Throwback Thursday!
Join us for Throwback Thursday, where we delve into the captivating speaker events from the IANDS video archive!
Throwback Thursdays are delightful social gatherings that are entirely free and held in a (online) group setting. As the video presentation plays, the group chat remains open for attendees to share reflections and thoughts related to the topic. Please note: Direct messaging between participants will not be available. Following the video presentation, the group will convene for open discussion.
For our September 26th session, we will be viewing, ‘Had a Near-Death or Similar Transformative Experience? Wondering What’s Next? w/Norma Edwards’.
Norma will describe her near-death experience (NDE) when carrying a stillborn child. She spent two decades of learning that gave her the ability to visit the “other side” voluntarily, something she did 4 times. “We no longer have to die to do this”, is one of the things Norma learned and wants us all to know.
Video Description: Norma Edwards, D. Div is a near-death experiencer, a recognized change agent, Spiritual Therapist, and Certified Life Coach. She is recognized as an expert at merging spiritual orientation into clinical practice. A wisdom keeper on the planet, she is noted for her work in the fields of re-alignment, training/rehabilitation as well as spiritual transformation. An overachiever, she is perpetually open to inspiration and Divine guidance.
Dr. Edwards is also the CEO and Founder of Reprogram Your Life LLC (RYL), a minority-owned business with the mission to raise humanity’s consciousness levels and seed twenty-first-century energy here in America. RYL designs innovative, customized, strength-based programs, and training modules that foster sustainable change.
She is an author, accomplished Motivational Speaker, and Talk Show Host – 
Spirituality 101 on Voice America. Born in Guyana, South America she has traveled the world and studied under the tutelage of eight Spiritual Masters, spanning seven countries.
She received the prestigious Linowes Award from the Community Foundation in Washington, DC for her work in prison re-entry and community development. Dr. Edwards is married with five children and is a proud grandmother of eight. She lives with her husband in Maryland and is available for speaking engagements, workshops, spiritual retreats, and one-on-one life coaching.
Don’t miss out on this engaging video-watching experience!
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Etta D. Jackson, Ph.D. worked in the field of education for twenty-five years as teacher, guidance counselor and district administrator in both New York and Wisconsin.
IANDS Healthcare Professionals Group will host speakers.
fellow at the Institute of Coaching at Harvard/McLean Hospital—a research-focused coaching institute, she generously continues to support and mentor other professionals in the healthcare field.
4PM – 5:30 PM EST (Last Friday of the month). The in-person location will be held at Inova Schar Cancer Institute, a state-of-the-art cancer center in the Washington, DC metro area. Quarterly, there will be a topic-based/educational meeting, either with a nominal fee or donation-based.
teaching career as a psychology instructor at Manchester Community College. At UConn’s Neag School of Education, she served as the Director of the Professional Development Academy and Assistant Professor of Educational Technology. Dr. Silver has taught courses in research methods, evaluation, assessment, and learning. She has engaged her research skills with neurology patients at Hartford Hospital, Bloomfield Public Schools, and currently serves as the Chief Performance Officer for the Hartford Public Schools. Dr. Silver has always been interested in NDEs. Her work in post-NDE-Integration has been inspired and informed by Jim Bruton and Diana Marquez-Lyons.
his adventures ranging from living in Africa as a wildlife filmmaker for National Geographic to serving as a war journalist for NBC News. Using a backpack-sized satellite video system he invented, Jim provided news coverage as a war journalist for NBC News in Afghanistan and Iraq, and was a Lecturer in Telemedicine at Yale University School of Medicine. When his experimental aircraft crashed in Oct. 2016, Jim had an adventure that topped them all. Transported to the in Between, his NDE there was not a typical passive one but required him to do something- to change his future and see how all things are interconnected. Jim has documented all of this in his book, “The In Between, A Trip of a Lifetime”.
Worker who specializes in supporting Near Death Experiencers and their families. Ms. Marquez Lyons has had her own psychotherapy practice since 2010. A spiritual seeker most of her life, in 2010 Diana had a shared death experience when her mom passed. She was the founder and leader of the CT Shoreline IANDS for seven years and has also had a kundalini awakening. Diana has spent the majority of her adult life studying Spiritually Transformative Experiences, as well as Near Death Experiences and the after-effects. Diana earned her ACISTE Certified Mental Health provider certification from The American Center for the Integration of Spiritual Experiences (ACISTE). She was invited to present at the ACISTE conference in 2013. Diana also presented at the 2015 IANDS conference, and again in 2021, this time with Jim Bruton.
exploring the steps that resonate with them.
