Realization Lab

Can our pets still communicate with us after they're gone? Bernadette Gavin believes they can. A professional animal communicator from New Zealand, Bernadette says she receives detailed messages from animals—both living and deceased. In this fascinating conversation, she explains what communication with animals actually feels like, how they share information, and why our relationships with th...

When two Navy SEALs were lost at sea during a dangerous anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia, civilian navigator Peter Borzi found himself at the center of a tragedy he couldn't leave behind. The experience haunted him long after he returned home. Night terrors. Sleep paralysis. An overwhelming sense of a dark presence following him wherever he went. Raised Catholic and skeptical of a...

On the morning of June 21st, 2011, Maria Pe received the news no parent can fathom: her two teenage sons, Sean and Kyle, had been killed by their father in a murder-suicide in Bonita, California. She fell to the ground outside the police tape. She barely wanted to live. But grief, it turns out, had a plan for Maria. In the weeks that followed, a single name appeared in her mind — seemingly out of...

What happens when a spirit makes you an offer you can't refuse? In this extraordinary conversation, Jay and David sit down with Don David Wiley, a spiritual elder in the ancient Wixárika (Huichol) and Nahua traditions of Mexico. Years ago, while facing a profound personal challenge and the possibility of losing contact with his children, Don David encountered a mysterious being who appeared i...

She Didn't Know She Was Psychic. Then a Murdered Child Came to Her for Help. Ivy Sunderji, a TV writer and USC screenwriting professor, was a lifelong skeptic who believed you die and that's it. Then her fiancé, the love of her life, drowned in a surfing accident, and everything changed. In the days after his death, Ivy began hearing his voice. Then she started seeing spirits she didn&ap...

When Maddie lost her beloved cat Ivy in a tragic accident, the grief was overwhelming. For many people, the death of a pet can be every bit as devastating as losing a family member—yet it's a kind of grief that often goes unrecognized and misunderstood. In this deeply moving episode, Maddie shares the story of her extraordinary bond with Ivy and the heartbreak of losing her. Seeking comfort a...

What if love doesn’t end when someone dies? In Part 2 of Ronnie Pontiac’s story, we explore what happened after the love that saved his life was taken from him.  Joined by psychic medium Christopher LaPrath, Ronnie steps into a deeply emotional and unexpected session—one that raises profound questions about connection, consciousness, and what continues beyond this life. As the reading unfolds, a p...

What if love doesn’t end… even after death? As a young man, Ronnie Pontiac didn’t believe in love at all. He believed the world was brutal, meaningless—and he was determined to reflect that darkness back into it. Raised by Holocaust survivors, shaped by violence, and spiraling into crime, addiction, and nihilism, Ronnie was heading toward an early death. Until one night… everything changed. In a s...

Outwardly, she was the nurse you wanted in the room when everything went wrong. Inwardly, she was barely holding it together. Danielle was a perfectionist, an ER nurse, and a functioning opiate addict hiding deep emotional pain behind achievement and control. After a devastating medical crisis left her bleeding out in the hospital, she experienced a profound near-death experience that completely t...

For most of her adult life, Cynthia Berkshire has carried a recurring image in her mind — a young Confederate soldier, frozen in time like a Mathew Brady photograph. She assumed she was him – in some former life. She was wrong.  In this episode of Realization Lab, Cynthia — a former Managing Director at Chase Securities, turned restaurateur and mother of four — undergoes a past life regression wit...

On a February morning in 2003, Rob Wergin walked to a Long Beach beach, drew a circle in the sand, and prepared to end his life. What happened next — a confrontation with God, a crowd of 2,000 spirit beings, and a one-way bus ticket to Sedona — launched one of the most improbable careers in the world of energy healing. In this episode of Realization Lab, Rob — a former corporate turnaround special...

When Susan Grau died at the age of five, she was met by a band of angels who guided her on an astonishing tour of the afterlife — before ultimately returning her to her earthly body. Ever since then, Susan has had the extraordinary ability to see the spirits and other non-physical beings who are present in our world.   In the powerful premiere episode of our new podcast, Susan recounts her breatht...