In this episode, I chat with Dr Nicole Lindsay regarding her research paper titled “Trauma or Transcendence. The relationship between near death experiences and dreaming.”

Dr Nicole Lindsay is a senior lecturer and researcher based within the School of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand.  Her research is primarily focused on near-death experiences, end-of-life phenomena, exceptional human experiences, consciousness, spirituality and Indigenous psychologies. She completed a PhD on the topic of near-death experiences, holds national and international research grants and publishes regularly on these topics.

In this episode we chat about:

• The definition of Near-Death Experiences (NDE) and what are common NDE’s?
• What factors does cultural background play in NDE’s?
• How do NDE’s effect people’s thoughts and belief’s post the experience?
• Life Reviews, Past life experiences and reincarnation.
• The two different ways of “getting to the top of the mountain”
• Paper and research involved – Trauma or Transcendence. The relationship between near death experiences and dreaming.
• We touch on religion, hippies and woo woo!
• What are the benefits of this type of research?
• The children are the future.

Useful Links:

• Massey University – Dr Nicole Lindsay – Senior Lecturer – Massey University
• Paper – (PDF) Trauma or Transcendence? The Relationship Between Near-Death Experiences and Dreaming
• Research Gate – Nicole LINDSAY | Senior Lecturer | Doctor of Philosophy | Massey University, Palmerston North | School of Psychology | Research profile
• Email – lindsay1@massey.ac.nz