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Speaker 2: let's start with Chase of the Afterlife with Sandra Champlain.

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Speaker 4: Hi.

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Speaker 3: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been

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Speaker 3: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death.

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Speaker 3: On each episode, we'll discuss the reasons we now know

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Speaker 3: that our loved ones have survived physical death and so

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Speaker 3: will we. Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. This episode

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Speaker 3: will first air around Christmas time. Now I realize you

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Speaker 3: may be listening to it another time of the year,

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Speaker 3: so it's not technically a Christmas episode, but you will

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Speaker 3: hear some advice from mediums in being in contact with

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Speaker 3: your own loved ones no matter what time of the

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Speaker 3: year or what occasion. Also, i'll read to you two

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Speaker 3: special near death experiences that come from our friends at IANS.

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Speaker 3: If you love reading near death experiences, just go to

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Speaker 3: IANS dot org. That's the International Association for Near Death

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Speaker 3: Studies and they have a huge database of stories. And then,

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Speaker 3: in our final segment together, I'd like to take you

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Speaker 3: on a little guided imageryence. I'll ask that you have

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Speaker 3: always listen and replay the experience another time. Our first

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Speaker 3: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio

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Speaker 3: and Coast to Coast AM Pirinormal Podcast Network. Welcome back

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Speaker 6: the spirit world. You've got to give something over for

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Speaker 6: it's within your childhood or in your adulthood, or somewhere

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Speaker 6: gets a bit more deeper. And it's about learning to attune, blend,

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Speaker 6: and communicate. The ABC of life in Scott's version is ask,

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Speaker 6: beg and cry, because how many times as mediums we

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Speaker 6: ask the spirit world, then we beg the spirit world,

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Speaker 6: and then when it doesn't work, we cry. But that's

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Speaker 6: very normal, So try it. When you have a moment,

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Speaker 6: think of a happy memory which attunes yourself to the power,

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Speaker 6: and then invite those that you miss and allow them

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Speaker 6: to blend. And when they blend with you, that's when

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Speaker 6: you release those thoughts. I'm aware, and I love you still,

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Speaker 6: and I love you every moment of my life. And

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Speaker 6: just on a personal note, everyone, what's talking to you tonight? Sandra,

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Speaker 6: Dominic and myself all have fathers in the other world,

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Speaker 6: and it's a painful moment when someone you love that

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Speaker 6: goes over.

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Speaker 7: But we also still have mothers.

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Speaker 6: Here and we've got to squeeze every ounce out of

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Speaker 6: that time. So I invite all of you to squeeze

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Speaker 6: as much as you can from every situation, and if

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Speaker 6: they go to the spirit world, sit quietly and listen,

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Speaker 6: and therefore you will hear. So that's what I'm going

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Speaker 6: to offer you, my little lovies, and I wish you

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Speaker 6: a happy Christmas. As I hand you over to Dominic.

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Speaker 4: Beautiful Scott, beautiful Ezacha Lake, Scott says, going into that

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Speaker 4: happy moment or that happy memory from me as a

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Speaker 4: medium allows the spirit to see your fault and that

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Speaker 4: allows that loved one to recognize your thinking of me.

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Speaker 4: Maybe that thinking turns into you are missing me. How

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Speaker 4: do we allow the spirit world to you know that

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Speaker 4: we are thinking of them or missing them? You know,

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Speaker 4: you may hear crazy people like myself and Scott and

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Speaker 4: Steven Sandra say talk to them? So do we talk

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Speaker 4: to them? You may ask. I invite you as the

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Speaker 4: festive period comes close. This is just something that I've

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Speaker 4: done many times on my own. Write a Christmas card

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Speaker 4: to your loved one, right, a greetings card or a

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Speaker 4: festive card to maybe your mom, or your son or

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Speaker 4: your best friend, to maybe is no longer here in

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Speaker 4: the physical and to spending Christmas in the spirit side

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Speaker 4: of life. Take a few moments to go into that stillness,

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Speaker 4: like Scott said, going into that silence and within your thoughts,

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Speaker 4: so within your mind where every communication begins. Get your

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Speaker 4: pen and your card and write out the beautiful messages

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Speaker 4: that you would like to send to them. But don't

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Speaker 4: just write express the conversations, right, Maybe down the memories

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Speaker 4: that you had with each other. Maybe write down the

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Speaker 4: last Christmas that you celebrated. Together. When you're writing, you

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Speaker 4: are becoming aware of your loved ones naturally without even realizing,

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Speaker 4: and sending that thought to them by reminiscing and almost

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Speaker 4: having that heart to heart conversation brings them so close

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Speaker 4: that maybe your emotions get moved. Maybe other memories will

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Speaker 4: come from your loved one into your mind, maybe memories

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Speaker 4: you've forgotten, maybe conversations you forgot you even had. So

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Speaker 4: take a moment, and that's all it is. Take a

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Speaker 4: moment and write that Christmas card out to your loved ones,

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Speaker 4: and don't forget to sign it at the end with

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Speaker 4: lots of love. And maybe when the Christmas cards start

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Speaker 4: to get delivered your friends and your family and maybe

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Speaker 4: your neighbors, get that Christmas card out that you wrote

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Speaker 4: for your loved one and put it out underly knowing

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Speaker 4: that they would have received your thoughts.

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Speaker 5: Knowing that they would have watched over your shoulder as

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Speaker 5: you wrote that beautiful message for them, And just know

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Speaker 5: that they'll be sending that back to you on the

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Speaker 5: Christmas when it comes.

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Speaker 3: And now here's Phil Dyke's then his beautiful wife Carrie McLeod.

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Speaker 7: As a medium, we can work in many different ways.

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Speaker 7: Tonight was about impressions, clairvoyants, different things. But as we

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Speaker 7: work with those impressions, we know there's more than just

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Speaker 7: a picture that we see. We know there's emotional responses

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Speaker 7: that react within us. So when we receive information, that

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Speaker 7: evidence is the feeling within us, emotional states, mental states,

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Speaker 7: and physical states the directors in the way to use

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Speaker 7: that information. So we're working within what we call a

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Speaker 7: spiritual reality. Right now, I'm in what we call the

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Speaker 7: normal reality, the beta frequency of the mind, where I

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Speaker 7: can talk to explain things. When we work with the

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Speaker 7: spirit world, the mind, the consciousness has moved and we're

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Speaker 7: working with another reality and we're living it and we're

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Speaker 7: feeling those emotions, and especially this time of the year,

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Speaker 7: or leading up to this time of the year, when

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Speaker 7: we start to remember our loved ones and the interactions

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Speaker 7: and the experiences and those moments we shared, and it's

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Speaker 7: those impressions that we we call back and it helps

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Speaker 7: us remember who they were, how they inspired us. So

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Speaker 7: those emotional impressions and feelings are really important because when

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Speaker 7: we feel a little bit low, the spirit world or

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Speaker 7: our loved ones react to that because they feel how

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Speaker 7: we feel. And when we feel a little bit down,

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Speaker 7: they choose to come forward through that love, and that's

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Speaker 7: the greatest feeling of all. And when we've lost somebody

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Speaker 7: and we're in that club that nobody wants to be

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Speaker 7: part of, that we call grief, their loved ones come

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Speaker 7: around us. They uplift us. They try and inspire us

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Speaker 7: through music, through memories, through TV programs, and when we

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Speaker 7: feel those low states, they want to come in and

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Speaker 7: not just lifter us. They understand that connection, albeit within

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Speaker 7: a different consciousness. They don't have the physical limitations we have.

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Speaker 7: The feelings they have are pure unconditional love. Yes, they

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Speaker 7: miss us, but it's in a different context because that

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Speaker 7: love that we have touches their soul still and they

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Speaker 7: want to be part of that. That's why we get

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Speaker 7: the contacts we do tonight and other demonstrations is that

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Speaker 7: need of love upliftment. So if we can have those

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Speaker 7: feelings towards our loved ones, talk to them, joys with them,

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Speaker 7: they come that little bit closer, and especially as we

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Speaker 7: feel them, because just like a mother with a father,

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Speaker 7: a mother with a daughter or a son, our love

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Speaker 7: goes beyond those thoughts that we have and they still

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Speaker 7: reach out, they still come close to us. If we

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Speaker 7: can hold that in our hearts, especially at this time,

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Speaker 7: because sometimes we might be on our own, we can

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Speaker 7: realize that we're never on our own. They are only

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Speaker 7: a thought away.

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Speaker 1: Whether it's the festive season or any other religious or

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Speaker 1: family occasion throughout the year, when you don't have somebody

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Speaker 1: physically here every day, that they're a way that you

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Speaker 1: would normally celebrate with them can bring onsets of that grief.

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Speaker 1: I heard once a description of grief that you might

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Speaker 1: be able to relate to. Grief is like a box

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Speaker 1: a cube, and in it is a balloon, and that

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Speaker 1: balloon is inflated, touching every internal side of that box

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Speaker 1: or cube, and the inside of that is raw. It's painful.

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Speaker 1: Through time, that balloon loses some of it's inflation, so

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Speaker 1: it doesn't touch all of the sides all of the time,

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Speaker 1: but boy, when it does, it's just as painful as

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Speaker 1: the moment it happened. Now, that's a cost, in some

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Speaker 1: respects of having loved at a really, really deep level.

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Speaker 1: So it stands to reason that in order to miss somebody,

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Speaker 1: we also have to remember somebody I know. I do

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Speaker 1: this and Phil does this when I feel grief I

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Speaker 1: also feel thanks and gratitude. It doesn't make the grief

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Speaker 1: go away, but it brings more of a balance to

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Speaker 1: the emotions. I expose myself to emotions of gratitude, of love,

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Speaker 1: of smiles, and of happy memories. If you have both

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Speaker 1: of those, it connects you, yes, through the love, but

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Speaker 1: also through the memories, because if you think about it,

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Speaker 1: that's what mediumship is. You meet in the same energetic

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Speaker 1: memory as your loved one or friend. Imagine being able

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Speaker 1: to do that for yourself. You can you feel and

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Speaker 1: think memory and your loved ones join you in that

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Speaker 1: same energetic experience. So whatever day is the share or next,

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Speaker 1: if you ever feel a pang of grief or the

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Speaker 1: pain of grief, also remember the gratitude of love and

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Speaker 1: the memories that you shared keeps us together.

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Speaker 4: That it does.

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Speaker 3: Time for a quick break and we'll be right back.

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Speaker 3: You're listening to Shades of the Apple for Life on

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Speaker 3: the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast am hair Normal Podcast Network.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain.

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Speaker 3: In our last minutes today, I want to do something

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Speaker 3: experiential to feel that closer connection with our loved ones.

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Speaker 3: So find a place to sit where you can close

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Speaker 3: your eyes for about ten minutes or so, take a

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Speaker 3: few deep breaths, filling your lungs slowly and then exhaling slowly.

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Speaker 3: As you continue need to take those breaths, simply listen

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Speaker 3: to my words on how we receive information as souls,

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Speaker 3: whether we are on this side of life or the

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Speaker 3: other side. We communicate best with our emotions and our imagination.

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Speaker 3: Our happiest memories and even moments of laughter are like

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Speaker 3: knocking on the door to talk with our loved ones. First,

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Speaker 3: we need to be in the present moment. The human

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Speaker 3: mind is not easy to slow down. But as we

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Speaker 3: continue to take those deep breaths, focus on each breath

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Speaker 3: and how it feels breathing in and breathing out. Now,

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Speaker 3: scan how it feels being in your body right now.

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Speaker 3: If there is any tension or stress, send a deep

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Speaker 3: breath to that area, and now just let some relaxation

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Speaker 3: flow into your chest, into your lungs, down into your body.

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Speaker 3: Let that relaxation flow into your arms, into your legs,

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Speaker 3: into your head and neck, through the feet to the toes,

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Speaker 3: and even down into your hands and into your fingers.

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Speaker 3: As we continue to take those deep breaths, feel your

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Speaker 3: body being supported, whether on a chair or couch. You

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Speaker 3: may feel the temperature of the air on your skin,

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Speaker 3: and maybe there's some outside noise around you. Just sit

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Speaker 3: and take it all in in this present moment. Now,

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Speaker 3: think of a loved one that no longer walks this earth,

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Speaker 3: one that you have some favorite, happy or fun shared

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Speaker 3: memories with. You can imagine them sitting right next to

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Speaker 3: you and greet them however you would greet them in

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Speaker 3: the past. Maybe a big smile comes to your face,

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Speaker 3: perhaps a hug or holding their hands. Choose a great

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Speaker 3: memory of a time together, and remember as much as

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Speaker 3: you can about it and the joy that it brought

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Speaker 3: to you. Where were you, what were you both doing,

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Speaker 3: Who was there? What was happening that brought so much joy?

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Speaker 3: Take a moment and recall as much as you can

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Speaker 3: and the wonderful emotions of joy, happiness, laughter. As there

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Speaker 3: is a big smile on your face right now, your

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Speaker 3: loved one is by your side. You may wish to

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Speaker 3: ask them to hold your hand or put their hand

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Speaker 3: on your arm, and pay attention to how you feel.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps there are some words you have for your loved

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Speaker 3: one and they have for you. Take a moment and

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Speaker 3: talk with your loved one and be in their presence.

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Speaker 1: M d The river La ne Orbos that would.

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Speaker 3: Lab your loved one continues to live and they can

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Speaker 3: easily be in the world of spirit while keeping a

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Speaker 3: close eye on our world. Their love for you is eternal.

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Speaker 3: See that smile on their face as they spend time

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Speaker 3: with you, feeling so grateful that you know how to

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Speaker 3: connect with them. Now, Imagine an upcoming holiday or birthday

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Speaker 3: or anne nursery. They tell you they understand that you

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Speaker 3: miss them, but although you can't see them physically, they

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Speaker 3: are still with you in the invisible space around you.

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Speaker 3: That all you need to do is slow down and

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Speaker 3: pay attention. Imagine yourself now on that special day, as

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Speaker 3: you continue to feel your loved one's presence, they remind

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Speaker 3: you that your life here on earth is important and

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Speaker 3: to do your best to experience as much as you can,

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Speaker 3: to be kind to yourself, to be kind to others,

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Speaker 3: and know that you will be together again in a

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Speaker 3: very special and magical place that will make this life

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Speaker 3: here on earth seem like it was just a dream.

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Speaker 3: My friends, our loved ones are by our sides. All

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Speaker 3: we need to do is slow down, be present, recall

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Speaker 3: those emotions and ask them to be with us. Pay

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Speaker 3: attention in your day to day life. When thoughts and

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Speaker 3: memories of a past event with your loved one seem

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Speaker 3: to come out of the blue, those are their little

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Speaker 3: calling cards that they are right here with you. Our

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Speaker 3: time together on this episode has come to an end.

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Speaker 3: Please continue to know your loved one ones are very

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Speaker 3: your soul. I'm Sandra Champlain. Thank you so much for

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Speaker 5: Yeah