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The day began with a dream portending disaster. At 3am on September 1st, 2002, Phran Ginsberg sat bolt upright out of a deep sleep. She turned to her husband, Robert, and told him that something was going to happen that day that would forever alter their lives. Even as a skeptic, Robert was unsettled. He knew his wife had had precognitive dreams that came true in the past. Yet, despite the forewarning and their subsequent vigilance, there was nothing they could do by the time they learned of the accident that took their daughter from them. Or…was there something they could do, even now? How does a skeptic even begin to communicate with the dead? Robert’s determination to have one last conversation with his daughter turned into a lifelong quest to understand and prove after-death communication is possible.

And about that “one” last conversation…try over 70 in the first year.

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About the Guest: Robert Ginsberg

Robert Ginsberg is the founder of Forever Family Foundation. This 501(c)(3) organization is a free resource for all things life-after-death. Aside from supporting research into the existence and nature of life after death, the foundation runs events like grief retreats. Forever Family Foundation also has a medium certification with a rigorous vetting process. Only those mediums with exceptional and replicable ability to communicate with the dead gain certification. The foundation’s radio show is intended to help you learn about the evidence for life beyond death, grief transformation, and the nature of consciousness.

Bob is also the author of two books: The Medium Explosion, and My Life: Here and There. His main focus is on the evidence for life after death (NDEs, deathbed visions, after death communications, reincarnation, apparitions, EVP/ITC, etc). In fact, you may already know Robert from the Netflix docuseries Surviving Death. As you probably know by now, when one talks about this stuff enough, paranormal activity tends to increase around them. You can read Bob’s personal musings and many experiences with the paranormal at his blog, Beyondthefivesenses.com.

Types of After-Death Communication

Bob tells us that the most common form of communication with the dead is in dream visitations. Whereas typical dreams are usually somewhere between fantastical and senseless, these kinds of dreams are more realistic. They will likely feel like any ordinary conversation you might’ve had with your loved one when they were alive.

By contrast, the most powerful form of after-death communication is the near death experience, which makes sense. In many NDEs, the person having the experience communicates in some way with not just one deceased loved one, but potentially up to all of them, all at once.

Is It a Sign From The Beyond?

Have you ever seen something that you just knew was a sign from your deceased loved one? It turns out that the feeling of “knowing” is an integral part of determining whether something is an intentional after-death communication, or just coincidence. We found out it’s more common than we thought to make a pact with a friend or family member to send a specific sign after one or the other passes away. The more specific the sign, the more certain we can be of genuine afterlife communication.

Communicating with the Dead Through a Medium

Some people don’t have the faith or experience to trust their own experiences with communicating with the dead. In these cases, a vetted medium can potentially provide an even more comforting jumping off point for communicating with a deceased loved one. Robert cautions us that our loved one may not show up for every attempted medium session; that’s actually a good sign that your medium is giving you genuine communication that you can trust. Only about 10-20% of the people who initially seek certification through the Forever Family Foundation end up passing the gauntlet of tests designed to demonstrate their reliable ability to communicate with the beyond.

Have You Experienced Communication From Beyond the Veil?

Now that you are more aware of all the types of after death communication, do you think you’ve experienced any supernatural messages from the other side? If you’d like to share any of your experiences communicating with the deceased, please submit your story for a chance to tell it on a future episode of Homespun Haints. And if you hope to communicate with a deceased loved one, be sure you’re mentally prepared for a visitation, or that could be a really spooky day!