Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Rich Martini, Luana Anders Post Fires Advice

A friend who is a doctor suggested we do a podcast where we ask people on the flipside for some advice on how to counsel people about the trauma they've gone through the past week.

Jennifer and I have been speaking to folks offstage for ten years now, and there have been many natural disasters in the past decade.  In this case, both of us know people who have suffered the loss of their homes and are at a loss over what comes next.

In terms of help, there are a number of organizations that can help, from Fema to local government agencies, from WCK.org with Chef Andres to local places for clothing or food.

In this case, my friend Luana Anders, who passed away in 1996 gives some advice from her perspective - that there is always good that comes from tragedy.  We talk about how many people in the throes of trauma aren't ready to hear advice about how to heal - and it's difficult to hear someone from the flipside say "It's just things" or "It's stuff."

I like to say "It's props and costumes" - but that is little solace to someone without fire insurance having to depend on the kindness of strangers.

But as Jennifer notes, she's seeing and hearing from many on the flipside about how they are concerned and trying to help their loved ones.

Anyways, it's a more philosophical version of our podcast, not about asking specific people on the flipside about their journey - but asking for our guides, teachers, council members to weigh in on how to connect to them for help or advice.

And as we've noted in the past, our guides and council members are never far from us - are available - through meditation, through prayer, through direct connection, through "picturing yourself in a boat on a river" and asking them to stop by and give us advice.

We are never alone. We don't arrive onstage alone, and we don't leave alone. That's what the data, the research, the footage shows.

Hope this helps whomever it's meant to help who is tuning in.

"Give what you think you need." (from Luana Anders on the flipside.)