Shift Your Spirits

Dr. Martha Jo Atkins researches and teaches about the language, movement, and visions most people experience at the end of life. She is the executive director of Abode Contemplative Care for the Dying in San Antonio, Texas. We talk a lot on this podcast about what happens after you die, what’s going on on the other side of the veil. Martha Jo has dedicated her career to standing just on this side of the veil, making the transition better for others, observing the phenomena, and teaching us all how to better navigate the sign posts of dying for our loved ones. WE TALK ABOUT: the mystical sign posts along the process of dying pre-death visions — do they happen for everyone how the conversations we have in the room where someone is dying can help or hinder their transition MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: Signposts of Dying by Marth Jo Atkins, PhD The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese Paula by Isabe