Suicide: To Be or Not to Be

Elisa MedhusMay 26, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Life, Mental illness, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Reincarnation, Struggles, Suicide

I’ve had a number of readers submit questions to the Ask Erik column who are depressed. Many are in crisis, at a crossroads and in despair. Some are admittedly contemplating suicide. As a physician, my impulse is to help by giving them various resources and a compassionate ear. As a mother, my impulse is to…

Crisis of Faith

Elisa MedhusMay 24, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spiritual presence, Struggles, Suicide

The last couple of months have been difficult for me. I haven’t really felt Erik’s presence for what seems like an eternity. No sounds, no signs, no smells, no nothing. This paucity of evidence along with my ever-present tendency to analyze and doubt has begun to erode my faith. Yesterday, I had an epiphany about…

Is Your Life Really That Bad?

Elisa MedhusMay 19, 2010in Channeling, Struggles, Suicide

I ran across this YouTube video. It gave me pause. Many people struggle in life. Some choose to stay and fight. Some, like my Erik, choose to give up. Oh how I wish he had seen this before he made that fateful decision. It makes me sad and angry. If you are considering ending your…

Finding Strength in the Dark Forest of Grief

Elisa MedhusMay 14, 2010in Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Life, Messages from the dead, Struggles, Suicide

Many readers have commented on how strong I am despite having just lost a son. After all, can there be any greater travesty than the death of one’s child? For me, no nightmare is as grim. The grief is still raw and fresh like an open wound. Yet since my blog explores the “upside” to…

Ask Erik: Tom’s Question

Elisa MedhusMay 10, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Dreams, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Past lives, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spiritual presence, Struggles

And now for the next question presented to Erik through psychic medium, Kim O’Neill. Please note that I’ve obscured the last name for privacy issues. Tom’s “Ask Erik” submission: Hi Elisa, Stanley is a friend of mine and back in February, he emailed me a link to your blog here. At the time I thought…

Ask Erik: Lauren’s Question

Elisa MedhusMay 7, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death, Death of a Child, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Past lives, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spirits visiting as birds, Spiritual presence

Mother’s Day looms in the near future like a dark specter taunting me. I feel so conflicted. On the one hand, I should be rejoicing that day. After all, I do have four wonderful children still here with me on the earthly plane. On the other hand, this is the first Mother’s Day without Erik…

Ask Erik: Bethany’s Question

Elisa MedhusMay 5, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Parent, Death of a sibling, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Struggles, Suicide

Here is the next of several submissions to the “Ask Erik” page. As you can see, we’ve kept him very busy, but I’m sure he adores the attention. Bethany’s question: In 1996 my uncle committed suicide and my family seemed to fall apart after this. My dad has been in deep depression since, and his…

Birthday Wishes From Heaven

Elisa MedhusMay 4, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death, Death of a Child, Death of a sibling, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Messages from the dead, Sibling relationships, Spirit visitation, Spirits moving objects, Spiritual presence

My eldest daughter and Erik’s sister, Kristina, celebrated her 26th birthday on the first of May. The evening before, the entire family joined her at a new Indonesian restaurant to rejoice over the wonderful years we’ve spent with her here on earth. Firsts are difficult, though, and Kristina’s first birthday without her little brother is…

Ask Erik: Cassie’s Question

Elisa MedhusMay 3, 2010in After Death Communication, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death of a Parent, Grief, Grieving, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Past lives, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spiritual presence

Cassie’s question: You’ve never met me, but I knew Erik in high school and even though we didn’t speak much, gosh, he was such a neat guy! I go to his facebook page nearly every day and I’ve read every blog of yours. It’s truly inspiring considering I lost my father very suddenly when I…

Ask Erik: Pascal’s Question

Elisa MedhusApril 30, 2010in After Death Communication, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Death of a sibling, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Michael Newton, Past Life Regression, Past lives, Psychic medium, Reincarnation, Struggles, Suicide

Erik has done so much to help us peons here on Earth. Oftentimes, our struggles compel us to flirt with suicide, so when Erik offers his wisdom and insight, it lights our way with hope and a newfound desire to continue our human experience, however trying and burdensome. The next several posts will include submissions…

Channeling Erik Through Felix Lee Lerma, Part Five

Elisa MedhusApril 29, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Death of a sibling, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Messages from the dead, Past lives, Psychic medium, Sibling relationships, Struggles, Suicide

And now (drum roll, please) for the final segment in my channeling session with psychic medium extraordinaire, Felix Lee Lerma. As always, comments are welcome. Erik wants you to quit beating yourself up over what happened. Yeah. He said you’re being hard on yourself. Well I think back on my last conversation with him before…

Channeling Erik Through Felix Lee Lerma, Part Four

Elisa MedhusApril 28, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Death of a sibling, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Reincarnation, Sibling relationships, Struggles, Suicide

Before we begin with the next segment of my session with psychic medium, Felix Lerma, I’d like to make an announcement. Yesterday, I had a very short session with Kim O’Neill,, and I used that opportunity to ask some of the questions readers submitted through the “Ask Erik” page. I will post those transcripts soon….

Channeling Erik Through Felix Lerma, Part Three

Elisa MedhusApril 26, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Astral Projection, Bereaved, Bipolar disease, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Dreams, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Mental illness, Messages from the dead, Past lives, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spirits moving objects, Spiritual presence, Suicide, The Soul

I’ve been having a very hard time lately. It seems like I must work so hard to distract myself. Idle moments take me to a very dark and unhappy place. The images of what he looked like when I found his body, his blank and lifeless stare, the smell of gunpowder and blood in the…

Channeling Erik Through Felix Lerma, Part Two

Elisa MedhusApril 23, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Bipolar disease, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Life, Love, Mental illness, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Struggles, Suicide

And now for the anxiously awaited continuation of the channeling session with world renown psychic medium, Felix Lee Lerma. Let’s jump right it. Again, as before, Felix’s comments will be in italics and mine will be in plain text. Enjoy. Who’s Mickey or Mike? Mike? Mike is…I met two friends who also had children who…

A Message for Aunt Laura

Elisa MedhusApril 22, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Life, Messages from the dead, Spirit visitation, Struggles

Yesterday my sister, Laura, was driving past the cemetery where my son is buried. She said her usual greetings of love and longing when suddenly, this song began to play on the radio. It reminded her of Erik. Surely it was a message from him. Perhaps he wants us all to know he’s home. Many…

Erik’s Visit to Brianna

Elisa MedhusApril 21, 2010in After Death Communication, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Dreams, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Spirit visitation, Spiritual presence, Struggles

We’ve been blessed to have such wonderful neighbors on our street while Erik and his brother and sisters were growing up. One of the families we’ve been the closest to live right across the street. Although Erik was older than all of them, he was very fond of the now 16 year old twins, Brandon…

Channeling Erik Through Psychic Medium, Felix Lee Lerma

Elisa MedhusApril 20, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Bipolar disease, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Love, Mental illness, Numerology, Psychic medium, Struggles, Suicide

A friend tipped me off to Felix Lee Lerma, a young psychic medium living in San Francisco who apparently is very well-regarded, conducting readings for a number of celebrities and other famous people. I had to wait four agonizingly long months for my appointment to finally arrive. I’ll break my hour long session into several…

Soul Relay Race

Elisa MedhusApril 19, 2010in Afterlife, Channeling, Death, Death of a Child, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Life, Past lives, Reincarnation, Struggles, Suicide, The Soul, Walk-In

Recently, a news article was published in a British newspaper about a Croatian teenager who wakes from a coma speaking fluent German. She had never spoken that language before. Furthermore, she could no longer converse in her native tongue. Is this added proof that walk-ins are possible? If so, doesn’t this further substantiate the survival…

Life’s Work in Heaven

Elisa MedhusApril 16, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Life, Love, Quantum Physics of the Soul, Struggles, Suicide, The Physics of Consciousness, The Physics of Heaven, The Physics of Thought, The Soul

After these many months of having inside information about the afterlife, I’ve discovered how oddly similar Heaven is to the earthly plane. Aside from the fact that you have no body and have greater abilities to manifest what you want immediately, so may aspects seem the same. Discarnate souls can have homes, material possessions, and…

Understanding Erik

Elisa MedhusApril 15, 2010in Death, Death of a Child, Grief, Grieving, Life, Love, Struggles, Suicide

Erik was often misunderstood by so many. He sometimes came across as intense and disheveled. He was tormented by tics and an addiction for cigarettes. But behind all that was a diamond in the rough. Few were kinder. Few were more loving. Few were as understanding. Few were as willing to sacrifice for others. Sometimes…

Love One, Death Zero

Elisa MedhusApril 14, 2010in After Death Communication, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death, Grief, Grieving, Love, Struggles, Suicide

My next series of questions focus on Erik’s big sister, Kristina, who is currently finishing up her second year in medical school. She’s had little or no time to stop and catch her breath since his death, much less go through the full grieving process. His suicide came as such a violent shock to all…

Past Lives

Elisa MedhusApril 12, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death, Death of a Child, Grief, Grieving, Past lives, Reincarnation, Struggles, Suicide

I often wondered why Erik was such an enigma. He was brought up in a loving and nurturing environment with endless opportunities to thrive. He was surrounded by so many friends who loved him. He was exposed to wonderful adventures, hobbies and destinations. So, why did he feel so lonely all the time? Why did…

Working with Energy

Elisa MedhusApril 8, 2010in After Death Communication, Afterlife, Astral Projection, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death, Death of a Child, Dreams, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Out of Body Experience, Quantum Physics of the Soul, Spirit visitation, Spirits moving objects, Spiritual presence, The Physics of Consciousness, The Physics of Thought

Since Erik’s death, one of my deepest desires has been to see him, to hold him, to hug him, to kiss him, to hear the sound of his voice and his wonderfully infectious laugh. As you can see from various entries, we’ve been blessed by numerous occasions when he’s been tangible through our senses of…

Punked Again!

Elisa MedhusApril 7, 2010in After Death Communication, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Spirit visitation, Spirits moving objects, Spiritual presence, Suicide

Let me start by saying I have this thing about being organized. Very organized. I have lists for everything, even lists of my lists. This personality trait probably evolved because of my ADHD as a means of finding order in my own personal chaos. I don’t know if I could have survived medical school otherwise….