Past-Life Memories, Near-Death Experiences, and More (Marieta Pehlivanova, PhD)

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

Lemonada Media

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Marieta Pehlivanova, PhD, is a research scientist at the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), which is a highly unique research group that investigates the mind’s relationship to the body, and the possibility of consciousness surviving physical death. They study children who report past-life memories, people who have near-death experiences, and more. Their work is fascinating, and it has the potential to change and shape our understanding of…well, why we’re here in the first place, and what the meaning of our lives really is. If you want to go deeper on related topics (consciousness, mediums, other psychic phenomena, etc.)—see the show notes on my Substack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.9	Hi, it's Elise Loonen, host to Pulling the Thread.
1:18.9	Today I'm talking to scientist Marietta Palovinova about past life memories, near-death experiences, and more.
1:37.3	Yeah. memories, near-death experiences, and more. Hi, it's Elise Loonen, host of Pulling the Thread. On this show, we pull apart the web in which we all live to understand who we are
1:45.6	and why we're here. My hope is that these conversations spark moments of resonance and plant
1:51.0	tiny seeds of awareness so that we might all collectively learn and grow. Here is today's guest,
1:59.3	Marietta Pellivanova, talking about one idea that has occurred
2:02.8	to her after studying children who report having past life memories.
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