Author Jeannie Zokan’s second novel, Courage Without Grace, features main character Josie Wales, a palm reader in DC who finds the courage to face her future, and to face a secret from her past. In this episode, Jeannie reads Fern’s palm and discusses a letter of recommendation she received from none other than Ben Bradlee.

A series of life-altering events that set into motion a journey for Jennifer Anton. She started to ask the questions she meant to ask her grandmother while she was alive and she began to write. Traveling to Italy and uncovering her family's history, Jennifer wrote Under the Light of the Italian Moon, based on the lives of the women in her family during Mussolini's rise.

Chatting with Debby Kruszewski (@debbykrusz), Diane Michael (@universenudge) and Sabrina Palazzo (@selfhealingwithsabs) about Surviving Death and our own experiences with signs (of course), mediums, near death experiences, end of life experiences and reincarnation. So grateful to this series for helping to bring to light these ideas and concepts! Thank you for watching, listening and being part of this conversation.

Dr. Catherine Andrews is a practicing psychotherapist who specializes in working with families who are experiencing illness, death or other losses. She holds a doctorate from George Washington University and is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the American Academy of Bereavement as well as the American Counseling Association.

Who wouldn’t want to be trained by my cousin? She has all of the certificates and is getting more—never stops learning!—but she has something else too. She’s been there, and she is so open about it and willing to share her journey with grief and where she was even just last year at this time. She pulled herself up and through and she can help you do it too!

AND, hear how my Uncle Johnny came through via a certain special furry someone.

Laura Chapman is an award-winning and best-selling author of over 100 works of fiction, under both the name Laura Chapman and Kate Tilney. She tells the story of how her two boy cats found their way to her (#NoCoincidence), the dream visit and signs from her Aunt Brenda, and more incredible stories that you will also be certain were #signsfromtheotherside and #dreamvisits.

Susan shares stories of how the number 22 became Chris’s sign for her, certain weather incidents that were characteristically Chris, as well as other incredible signs and dream visits including one where Chris couldn’t wait to share some big news.

This episode, I am so grateful to Caryn Wiley for sharing her stories of signs from her dad Mark Rasweiler. Mark was a vice president at Marsh & McLennan on September 11, 2001. Hear how Caryn experienced an incredible sign while sitting in his car and hear about the dream visit she had with him while pregnant with her son. Hear too about the legacy he left just by being the kind of person who truly listens.

Francesca DeVito’s dad, Police Lieutenant Robert Cirri, was with the Port Authority Police Department on September 11, 2001. Francesca has received countless signs from him over the years, especially in the form of numbers. He has also come through in ways that show his personality, including through electricity.

Tillie shares her stories of signs from her dad, including gravity-defying pennies from heaven and the story of a very timely visit from a hawk. Listen for the penny and hawk connection, and what Tillie would like everyone to know about her dad.

Monica Iken, founder of September's Mission, lost her husband Michael on 9/11. She shares her stories of signs from Michael, including one that assured her Michael approved of her now husband and a few amazing messages that have come through the mouths of babes, including her youngest daughter.

Thank you so much for listening to Signs from the Other Side with Fern Ronay! Here's to 50 episodes! I hope you enjoy this look back at some of the chill-inducing moments—the good kind of chills—from some past episodes.

Dominic Flores is a film and television actor and a walking example of how there are no coincidences, which you will understand as you listen. Hear about Dominic’s experiences with ayahuasca ceremonies and the truths about our existence that are revealed. Hear too about coincidences in Dominic’s life that sound like they come right out of a script!

Corie Skolnick, author of Orfan, was not a believer in the things we discuss on this podcast. But then something changed that. Listen to hear Corie’s amazing story and hear her talk about a feeling she remembers to this day that compelled her to do something that would seem ordinary, but turned out to be how she met her husband.

When Sabrina Quiroga lost her dad, within a month of losing her father-in-law, all she wanted was to speak to him again. After a conversation with her aunt and spiritual journey of her own, Sabrina got that sign. Hear her discuss the perfect way in which he came through, down to the detail and with an extra surprise as confirmation. Also hear about a dream visit from him, as well as the uncovered true meaning of a necklace he owned and a sign that involved an Alexa, a mistake and a song.

Victoria Shaw had it all: a PHD from Princeton; she was a published author; she had two beautiful children. It was perfect on paper but, as she put it, “We often make our biggest spiritual leaps in response to extreme pressures and difficulties of life. Hear Victoria discuss her healing journey, both professionally and personally, including discovering her abilities as an intuitive. Also hear about a client whose car broke down on the way to her session. Was it a sign? Also, hear Victoria discuss a sign that came through in extraordinary ways as she embarked on a life-changing trip to another country.

Author Silvi Martin has seen the world but it’s people she loves to write about most. She says “There is a story behind every person I meet, and those stories have inspired me for years, fueling my imagination and shaping me as a writer.” Hear how a guardian angel saved her life, how her grandmother touched her after she passed and spoke to her at a difficult time when she was saying goodbye to her precious dog, Chiqui. Silvi also shares the stories of unusual circumstances involving windows and a sewing machine.

Author Jeannie Zokan grew up in Colombia, South America, as the child of missionaries. As it says in her Amazon bio, she writes “to relive, to understand, to remember, to renew.” Hear Jeannie discuss feathers she receives as signs, as well as a special visitor who landed in her backyard as we were recording. Also hear the story of an “angel” who came to her family.

Lisa Ruggiero lives for manifestation, as she says on her website, because it changed her life drastically. She went on to create Soul Led Boss Babe, an online community to help others step into their purpose and shift into a new reality. Hear Lisa discuss a visit from her fiancé Lance, as well as the ways his personality has come through in signs and a very funny message from a medium. Also hear about the amazing signs from her grandmother and dream visits from her grandfather.

After Diane Michael’s mother passed away, she avoided coming to terms with it. In her book After Mom: An Insightful Journey to Healing After Her Death, she writes “I had wasted too much time avoiding and refusing to face the truth of what her death meant and still means to my daily life. I was in and out of bouts of depression and I was tired of it.” Hear Diane discuss her journey of healing, dream visits with her mom, how she was directed to a long-lost pear recipe and how the number 11 has shown up on in her path and in one extraordinary way with a complete stranger.