Top Neuroscientist's New Research on After Death Communication: Dr. Tara Swart’s Exploration of Consciousness, Intuition & Extra-Sensory Abilities

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Mayim Bialik

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Can You REALLY Talk to the Dead? MIT Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart Says Yes—And Brings the Science to Prove It What happens when one of the world’s leading MIT neuroscientists, Dr. Tara Swart (Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan and author of THE SIGNS: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts) loses her husband and begins receiving undeniable messages from the beyond? In this groundbreaking episode of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, Dr. Tara Swart opens up about her journey from respected neuroscientist and leadership advisor to spiritual explorer after the sudden loss of her husband, Robin. Known globally for her work on neuroplasticity, brain science, and intuition, Dr. Swart reveals how grief led her to a profound awakening: vivid dreams, ancestral connections, angel numbers, and even a visitation she refuses to dismiss as hallucination. She blends her rigorous background in neuroscience with her lived experience, challenging us to rethink the boundaries between science and spirituality. Dr. Tara Swart breaks down: - Neuroscience of Intuition: How to train your brain to tune into instincts and signs - Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and why the brain may be filtering out reality - Grief and trauma in the body: Why talk therapy alone isn’t enough - The surprising link between creativity, movement, and trauma healing - Why altered states of consciousness don’t require drugs - The health benefits of ancestral healing and spiritual connection - Why beauty acts as a healing frequency for the brain - The thin line between mental illness and genius - Why she believes in angel numbers—and how they’ve shaped her decisions - Her most radical theory: Consciousness may not live in the brain at all This isn’t just another conversation on neuroscience. Dr. Tara Swart pushes us to expand the limits of what it means to be human by merging brain science, spirituality, and the mysteries of consciousness into a powerful roadmap for life after loss, trauma, and fear. Dr. Tara Swart's latest book, THE SIGNS: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts: https://www.taraswart.com/the-signs/ Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Six weeks after he passed away, I saw my husband standing next to my bed in the middle of the night.
0:07.0	I know I wasn't asleep, I wasn't dreaming.
0:10.0	I can see the shape of my husband life size, and he just became clearer and clearer as if he was pushing through something to make himself seen.
0:18.0	Oh, I just got chills.
0:20.0	Dr. Tara Swart. She's an Oxford-trained neuroscientist.
0:23.6	Discovering new research on consciousness, intuition, and the afterlife.
0:28.6	Most people know that we have five senses.
0:31.6	Humans have potentially 34 senses.
0:33.6	What is your belief about your ability to communicate with your deceased husband?
0:39.3	For you to be able to communicate with someone that's passed on, you have to be able to believe that their mind or psyche or soul can still exist when it's not part of a body.
0:48.3	Prior to this latest amount of research, I would have explained intuition as life lessons that you've picked up,
0:54.6	but you can't remember consciously.
0:56.4	Because skeptics love to say, well, if this is a thing, why isn't everybody walking around
0:59.9	talking to dead people?
1:00.9	There are some humans that have some more acute senses.
1:04.5	If people found ways to altered states of consciousness and expand their consciousness, maybe
1:09.3	everyone can do it.
1:18.2	Hi, I'm I'm Bielick.
1:19.2	I'm Jonathan Cohen.
1:20.7	And welcome to our breakdown.
1:23.3	Today we're going to be talking about intuition.
1:28.8	We're going to be talking about potential communication with people who have left this realm,
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