What near-death and shared-death experiences tell us about living

By Chion Wolf,

Jessica Severin de Martinez, Catie Talarski

Published October 20, 2021 at 9:18 AM EDT

1 of 4 — Sunset at Bunchgrass Meadow, Selkirk Mountains, Colville National Forest, Washington

Sunset at Bunchgrass Meadow, Selkirk Mountains, Colville National Forest, Washington.

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2 of 4 — Dr. Eben Alexander is the author of Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, about his near-death experience in 2008 while in a coma due to bacterial meningitis.

3 of 4 — Annie Cap is the author of Beyond Goodbye: An Extraordinary Story of a Shared Death Experience, written after she experienced the symptoms of her mother dying from thousands of miles away.

4 of 4 — Annie Cap and her mother, Betty.

What happens when we die? Or… when we almost die?

Hear from a neurosurgeon who had a near-death experience about his journey into the afterlife. And meet a woman who had a shared-death experience and describes what it was like feeling her mother's struggle as she was dying thousands of miles away.

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Dr. Eben Alexander is the author of Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, about his near-death experience in 2008 while in a coma due to bacterial meningitis
Annie Cap is the author of Beyond Goodbye: An Extraordinary Story of a Shared Death Experience, written after she experienced the symptoms of her mother dying from thousands of miles away

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Jessica Severin de Martinez, Catie Talarski, Abe Levine, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.