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Heather Vandermeyden suffered from an extreme case of ulcerative colitis. She became septic and had to undergo multiple (total of 13) surgeries. During her time in the ICU and in surgeries, Heather lefter her body at least 20 times. These near death experiences (NDEs) generally began with her softly float up, seeing her body, and many times traveling to heavenly places. She felt completely disconnected from her body. She met her unborn adopted children, visited a 'building of knowledge', enjoy...

Kate discusses her experience publicly for the first time. This is a podcast about NDEs (Near Death Experiences), but when we hear an experience as beautiful as Kate's, we have to share. In 2022, Kate Quay's good friend was murdered. It was not only a horrible tragedy for her friend's family, but also a traumatic experience for Kate. 24 hours later, Kate had a profound, beautiful, joyful dream that she was with her friend. It is the only time she has had a dream that seemed completely like rea...

*FOLLOW this Podcast. Jacob Cooper is a mental health professional whose life has been significantly influenced by his near death experience as a child. Imagine not being able to breath, finally surrendering "to eternal power," then feeling absolute euphoria. That's how Jacob's NDE began. It was home, but took some time to get used to. During his NDE, Jacob saw a heavenly palace, spirit guides, male & female guardian angels, and family that he knew and recognized. He experienced a life review...

Susie (Abetha, Spain) developed a large brain tumor and was given only 3 weeks to live. After a few days in the hospital, she woke up knowing that she would die that day. As death came on, her spirit came out of the top of her head with a "whoosh." She felt FREE! During her near death experience (NDE), Susie felt freedom and love like she had never felt before. She was actually excited and curious. She had overwhelming feelings of peace, bliss, and unconditional love. She experienced the cosmo...

Mike McKinsey didn't realize that his appendix had burst when he started feeling gut pain. Three days later he finally went to the Emergency Room and was diagnosed, needing an emergency appendectomy. Before he felt like he was even under anesthesia, his near death experience began. Looking to his right he saw Jesus in the room with his hand outstretched. Taking His hand, Mike was led to the top of a mountain where he looked down and viewed a heavenly city. During his NDE, Mike's senses were he...

Father Nigel Mumford has had 2 most unusual and profound NDEs! The first happened while serving in the Royal Marines as a Green Beret. During a scuba diving outing he was saved from drowning, but not before seeing a tunnel, traveling, then seeing a slideshow of his life. In addition to a life review during his near death experience, Nigel saw many other 'good' things, nothing bad. He felt no guilt. Nigel's second NDE happened years later when he contracted swine flu or H1N1 virus. He fell deat...

Steve shares his NDE publicly for the first time. Steve Childs is a former U.S. Marine. In 2009 he suffered a series of heart attacks which led to triple bypass surgery. During surgery he actually woke up while the surgeon was holding his heart in his hands. What a way to start a near death experience! During his NDE, Steve experienced being carried or flown through the universe. He saw stars and planets whiz by. "WOW," he said! But the most impressive part of his NDE was feeling the "incredi...

Ash Perrow suffered a severe back injury as the result of a surfing accident. During surgery, a vein tore and later that night he had internal bleeding that eventually led to his near death experience (NDE). Ash takes us on a remarkable journey of life, death, and the realization of consciousness beyond the physical body. From moments of immense physical suffering to an out-of-body experience where he became ripples of infinite awareness, Ash’s story is one of transformation, surrender, and the...

This was a most unusual death! Dr. Barbara Mack fell backwards onto a fire ant hill and was stung hundreds of times around her neck. Though she is not allergic, receiving that much venom caused a system-wide reaction. In her near death experience, Barbara felt that she left her body and arrived in a very comfortable space, gray, but warm. She observed three beings who loved and cared about her. One of them knew her intimately and she felt comfortable and safe around them. Then she realized she...

It's donation month! Thank you in advance for going to https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/ and making a donation! In part 2 of our discussion with Alysa Rushton we discuss what it was like to be "slammed" back into her body. During her NDE, Alysa learned beautiful lessons about unconditional love, forgiveness, our connection with each other, her angels and much more. She came back with spiritual gifts and proof that they are real. All of this and much more in this wrap up of Alysa's near ...

It's donation month! Thank you in advance for going to https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/ and making a donation! At just 27 years of age, Alysa Rushton was headed for a crash. She smoked 2 packs a day, drank too much and pounded junk food. This led to pneumonia, mono, MS, weight gain, and overall as she said, "Life was in a ditch." One particularly bad night she overdosed on her prescribed pain meds. Yes, she was sitting on the toilet when life ended. Her husband found her lifeless and ca...

30 Years ago Bryan Jackson experienced a very unusual near death experience. Bryan was an alcoholic, failed in rehab, and had simply given up. Given up on life, given up on everything. During his NDE, Bryan didn't have a chance to go to the light or see heaven. Instead, he went to a void, a place he calls hell because nothing was there; no light, no happiness, no joy, no peace, no love, no friends, nothing. Above all else, there was no God. What he learned and how he recovered are the lessons ...

Janice Callahan struggled with drug addiction in private for decades, while publicly she tried to live a normal life with her job and family. A functional drug addict. Then came the overdose and the NDE. As her body succumbed to the drugs, she felt herself pulling away until she was up in the corner of the room looking down on her dying body. Then in the blink of an eye she arrived in the most beautiful place... heaven, paradise. She found herself in a room with no windows or doors, but blanke...

Katherine Avery was just 13 years old when she find herself sinking in a freezing cold Colorado lake. What followed was a life-changing near death experience (NDE). While sinking in the cold water she actually had time to think what would happen if she died today. Time seemed to slow down, then she found herself in the dark expanse of space, followed by a bright, sharp, colorful life review. During her life review she saw everything that ever happened in her life beginning with the most recent...

Tessa Kidd was a full-time horse trainer until the day when her favorite 1200 pound horse reared up and fell backwards on her. Then her spirit "popped" right out of the top of her head and her NDE began! She had sustained serious injuries, including a broken nose, broken jaw, teeth, and ribs. She also had severely bruised internal organs and a punctured lung. She spent 3 weeks in the hospital and many months rehabbing. Outside her body, she initially was about 15 feet up in the air looking dow...

In part 1 of Loreli's interview we learned about her first 4 near death experiences. In part 2 we learn about her 5th NDE and other spiritual experiences she has had. We discuss the "Void", in fact, both light and dark voids. In one void she felt loneliness and emptiness. In another void she experienced just rest. Her experiences include an interaction with Archangel Michael, a Godlike female voice, and learning about why we were created. It's a lot to take in! _________________ LoreliDrach...

Loreli Drache had her first near death experience as a result of drowning when she was just 7 years old. It was wonderful and she didn't want to go back into her body. She saw a bright archway and experienced 3 different beings. She felt the immense love of God, but was then told, "You must go back, you have more to do." Life was different for a young girl, then teenager that had experienced what she had. In fact, she had spiritual gifts, such as knowing when people were going to die, and knowi...

Imagine having an acute case of Covid-19, being in the hospital for 3 months, and unconscious in the ICU for 34 days. During his time unconscious, David had multiple out of body experiences (OBEs) and 2 distinct near death experiences (NDEs). David Gipson is a college student and father living in North Dakota sharing his experience publicly for the first time. During his first NDE, he was 'yanked' out of his body and found himself floating in space within a giant double helix. He was shown his ...

In this episode we adjust our focus from NDEs to SDEs... near death experiences to shared death experiences. Gretchen Jones works as a death doula and has had many amazing shared death experiences that include seeing a dying person's spirit leave their body and other spirits coming to welcome them. We can learn a lot about near death experiences and the death process from Gretchen's experiences. In fact, it helps to discuss and 'normalize' these conversations. In this episode we discuss many ...

Caren experienced a beautiful near death experience following a horrific, brutal attack by her former husband. SHE WAS DEAD FOR OVER 30 MINUTES. We don't know the exact number of minutes that Caren was dead, but imagine looking down on your body as crime scene investigators are placing tags and numbers around the room. In fact when a photo was taken of her face, the flash caused her to open her eyes. Someone yelled, "she's alive!" That's what finally prompted EMS to take her to the hospital. ...

In the spring of 2013, Lisa was involved in an accident in which she was stopped at a light and another, bigger vehicle going 70 MPH ran into the back end of her car. She sustained serious injuries including a broken back and a traumatic brain injury. In her near death experience her spirit left her body and was quickly in a dark void. The void was peaceful, calm and 'healing.' She enjoyed it! After leaving the void she saw her deceased brother and had a conversation with him. She also saw many...

Elisa Palmer was in a horrific, head-on traffic accident that led to a beautiful near death experience. In Elisa's first interview about her NDE, she opens up about her life review in which she saw how all of her actions affected others. It's like a ripple effect, positive or negative, that spreads from one person to many many others. She was given a choice to stay in the spirit world or go back to her physical body. Before making the choice she was shown her future husband and children. She k...

In 1985, Howard Storm was a hardcore atheist and liberal university professor. Then he had a medical emergency in Paris that killed him... temporarily. Howard's NDE began with a horribly hellish experience in which he was in darkness and had people ripping, gouging, biting, and in every demeaning way possible, abusing him. Out of complete desperation he cried out, "Jesus Save Me!" And He did. Then He gave Howard the opportunity to ask any and all questions he had. In this amazing near death ex...

What?! That title sounds crazy, but that is actually one of the things that happened during Terry's multiple NDEs. While she was in the spirit world she was able to communicate via text messages! Terry and Rae Jean are best friends and Rae Jean was a huge support to Terry through her years of cancer treatment, which included surgeries, chemo and radiation treatments. During one of her near death experiences, Terry could see Rae Jean and desperately wanted to ease her worry and fears so she aske...