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Jeff Olsen spoke Friday, January 26, 2024
Jeff Olsen is a bestselling author and inspires audiences across the country with his intriguing personal story of perseverance and inner strength. In 1997, Jeff experienced a horrific automobile accident which inflicted multiple life-threatening injuries, including crushing both his legs. His left leg was amputated above the knee. The most devastating outcome of the accident was the loss of his wife and youngest son, both killed instantly. At that time, Jeff had a profound Near-Death Experience, which deepened his spirituality and gave him insights and gifts not common in today’s world. He found the courage to carry on, heal, care for his living son, and eventually thrive in his career and community contributions. Jeff has since remarried and adopted two more boys.
Understanding death, loss, and forgiveness after such a profound tragedy is a lifelong journey. Jeff’s latest book “Where Are You” is a collaborative father-son work telling his son’s experience of losing half his family. Jeff has also authored, “Knowing”, an extension and completion of “I Knew Their Hearts” and “Beyond Mile Marker 80”. Join us for deeper insights.
Travis Shreeve presented February 23, 2024
The Utah IANDS presenter on Friday, February 23, was Travis Shreeve. Travis believed there was little chance he would be exposed to COVID-19, so he hesitated to be vaccinated. As fate would have it, he contracted COVID-19, was hospitalized, and, at death’s door, had an NDE. Travis told us what he saw and experienced on the other side, and what he learned. It’s a message of love and the bonds of family.
Dr. Natalie Bonthius spoke March 22, 2024
Dr. Bonthius is an Emergency Medicine Physician in Southern California, with a notable background in neuroscience and near-death experience research. She is a former board member of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS). Dr. Bonthius has worked with the University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies and Stanford University to investigate consciousness, near-death experiences, and survival psychology. Dr. Bonthius is also the founder of Survival Med, a wilderness medical education company, where she merges her medical expertise with her passion for outdoor education.
She has first-hand heard and seen some extraordinary near-death and related experiences. You will enjoy her presentation of a few of the experiences she has witnessed!
David Bennett spoke Friday, April 26, 2024
David Bennett was once a brash young commercial diver and Chief Engineer of the Research Vessel Aloha. His harsh personal philosophy was, “You cut your swath through life to survive.” But one night, he was caught in a violent storm off the California coast, where he drowned. While technically “dead,” he met beings of light, relived his life, and peeked into his future, all resulting in a complete paradigm shift for him. Later in life, he discovered he had stage IV lung and bone cancer—so advanced that his spine collapsed. Miraculously, he survived once again. These brushes with death taught him even more about living, loving, and how to find purpose in his life.
David brings listeners to the heart of the near-death experience (NDE,) including his path-changing life review, being surrounded by love, the light, and meeting the Soul Family. He shows how to integrate the most traumatic of incidents into one’s spiritual path to live a more meaningful life.
David Bennett enjoys the retired life of a public speaker, author, white light energetic healer, and contemplative living podcaster. He’s had many appearances on radio and television, including on The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Doctor Oz, Angels Among Us, NBC National News, and PBS. You can find more on his website, DharmaTalks.com, and podcasts on his YouTube Channel @DavesDharmaTalk.
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