Shocking Near Death Experience Reveals Deep Life Lessons

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Tony Robbins

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Content Warning: This video contains discussions of loss, trauma, and near-death experiences. While it touches on heartbreaking events, it ultimately offers a powerful message of healing, hope, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Recorded live at Tony and Sage Robbins’ 2024 Platinum Partners Happiness event, this raw and deeply emotional conversation features best-selling author Jeffrey Olsen (Knowing, Where Are You?). Jeff shares a journey few could imagine — after a devastating car crash that claimed the lives of his wife and youngest son and left him critically injured, he was plunged into unimaginable grief. But through 18 surgeries, profound out-of-body experiences, and a powerful spiritual awakening, Jeff discovered what it truly means to live again.

In this intimate interview, Jeff opens-up about his near-death experience and the clarity it revealed—offering profound insights into who we are, why we’re here, and what truly matters. His story is a testament to the fact that even in our darkest moments, light, love, and purpose are still possible.

In the second half of this episode, Jeff is joined by fellow NDE survivor, author, and artist Nancy Rynes for a heartfelt audience Q&A. Their conversation offers comfort and connection to anyone navigating grief, trauma, or a deeper spiritual search.

Whether you're healing from loss, curious about life after death, or simply seeking hope—this conversation will stay with you.

Prepare to be moved, inspired, and reminded: even in the darkness, there is light.

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Tony Robbins is a #1 New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the nation's #1 Life and Business Strategist. For more than four and a half decades, more than 100 million people from 195 countries have enjoyed the warmth, humor, and transformational power of his business and personal development events.

Mr. Robbins is the author of seven internationally bestselling books, including three #1 New York Times bestsellers: Money: Master the Game, Unshakeable, and Life Force. He created the #1 personal and professional development program of all time, and more than 10 million people have attended his live seminars.

Anthony Robbins is the chairman of a holding company comprising more than 110 privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $7 billion a year. He has been named in the top 50 of Worth Magazine’s 100 most powerful people in global finance for three consecutive years, honored by Accenture as one of the "Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World''; by Harvard Business Press as one of the "Top 200 Business Gurus"; and by American Express as one of the "Top Six Business Leaders in the World" to coach its entrepreneurial clients.

He is a leader called upon by leaders, and has worked with four US presidents, top entertainers -- from Aerosmith to Green Day, to Usher and Pitbull, as well as athletes like Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, and the 2022 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. Billionaire business leaders seek his advice as well; casino magnate Steve Wynn, and Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff are among those grateful for his coaching.

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0:00.0	And as I begin to see my life, I said, oh, I'm failing the test.
0:05.0	And this divine being that I call God that held me said,
0:11.0	life is not a test.
0:14.0	Oh, my son, life is a gift.
0:19.0	I feel energies since my near-death experience,
0:22.4	and my near-death experience was the result of an automobile accident.
0:27.4	A little bit different than Nancy's, but it was a family vacation.
0:31.9	It was myself, my wife, and our two boys in the car.
0:37.0	And it was the Easter weekend. We had just celebrated Easter.
0:40.1	We'd gone down to southern Utah into the canyon lands and the beautiful red rocks. And Monday morning
0:45.5	came and I put everyone in the car, buckled the boys in, and we were getting ready to
0:52.0	make the five-hour drive home.
0:56.8	Now, there's interesting things leading up to this that I just want to touch on.
1:00.7	Because as I was just pulling away from the curb,
1:03.5	and we had been to visit my wife's family, her parents.
1:07.7	And there's grandma and grandpa waving on the porch the way they do.
1:12.9	And as I was just pulling away, my wife said, stop, stop. Now I thought she'd forgotten something. But she looked
1:19.2	at me and she said, I just want to say goodbye to mom and dad one more time. Now in that moment,
1:25.7	I thought, oh, women, you know, we've said goodbye.
1:27.8	I got to get on the road, we got to get moving.
1:31.6	But I noticed and I watched as I stopped the car and she ran up to her mom and dad and
1:37.0	she not only hugged them but she kissed them each.
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