559. Surviving Death with Rosemary Thornton

559. Surviving Death with Rosemary Thornton

From Get Yourself Optimized® by Stephan Spencer

April 2, 2026 · 1h 6m

About this episode

Rosemary Thornton shares her transformative near-death experience and insights on life, healing, and spirituality.

What if dying felt like waking up from a bad dream? Rosemary Thornton, author, journalist, and near-death experiencer, describes her death not with fear, but with relief. After losing her husband to suicide, receiving a Stage 2 cancer diagnosis, and bleeding to death on an operating table, she found herself floating through a velvety blackness, giggling, grateful, and completely at peace. And then she came back—healed. In this week's episode of Get Yourself Optimized, Rosemary shares what she saw, heard, and felt during her temporary death experience, including: The three words that summed up her entire experience of heaven How a seven-foot angel appeared in her church pew and told her to write her book What happened to her Stage 2 cancer after she returned from the other side Why does she call it a 'temporary death experience'—not a near-death experience The simple prayers and daily habits that have kept her grounded ever since This isn't a story about dying. It's a story about coming home. The show notes, including the transcript and checklist to this episode, are at www.getyourselfoptimized.com/559

People in this episode

Host: Stephan Spencer

Guest: Rosemary Thornton

Topics covered

  • near-death experience
  • spirituality
  • healing
  • life after death
  • personal transformation

Keywords

  • near-death experience
  • spiritual healing
  • life after death
  • personal growth
  • cancer recovery

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