13 Near Death Experiences (NDEs) - Greg Halpern's Journey

About this episode

Greg Halpern shares his extraordinary journey of surviving thirteen Near Death Experiences and the profound messages he received from them.

"Go Back, Your Work's Not Done!" What would it take for you to die — not once, not twice, but thirteen times — and come back with something to show for it? In this electrifying episode, host Eric Bennett sits down with Greg Halpern, a Chicago-based judo world champion turned serial entrepreneur who has survived 13 Near Death Experiences that would have broken — or simply ended — anyone else. It starts at age five (NDE #1), when a post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage sends young Greg bleeding into the night and straight into a boundless space of warm, infinite light, where a deep, commanding voice tells him to go back because there's work to do. Each successive NDE Experience, he explains, felt less like a brush with death and more like a controlled transmission — the universe systematically clearing his mind to receive something extraordinary. By the time his 12th NDE hits in 2005 — a lungful of chlorine gas from a pool canister that felt like a blowtorch down his throat — Halpern had long stopped expecting to die. Then came Near Death Experience number thirteen — a ruptured appendix, three days of misdiagnosed food poisoning, a six-hour surgery for full-blown peritonitis, and a fatal…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Bennett

Guest: Greg Halpern

Topics covered

• Near Death Experiences
• spirituality
• personal transformation
• entrepreneurship
• life after death

Keywords

• Near Death Experience
• NDE
• spiritual journey
• Greg Halpern
• Eric Bennett
• life after death
• entrepreneurship
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Chicago

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