Round Trip Death Podcast

3d ago

In this deeply moving Christmas episode of Round Trip Death , host Eric welcomes Tammy Lee Anderson , a psychotherapist, martial artist, spiritual seeker, and medium who shares her extraordinary life story shaped by three near death experiences (NDEs) . Tammy recounts being stillborn , experiencing cardiac arrest during infant surgery, and a profound third NDE at age 23 following a heat stroke while fasting in the mountains. Across these encounters, she describes overwhelming encounters with unconditional love, light, spiritual beings, her grandfather, and Jesus—experiences that fundamentally altered her understanding of life, suffering, and divine presence. Send CHRISTMAS CARDS TO: Eric & Will Bennett PO Box 771 Heber City, UT. 84032 ____________________________ Video Version Of This Episode: https://youtu.be/vJ0Rn_iDDZU Tammy: https://healingwellness.com/ RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/

Dec 8

In this enlightening conversation, Gary Wimmer shares his profound near-death experience (NDE) that transformed his understanding of life, consciousness, and the universe. He recounts his journey from a curious young man to a spiritually awakened individual after a life-altering accident and his NDE (near death experience). Gary discusses the insights he gained about the infinite mind of God, the nature of free will, and the importance of personal empowerment. He emphasizes the role of free will in shaping our perceptions and experiences, and how it can lead to personal growth and happiness. The conversation also touches on the future of humanity and the lessons we can learn from current global challenges. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/f8GXGBKFjeA ______________ Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in YOU at https://www.rula.com/roundtrip/ Coupon Code: roundtrip ______________ RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/ Gary: https://garywimmer.com/ Book: "A Second In Eternity"

Dec 2

Our Purpose: To go from Selfishness to Selflessness In this episode of Round Trip Death, Eric welcomes Marilynn Hughes, whose powerful NDE (Near Death Experience) forever changed her life and faith. Suffering from severe peripartum cardiomyopathy, Marilynn slipped out of her body and entered a translucent tunnel of light where she reunited with her childhood dog and encountered Jesus in radiant form. She was shown multiple realms, a spiritual “measure” of how souls progress from selfishness to selflessness, and was given the choice to stay in the afterlife or return to her young children. Though Jesus told her He would not heal her heart, He promised to help her—and upon awakening, doctors found her heart had unexpectedly improved, eventually leading to a complete, medically inexplicable recovery years later. Marilynn shares what it felt like to hold Jesus’ hand—like falling into infinite, unconditional love—and explains that earth life is designed to teach selflessness through real experiences, relationships, challenges, and even suffering. She offers a message of hope: that each of us can help change the world not by controlling others, but by transforming ourselves and choosing to interact with life from a higher, more loving place. No longer fearing death, Marilyn looks forward to the profound love she once experienced and assures listeners that this love awaits us all. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/LBpwZxmwups ______________ Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in YOU at https://www.rula.com/roundtrip/ Coupon Code: roundtrip ______________ RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/ Marilynn: https://outofbodytravel.org/

Nov 24

At 13 years old, Ishtar Howell survived a devastating car accident that took his mother’s life and shattered his fear of death. His NDE (Near Death Experience) is unusual and the story also includes a SDE (shared death experience) when his mother dies. Moments before impact, time seemed to slow as he slipped out of his body (OBE) into a profound life review, encountered a loving, omniscient presence, and discovered that everything —even pain and trauma—was held within a vast field of love. In this conversation with host, Eric Bennett, Ishtar shares how this near death experience (NDE) transformed his grief, dissolved his fear of death, ignited mystical awareness, and eventually led him to a life as a monk and meditation teacher. He offers a grounded, hopeful message: you don’t have to nearly die to touch the “deathless” part of yourself. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/JHkeZfxMPuY ______________ Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in YOU at https://www.rula.com/roundtrip/ Coupon Code: roundtrip ______________ RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/ Ishtar: https://www.ascension-meditation.com/ https://www.awakenedlightastrology.com/

Nov 17

LOVE NEVER DIES In this episode of Round Trip Death , Eric sits down with evidential psychic medium and author Connie Fusella to explore her three near-death experiences (NDEs) and how they slowly woke her up to her soul’s purpose. From an early-twenties anaphylactic reaction and a profound life review, to a dramatic cardiac arrest in a New York ER, to a luminous visit with Jesus in a meadow full of joyful children, Connie shares how each NDE experience peeled back another layer of who she really is. Connie also describes the years-long journey between those NDEs—sleep paralysis, spontaneous psychic impressions on trains and buses, a dusty tarot deck in the closet, and the terrifying leap of giving her very first public reading. She closes with practical guidance for anyone who’s had an NDE (or just feels spiritually “different”) and wonders what their own gifts and purpose might be. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/iI_61KT2uzk RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/ Connie: https://meaningfulmessages.info/

Nov 11

NDE vs SDE. In this moving conversation, Eric talks with Amber Kasic about the night she accompanied her father as he was dying in 2020 and unexpectedly experienced what’s known as a shared death experience (SDE) — a spiritually transformative moment in which she felt her father’s soul transition before his physical body died. In this SDE, Amber describes holding her father’s hand in hospice, dropping into pure love and surrender, and suddenly feeling a powerful, "whooshing" presence move through her body, down her arm, and into her father — along with the unshakable knowing: “We are eternally bonded.” That NDE/SDE moment erased her fear of death, changed her view of the soul, and ultimately led her to serve others as an evidential medium and end-of-life coach. She and Eric also talk about why some souls seem to “leave” before the last breath, terminal lucidity (or “the surge”), how families can better meet death as sacred instead of terrifying, and how her dad later proved his continued presence to her mom…with pudding. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/wcjC4ZXF5C8 Amber: https://www.natureswayopen.com/ RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/

Nov 3

Artist and author Nicole Meeuws joins host, Eric Bennett, to share the near death experience (NDE) she had during an emergency procedure following the loss of a pregnancy in 2015. Nicole recounts leaving her body as a surge of peace carried her into a luminous, “watery” blue-white light and then into a vast white hall where two enormous, blue beings sat upon marble thrones. With feather-like hair, indigo eyes, humanoid torsos, and mer-like tails, they conveyed—wordlessly yet unmistakably—“welcome back,” triggering a profound sense of home and dissolving grief, guilt, and fear. She describes the jarring sensation of being “sucked” back into her body, followed by several minutes of speaking an unfamiliar, tonal language her physician husband witnessed. The near death experience reoriented Nicole’s life toward nature, creativity, and what she calls heightened intuition. Years later, through fasting, meditation in the Greek sea, and research, she linked her vision to ancient traditions of oceanic guardians and an “eternal ocean of memory,” themes now central to her paintings and books. We explore how her NDE reframed earthly life as dense but purposeful—a brief window to choose love over fear, remember who we are, and live from the heart—plus the difficulties of returning, the healing power of water, and the courage it takes to create what we see on the other side. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/QYoiJvEmvc8 Chapters 00:00 Welcome; guest intro from Greece; Nicole’s artwork & nature as muse 02:55 The NDE context: pregnancy loss, anesthesia, vitals spike 04:45 Entering the blue-white “watery” light; profound peace and remembering 06:45 The vast white room; marble thrones; two immense blue beings 09:40 “Welcome back” and the ancient tribe feeling 11:10 Life-reel imagery; sudden return to body (“sucked back”) 12:40 Speaking an ancient/tonal language post-op; husband witnesses 15:10 Earth life as dense/illusory vs. the clarity “there” 17:20 Research & fasting; linking vision to ocean-guardians traditions 20:30 The Abzu as an “ocean of memory”; two births concept 23:10 Painting the beings; creative process & fear of imperfection 25:20 What the love felt like; nature as a doorway (oceans, water) 28:10 After-effects & books ( Terra Infinita , Oceans of Memories ) 30:30 Choosing sovereignty: living from heart vs. fear 33:10 Final reflections and how to contact Nicole; show close Nicole: https://www.nicolemeeuws.com/ RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/

Oct 27

Author and screenwriter Sai Marie Johnson flatlined during a high-risk C-section complicated by placenta percreta. While doctors fought to stop catastrophic hemorrhaging, Sai experienced a profound “void, tunnel and light." During her NDE (Near Death Experience) she met and saw her deceased grandmother and great-grandmother. They told her that she had to go back. Above all else, she felt "Every good emotion we can feel on earth, times 5,000!" Goodness and Pure Love. Following her NDE, she woke to a premature son in the NICU, a partial hysterectomy, and 25 transfusions—but also a new clarity that reshaped her confidence, career, and view of death. In this conversation, she unpacks the medical rollercoaster, the otherworldly peace she felt, how she parents two sons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and the hard-won faith that guides her now. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/nGlyLx3LDVw Chapters (Timestamps) 00:00 — Cold Open: “They pronounced me dead…” 00:40 — Welcome & Guest Intro: Meet author/screenwriter Cy Marie Johnson 01:19 — About Cy: Mother of four; two sons with Duchenne 03:23 — High-Risk Pregnancy: Early warnings and specialist care 04:40 — From Previa to Percreta: What went medically wrong 06:08 — Hospital Prep: Steroids, IVs, arterial balloons, central line 10:41 — Countdown to Two: Going under anesthesia 11:01 — The Experience: Darkness, distant ember, irresistible light 12:04 — The Guardians: Grandmother & great-grandmother say “not yet” 13:52 — Void or Tunnel? How it felt, and what drew her forward 15:11 — Who They Were: Portraits of Elizabeth and Bernice 19:31 — Back in the Body: “Where’s my baby?” — NICU update 22:15 — Recovery Begins: Hysterectomy, pain, and walking laps 24:51 — What Happened on the Table: Hemorrhage and 25 transfusions 26:13 — Life After NDE: Confidence, creativity, a second chance 28:49 — Writing Career: From romance to nonfiction craft 29:57 — Duchenne Awareness: Strength for her sons 30:44 — On Death: Why she isn’t afraid 32:14 — Closing & Call to Action RoundTripDeath.com Donate to this podcast: https://www.roundtripdeath.com/support/