Top Neuroscientist's New Research on After Death Communication: Dr. Tara Swart’s Exploration of Consciousness, Intuition & Extra-Sensory Abilities

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Sep 9, 2025

Dr. Tara Swart, an MIT-trained neuroscientist and author of 'The Signs', shares her journey from academia to spirituality after losing her husband. She discusses the neuroscience behind intuition and after-death communication, revealing how grief opened her to vivid dreams and signs. The conversation covers the healing powers of creativity and nature, and the surprising link between trauma and brain function. Dr. Swart also challenges the boundaries between science and spirituality, encouraging a holistic approach to healing and connection.

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Vivid Visitation After Loss

Six weeks after her husband died, Dr. Tara Swart saw him life-size beside her bed and felt his presence as he 'pushed through' to be seen.
She initially questioned her sanity but kept the experience private while testing reactions from trusted friends.

INSIGHT

Nature And Beauty Counter Chronic Stress

Chronic pandemic stress amplified existing anticipatory anxiety and impaired regulation across populations.
Tara links nature, art, and awe as evolutionary antidotes that restore parasympathetic tone.

INSIGHT

Beauty As A Healing Frequency

Time in nature and noticing beauty reduce cortisol and boost oxytocin, improving immunity and wellbeing.
Neuroaesthetics shows simple appreciation of beauty acts like advanced gratitude for brain health.

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Can You REALLY Talk to the Dead? MIT Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart Says Yes—And Brings the Science to Prove It

What happens when one of the world’s leading MIT neuroscientists, Dr. Tara Swart (Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan and author of THE SIGNS: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts) loses her husband and begins receiving undeniable messages from the beyond? In this groundbreaking episode of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, Dr. Tara Swart opens up about her journey from respected neuroscientist and leadership advisor to spiritual explorer after the sudden loss of her husband, Robin.

Known globally for her work on neuroplasticity, brain science, and intuition, Dr. Swart reveals how grief led her to a profound awakening: vivid dreams, ancestral connections, angel numbers, and even a visitation she refuses to dismiss as hallucination. She blends her rigorous background in neuroscience with her lived experience, challenging us to rethink the boundaries between science and spirituality.

Dr. Tara Swart breaks down:

- Neuroscience of Intuition: How to train your brain to tune into instincts and signs

- Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and why the brain may be filtering out reality

- Grief and trauma in the body: Why talk therapy alone isn’t enough

- The surprising link between creativity, movement, and trauma healing

- Why altered states of consciousness don’t require drugs

- The health benefits of ancestral healing and spiritual connection

- Why beauty acts as a healing frequency for the brain

- The thin line between mental illness and genius

- Why she believes in angel numbers—and how they’ve shaped her decisions

- Her most radical theory: Consciousness may not live in the brain at all

This isn’t just another conversation on neuroscience. Dr. Tara Swart pushes us to expand the limits of what it means to be human by merging brain science, spirituality, and the mysteries of consciousness into a powerful roadmap for life after loss, trauma, and fear.

Dr. Tara Swart's latest book, THE SIGNS: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts: https://www.taraswart.com/the-signs/

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