640: What Happens When You Die? A Man Who's Died 3 Times Tells You with Dannion Brinkley

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Hal Elrod

Business, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What happens after you die? It's a question that has fascinated humanity for thousands of years. Today's guest has an answer that might surprise you.

Dannion Brinkley has been clinically dead multiple times, and what he learned from those experiences led him to one extraordinary conclusion: nobody ever dies.

Dannion is the bestselling author of Saved by the Light and Secrets of the Light, a hospice volunteer with nearly 50 years of service, and one of the world's most well-known near-death experience survivors.

After being struck by lightning in 1975 and clinically dead for 28 minutes, Dannion says he experienced what he calls a panoramic life review that completely transformed the course of his life.

Dannion has devoted his life to helping people face death without fear. He has spent more than 34,000 hours at the bedside of veterans in the VA, provided hospice support to over 2,000 people during their final days, and helped build one of the largest end-of-life volunteer programs for veterans, the Brinkley Center Foundation.

In our conversation, Dannion shares what he has learned from decades spent helping people navigate life's final transition, why he believes no one truly dies, what happens during the panoramic life review, and how we can live in a way that brings more love, service, and meaning to the people around us.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

What Dannion Experienced From the Lightning Strike
The One Question We All Will Eventually Face
The Visions Dannion Saw About The Future
What Happens in 95% of Near-Death Experiences
Dannion Describes His Other Near-Death Experiences
When You Feel The Impact Of Your Actions In An Instant
What People Most Need At The End Of Life
What Dannion Says To Skeptics
Dannion's Message For Living Without Fear
How To Support Caregivers And Loved Ones
The Power Of Each Breath

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Achieve Your Goals podcast, the show that empowers you to wake up to your full potential and achieve your biggest goals and dreams.
0:09.6	I am your host, Hal Elrod, and I invite you to join us each week as we share actionable strategies to take your life to the next level,
0:16.6	as well as interview world-class experts and entrepreneurs who have achieved extraordinary goals
0:21.9	themselves and we ask them to give you a peek behind the curtain and teach you exactly what
0:26.4	you need to do to do the same. Ready? Here we go.
0:35.5	What's going to happen when you die? Well, you're about to find out from one man who has died
0:39.7	three times and was once clinically dead for 28 minutes after being struck by lightning.
0:45.6	Before Danion Brinkley died the first time, he was by his own admission, not a good person.
0:50.1	He was a bully, a Marine, and a man who did not believe in God, nor in spirituality.
0:54.9	And then in 1975, all of that changed when a bolt of lightning sent 180,000 volts through his body.
1:02.4	His heart stopped.
1:03.6	And for 28 minutes, he was clinically dead.
1:06.0	During that time, he relived his entire life from the perspectives of the people he had hurt. And when he was
1:12.6	brought back to life, he came back a changed man. To me, what's even more significant is what he's
1:18.3	done since then. For more than 45 years, Danion has been a devoted hospice volunteer sitting at the
1:24.0	bedside of over 2,000 people as they transitioned from this life, ensuring that no one has to die alone.
1:30.8	He established the Brinkley Center Foundation to create a healing space for those navigating grief, trauma, and life's hardest transitions.
1:37.6	And he spent 50 years doing the one thing his near-death experience told him to do,
1:44.8	making sure people don't face death afraid
1:46.9	and sharing the lessons he learned while he was dead.
1:50.4	What he experienced on the other side of each of those deaths,
1:52.9	what he saw, what he was shown,
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