chakras, meridians, and acupoints interconnections.
**Walkthrough of chakras (00:04:43)**
Each chakra's functions and imbalances.
**Heart and throat chakras (00:14:52)**
Heart and throat chakras' significance and imbalances.
**Third eye and crown chakras (00:19:35)**
Third eye and crown chakras' roles and significance.
**Balancing the chakras (00:23:51)**
Identifying and addressing chakra imbalances.
**Self-awareness and Grounding (00:24:08)**
Strengthening the root chakra through self-awareness and grounding.
**Vibrational Yin and Acupuncture Points (00:29:05)**
Are You Living a Longpath View? with Ari Wallach
Season 4 · Episode 288
Thursday, December 29, 2022 • Duration 54:50
“How you care for this moment matters. It matters today, tomorrow, and a thousand years from now.” — Ari Wallach
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How do we connect with other humans? How do we connect with ourselves?
Today, I talk with Ari Wallach, a futurist and social systems strategist. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs, an initiative focused on bringing long-term thinking and coordinated behavior to the individual, organizational, and societal realms in order to ensure humanity flourishes on an ecologically-thriving planet Earth for centuries to come. Ari is the author of “Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs.”
How to Live with Grief with Karen V. Johnson
Season 4 · Episode 287
Thursday, December 22, 2022 • Duration 38:03
“Imagination is where we get in touch with other realms. Imagination is where we see the unseeable.” — Karen V. Johnson
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Today I talk with Karen V. Johnson. Karen is a graduate of Georgetown Law Center and a former Fulbright Scholar in Afghanistan. She holds Master’s Degrees in both Public Health and Public International Affairs. She’s a retired Administrative Law Judge of more than 30 years, former Army officer (retired), a master practitioner of energy medicine, and author of “Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss.”
Letting Go - Soul Wisdom from Dr. Amy Robbins
Season 4 · Episode 286
Monday, December 19, 2022 • Duration 05:39
“Suddenly that which is our imagination becomes our reality. Let go and imagine… then watch and see how beautiful your life becomes. ”
– Dr. Amy Robbins
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“Real freedom is not being enslaved by any thought or feeling.” – Zen teacher Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison
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Today we talk with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, a Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, ACPE Certified Chaplaincy Educator, and author of “Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion.” After more than a decade as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, which offers contemplative approaches to care through education, care-partnering, and Zen practice.
The Power of Being Ordinary with Dr. Ronald Siegel
Season 4 · Episode 284
Thursday, December 8, 2022 • Duration 34:52
“It’s one of the real tragic mythologies of our culture – this crazy fantasy that real winners are just non-stop on top… it’s completely impossible.” – Dr Ronald Siegel
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Have you ever felt jealousy, stress or even anger on social media, but you keep right on scrolling? What about feelings of sadness and loneliness? How do you usually cope with these feelings? Well maybe the secret is to remind yourself that you're ordinary…
Today we talk with Dr. Ronald Siegel, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, serving on the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He serves on the faculties of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at the Cambridge Health Alliance and the l. He has written and edited several books; his most recent “The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary” is out now.
Reclaiming Your Sovereignty with Jynnette Lewis
Season 4 · Episode 283
Thursday, December 1, 2022 • Duration 26:46
“People think about these transcendent, enlightened experiences; sometimes they think they’re long sustainable moments and we should be in that place consistently. It’s not that at all. It's that you have these small bits and pieces that kind of keep you thirsting for another one.” – Dr. Amy Robbins
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Have you ever felt like something was holding you back? Have you ever noticed how your energy changes throughout the weeks, almost like a recurring cycle? Do you have any interest in learning how to maximize your time and energy to be the best version of yourself?
In the Ether with Colleen Hildebrand
Season 4 · Episode 282
Thursday, November 24, 2022 • Duration 29:53
IN THE ETHER with COLLEEN HILDEBRAND
“The love that you feel when you open your heart to someone transcends death.” – Dr. Amy Robbins
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Have you ever felt an instant connection with someone? Even when circumstances are stacked against that person taking on a significant role in your life?
Vibrational yin yoga and acupuncture points' impact on energy flow.
**Managing Anxiety and Emotional Balance (00:32:47)**
Balancing chakras and managing anxiety with complementary approaches..
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Listen in to hear how Ari defines longpath, how we should be examining our own futures, and more.
Topics We Discuss:
[2:19] Longpath is a verb in the sense that it’s an applied mindset. Most people think of a futurist as someone who is projecting into the future; Ari isn’t that type of futurist, he doesn’t predict. Longpath is a way of navigating those intertidal moments, those moments that are chaotic and in flux.
[11:22] Using the word “surviving” automatically trips the limbic system, and in that moment we become very short-term thinkers. When we become more fear-based in our approach, we become laser-focused on what’s in front of us. But we need to be thinking of the far future in these moments of chaos.
[21:32] First and foremost, figure out who you are. How did you get to this point? Ari talks about desired futures versus examined-desired futures. No one is born thinking they should be a doctor or race car driver. A lot of these pathways are culturally forced onto people. Before you can start to think about what future you want to live in, you have to step back and examine what got you thinking that way in the first place.
[32:09] When we had the Copernican revolution, it led us to more human freedom and enlightened thinking, but we eradicated the vibrational, mystical realm. We said if you can measure it, great; if you can’t, it’s terrible. In this intertidal moment we’re realizing we can have both.
[37:52] Think of ourselves less in a 100-yard race and more in a marathon in which we’re holding the baton for the next generation. We need to T-up the next generation so they’re that much higher up on the ladder when it comes to flourishing. This will have us thinking less as individuals and tie us to a more extensive timeframe.
[39:39] How you say goodbye to your children in the morning, how you treat your partner, your colleagues, the person who checks your badge- those things matter not just in the moment. How you interact with them changes them and how they interact with other people.
[40:09] What does it mean for an emotion to go viral? An emotion like compassion, empathy, awe, or hope? If you’re embedding that in your everyday small interactions with other people and yourself, that could go viral. By doing that, we can change the soil from which we build solutions in order to build better tomorrows.
[42:49] As a culture we lack death awareness. Ari and Amy discuss how our culture is death-averse and the importance of engaging in activities that acknowledge our death so we can better prepare ourselves and future generations for what the world should look like. All of culture is our way of dealing with impermanence. We are the only species that becomes aware of our death, and it paralyzes us.
[47:14] How Ari recommends focusing on life-affirming experiences that make the world a better place.
[49:14] Death is in the zeitgeist right now due to COVID-19 and people are searching to understand the moment we are in and how they can find more meaning and purpose in their own life.
[50:30] Understanding the questions we are asking ourselves about how to be on the Longpath. Ari discusses how the third paragraph of the obituary is very important to thinking about how we live our life. Ari shares some of the biggest questions we should actually be asking ourselves.
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Find Ari and the programs he offers on his website or on Instagram.
His new book, “Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs” is available on Amazon.
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Listen in to hear Karen’s journey from her left-brained world into spirituality, how she uses the four winds medicine wheel, and how you can get in touch with your inner divine too.
Topics We Discuss:
[1:30] Talk about a shift! Karen was living a left-brained life in Washington, DC working as a Federal Judge, when her 27 year old son tragically died from a heroin overdose. Karen says sometimes death is a doorway to a spiritual life. Shortly after his death, Karen experienced an afterlife visitation from her son, started sensing and seeing him, and then started seeing other spirits. She now helps “stuck” spirits cross over.
[9:10] How to edge yourself toward your own psychic sense of other realms: first get over the hurdle of disbelieving and allow yourself to tune into your intuition. For most of us, our intuition has been shut off because over the years we’ve been told to focus on the facts. Karen tells people to imagine saying to your left brain, “Thank you for all you’ve done, but I want to play with my right brain.” Set your intention. Open your heart.
[10:30] Karen’s honest discussion of how severe her grief became, eventually feeling desperately suicidal. A spiritual course in Joshua Tree, California turned things around for her. She began her spiritual journey.
[14:10] Karen’s book, “Living Grief” is based on Indigenous medicine wheels as applied to grief. There are four directions (north, east, west and south) and four practices associated with each direction; therefore, 16 ways to journey from being stuck in our grief to a place of rebirth. We can create a new life out of the ashes that honors our loved ones.
[16:00] Karen’s healing practice uses ceremony. In the West, we understand ceremony when we walk into a temple or a church: there are candles and we get a feeling of that sacred place and the divine. Even if we’re not a member of that religion, we might go light a candle. Karen helps mirror that experience of the divine by getting people from their reptilian brain to their ceremonial brain in the neocortex.
[25:45] By releasing the chatter in our minds and being in stillness, we can experience the divinity within us. We’re not just physical creatures. We have a spiritual, transcendent element that we want to get in touch with and allow to guide us.
[30:01] Indigineous alchemy. What if we’re wired for transformation? What if we have this inherent nature that looks for transformation and change? By keeping ourselves stuck, we’re actually holding in negative energy that affects our bodies.
[35:10] Psychopomps are beings that can go between realms; Karen leaves this realm and goes in the in-between to help souls transition to the other side.
FOLLOW KAREN V. JOHNSON:
Find Karen and the programs she offers on her website or on Instagram.
Her new book, “Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss” is available on Amazon.
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What does it mean to truly let go? Does letting go mean your life goes off the rails? Or will you better align with the flow of life and find it easier to manifest outcomes?
Listen in to hear psychologist and medium Dr. Amy Robbins share two of her channeled, inspired insights on the topic of letting go.
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Amy’s Soul Wisdom:
[2:07] Profound change is needed in the world. What has been hidden -- or what has been unconscious -- is currently being brought into conscious awareness. Today’s tumultuous times mean change is underway – the work of which can be painful and difficult. Before change there is challenge and difficulty. And then revelation after revelation. You don’t need all the answers right now, just keep asking the questions.
[3:22] Letting go does not mean giving up. Rather, it means becoming unstuck. It means calling what you wish to experience to you. You can call experience into your life; your imagination becomes your reality. Think about what your life has the potential to become and watch it manifest.
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Listen in to hear what Sensei Koshin believes is the foundation of belonging and how to show others compassion.
Topics We Discuss:
[2:08] To be tangled is a story we all know; it’s when we’re living in a story and situation where we feel anxious, overwhelmed, and have a sense of unease. Many of us live like this just under the surface of what we think is going well.
[7:22] In the Zen tradition, they often say that if you want to work with a practice to do it fully for 30 years and then evaluate how it’s going. This view says it takes time to undo our habits.
[9:38] Another Zen teaching is: you’ll never be free until you can be still with your pain. Once you are able, you learn to relax in the face of pain and discomfort.
[13:59] Epigenetic trauma – including Holocaust trauma - being passed down over generations. For a long time, Koshin identified as a victim of abuse, resulting in a lack of trust, and a lack of alignment between his actions and his words.
[20:00] Compassion is about connecting to others and suffering with one another. It is the beginning of love: to realize it’s amazing that we exist, that we all struggle with things, and it’s a miracle that we can look at each other and be alive in this world. This is also the foundation of belonging and an antidote to loneliness.
[22:18] Dr. Amy observes it’s increasingly difficult to find people who are willing to be truly vulnerable and who are willing to say, “I’m not having the best day today.” The facades seem to keep going up and up despite these feelings of loneliness and disconnection, which feel disingenuous.
[24:40] Find your five. Ask yourself who in your life will show up for you no matter what. If you don’t have five, start with one. Practice how to have relationships that are meaningful with these people in your life.
[26:29] Seated meditation in the midst of our lives is very powerful. Practice meditation to feel grounded all the time, so that everywhere and every time in your life can be a place of practice. The posture of how we hold ourselves creates the container for living clearly and in the time of our lives.
[28:29] Enlightenment means to bring in light. The path of mystery. Ask yourself, “What am I engaged in that brings in light, clarity, courage, and compassion?” For Koshin, it’s when his values and actions are aligned and he is feeling clear.
[30:45] Koshin’s experiences with people who are approaching death. What he finds most amazing is that each person’s passing is unique to them. What causes the greatest end-of-life regret is a lack of courage and compassion in life.
FOLLOW KOSHIN PALEY ELLISON:
Find Koshin and the programs he offers on his website or on Instagram.
His new book, “Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion” is available on Amazon.
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Listen in to hear what it means to be ordinary, how we balance conspicuous consumption vs. conspicuous frugality, the greatest informer of how to live, and the key to joy.
Topics We Discuss:
[3:40] Social media presents an unrealistic picture vs. ordinary day-to-day life. Constant self-monitoring may be genetic. Obsession with selfies and how much we lose the present by wanting to present it perfectly
[05:52] We have an instinct for social connection. What social media likes do to the brain and our emotions. How we compare ourselves to others and the constant habit to evaluate our life.
[06:40] Being out with friends is a completely different experience. Safe social connection is where we stop trying to impress, and preoccupations with self fall away so we can open up and be vulnerable.
[7:58] The idea of a “vulnerability hangover” after opening up maybe too much. Metacognitive awareness is the antidote: the ability to see a thought as just a thought.
[9:30] The key to well being is the quality of our relationships.
[11:35] Happiness vs. self acceptance or well-being. Allowing feelings to come and go, and allow the emotions to move through us. . The fast changing emotions dn the how much they fluctuate in the day. Once we see how much our emotions can be altered throughout the day, it is all programmable.
[13:10] Just like physical health is about getting sick and getting well again, emotional health is about feeling the range of emotions, including less tolerable emotions, and being able to recover and rebalance.
[14:00] A mindfulness exercise. Allowing thoughts and emotions to flow in and out diffuses intensity.
[19:30] Balancing conspicuous consumption vs. conspicuous frugality. Buying luxury items to show off that we can buy them vs. showing off that we are “enlightened” enough not to care about physical things. Marketing and consumerism (and even anti-consumerism) and society’s obsession with tiers and rankings.
[23:05] Self-esteem vs. self-compassion. How to support your child during and after an upsetting event. We must learn to process these emotions and not try to protect others from them, which prolongs the exposure to the trauma.
[28:18] Death is the greatest informer for how to live better. Awareness of death is a great way to disconnect from the self-esteem roller coaster. All things change. Death is a powerful leveler.
[30:25] Three pronged approach to embracing being ordinary: work with 1) heads, 2) hearts, and 3) habits. 1) Where did I get the idea that being smarter/prettier/richer is better? See the folly in being caught in these patterns. 2) Open to the hurt and disappointment to really feel them and then release them. 3) Evaluate where we put our energies. Are we going to jump on social media or call a friend?
Today we talk with Jynnette Lewis, who is Founder & CEO of Inner Sun Alchemy. Jynnette has always been a deeply spiritual person and passionate about liberating herself and others.
Listen in to hear how we can use cycles to motivate, lift, inspire, and most importantly, understand. You will also be able to take agency in limiting surprise emotions by learning your specific cycle. Freeing yourself emotionally and spiritually is the ultimate skill.
Topics We Discuss:
[1:12] How you can connect astrology to your business in a long-term, sustainable way by understanding cycles. Using strategic planning through this lens brings a fresh perspective to business.
[3:35] As someone who menstruates, what does understanding how astrology aligns with your monthly cycle look like? It takes a lot of the pressure off when you are able to sync your body cycle with your astrological cycle and your business cycle.
[5:30] In your business, you can’t do what you did in year one in year five. You have to be smarter about how you use your energy in a more purposeful way to move forward.
[7:20] The Sacred Pause - Using the lens of the pandemic to review how your attention is contributing to output.
[9:00] Seeing business as one of the expressions of nature. If nature was a business, how would nature run?
[9:20] Our “pulls” that you naturally feel and may not notice how they are related to your cycles.
[10:25] How Jynnette found her calling/received a call. She didn’t choose this, she was pushed towards it.
[12:30] The line between intuition and desperation can be very thin.
[13:42] Jynnette shares her process of creation and how/why she integrates dance in her work.
[14:50] Surrendering is always the hardest piece after you’ve put in all the work. Jynnette talks about how to surrender and coming to terms with it.
[16:10] Aligning your calendar with the ovulation stage of your menstrual cycle.
[17:18] Jynnette walks through the phases of the moon and the menstrual cycle so both those who menstruate and those who don’t can gain value from planning ahead. She shares the feelings you may find coming up and how to play to your strengths in each.
[20:23] Amy’s speed round questions: Spirituality means? What is something most people don’t know about you? What is one thing you are looking forward to right now? What are you grateful for? What book is on your nightstand? What is your favorite spiritual healing practice? What is the most transformative experience of your life?
Today we talk with Colleen Hildebrand, a Life, Death and the Space Between podcast listener who first contacted Dr. Amy Robbins with her story, intending for it to be a ghost story. Dr Robbins was pulled to reach out to Colleen and invite her in as a guest on the show.
Colleen’s book, “In the Ether” is an earthly love story that continues beyond death. Her goal with the book was to illuminate the struggle on the path toward unconditional love.
Listen in to hear how Colleen followed the pull of her intuition to write her book, and her arc toward living a more spiritual life full of signs and inexplicable otherworldly experiences.
Topics We Discuss:
[0:22] Colleen’s bio.
[3:25] Dr. Robbins and Colleen connected after Colleen submitted the idea for a Life, Death and the Space Between podcast ghost story.
[4:35] Tragic and stormy love story between Colleen’s teenage daughter Abby and Ryan, an older active duty US Marine. Ryan’s violent episode with PTSD and subsequent felony conviction.
[6:00] Colleen and Ryan’s continuing connection and evolving mother/son type relationship. Colleen’s faith in Ryan as a young person who wanted to do the right thing, but didn’t quite know what the right thing(s) were. Colleen wrote “In the Ether” about Abby and Ryan’s relationship, and Colleen and Ryan’s.
[8:40] An overwhelming message Colleen heard to “be a mother to him” and the connection to the 90’s song “Champagne Supernova”.
[10:28] Ryan broke his neck in a diving accident, the aftermath of the sudden tragedy in the hospital, and how Colleen started hearing from Ryan while he lay unconscious in the ICU. Colleen continued to hear from Ryan after his death.
[14:30] Colleen felt compelled to contact a medium - they validated her communication from Ryan across the veil. Colleen asked Ryan for very specific signs, and Ryan delivered again and again.
[18:10] How Ryan kept his promise – even after his death – to promote Colleen’s book through social media. Abby’s viral TikTok dragonfly video got millions of views.
[23:20] How love transcends death. Colleen’s multiple spiritual experiences throughout her life have opened her in ways she never imagined — including a premonition of Ryan’s death.
[24:40] Colleen’s path toward a more spiritual life: experiencing the inexplicable, embracing it, cultivating it, and ultimately growing in awareness and connection.
FOLLOW COLLEEN HILDEBRAND
See Colleen’s daughter Abby’s viral dragonfly video on Instagram or TikTok.
Find Colleen on Instagram and on her website. Her book, “In the Ether: A Memoir of Holding Space” is available on Amazon.
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