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Frances Pappalardo lives in ScottsDale, AZ with her husband Tony, daughter Emerson, and dog Grizzly. Together they've turned an idea to help others live better lives into the Customize Your Life movement. As entrepreneurs, they've built a highly-successful business that has made them in-demand speakers at events around the world and frequent guests on leadership, personal growth, and self-help podcasts. As certified performance coaches, they've helped people eliminate millions of dollars in debt, restore broken relationships, and build their own businesses. They co-founded the initiative Operation Impact which has raised over a half-million dollars to fund initiatives both domestically and internationally, equipping and empowering more than 2,000 volunteers in just three years. They've served as advisors for two non-profit organizations and have occasionally taken on the role of culture transformation consultants with major corporations. They love living an active lifestyle which involves skiing, surfing, and overall adventure and exploration. Tony's current battle with cancer has filled them with an even broader sense of appreciation to enjoy life. Frances Pappalardo Vroom Vroom Veer Stories In 5th grade was invited to a dance by a cool kid, what she didn't now was his mother forced him to take her; he ignored he and laughed at her; to her credit; she didn't take it personallyIn college, she went to a sorority was a "spy" mostly to see what's it's like; on the last day of pledge week she drank the kool-aid; ended up being a pretty good experience--but mostly surface level In the middle of a podcast, her 3 year old daughter woke up and needed mommy; they paused the podcast long enough to set her up with a tub of ice cream on the couch with a friend with a busted footAttending her father as he was dying and witnessed his transition to the other side; Yes there is loss/grief; but she also saw the beauty and peace in his eyesFrances is living in faith now and praying that Tony wins his battle with cancer; her relationship with god is immediate and personal about real life and death decisionsWhen she was younger she leaned on her mother's faith and didn't really think much about prayer; when Tony started his journey with cancer she learned how to pray and listen for answer and see the signsGod told her to rest; who can rest when you need to "DO SOMETHING!"; when god tells you to rest; you better rest up; something is coming Connections Website Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death Paperback – March 17, 2017 by Lisa Smartt (Affiliate Link) A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1975 by Foundation For Inner Peace (Author) (Affiliate Link)

Episode 107 Near Death Experiences Part 2: Carol recounts stories of shared death experiences, explores what the dying's last words tell us about the afterlife, and touches on people's encounters with the angel of death.Credits:Shared Crossing Project | Final Words Project | Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death by Lisa Smartt | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble® | Talking About Near Death Experiences and Shared Death Experiences | A Good Goodbye | At Heaven's Door | Book by William J. Peters | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster | Nurses Are Sharing The Last Words People Have Said On Their Deathbed, And They Range From Witty To Tragic To Profound | The Truth About Near Death Experiences: Scientific Explanations of NDE and OBE - Owlcation | NEE What Awaits Us At Death - Bryon Ehlmann | What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about the Brain - Scientific American

Frances Pappalardo lives in ScottsDale, AZ with her husband Tony, daughter Emerson, and dog Grizzly. Together they've turned an idea to help others live better lives into the Customize Your Life movement. As entrepreneurs, they've built a highly-successful business that has made them in-demand speakers at events around the world and frequent guests on leadership, personal growth, and self-help podcasts. As certified performance coaches, they've helped people eliminate millions of dollars in debt, restore broken relationships, and build their own businesses. They co-founded the initiative Operation Impact which has raised over a half-million dollars to fund initiatives both domestically and internationally, equipping and empowering more than 2,000 volunteers in just three years. They've served as advisors for two non-profit organizations and have occasionally taken on the role of culture transformation consultants with major corporations. They love living an active lifestyle which involves skiing, surfing, and overall adventure and exploration. Tony's current battle with cancer has filled them with an even broader sense of appreciation to enjoy life. Frances Pappalardo Vroom Vroom Veer Stories In 5th grade was invited to a dance by a cool kid, what she didn't now was his mother forced him to take her; he ignored he and laughed at her; to her credit; she didn't take it personallyIn college, she went to a sorority was a "spy" mostly to see what's it's like; on the last day of pledge week she drank the kool-aid; ended up being a pretty good experience--but mostly surface level In the middle of a podcast, her 3 year old daughter woke up and needed mommy; they paused the podcast long enough to set her up with a tub of ice cream on the couch with a friend with a busted footAttending her father as he was dying and witnessed his transition to the other side; Yes there is loss/grief; but she also saw the beauty and peace in his eyesFrances is living in faith now and praying that Tony wins his battle with cancer; her relationship with god is immediate and personal about real life and death decisionsWhen she was younger she leaned on her mother's faith and didn't really think much about prayer; when Tony started his journey with cancer she learned how to pray and listen for answer and see the signsGod told her to rest; who can rest when you need to "DO SOMETHING!"; when god tells you to rest; you better rest up; something is coming Connections Website Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death Paperback – March 17, 2017 by Lisa Smartt (Affiliate Link) A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1975 by Foundation For Inner Peace (Author) (Affiliate Link)

My guest this week is Lisa Smartt, whose recent book, Words at the Threshold, examines what those who are dying say as they approach the end of life. This is a really important topic, as Lisa reveals that the dying are often communicating much more to us than we might realize. By paying attention in the ways she recommends, their final words in this life become more comprehensible. Topics we explored together included: How language reveals one's mental processes Lisa’s father’s experience that piqued her interest in final words The common occurrence of a person announcing a “big event” as they near their death The value of writing down what our loved ones say toward the end of their life Common metaphors, constructions, and premonitions that show up in final words Synchronicities at the threshold of death that can guide us to better living The appearance of "takeaway figures" in the language of the dying (describing the deceased at their bedside) Ways that those who are dying try to signal to loved ones that their death is nearing The emergence of “terminal lucidity” near the end of life Nonverbal communication with those who are dying Being open to the mysterious The existence of something accessible that is beyond us (or beside us) What those who are dying need from us as we sit with them The wisdom the dying have to offer Lisa's book is available here (a percentage of sales made through this affiliate link will be used to support the podcast, at no additional cost to you): Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death You can find a free chapter of her book on the Final Words Project website. Lisa Smartt, MA, is a linguist and educator. She founded the Final Words Project, an ongoing study devoted to gathering and interpreting the mysterious language at the end of life. Lisa has co-facilitated presentations with Dr. Raymond Moody at universities, hospices, and conferences about language and consciousness; they recently founded the online educational platform, The University of Heaven. Her work has been featured  in The Atlantic, GAIA TV, Coast to Coast AM Radio, and dozens of other media platforms. Lisa recently published Cante Bardo, a novel about a flamenco singer, and Veil, a book of poems inspired by her father. Connect with Lisa online at the Final Words Project website and by email.

Dr. Raymond Moody and Lisa Smartt Talk About the University of Heaven Dr. Raymond Moody is the author of the 1975 best-seller, Life After Life, where he coined the term Near-Death Experiences. Lisa Smartt is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death. Together they have begun the University of Heaven, an online educational … Read more about this episode...

Lisa Smartt is a linguist, educator, and poet. She's founder of The Final Words Project, an ongoing study devoted to collecting and interpreting the mysterious language at the end of lives. She lives in Athens, Georgia. She is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death (New World Library 2017)Tags: Lisa Smartt, nonsensical speech, dreamtime symbols, metaphor, duel realities, hybrid nonsense language, end of life language, Death, Dying, Parapsychology, Paranormal

Being with a person who is close to death may be difficult and confusing. Oftentimes it is mystifying to discern what they are talking about because their speech pattern can sound nonsensical. Lisa Smartt has done extensive research regarding the words spoken by many at this threshold and she advises us to be open to the experience our loved ones are having.She is a linguist, educator, and poet. She’s founder of The Final Words Project, an ongoing study devoted to collecting and interpreting the mysterious language at the end of lives. She lives in Athens, Georgia, and is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death (New World Library 2017) Tags: Lisa Smartt, nonsensical speech, paradoxical nonsense, signature metaphors, survival of consciousness, life after death, Raymond Moody, end of life care, Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelly, coma, Death & Dying, Parapsychology, Paranormal

Being with a person who is close to death may be difficult and confusing. Oftentimes it is mystifying to discern what they are talking about because their speech pattern can sound nonsensical. Lisa Smartt has done extensive research regarding the words spoken by many at this threshold and she advises us to be open to the experience our loved ones are having.She is a linguist, educator, and poet. She’s founder of The Final Words Project, an ongoing study devoted to collecting and interpreting the mysterious language at the end of lives. She lives in Athens, Georgia, and is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death (New World Library 2017) Tags: Lisa Smartt, nonsensical speech, paradoxical nonsense, signature metaphors, survival of consciousness, life after death, Raymond Moody, end of life care, Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelly, coma, Death & Dying, Parapsychology, Paranormal

Lisa Smartt, MA, is the author of Words at the Threshold. A linguist, educator, and poet, she founded the Final Words Project, an ongoing study devoted to collecting and interpreting the mysterious language at the end of lives. She co-facilitates workshops about language and consciousness with Raymond Moody at universities, hospices, and conferences and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit her online at http://www.finalwordsproject.org. You’ll find her on social media here: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wordsatthethreshold/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/LisaASmartt Five years ago.  I listened in stunned silence as my skeptical and rationalist father described seeing angels in his last days of life. Three days before dying, he announced, "The angels say only three days left now." He spoke of a "green dimension" and his room crowded with people who were unseen to me. He also spoke in poetic and metaphoric language, describing the big art show that was approaching and the boxes he had to carry for his ceramicist wife of 54 years. I listened in awe as I transcribed his final words that not only painted a world unseen to me but were rich in language patterns that appeared to be unique to end of life. Trained in linguistics, I was deeply curious about the language I witnessed. When I discovered little or no research had been done into people's final words, I established The Final Words Project (2014)  with Dr. Raymond Moody. 

A person’s end-of-life words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, however, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by using examples from ordinary people. When her father became terminally ill with cancer, author Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that his personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt’s father, once a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days — a change reflected in his language. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate what other people have said while nearing death, collecting more than one hundred case studies through interviews and transcripts. In this groundbreaking and insightful book, Smartt shows how the language of the dying can point the way to a transcendent world beyond our own.www.finalwordsproject.org

A person’s last words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until recently, however, no one had systematically studied end-of-life communication by using examples from ordinary people. Linguist Lisa Smartt changed all that with the Final Words Project, which she established in conjunction with world-renowned afterlife expert Raymond Moody. The project chronicles the linguistic patterns and themes behind the words people speak as they leave this world behind.  Smartt’s research was initially inspired by what she saw and heard in the three weeks her father spent dying from complications related to radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Within four years, she had collected hundreds of utterances analyzed for their linguistic patterns and themes. Words at the Threshold:What We Say as We’re Nearing Death shares the findings of her research into this uncharted territory. Smartt collected accounts and transcripts from health-care providers, friends, and family members of the dying. She gathered over fifteen hundred English utterances, which ranged from single words to complete sentences, from those who were a few hours to a few weeks from dying. Her book, which offers stories and data from her research, aims to help readers better understand how to engage with those they love in their final days. It also offers a rational exploration of the question of an afterlife. “My hope is that Words at the Threshold offers insight into sometimes incomprehensible utterances of those at the end of life, and that it will give you a vocabulary for speaking not only about dying but also about consciousness,” writes Smartt. “The more at ease we are with the language at the threshold, the greater comfort we can bring to those who are dying and to all those dear to our beloveds.”

In Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death, Lisa Smartt decodes the symbolism of those last words, showing how the language of the dying points the way to a transcendent world beyond our own. She shares the compelling language she has heard and the coherency that emerges in even the most puzzling phrases. She also provides tools for more meaningful communication with loved ones who are at the end of life.

Throughout the past five years, in the first study of its kind, linguist Lisa Smartt has collected more than 1,500 accounts of final words from those who were a few hours to a few weeks from dying. In this expansive conversation, she decodes the symbolism of those last words, showing how the language of the dying points the way to a transcendent world beyond our own. Lisa is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death. 

This week on Relationships 2.0 my guest is Lisa Smartt author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say When We’re Nearing Death About the book: What Our Last Words Reveal About Life, Death, and the Afterlife A person’s end-of-life words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, however, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by using examples from ordinary people. When her father became terminally ill with cancer, author Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that his personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt’s father, once a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days ― a change reflected in his language. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate what other people have said while nearing death, collecting more than one hundred case studies through interviews and transcripts. In this groundbreaking and insightful book, Smartt shows how the language of the dying can point the way to a transcendent world beyond our own. About the author: Lisa Smartt, MA, is a linguist, educator, and poet. She is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say When We’re Nearing Death (New World Library 2017). The book is based on data collected through The Final Words Project, wwwfinalwordsproject.org, an ongoing study devoted to gathering and interpreting the mysterious language at end of life. She has worked closely with Raymond Moody, guided by his research into language, particularly unintelligible speech. They have co-facilitated presentations about language and consciousness at universities, hospices and conferences.

Do you believe in life after death? Does consciousness exist outside our bodies? Does the language of the dying points the way to a transcendent world beyond our own? For this special Soul Series episode of Life on Purpose, my guest is author, linguist, educator, and poet Lisa Smartt who founded the Final Words Project, an ongoing study devoted to collecting and interpreting the mysterious language at the end of lives. Lisa joined me for an inspiring conversation about her new book, Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death (New World Library), in which she decodes the symbolism of those last words, showing how the language of the dying points the way to a transcendent world beyond our own. She shares the compelling language she has heard and the coherency that emerges in even the most puzzling phrases. She also provides tools for more meaningful communication with loved ones who are at the end of life. And we discuss her work with Dr. Raymond Moody, the pioneering researcher who coined the term Near Death Experience (NDE) in the 1970s. “Words at the Threshold marks a new era in the understanding of the process of dying. Lisa Smartt’s work has profound psychological, spiritual, and clinical implications for the care of terminally ill patients and their families. And I believe that her work also opens unexplored pathways for the genuinely rational investigation of human kind’s deepest mystery: the prospect of life after death.” — from the foreword by Raymond Moody Jr., MD, PhD, author of Life After Life About: Lisa Smartt, MA, is a linguist, educator, and poet. She is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say When We’re Nearing Death (New World Library 2017). The book is based on data collected through The Final Words Project, wwwfinalwordsproject.org, an ongoing study devoted to gathering and interpreting the mysterious language at end of life. She has worked closely with Raymond Moody, guided by his research into language, particularly unintelligible speech. They have co-facilitated presentations about language and consciousness at universities, hospices and conferences. About Words at the Threshold: A person’s last words can often be enigmatic, confusing or powerfully meaningful; they can also offer tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by collecting and analyzing the final utterances of the terminally ill. When her father faced his final weeks, linguist Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that both his language and personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt’s father, a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days — a change reflected in his last words. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate the near-death utterances of others, collecting over a hundred case studies with interviews and transcripts. In Words at the Threshold, Smartt decodes the symbolism of those last words, showing how the language of the dying points the way to a transcendent world beyond our own​ To learn more about Lisa's work, visit: http://www.finalwordsproject.org/.