This is the past lives podcast episode 289, and I'm your host Simon Bown.

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We will look at past life memories, near-death experiences, spirit communication and other

incredible phenomena.

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This week I'm talking to Donna Thomas about her book, Children's Unexpresentation. the extended version of this episode, please join the Patreon campaign.

This week I'm talking to Donna Thomas about her book, Children's Unexplained Experiences in a post-materialist world.

Donna is an independent researcher and research fellow at the University of Central

Lancashire in the UK.

She has a PhD in linguistics and identity, and in her current role teaches postgraduate students.

She was awarded best paper for her presentation, Child as Alter, in 2019, by the Consciousness and Experiential Section of the British Psychological Society.

Don's research was motivated by a near-death experience at the age of 15,

and that led her to experience a range of anomalies.

Hi Donna, thanks a lot for coming on the podcast.

Thanks for having me, Simon.

So we're going to talk about your book,

which is called Children's Unexplained Experiences in a Post-Materialist

world. Could you tell us your background and how you came to write this book?

First of all, thank you, Simon, and thank you for reading the book too. My background is,

I'm currently a research fellow at the University of Central

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