I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

Welcome to slow down and think about a topic we normally avoid talking about.

My guest today is Dr Bruce Grayson,

who is the professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences

at the University of Virginia.

Bruce's topic for today is his upcoming book,

Aster.

A doctor explores what near- experience is revealed about life and beyond.

We're going to be talking about that whole idea of what happens to us when we die.

Bruce's interest in near-death experiences

began just a few months after graduating from medical school

when he was treating an unconscious patient in the emergency room

who stunned him the next morning with an account,

a very accurate account of leaving her body

and observing the events around her, including observing him

talking to her roommate what he wore at the time and the details of the conversation. That event challenged his beliefs about

the mind and the brain and ultimately led him on a journey to study near it that

experiences scientifically for more than 50 years.

This then led him to hundreds of studies and publications and medical journals. He co-founded the International Association for

Near Death Studies, an organization to support and promote research into these kinds of experiences.

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