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What really happens in the final days and hours before we die? And why do so many dying people report seeing deceased loved ones and pets as death approaches?
Julie Ryan sits down with certified End of Life Doula and death literacy educator Claire O’Berry for a revealing conversation about what families can expect as someone approaches the end of life—and why understanding the dying process may replace some of our deepest fears with greater peace.
Claire walks Julie through her practical two-weeks-out, two-days-out, and two-hours-out framework, explaining the physical and emotional changes that can occur as the body begins its natural dying process. They explore what happens during the final hours, why dying may look very different from what families expect, and how knowing the signs can help loved ones feel less frightened and more prepared.
They also dive into some of the most mysterious experiences surrounding death: terminal lucidity, the “death rally,” end-of-life visions, near-death experiences, and reports of dying people seeing deceased family members and beloved pets. Julie and Claire discuss research into these experiences and what they may suggest about consciousness, fear of death, and the possibility that we're not alone as we make the transition.
Claire also explains what families often misunderstand about hospice and palliative care, when to begin preparing for the end of life, and why talking about death doesn't have to be frightening or morbid—it can help us live more intentionally while we're still here.
Whether someone you love is approaching the end of life, you've witnessed something unexplained at a deathbed, or you've simply wondered what you might experience during your own final moments, this conversation offers a fascinating and reassuring look at one of life's greatest mysteries.
Guest Biography:
Claire O’Berry is a certified End of Life Doula, death literacy educator, international speaker, and host of the Dying Your Way podcast. Her journey into end-of-life care began in 2005, when she became the primary caregiver for both of her parents during the final six years of their lives, ultimately helping each of them experience a peaceful death at home surrounded by family and friends. Inspired to help others navigate this profound stage of life with greater knowledge and confidence, Claire pursued formal end-of-life training with pioneers Deanna Cochran, Suzanne O’Brien, and Patty Burgess. Today, she teaches individuals and families how to prepare for the end-of-life journey and hosts conversations with experts and individuals sharing personal experiences with death and dying. Claire holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a B.S.Ed. from the University of North Texas, and is an Advance Care Planning Educator (ACPE), Certified End of Life Doula (CEOLD), and member of the National End of Life Doula Alliance (NEDA).
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Meet End-of-Life Doula Claire O’Berry
(0:02:19) What Really Happens in the Final Moments of Life?
(0:04:51) Why Understanding Death Can Remove the Fear
(0:14:47) Claire’s Near-Death Experiences
(0:21:46) Why Are We So Afraid to Die?
(0:25:15) Do You Need to Believe in Spirit to See the Other Side?
(0:31:52) Why Families Wait Too Long for Hospice
(0:38:34) The Physical Signs That Death Is Near
(0:56:42) What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying
(1:03:00) The Death Rally: Why People Suddenly Get Better
(1:05:15) What the Dying See Before Death
(1:07:41) How Claire Became an End-of-Life Doula
(1:13:13) If Death Is a Transition, Why Are We Here?

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What happens when you suddenly begin seeing angels—and realize they may have been there all along? Julie Ryan talks with Rebecca Kastl about the extraordinary night a simple journal entry to God triggered a spiritual awakening she never expected—and changed the way she experienced reality.
Within days, Rebecca began seeing luminous light around complete strangers, receiving unmistakable guidance from angels, and having dreams that later came true. But what began as wonder eventually led to years of questioning: Was it really Spirit, or was she imagining it all? Then came a frightening carbon monoxide incident—and an experience Rebecca believes was nothing short of angelic intervention.
Rebecca and Julie explore Archangel Michael, guardian angels, prophetic dreams, angel numbers, feathers, pennies, “God bumps,” and the subtle ways Spirit may be communicating with us every day. They also discuss why spiritual awakenings can arrive when we least expect them, how to distinguish intuition from imagination, and what happens when we finally stop dismissing the signs.
Guest Biography:
Rebecca Kastl is a pediatric speech language pathologist, healer, speaker, and teacher who underwent a life-changing Spiritually Transformative Experience (STE) in her twenties while working on healing from childhood trauma. Her STE started when she spontaneously devoted her life to God while writing in her journal. That night she saw a beautiful light that spoke to her, after which she began seeing light inside everyone, having psychic dreams, viewing alternate timelines of her life, feeling how connected we all are, and sensing and communicating with angels. Rebecca is a former total skeptic with Christian, Jewish, and indigenous influences in her family that helped shape her understanding of her experiences. She now speaks about her experiences on podcasts and at conferences and offers her Sacred Soul sessions to clients around the globe. She is the author of Daily Moments with the Angels: A Year of Messages for Hope and Healing.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) - The Accidental Mystic and Her Two-Year STE
(0:17:00) - Processing the Experience: Skepticism, Grounding, and Alternate Timelines
(0:30:49) - Sacred Soul Sessions and the Spirit Team
(0:36:08) - Angels in Everyday Life: Signs, Intervention, and Free Will
(0:49:45) - Spiritual Healing in Practice and Why We Incarnate

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A woman disappears during devastating floods in Nepal. Her sister hasn't heard from her in 40 hours—and turns to Julie Ryan for answers. What does Julie sense when she connects?
In this emotional live episode of the Ask Julie Ryan Show, Julie takes calls involving medical intuitive scans, energetic healing, missing loved ones, spirit communication, pets, psychic children, and extraordinary experiences with the other side.
One caller brings back a very special guest: six-month-old baby Marlo, born after a long IVF journey during which her mother also received energetic healing sessions from Julie. The conversation takes another surprising turn when Julie senses what she describes as another baby's energy nearby.
Then Bhumika calls with an urgent question. Her sister Punam was in Nepal during catastrophic flash flooding and hasn't been heard from in 40 hours. Julie connects intuitively and shares what she perceives while helping Bhumika navigate an unimaginably difficult moment and discussing how we can communicate with loved ones in Spirit.
Later, a mother asks about her 11-year-old daughter's frightening experiences, and Julie explores whether the child may actually be perceiving spirits. Another caller describes waking to find two teenage spirits standing at the foot of her bed—and Julie sees something even bigger developing around her intuitive abilities.
You'll also hear live intuitive scans and discussions involving knee pain, animal communication, a rescue dog's past, spinal cord healing research, psychic development, grief, and learning to trust what you're receiving from Spirit.
From a missing sister to a long-awaited baby and unexpected visitors from the spirit world, this is one live show where nobody knows what—or who—will come through next.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Meet the Angelic Attendant Training™ Scholarship Winner
(0:07:40) Knee Pain: What Does the Intuitive Scan Reveal?
(0:15:03) A Long-Awaited Baby, IVF & a Sign From Spirit
(0:21:15) Her Sister Vanished in Nepal—What Does Julie Sense?
(0:32:15) Do Our Pets Choose Us Before We Meet?
(0:36:09) Is This 11-Year-Old Girl Seeing Spirits?
(0:50:43) The Future of Spinal Cord Healing
(0:52:59) She Woke Up to Two Spirits at Her Bed
(1:01:36) Closing Thoughts & a Big Announcement Coming

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Have you ever had a gut feeling you ignored—only to realize later that your intuition was right all along? What if that first quiet knowing isn’t random, but information your soul is already receiving?
Julie Ryan sits down with spiritual teacher, intuitive healer, and Akashic Record reader Inga Kastrone to explore how intuition really works, why it often speaks before the thinking mind takes over, and what can happen when we stop second-guessing what we already know.
Inga describes intuition as access to a much larger energetic field connecting us with the subconscious mind, ancestral patterns, the body, and our soul’s purpose. Together, Julie and Inga explore why trauma and conditioning can disconnect us from that inner knowing—and how we can begin rebuilding trust in ourselves.
Inga’s own awakening took an extraordinary path. Raised in Soviet Latvia without a spiritual upbringing, she pursued an academic career in international migration law before an unmistakable intuitive message told her to go to New Orleans. During a late-night ghost tour, an encounter with a voodoo priestess became part of a spiritual turning point that eventually led Inga into Reiki, the Akashic Records, energy healing, and the work she practices today.
Julie and Inga also explore Harmonic Reconnection, Inga’s approach to restoring harmony after trauma and disconnection; ancestral biofields; the imaginal realm; Egyptian goddess archetypes; and what it means to become fully present in your body while remaining connected to Spirit.
Most importantly, this conversation asks a question that may change how you respond the next time that quiet voice speaks:
What if you don’t need more answers—what if you need to trust the answer you received first?
If you’ve ever struggled to tell the difference between intuition and fear, doubted a gut feeling, ignored an inner knowing, or wondered how to reconnect with your spiritual guidance, this episode is for you.
Guest Biography:
Inga Kastrone, MA, MPhil, is an energy therapist, intuitive healer, Akashic Record reader, and sacred dance teacher based on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. For more than a decade, she has worked with advanced and sensitive souls seeking a deeper sense of wholeness, embodiment, and belonging, drawing on the subconscious mind, imaginal realm, and ancestral patterns. Her search for a more grounded bridge between the spiritual and physical worlds led her to develop Harmonic Reconnection, a holistic healing modality designed to help people reconnect with themselves, live from the soul, and move through life in greater harmony with the universe.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Welcome & Introduction
(0:01:44) Has Your Intuition Been Right All Along?
(0:05:45) Why We Learn to Ignore Our Intuition
(0:09:36) Intuition vs. Ego: Which Voice Are You Hearing?
(0:10:47) Ancestral Energy & the Akashic Records
(0:18:53) Can Healing the Present Change the Past?
(0:21:14) Healing Trauma Through the Imaginal Realm
(0:24:28) Can the Body Hold Ancestral Memories?
(0:31:39) The Body, Intuition & the Divine Feminine
(0:40:52) How Spiritual Archetypes Can Help Us Heal
(0:47:49) Why Sensitive Souls Feel They Don’t Belong
(0:53:27) What Is Harmonic Reconnection?
(0:56:18) How Inga Was Called to Spiritual Work
(0:59:44) The Ghost Tour That Changed Everything
(1:03:33) Can Trees & Places Hold Energetic Memories?
(1:11:32) A Message From Her Father’s Spirit
(1:11:33) How to Start Trusting Your Intuition
(1:13:21) The “My Soul, I See You” Exercise
(1:13:26) Why Do We Incarnate?

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Could your home actually be blocking money, abundance, and the life you're trying to create? Feng shui expert Dana Claudat says the objects and energy surrounding you may be influencing you far more than you realize.
Julie Ryan sits down with Dana for a fascinating conversation about feng shui, money energy, abundance, clutter, manifestation, and the surprising connection between your outer environment and inner world.
Dana explains why she views the home as a living organism—and how everything from worn-out clothes and broken objects to outdated books and possessions tied to painful memories can continually reinforce the message that you're stuck in the past.
And you don't need to completely redesign your house to begin shifting things.
Dana shares practical feng shui techniques you can try at home, including an intriguing practice involving a mason jar, lemon, salt, and water. Julie shares some of her own feng shui experiences, from removing predatory animal artwork from her son's playroom to using mirrors to redirect the energetic flow of abundance through her home.
They also explore Julie's intuitive perception of cash-flow energy entering through the front door, why clutter can affect far more than cleanliness, and how changing your physical surroundings may help create space for something new.
Dana shares remarkable stories from her own life as well—from unusual childhood spiritual experiences and a family connection to psychic phenomena to helping clients radically transform their lives and businesses.
One client went from facing eviction to receiving a $500,000 business investment within weeks of beginning the process.
If you've ever wondered whether your home affects your money, energy, manifestation, relationships, or ability to move forward, this conversation will have you looking at every room differently.
Guest Biography:
Dana Claudat is a modern Feng Shui Master and Founder of The School of Intention - a School and a Method of Feng Shui based on Infinite Possibility, Creative Awakening and Intention. After studying Art History at Stanford and working in the Arts, Dana found her way to Feng Shui, practicing for the last 20 years. It's become a full-time immersive passion to continue to evolve the Feng Shui Practice with an amazing online community, Students and Clients around the world.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Welcome & Meet Feng Shui Expert Dana Claudat
(0:02:48) Is Your Home Blocking the Life You Want?
(0:07:33) What Should You Remove From Your Home?
(0:12:37) Your Front Door: The Gateway for Abundance
(0:21:30) Hidden Clutter May Be Draining Your Energy
(0:31:42) 5 Household Items That Carry Negative Energy
(0:41:05) The Lemon & Salt Energy-Clearing Ritual
(0:44:35) A 9-Day Ritual to Raise Your Home’s Energy
(0:51:20) When Your Space Changes, Your Life Changes
(0:55:44) Using Your Home to Manifest What You Want
(1:02:27) Psychics, Aliens & Dana’s Spiritual Awakening
(1:14:50) The Money Bowl: Feng Shui for Abundance
(1:22:53) The One Change That Can Shift Your Life
(1:24:00) Why Do We Incarnate?

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