In this episode, Dani Foffa sits down with IANDS President Dr. Jan Holden to explore some of the most compelling questions in near-death experience (NDE) research. Dr. Holden shares groundbreaking insights into veridical perception, lucid awareness during cardiac arrest, and what current science suggests about consciousness operating beyond the brain.

Together, they dive into how NDE research connects with after-death communication, shared-death experiences, and near-death-like experiences that occur without clinical death. Dr. Holden discusses why these cases point toward consciousness as fundamental and possibly eternal, and how we may be witnessing a global shift from a purely material worldview to a more spiritual and interconnected understanding of reality.

She also offers practical guidance for therapists, clinicians, and healthcare providers who support experiencers, shares her own ketamine-assisted transformative experience, and reflects on how decades of studying NDEs have shaped her views on life, death, and the deeper nature of existence.

About Dr. Jan Holden
Dr. Holden is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Near-Death Studies, Professor Emerita of Counseling at the University of North Texas, and a leading expert on NDEs, after-death communication, and transpersonal experiences.

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Jan’s book ‘Handbook of Near-Death Experiences’ - https://a.co/d/dIwFAu7
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