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Guest: Johanna J. Lunn, Founder of When You Die Project

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⁠ Buy the books: ⁠⁠WTF Just Happened?! Series Johanna J. Lunn is an award-winning producer and director with more than 35 years of film and television experience. Currently she is using her lifelong curiosity about the death and dying process to bring documentaries about "What happens when we die," to life.

Johanna is the founder of the When You Die Project, which seeks to foster good conversations around death by de-mystifying the dying process and reducing our fear of death through knowledge. Discussing what happens when we die with curiosity and compassion allows death to become a more natural part of life and can set the ground for healthy grieving.

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Chapter 1:  In the Realm of Death & Dreaming:  Does consciousness continue after death?

Chapter 2:  Saying Goodbye:  Preparing for Death

Chapter 3:  Architecture of Death:  The Inner World of Dying

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Guest: Forensic Medium Sheila Marie

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Sheila Marie is a Forensic Medium who has made a significant impact in the field of criminal investigations. She has collaborated with the FBI and law enforcement agencies helping solve missing person cases and criminal investigations. Today, she is credited with resolving over 400 high-profile criminal cases, leaving an indelible mark on the world of forensic investigation.

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Book two, WTF Just Happened?!: A sciencey skeptic investigates even more evidence of an afterlife and fights for justice with her dead dog continues this crazy exploration into scientific evidence of an afterlife.

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Full Show for Ghosts, Parapsychologists, Evidence and Skeptics. Parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach

Parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach answers if he will take on any case or reporting of paranormal activity? What are red flags that will cause him to turn down a case? What did a very skeptical ex-Navy Seal Officer tell Loyd about a ghost referred to as The Blue Lady ghost that convinced him this was genuine. He had been working on this case for years and was amazed to get this inexplicable verification. If psychics are real why do they never stop earth quakes and win the lottery? Why has no one won James Randi's offer to give a million dollars to anyone who proves they have "paranormal" abilities.

Parapsychologist, mentalist, and author Loyd Auerbach speaks with Liz of WTF Just Happened?! and Darren of Seeking I. Darren is a self described "lay researcher of consciousness focused on anomalous experience and life beyond physical death." Loyd is a leading parapsychologist in the field with a masters degree in Parapsychology. He is one of the main teachers at The Rhine Education Center and he is Vice President of the Forever Family Foundation. He has been doing this research for over 42 years and has authored and co-authored many books on the remarkable things he has learned and encountered as he examines if we survive death, if there really are ghosts, and many more inexplicable anomalous phenomena. Loyd takes a scientific, healthily skeptical, and logical approach to this phenomena.

Loyd Auerbach: About | YouTube | Facebook || Darren McEnaney: Blog | YouTube | Website

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Parapsychologist, mentalist, and author Loyd Auerbach speaks with Liz of WTF Just Happened?! and Darren of Seeking I. Darren is a self described "lay researcher of consciousness focused on anomalous experience and life beyond physical death." Loyd is a leading parapsychologist in the field with a masters degree in Parapsychology. He is one of the main teachers at The Rhine Education Center and he is Vice President of the Forever Family Foundation. He has been doing this research for over 42 years and has authored and co-authored many books on the remarkable things he has learned and encountered as he examines if we survive death, if there really are ghosts, and many more inexplicable anomalous phenomena. Loyd takes a scientific, healthily skeptical, and logical approach to this phenomena. 

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Loyd answers if he always thought there was an afterlife or paranormal abilities and shares who and what influenced his fascination from a young age. 

What are the differences between Skeptics vs pseudo skeptics. Loyd had some amazing experiences in his over 40 years of research. He shares two of the most remarkable things he encountered, that also were verified. He credits some of the most remarkable experiences to working with a top psychic medium, Alex Tanous who secretly had worked with the FBI and police. To learn from a true and lifelong expert in the field of parapsychology, this is the episode.

Loyd Auerbach: About | YouTube | Facebook || Darren McEnaney: Blog | YouTube | Website

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Psychic Medium Dusten Lyvers is a highly evidential psychic medium who is certified by the Forever Family Foundation. He is also a licensed counselor and on a fun note, is a ballroom dance performer. 

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In an Instagram Live talk (part 2) Psychic Medium Dusten Lyvers answers frequently asked questions from listeners.

Why did my loved one not come through in a reading? Does Dusten get nervous before giving readings? How long should someone wait between medium readings? How did Dusten realize he was a psychic medium? Had Dusten ever even met a medium when he was a child? Did he know this was a career option? Dusten is also a therapist, How does being a therapist and being a medium tie in together? And in a slightly “out there” question, does Dusten ever counsel spirits who have passed away? Being a psychic medium can Dusten read the thoughts and personal lives of his friends? Do Dusten's loved one's who have passed away visit him?

Dusten also shares the most “what the fuck” moment has ever seen or encountered when he himself got an amazingly evidential reading. He talks about how all the feedback he has gotten from his clients verifying the information he has given is also very strong evidence of an afterlife. 
Dusten also shares tips on how to get signs and ask for signs. He talks about the signs he has asked for (rainbows from his grandmother) and an interesting sign of ants from his grandfather. 

Yes, he feels them around but they do not come and visit.

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Do people who were cruel and abusive apologize for their actions after they die? What does it feel like to give a psychic medium reading? These are some of the questions Psychic Medium Dusten Lyvers answers in an IG Live talk with Liz of WTF Just Happened?!, as she continues her quest for afterlife evidence.

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How does Dusten handle it if he is giving a medium reading, and the person who comes in was abusive when they were alive? Does the person who came in for the reading even want to hear from this person? 

Dusten really got the personality of her dad and Liz wonders what does it feel like for a medium when they give a reading? Dusten explains how he feels the emotions of the person, how his senses are engaged and what that is like as a psychic medium. 

A listener wants to know, how long should someone wait after a loved one has passed away before they get a reading? In terms of when someone can come in and communicate with a psychic medium after they have passed away, there is no time frame. Dusten shares a time someone came to him the day after they died, giving really strong evidence and surprising both him and the sitter, the person who came to get the medium reading. However, in terms of healing grief, going to early might not always be healthy. 

Not everyone knows this, but there is a difference between psychic readings and medium readings. In fact there is a famous quote, "All mediums are psychic, but not all psychics are mediums." 

A listener asks how he can connect with a deceased person when he is giving phone or Zoom medium readings?

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The conversation continues with Psychic Medium Rebecca Anne LoCicero.

In this episode, that was originally streamed on IG live, Liz and Rebecca open by discussing what exactly is imagination and inspiration. Where does it come from? Does it ever come from "The Other Side." 

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Liz and Rebecca continue their discussion on scientific testing of mediums, which the two have a different perspective on. Rebecca thinks that psychic medium readings are about love, which can be hard to measure. She also thinks that they are often subjective, what will resonate with a person. Liz thinks the love coming through in medium readings is not that important. To her it is more about data and accuracy, which provide evidence that we do survive bodily death. 

They also talk about "The Amazing Randi," the stage magician who posed the million dollar challenge to anyone who demonstrated evidence of psychic, mediumship, or any "paranormal" abilities. Liz explains why that challenge is not actually what it seems to be and why it really does not matter that no one has ever passed it. 

Rebecca shares some of her experiences with physical mediumship. That is when a medium actually becomes taken over and "possessed" by a deceased person. She has had some fascinating experiences while trying to perform physical mediumship, but has never actually been fully accomplished it. She has never seen anyone accomplish this full possession either. Liz shares that she has gone to seances to observe physical mediumship, but it was a complete fraud and carnival show. Rebecca and Liz both agree that if a medium could be completely taken over by someone who has passed away, that would be any grieving person's dream. 

Rebecca also gives some warnings and tips on how to avoid being conned and tricked by people who pretend to be mediums on social media. She shares that she has been impersonated a few times. But she does want to remind everyone there really are genuine and ethical mediums as well.

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Psychic Medium Rebecca Anne LoCicero is not only highly evidential, but she is also hilarious, direct, smart, has been studied by Yale University, and is certified by the Forever Family Foundation. 

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In this episode, that was originally streamed on IG live, Rebecca delves into, and answers as best she can, the hard questions Liz and the audience throw at her. “What substance or molecular structure is our consciousness once we die, if it survives?” "Once a psychic makes a prediction, can we change the outcome?" "When does consciousness first enter the body (in a fetus), when does it leave when we die, and where exactly does it go?" "How does a psychic medium see or hear spirits?"

Liz and Rebecca discuss ideas for measuring consciousness leaving and entering a body. While the science is definitely not there yet, the two can speculate. Rebecca also thinks this consciousness that ties into our body is all a form of energy, and one day we will be able to measure it further. Ideally, she thinks if we could do experiments on women who are pregnant we could learn a lot about the start of consciousness.

Rebecca explains the difference between giving a psychic reading versus a medium reading. She also shares three amazing times she got highly accurate information. One time she got health information which proved to be true, about a woman from her dad who had passed. Another time she was reading a highly skeptical man, bringing in his father who also had passed away. The man was intrigued, but still somewhat skeptical until his dad had Rebecca give a final bit of information as the reading was finishing that convinced him this really had to be his father. 

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Darren McEnaney is the host of Seeking i, a podcast that speaks with the top researchers of afterlife evidence, psi, and consciousness. Darren is a self-described "lay researcher of consciousness focused on anomalous experience and life beyond physical death."

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Liz and Darren pick up where they left off last week. Liz continues talking about how she once bent a spoon, which Darren clarifies was with her energy, not strength. Liz also talks about how she could not do it again the next time she went to a spoon-bending event, which actually ended up adding to the evidence that spoon-bending is real.

They both talk about major misconceptions of how mediums get their information and how that makes people think mediums are cheating when they aren't. Liz and Darren both share examples of this from medium readings they have had and they share the best medium reading they had and the worst.

They also talk about NDEs - Near Death Experiences and a remarkable phenomena that has occurred during them referred to as Peak in Darien. This is where someone who has an NDE encounters loved ones who have died, but this includes a loved one who has died suddenly and unexpectedly. The two also discuss skeptics, and what can really be called pseudo-skeptics. 

The late James Randi, whose stage name is The Amazing Randi, was a well-known skeptic who set out to catch mediums and other people claiming inexplicable abilities cheating. He set up a one million dollar challenge for anyone who showed abilities to come and try to win this money by demonstrating their abilities. No one ever won. Why is this the case if people really have abilities?

Liz asks Darren to share a time or personal experience he had which blew him away and demonstrated that there was most likely life after death.  He shares an amazing and moving story about how after his two dogs passed away, they made sure to let him and his parents know they were still around. Darren's parents were as astounded as he was by these signs from his dogs on the other side. 

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